A duo of scripted initiatives has landed €100,000 ($115,000) every at Conecta Fiction & Leisure.
The worldwide content material occasion started final night time within the towards the dramatic environment of the mountainous Spanish metropolis Cuenca, with Patricia Franco, Regional Minister of Economic system, Enterprise and Employment of Castilla-La Mancha, utilizing a speech to announce the successful initiatives of the third Castilla-La Mancha Characteristic Movies and Collection Competitors.
Within the regional class, Piedra, Papel o Tijera (Rock, Paper, Scissors), which comes from Toledan manufacturing firm Altamira Leisure, received out. The sequence stars the likes of Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, José Coronado, Irene Escolar and Chino Darín.
Within the nationwide class award went to La Celestina, a contemporary tackle the 1499 ebook by Fernando de Rojas. Directed by Tina Olivares, it stars the likes of Esmeralda Pimentel and Juana Acosta.
A complete of 19 initiatives had been submitted for the awards.
The awards had been the primary information out of the ninth version of Conecta, which started as a scripted-only occasion however has in recent times expanded to include leisure. That is the primary yr it’s being held in Cuenca, UNESCO World Heritage Website that’s round 170km south-east of Madrid.
The opening ceremony was held on the Church of San Miguel final night time, with representatives from Conecta, Authorities of Castilla-La Mancha, Unifrance, the Institut Français of Spain and the Canadian Embassy in attendance alongside execs, expertise and creatives. France and Canada are the nations of focus.
Géraldine Gonard, Director of Conecta, used her welcome speech to pay tribute to the nations, saying they had been “two highly effective markets with a extremely aggressive content material trade on the worldwide scene, which is able to discover in Cuenca and Castilla-La Mancha the perfect setting for creating future co-productions and joint initiatives.”
