SPAIN Production Listings - May 4 2004

SPAIN - MAY 4

PREPRODUCTION

AlgoHabran Hecho
(Ibarretxe & Co, Dale Candela [Arg], OM Films [Fr]) Based on the true storyof a nun who was kidnapped and went missing in Buenos Aires in 1977. Prods:Eduardo Carneros, Maria Cabrejas, Olivier de Bannes. Ed: Luis CesarD'Angiolillo. Music: Pablo Velez. Dir: Fernando Oscar Nogueira. Scr: MariaCabrejas. Main cast: Jeanne Balibar, Itziar Lazkano, Dario Grandinetti, PabloEcharry, Valentina Bassi. Shooting from December 2004 in Argentina.
Contact: Ibarretxe & Co, (34) 94 479 2120

CondonExpress
(Alquimia Cinema) A night-in-the-life comedy. Prod: Francisco Ramos. Dir/scr:Luis Prieto. Shooting from August 2.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

TheGronholm Method (El Metodo Gronholm)
(Alquimia Cinema) Drama set against the world of multinational executiverecruiting. Prod: Francisco Ramos. Dir: Marcelo Figueras. Scr: Marcelo Figuerasand Mateo Gil, baesd on the stageplay by Jordi Galceran. Shooting from July 12.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

NeverAgain (Nunca Mais)
(Producciones do Pais Nunca Mais, MediaPro) Budget: Euros 620,000.Feature-length film made up of short films about the Prestige oil spill offSpain's Galicia coast. Exec prods: Suso Iglesias, Carlos Ares, Andres Mahia,Xose Castro, Jose Manuel Blanco. Dirs/scr: Gracia Querejeta, Joaquin Oristrell,Daniel Guzman, Cesc Gay, Xavier Villaverde, Enrique Urbizu, Jorge Coira,Eduardo Ulloa. Shooting spring and summer. Spanish.
Contact: MediaPro, (34) 93 476 1551

SalvadorPuig Antich (Untitled Project)
(MediaPro) Political-action tale. Exec prod: Jaume Roures. Dir: Manuel Huerga.Scr: Manuel Huerga, Lluis Arcarazo, based on novel Compte Enrere by FrancescEscribano. The last two years in the life of a political martyr put to death atthe age of 25 in a Barcelona prison at the tail end of the Franco era followingyears on the run with a group of anarchists. Shooting from autumn 2004.Spanish/Catalan.
Contact: MediaPro, (34) 93 476 1551

School'sOut (Fin De Curso)
(Morena Films) Euros 1.85m. Two sectors of a graduating high school class fightto raise more money and decide whether the end-of-term trip will be a culturaltour of Paris or a wild party in Benidorm. Dir: Miguel Marti. Scr: Juan CarlosRubio. Shooting in Spain from July 19.
Contact: Morena Films, (34) 91 700 2780

SmallLives (Vidas Pequenas)
(Alquimia Cinema) Melodrama set in a trailer park. Prod: Francisco Ramos.Dir/scr: Enrique Gabriel. Shooting from May 24. Spanish.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

SonIn Love (El Hijo Enamorado)
(BocaBoca, F&ME [UK], Daniel Zuta Film Produktion [Ger]) Period adventuretale turning on an as yet unenlightened Christ. Prod: Cesar Benitez. Dir:Manuel Gomez Pereira. Scr: Joaquin Oristrell. Main cast: Juan Diego Botto,Pilar Lopez de Ayala. Spanish.
Contact: BocaBoca, (34) 91 566 1500

YourLife In 65 Minutes (Tu Vida En 65 Minutos)
(Alquimia Cinema) Romantic comedy. Prod: Francisco Ramos. Dir: Maria Ripoll.Scr: Albert Espinosa. Shooting in Barcelona from August 23. Spanish.
Contact: Alquimia Cinema, (34) 91 748 9040

INPRODUCTION

TheAmazing World Of Borjamari Y Pocholo (El Asombroso Mundo De Borjamari YPocholo)
(Estudios Picasso, Amiguetes Entertainment, Apache Films) Euros 2.55m. Twothirty-something brothers still believe they are living their heydey of cooldespite that period having come - and definitively gone - in the 1980s. DoP:Teo Delgado. Art dir: Cesar Macarron. Music: Miguel Malla. Ed: Ivan Aledo.Dirs: Enrique Lopez Lavigne and Juan Cavestany. Scr: Juan Cavestany. Main cast:Santiago Segura, Javier Gutierrez, Pilar Castro. Shooting for eight weeks inMadrid.
Contact: Estudios Picasso, (34) 91 201 4200

AntsIn Your Mouth (Hormigas En La Boca)
(Cartel, Messidor Films, ICAIC (Cuba)) Euros 2.7m. A Spanish man goes searchingin Havana, 1958, for his girlfriend who, eight years earlier, escaped with aload of cash from a bank robbery for which the man was imprisoned. Exec prods:Mario Pedraza, Marta Esteban. DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Ed: Luis Manuel delValle. Hair: Manolo Garcia. Wardrobe: Sonia Grande. Dir: Mariano Barroso. Scr:Mariano Barroso, based on the Miguel Barroso novel Amanecer con Hormigas en laBoca. Shooting in Cuba and Barcelona for 9 weeks starting April 6. Spanish.
Contact: Cartel, (34) 91 654 2857

BirthOf A Passion: The Origins Of Football (El Nacimiento De Una Pasion: LosOrigenes Del Futbol)
(Wanda Films, Transglobe Pictures) Documentary. A sweeping look at hundreds ofyears of the sport of football. Dir: Jesus Sanchez. Scr: Jesus Sanchez,Fernando Gonzalez. Exec prod: Jose Maria Morales, Javier Linares. Prods: JorgeLinares, Miguel Morales. DoP: Juan Carlos Gomez. Ed: Laura Casamayor delRincon. Distr (Sp): Wanda Vision. Shooting in Spain, UK, France, Italy, China,Japan and Mexico. Spanish.
Contact: Wanda Films, (34) 91 352 8376

TheBirthday
(Infinity Films) A young man becomes paranoid during a birthday party over thecourse of one long night. Exec prods: Ibon Cormenzana, Angel Durandez. Artdirs: Javier Alvarino, Dani Izar de la Fuente. DoP: Unax Mendia. Ed: AlejoLevis. Music: Eugenio Mira. Make-up: Gemma Planchadell. Hair: Rosa Tous.Wardrobe: Nuria Anglada. Dir: Eugenio Mira. Scr: Eugenio Mira, Mikel Alvarino.Main cast: Corey Feldman, Erica Prior, Jack Taylor, Rick Merrill, Dale Douma.Shooting in Barcelona for 11 weeks from Feb 7. English.
Contact: Infinity Films, (34) 93 210 0149

TheLast Wound (La Ultima Herida)
(Cre-Accion Films, Zeppelins) Dist: Lauren Films. Budget: Euros 640,000.Documentary. A look at people who lost their parents as children of the SpanishCivil War and are now mending the past by searching for their loved ones indiscovered common graves. Exec prod: Rodolfo Montero de Palacio. Dir/scr:Israel Sanchez-Prieto. DoP: Alberto Molina. Ed: Cristina Otero. Music: Mario deBenito. Shooting for 14 weeks around Spain. Spanish.
Contact: Cre-Accion Films, (34) 91 457 6146

TheMan Who Came To A Village (El Hombre Que Llego A Un Pueblo)
(ABC Production-Barcelona, Axiom Film [UK], Capablanca Film [Arg]). Asecond-rate drug trafficker poses as a priest in a small village and, realizingthe locals mistake him as a real priest, must decide whether to begin a wholenew life under this new identity. Budget: Euros 3.5m. Exec prods: RobertDuvall, Eva Baro, Toni Sole. Dir/scr: Miguel Pereira, based on the novel of thesame name by Hector Tizon. DoP: Xavier Gimenez. Main cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia,Maria Botto, Claudia Coulter, Robert Duvall, Luciana Pedraza. Shooting fromSeptember. Spanish.
Contact: ABS Production-Barcelona, (34) 93 487 8436

RosarioTijeras
(Maestranza Films, Tafay 2000, Rosario Forever (Mex), Dulce Compania (Col)).Euros 2.8m. Two friends find themselves wound into a violent context when theymeet a beautiful young hit woman. Exec prods: Antonio Perez, Enrique Sarasola,Matthias Ehrenberg. Art dir: Salvador Parra. DoP: Pascal Marti. Ed: Ivan Aledo.Music: Alberto Iglesias. Make-up: Olga Turrini. Wardrobe: Elena Cardenas. Dir:Emilio Maille. Scr: Marcelo Figueras. Main cast: Flora Martinez, Unax Ugalde,Manolo Cardona. Shooting in Columbia for 10.5 weeks starting Feb 24. Spanish.
Contact: Maestranza Films, (34) 95 421 0617

TheScar (La Cicatriz)
(Camara Oscura, La Cicatriz) Dist (Sp): Wanda Vision. Budget: Euros 800,000. Aformer spy reads a report published in 2004 in Berlin revealing cases of spyingduring the Cold War, including his own experiences. Dir/scr: Pablo Llorca. Artdir: Sergio Givernau. DoP: Almudena Sanchez. Ed: Javier Perez. Main cast:Angela Pugh, Ludovic Tattevin, Joan Keary, Jakob Elm, Hans Martin Hamdorf.Shooting for 11 weeks in various blocks starting June 2003 in Madrid, Salzburg,Koln and Munich.
Contact: La Cicatriz, (34) 91 594 0030

Semen:A Love Story (Semen: Una Historia De Amor)
(BocaBoca, Future Films [UK]) Euros 3m. A man falls in love with a woman tryingto get pregnant and anonymously donates his sperm then proposes marriage, onlyto find out the baby is meant for the woman's twin sister. Exec prod: CesarBenitez. Art dir: Luis Valles. DoP: Nestor Calvo. Make-up: Jose Quetglas. Hair:Sonia Grandes. Dirs/scr: Ines Paris and Daniela Fejerman. Main cast: LeticiaDolera, Ernesto Alterio, Hector Alterio. Shooting for 8 weeks from April 19.Spanish.
Contact: BocaBoca, (34) 91 566 1514

SingingUnderground (Cantando Bajo La Tierra)
(Pentagrama Films, Fundacion Autor) A man discovers an underground world ofmusicians in Madrid as he goes looking for an old Cuban acquaintance. Execprod: Jose Ibanez. DoP: Jose David Montero. Dir/scr: Rolando Pardo. Main cast:Jose Maria Martinez, Carlos Bravo Miron, Efrain Sheinfeld, Jose Montenegro.Shooting for 4 weeks from April 1. Spanish.
Contact: Pentagrama Films, (34) 91 429 9106

Supertramps
(Dibulitoon Studio, Irusoin) Dist (Sp): Barton Films. Budget: E1.2m. Animation.Rats, pigeons, cats: they wander the streets, frighten us and eat ourleftovers... how will they emerge from their misery' Exec prod: Inaki Gomez.Dirs: Inigo Berasategi, Jose Maria Goenaga. Scr: Jose Maria Goenaga. Art dir:Ricardo Ramon. DoP: Angel Alonso. Ed: Angel Alonso. Shooting for 24 months fromMay 21, 2003. Spanish.
Contact: Oskar Tejedor, (34) 943 633 556

POST-PRODUCTION

1,200Km
(73140323 Producciones Cinematograficas) Budget: Euros 50,000. Two neighboursof different nationalities and social classes are forced to flee from southernto northern Spain, and their relationship experiences a rainbow of emotionsalong the way. Exec prod: Ezekiel Montes. Dir/scr: David Bahillo. Art dir:Daniel Ramos. DoP: Rocio Miranda. ed: David Bahillo. Music: Mao Brasco, AntonioMeliveo. Make-up/hair: Inma Arboleda. Wardrobe: Mario Gomez. Main cast: ElenaMartinez, Frederic Guillaume, Domi del Postigo, Pepe Gonzalez Rubio. Shot for 6weeks from October 27 in Palencia, A Coruna and Malaga. Spanish.
Contact: Ezekiel Montes, (34) 95 109 1529

Alicia'sNames (Los Nombres De Alicia)
(El Espejo PCT, Relieve 32, El Relo, Fabrica de Imagens) Budget: Euros 1.6m. Ayoung woman moves into a family's home to teach their children English and thefamily slowly uncovers the mysteries behind her life. Prods: Marta Crespo. JoseLuis Carvallhosa. Dir: Pilar Ruiz Gutierrez. Scr: Pilar Ruiz Gutierrez, JorgeGoldenberg. Art dir: Pablo Alonso. DoP: Carles Gusi. Main cast: Ana Moreira,Pep Molina, Gracia Olayo, Santaigo Ramos, Hecto Tomas, Carolina Pattersson.Shot for 6 weeks from Sept 8. Spanish.
Contact: El Espejo, (34) 91 509 1909

AmigoNo Gima
(Markab Creativos) Dist (Sp): Markab Creativos. Budget: Euros 24,000. Acommunity of diverse people cohabitate in Madrid's immigrant district Lavapies.Prods: Inaki Penafiel, Vicente Mora. Exec prod: Isabel Guerrero. Art dir:Carmen Lasquetty. DoP: Ignacio Gimenez-Rico. Ed: Daniel Fernandez Cimas. Music:Ibon Errazkin. Wardrobe: Carmen Lasquetty. Make-up: Africa de la Llave. Hair:Nuria Vena. Main cast: Cesareo Estebanez, Mohamen Chafik, Paco Algora, AbdelAziz El Mountassir. Shot in October in Madrid.
Contadt: KanZaman 91 649 9086

TheArt Of Losing (Perder Es Cuestion De Metodo)
(Tornasol Films, Marianela Cabrera [Col], Moro Films [Mex]) Dist (Sp): Alta Films. A middle-agedjournalist leads an unspectacular life until one day the local police captaincalls to offer him the exclusive on a spectacular crime. Exec prods: GerardoHerrero, Marianela Cabrera. Dir: Sergio Cabrera. Scr: Jorge Goldenberg. Proddir: Josean Gomez. Art dir: Carlos Barbosa. DoP: Hans Burman. Ed: Carmen Frias.Music: Lucio Godoy. Wardrobe: Marta Torres. Make-up/hair: Maria Clara Lopez.Main cast: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Martina Garcia, Cesar Mora, Victor Mallarino.Shot for 6 weeks from October 20 in Bogota, Columbia. Spanish.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 542 9564

Aquitania
(Trivision) Budget: Euros 751,265. A tragedy complicates a love triangle in asmall town. Prod: Ximo Perez. Dir: Rafa Montesinos. Scr: Pepe Tienda, MiquelPeidro. Art dir: Jero Bono. DoP: Javier Quintanilla. Ed: Vicente Ibanez. Maincast: Jorge de Juan, Joan Closas, Aida Folch, Angela Castilla, Fran Nortes.Shot for 6 weeks from August 18. Spanish.
Contact: Trivision, (34) 96 346 6292

Avellaneda'sMoon (La Luna De Avellaneda)
(Tornasol Films, Polka [Arg], SB PRoducciones [Arg], Jempsa [Arg]) Budget:Euros 1.2m. An employee of a once-splenderous, now-decaying social club decidesthe club should be sold to make way for a casino. Prods: Adrian Suar, FernandoBlanco, Jorge Estrada Mora, Gerardo Herrero. Dir: Juan Jose Campanella. Scr:Juan Jose Campanella, Fernando Castets, Juan Pablo Domenech. DoP: DanielShulman. Ed: Camilo Antolini. Main cast: Ricardo Darin, Mercedes Moran, JoseLuis Lopez Vazquez, Eduardo Blanco, Valeria Bertucelli. Shot for 10 weeks fromAugust 11 in Buenos Aires. Spanish.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

BadGrapes (Mala Uva)
(Wanda Vision, Fenix) Budget: E2m. Dist (Sp): Wanda Vision. An aging widowerand wine-maker is forced to face his past as a hit man. Exec prods: Jose MariaMorales, Francisco Lazaro. Dir/scr: Javier Domingo. DoP: Albert Pascual. Ed:Rori Sainz de Rozas. Main cast: Sancho Gracia, Terele Pavez, Agata Lys,Asuncion Balaguer, Merce Llorens. Shot for 7 weeks from September 1 inBarcelona. Spanish.
Contact: Wanda Vision, (34) 91 352 8376

TheBridge Of San Luis Rey
(Pembridge Pictures [UK], KanZaman [Sp], Davis Films [Fr], Movision [UK]) Thecollapse of a bridge in 18th century Peru kills five innocent people and sparksa community's search for spiritual meaning in the face of the tragedy. Prods:Garrett McGuckian, Denise O'Dell, Samuel Hadida, Michael Lionello Cowan, JasonPiette. Dir/scr: Mary McGuckian, based on the novel by Thornton Wilder. Lineprod: Mark Albela. DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Prod des: Gil Parrondo. Eds: KantPan, Sylvie Landra. Costume des: Yvonne Blake. Make up/hair: Linda Devetta.SFX: Reyes Abades. Main cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, F.Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Emilie Dequenne, AdrianaDominguez, Harvey Keitel, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, John Lynch, Dominique Pinon,Michael and Mark Polish, Jim Sheridan, Eusebio Lazaro, Samuel Le Bihan.English.
Contact: CNC Limited (44) 208 673 0048

Candeal'sMiracle (El Milagro De Candeal) (working title)
(Fernando Trueba PC) Music documentary following Bebo Valdes' travels toSalvador de Bahia, Brazil and discovery of the vibrant musical tradition of thepoor in this city. Budget: Euros 1.2m. Exec prod: Cristina Huete. Dir/scr:Fernando Trueba. DoP: Juan Molina. Ed: Carmen Frias. Shot for 6 weeks fromJanuary 19 in Salvador de Bahia. Spanish.
Contact: Fernando Trueba PC, (34) 91 759 6264

ChristopherColumbus, Revelation Of The Enigma (Cristobal Colon, La Revelacion Del Enigma)
(Trafico de Ideas, Malvarrosa Media). Documentary. Lingering questions aboutColumbus's origins five centuries later are re researched using the latesttechnological advances. Budget: Euros 672,180. Dirs/Scr: Paz Bilbao, NachoMaura. Exec prod: Piluca Baquero, Pedro Pastor. Prod: Modesto Perez. DoP: JeronimoMolero. Ed: Gerardo Leon. Shot for six months from June 2 in Spain. Spanish.
Contact: Trafico de Ideas, (34) 91 524 0999

CommonDeaths (Muertos Comunes)
(KV Entertainment, Castelao, Elemental Films) Intl sales: Filmax. A policemaninvestigates the case of a young woman raped and murdered in Pamplona in 1973but the case turns out to be much bigger than he expected. Prods: EduardoCarneros, Javier Ibarretxe, Esteban Ibarretxe, Julio Fernandez. Dir: NorbertoRamos del Val. Scr: Javier Felix Etxaniz. Art dir: Ion Arretxe. DoP: JavierBilbao. Main cast: Javier Albala, Ernesto Alterio, Luchy Lopez, AdolfoFernandez, Ion Inciarte, Fernando Delgado. Shot from Sept 29. Spanish.
Contact: KV Entertainment, (34) 94 479 2120

ADay Without Mexicans (Un Dia Sin Mexicanos)
(Plural Entertainment, Jose & Friends [Mex], Altavista [Mex], Videocine[Mex], Cinepolis Prods [Mex]). Prods: Eckehardt von Damm, Isaac Artenstein.Dir: Sergio Arau. Scr: Yareli Arizmendi, Arau. Based on award winningmockumentary short. California wakes up one morning to find that all theLatinos have disappeared. Main cast: Arizmendi, Michael White, Brian Brofy,Eduardo Palomo, Fernando Arau.
Contact: Jose & Friends (1) 323 935 0634

Dora& Beba (Cama Adentro)
(Filmanova Invest, LibidoCine, Aqua Films [Arg]) The economic decline in
Argentina affects the relationship between an upper middle-class Buenos Aireswoman and her lifelong maid. Exec prods: Anton Reixa, Diego Mas, Veronica Cura.Dir/scr: Jorge Gaggero. Art dir: Marcela Basano. DoP: Javier Julia. Ed:Guillermo Represa. Make-up: Mirta Blanco. Hair: Ethel Veron. Wardrobe: MarisaUrruti. Main cast: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina, Adriana Aizemberg, ElsaBerenguer. Shot for 7 weeks from January 19 in Buenos Aires and San Luis,Argentina. Spanish.
Contact: Filmanova, (34) 98 160 0188

ElCamino Real
(Alaska Producciones) A look at the Spanish roots still alive in Latinocultures via a trip along the so-called Camino Real. Prods: Sergio Granero,Simon Stern. Dir/scr: Borja Cardelus. Shot in Spain, US and Mexico.
Contact: Alaska Producciones, (34) 659 48 80 98

EntreVivir Y Sonar
(Rodar y Rodar) Romantic comedy about a middle-aged cooking instructor lookingfor love in Paris. Exec prods: Joaquin Padro, Mar Targarona. Dirs: David Menkesand Alfonso Albacete. Scr: David Menkes, Alfonso Albacete, Angeles GonzalezSinde. Art dir: Rosa Ros. DoP: DAvid Carretero. Ed: Nacho Ruiz Capillas. Music:Juan Bardem. Wardrobe: Maria Jose Iglesias. Make-up: Caitlin Acheson. Maincast: Carmen Maura, Alex Brendemuhl, Manuel Manquina, Thierry Lhermitte. Shotfor 6 weeks from November 3 in Paris and Barcelona.
Contact: Rodar y Rodar, (34) 93 415 5100

FerpectCrime (Crimen Ferpecto)
(Panico Films, Sogecine, Planet Pictures [It]) Dist (Sp): Warner Sogefilms.Budget: E3.75m. Comedy. The tale of a not so perfect crime committed in a wellknown department store by an attractive salesman and his unattractive femaleassistant. Exec prod: Juanma Pagazaurtundua. Dir: Alex de la Iglesia. Scr:Jorge Guerricaechevarria, Alex de la Iglesia. Art dir: Jose Arrizabalaga,Arturo Garcia. DoP: Jose L. Moreno. Ed: Alejandro Lazaro. Music: Roque Banos.Wardrobe: Paco Delgado. Make-up: Pepe Quetglas. Hair: Nieves Sanchez. Maincast: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Luis Varela, Enrique Villen, FernandoTejero, Gracia Olayo. Shot for 10 weeks from November 17 in Madrid and Sevilla.Spanish.
Contact: Sogecine, (34) 91 736 7489

TheFrozen Palace (El Palacio Congelado)
(Jaleo Films) A family is haunted by its past, which is linked to the dark historyof Argentina and Spain. Prods: Alvaro Alonso, Antonio Lobo. Dir: Clara Lopez.Scr: Clara Lopez, Wolfgang Martin. Music: Luis Miguel Cobo. Main cast: JuanDiego, Ruth Gabriel. Shot from September in Spain. Spanish.
Contact: Jaleo Films, (34) 954 159 118

AGood Woman
(KanZaman, International Arts Entertainment [US], Maltemi Entertainment [UK],Buskin Films [It]) Intl sales: Beyond Films. Backers: Thema Productions [Lux],Magic Hour Film Finance ]UK], Matrix [UK]. Budget: $8.5m. Inspired by OscarWilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan, a ruthless seductress preys on the husbandof a young woman. Prods: Alan Greenspan, Jonathan English, Denise O'Dell, MarkAlbela, Roberto Bessi. Dir: Mike Barker. Scr: Howard Himelstein. Main cast:Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson. Shot for 8 weeks in Italy fromNovember 3. English.
Contact: KanZaman, (34) 91 640 6086

HeroesNever Die
(Marea Films, Medterranea Media, Waka Films, SF-DRS [Sw], Les Productions de laLanterne [Fr]) Budget : Euros 250,000. Documentary. A famous photograph byRobert Cappa is the starting point for reconstructing the atrocities of anevent in the Spanish Civil War. Dir/scr: Jan Arnold. Exec prod: Adrian Lipp.Prod dir: Mercedes Peralta, Carmen Moron. DoP: Alexandre Gaultier. Ed: Martin Eller.Shot for three weeks from September 29 in Spain, France and England.
Contact: Marea Films, (34) 91 345 6188

Hipnos
(DeaPlaneta) Budget: E3m. A psychiatrist is handed the case of a young girl ina state of shock following a brutal murder. Prod: Pau Calpe. Dir: DavidCarreras. Scr: Jaume Ruiz Cordoba, David Carreras. Art dir: Josep Rosell. DoP:Xavi Gimenez. Ed: Frank Gutierrez. Main cast: Cristina Brondo, Demian Bechir,Feodor Atkine, Marisol Membrillo. Shot for 9 weeks from Sept 22. Spanish.
Contact: Treintaytantos, (34) 91 524 0094

HonestPeople (Gente Honrada)
(Mate Production, DMVB [Fr]) A man travels to Colombia to adopt a child for hisemployer but changes his mind when he meets a woman during his trip. Budget:Euros 4m. Exec prods: Mate Cantero, Thierry Forte. Dir/scr: Bob Decout. Artdir: Sylvie Delesmontey. DoP: Chiqui Palma. Music: Dominique Fournier. Make-up:Ana Lozano. Hair: Jacqueline Mayorga. Wardrobe: Isabel Merida. Main cast:Victoria Abril, Annie Girardot. Shot for 7 weeks from January 9 in Paris andBogota. French.
Contact: (34) 91 395 2254

HotMilk
(Canonigo Films) A young milk factory worker from a town in the provinceswelcomes a range of new experiences when she travels for the first time tohedonist Ibiza. Dir: Ricardo Bofill. Scr: Ferran Monje, Ricardo Bofill. Prod:Christian Molina. Exec prod: Marivi de Villanueva. Art dir: David Murcia. DoP:Cobi Migliora. Ed: Xabi Carrasco. Dist (Sp): Treinta Y Tantos. Main cast:Veronica Echegui, Jesus Noguero, Marcos Cana, Quique San Francisco. Shot for 6weeks from June 9 in Ibiza and Barcelona. Spanish.
Contact: Globally, (34) 91 781 3987

HoursOf Light (Horas De Luz)
(Sogecine, La Fiesta) Backers: TVE, Telemadrid, Canal Plus. Drama. A triplemurderer finds love and redemption in prison through a relationship with anurse. Prods: Fernando Bovaira, Gustavo Ferrada. Exec prods: Jose AngelEsteban, Carlos Lopez. Dir: Manolo Matji. Scr: Jose Angel Esteban, CarlosLopez. DoP: Jose Luis Lopez Linares. Ed: Jose Maria Biurrun. Main cast: AlbertoSan Juan, Emma Suarez, Jose Angel Egido, Vicente Romero, Andres Lima. Shot for8 weeks from June 2. Spanish.
Contact: Sogecine, (34) 91 736 7489

InThe Shadow Of Dreams (En La Sombra De Los Suenos)
(Rio Puron) Dist (Sp): Club del Cine Multimedia. Budget: Euros 780,000. A manis found lying next to his girlfriend's cadaver, victim of an amnesia onlyjogged by a Bosch painting. Exec prod: Julio Anselmo Carrera. Dir: Emilio RuizBarrachina. Scr: Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, Carlos La Rosa, Francisco Aguirre. Artdir: Concepcion Ruiz. DoP: Jorge Carrion. Ed: Inigo Elvira. Music: SergioGonzalez Carducci. Make-up/hair: Raul Herrero. Wardrobe: Amieva. Main cast:Juan Carlos Naya, Eloisa Martin, Fernando Guillen, Carlos La Rosa. Shot for 5weeks from November 27. Spanish.
Contact: Imagine Press, (34) 91 431 6176

Isi-Disi(Amor A Lo Bestia)
(Lolafilms) Budget: Euros 3.2m The trials and tribulations of two brothersnamed after the rock band AC/DC. Exec prod: Andres Vicente Gomez. Dir: Chema dela Pena. Scr: Joaquin Gorriz y Miguel Angel Hernandez. Art dir: Anton Laguna.DoP: Unax Mendia. Ed: Antonio Lara. Wardrobe: Macarena Soto. Make-up: PepeQuetglas, Almudena Fonseca. Hair: Martha Marin. Main cast: Santiago Segura,Florentino Fernandez, Jaydy Michel. Shot for 10 weeks from November 1 inMadrid. Spanish.
Contact:, (34) 91 436 7400

KillThe Angel (Matar Al Angel)
(Ruth Producciones) Budget: Euros 1.5m. Backers: TVE, Via Digital. Thrillerabout a resurgence of a group of Nazis in Spain who are stalking the son of aprominent judge. Prods: Mateo Caboni, Daniel Mugica. Exec prod: Cesar Martinez.Dir/scr: Daniel Mugica. DoP: Angel Luis Fernandez. Ed: Luis Villar. Main cast:Yael Barnatan, Miguel Hermoso, Daniel Freire, Antonio Dechent. Shot for 6 weeksfrom June 23 in Spain. Spanish.
Contact: Javiera Figueroa, (34) 609-169-322

LasHuellas Que Devuelve El Mar
(Borvoleta Films, Toma 27) Budget: E600,000. A group of people individually
tap into a part of their lives they had long ago lost. Exec prods: GabyBeneroso, Enrique Fernandez. Dir/scr: Gaby Beneroso. Art dir: Estefania Lopez.DoP: Daniel Sosa. Ed: Gaby Beneroso. Music: Nacho Mastretta, Miguel Paredes.Wardrobe: Elena Fernandez. Make-up: Elena Perez. Hair: Beatriz Beneroso. Maincast: Antonio Dechent, Cayetana Guillen-Cuervo, Marian Aguilera, Armando delRio, Alex O'Doherty. Shot for four weeks from October 13 in Malaga. Spanish.
Contact: Borvoleta Films, (34) 627 249 506

LastNights In The Body (Las Ultimas Noches En El Cuerpo)
(Cartel) Dist (Sp): Lauren Films. A depressed man discovers a new realm ofreality. Prod: Eduardo Campoy. Dir/scr: Vicente Penarrocha. DoP: Jose DavidGonzalo. Ed: Luis M del Valle. Main cast: Gustavo Salmeron, Goya Toledo, JoseCoronado. Shot for 7 weeks from August 18 in Madrid. Spanish.
Contact: Cartel, (34) 91 310 3834

Lobo
(Mundo Ficcion, Castelao Production, Estudios Picasso) Dist (Sp): Filmax. Basedon the true story of a secret agent who infiltrated Basque terrorist group ETAthen had to disappear for life. Prods: Melchor Miralles, Julio Fernandez. Dir:Miguel Courtois. Scr: Antonio Onetti. Art dir: Luis Valles. DoP: Nestor Calvo.Ed: Guillermo Maldonado. Main cast: Eduardo Noriega, Patrick Bruel, JoseCoronado, Melanie Doutey, Silvia Abascal, Santiago Ramos, Jorge Sanz. Shot foreight weeks from October 8. Spanish.
Contact: Treintaytantos, (34) 91 524 0094

LovedOnes (Seres Queridos)
(Tornasol Films, Patagonik [Arg], Gemini Films [Fr]) Dist (Sp): Alta Films. AJewish girl falls in love with a Palestinian. Prods: Gerardo Herrero, JavierLopez Blanco, Mariela Besuievsky, Patrick Cassavetti, Pablo Bossi, AdrianSturgues, Paublo Branco. Dirs/scr: Teresa Pelegri, Dominic Harari. DoP: DanielCohen. Ed: Fernando Pardo. Main cast: Marian Aguilera, Guillermo Toledo, NormaAleandro, Maria Botto, Fernando Ramallo. Shot for 7 weeks from July 23 inMadrid. Spanish.
Contact: Alta Films, (34) 91 542 2702

MauvaisEsprit (working title)
(Vertigo [Fr], Mate Productions) A young man who is killed in a car accident byhis worst enemy, reincarnates as the son of his enemy, allowing him the chancefor revenge. Budget: E11.1m. Prods: Manuel Munz, Mate Cantero. Dir: PatrickAlessandrin. Scr: Patrick Alessandrin, Laurent Chouchan. Art dir:Alain Bainee.DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Wardrobe: Brigitte Nierhaus. Make up/Hair: LourdesBriones, Manolo Carretero. Main cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Leonor Watling,Ophelie Winter, Michel Muller. Shot from Sept through Oct in Paris and Madrid.French.
Contact: Mate Productions, (34) 91 395 2254

NoSos Vos Soy Yo
(Filmanova) $1m. A comedy about a late-bloomer to adulthood. Dir: JuanTaratuto. Main cast: Diego Pertti, Soledad Villamil, Marcos Mundstok.
Contact: Filmanova, (34) 985 160 188

Nowhere(En Ninguna Parte)
(I+D+C Prods) Budget: Euros 650,000. Six people meet at a gas station in themiddle of nowhere but the hour and a half they spend together will mark all oftheir lives. Prod: Pedro Garcia-Ramos. Dir: Miguel Angel Carcano. Scr: Carcanoand Ines Gonzalez Devesa. Art dir: Ines Aparicio. DoP: Martin Judewich. Maincast: Hector Alterio, Noelia Castano, Jose Angel Egido, Jorge Roelas, FrankSpano. Shot for 2 weeks from Sept 29. Spanish.
Contact: ddt2, (34) 91 444 0332

OneHundred Ways To Finish Off Love (Cien Maneras De Acabar Con El Amor)
(Nisa Producciones) Budget: Euros 1.14m. Dist (Sp): Asfalto. A middle-aged mangets the job offer of a lifetime to write a book about love, but the other truelove story he has experienced was with his ex-wife. Exec prod: Emilio Oviedo.Dir/scr: Vicente Perez Herrero. DoP: Federico Ribes. Main cast: Sergi Calleja,Rosana Pastor, Carmen Elias, CArlos Bardem, Cristina Plazas. Shot for 6 weeksfrom July 7 in Valencia and Madrid. Spanish.
Contact: Nisa Producciones, (34) 96 362 3684

OutTo Sea (Mar Adentro)
(Sogecine, Himenoptero) Drama. Adapted from the real life story of a paralyzedman's struggle for his right to die. Prod: Fernando Bovaira. Dir: AlejandroAmenabar. Scr: Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil. Art dir: Benjamin Fernandez. DoP:Javier Aguirresarobe. Main cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, MabelRivera, Clara Segura. Shot for 11 weeks from October in Galicia, Madrid andBarcelona. Spanish.
Contact: Sogecine, (34) 91 736 7489

Pasos
(Igeldo Komunikazioa) Budget: Euros 1.73m. A group of friends made up of threecouples live Spain's transition to democracy and societal changes of the early1980s. Exec prod: Angel Amigo. Dir: Federico Luppi. Scr: Susana Hornos. Artdir: Ion Arretxe. DoP: Hans Burmann. Make-up: Eva Alfonso. Hair: Ione Gabarain.Wardrobe: Eva Arretxe. Main cast: Ana Fernandez, Alberto Jimenez, GinesGarcia-Millan, Susana Hornos, Eva Cobo, Jordi Dauder, Pilar Rodriguez. Shot for8 weeks from January 26 in Logrono and San Sebastian. Spanish.
Contact: Igeldo Komunikazioa, (34) 943 297 1876

PinkFists (Punos Rosas)
(Plural Entertainment, Videocine[Mex]) Backer: Fidecine. Budget: $1.6m. Int'lsales: Mineko Mori, Televisa Cine. Black comedy. Exec prod: Eckehardt Von Damm.Prod: Avelino Rodriguez. Dir: Beto Gomez. Scr: Gomez, Alfonso Suarez Romero.DoP: Hector Osuna. Ed: Jorge Garcia. Prod des: Hania Robledo. Costume des:Josefina Echeverria. Hair/make up: Alfredo Mora, Felipe Salazar, IsabelAmezcua. Cast: Jose Yenque, Rodrigo Oviedo, Roberto Espejo, Cecilia Suarez.Randy Vasquez. Shot in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico in May.
Contact: Videocine (52) 55 5339 3000

Plauto
(ProduccioensPlauto SL) An escapist hatches a plan to save a circus. Exec prod: Javier Diaz.Dir: David Gordon. Scr: Coto Matamoros. Art dir: Luis Ramirez. DoP: AlfonsoParra. Ed: Jose Maria del Peon. Make-up: Susana Sanchez. Hair: Nuria Vela.Wardrobe: Mar Bardavio. Main cast: Pepe Carabias, Carmen Bernardos, MiguelArribas. Shot for 5 weeks from October 20 in Madrid and Marbella. Spanish.
Contact: Lola Zarza, (34) 661 255 143

PromedioRojo
(Amiguetes Entertainment, IJV Comunicacion, Sobras Producciones.com limitada[Ch] A Chilean student, fan of comics, and his Spanish girlfriend get involvedin a series of adventures that seem drawn straight from a comic book. Budget:E1.1m. Exec prods: Santiago Segura, Jesus Valino, Nicolas Lopez Fernandez. Dir:Nicolas Lopez Fernandez. Scr: Nicolas Lopez Fernandez, Manuel Santa Gonzalez.Art dir: Nelson Daniel. DoP: Jose Juan Graf Pfeiffer. Ed: Diego Macho. Music:Jose Luis Santiago. Make-up: Karina Arbulu. Hair: Mauricio Castro. Wardrobe:Constanza Meza. Main cast: Xenia Tostado, Ariel Levy Dor. Shot for 6 weeks fromJanuary 5 in Santiago de Chile and Madrid. Spanish.
Contact: (34) 91 547 9700

ThePromise (La Promesa)
(Tesela Films, Porticode Comunicacion) Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Psycho thrillerabout a religious obsessed housewife who loses touch with reality. Exec prod:Jose Antonio Felez. Assoc prod: Moncho Varela. Dir/scr: Hector Carre. DoP: JuanCarlos Gomez. Ed: Nacho Ruiz Capillas. Main cast: Carmen Maura, Ana Fernandez,Chete Lara, Juan Margallo, Evaristo Calvo, Santiago Baron. Shot from July 28 toOct 17 in Galicia and Madrid. Spanish.
Contact: Tesela Films, (34) 91 367 6776

RadioPacifica
(Elias Querejeta PC) Budget: Euros 841,417. Documentary. Only today are supporterslacking for the radio station launched in 1949 by a group of intellectuals andconscientious objectors outside San Francisco, California to voice truthsrarely told in the media. Exec prod: Elias Querejeta. Dir: Sergio Oksman. Scr:Sergio Oksman, Elias Querejeta, Carlos Mugiro. DoP: Paul Mailman, JordiAbusada. Ed: Fernando Franco. Shot for 6 weeks from December 2003 in New York,San Francisco and Dallas.
Contact: Elias Querejeta, (34) 91 345 7139

Roma
(Tesela, Aristarain [Arg]) Dist (Sp): Alta Films. Budget: Euros 2.4m. A writeris reminded by a young acquaintance of his own youth in Buenos Aires. Execprod: Jose Antonio Felez. Assoc prod: Adolfo Aristarain. Dir: AdolfoAristarain. Scr: Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus, Kathy Saavedra. Prod dirs: JorgeGundin, Daniel Goldstein. Art dirs: Jorge Ferrari, Juan Mario Roust. DoP: JoseLuis Alcaine. Ed: Fernando Pardo. Sound: Goldstein & Steinberg. Wardrobe:Kathy Saavedra, Valentina Bari. Make-up/hair: Marilo Osuna. Main cast: JuanDiego Botto, Susu Pecoraro, Jose Sacristan, Marcela Kloosterboer, MarinaGlezer, Maximiliano Ghione, Carlo Crespo. Shot for 10 weeks from October 27 inMadrid, Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Spanish.
Contact: Tesela, (34) 91 367 6776

RomaSanta
(Castelao Productions) Budget: E3.1m. Dist (Sp): Sogedasa. A wolf-manterrorizes the residents of small towns. Prods: Julio Fernandez, CarlosFernandez. Dir: Paco Plaza. Scr: Elena Serra, Alberto Marini, based on anoriginal idea by Alfredo Conde. DoP: Javier Salmones. Ed: David Gallart. Maincast: Elsa Pataki, Gary Piquer, Maru Valdivieso, Laura Mana, Carlos Reig. Shotfor 9 weeks from July 28 in Galicia and Barcelona. Spanish.
Contact: Filmax, (34) 93 336 8555

SayI Do (Di Que Si)
(Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas, Zebra Producciones) Budget: E3.6m. Dist(Sp): Columbia TriStar Films de Espana. An unlikely couple begins an unlikelyromance after their hate-at-first-sight encounter on a game show. Exec prods:Natacha Kucic, Antonio Saura. Dir/scr: Juan Calvo. DoP: Gonzalo F Berridi. Ed:Javier Laffaille. Main cast: Santi Millan, Paz Vega, Santiago Segura, PepeViyuela, Ornella Muti, Chus Lampreave. Shot for 9.5 weeks from August 4 inMadrid and Oropesa de Mar. Spanish.
Contact: Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas, (34) 91 377 7815

SummerClouds (Nubes De Verano)
(Tornasol Films, Messidor Films) Backers: TVE, TV3, Generalitat de
Catalunya. Dist (Sp): Alta Films. The tale of two cousins who set out toseparately seduce a man and his wife during the course of one summer. Prods:Gerardo Herrero, Marta Esteban. Dir: Felipe Vega. Scr: Felipe Vega, ManuelHidalgo. DoP: Alfonso Parra. Ed: Angel Hernandez Zoido. Music: Josep Sanou.Main cast: Roberto Enriquez, Natalia Millan, David Selvas, IRene Montigala,Roger Casamajor. Shot for 7 weeks starting May 26 in Catalunya. Spanish.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 91 102 3029

Sevigne
(Costa Brava Films) A theater producer in crisis after the death of herdaughter reads a script based on the near-incestual relationship between Madamede Sevigne and her daughter in 17th century France. Dir: Marta Balletbo-Coll.Main cast: Anna Azcona, Jose Maria Pou, Marta Balletbo-Coll, Eduard Farelo,Carme Elias. Shot from October 3 in Catalunya

Tiovivoc. 1950
(Nickel Odeon Dos, Enrique Cerezo PC, PC29) Dist (Sp): Columbia TriStar Filmsde Espana. Budget: Euros 3.6m. Two days in 1950 Madrid full of the drama andhumour of life in that time and place. Exec Prod: Luis Maria Delgado. Dir: JoseLuis Garci. Scr: Jose Luis Garci, Horacio Valcarcel. Prod dir: Juan Carmona. Artdir: Gil Parrondo. DoP: Raul Perez Cubero. Ed: Miguel Gonzalez Sinde. Music:Pablo Cervantes. Wardrobe: Lourdes de Orduna. Make-up: Paca Almenara. Maincast: Alfredo Landa, Antonio Dechent, Carlos Hipolito, Elsa Pataki, FernandoGuillen Cuervo, Fernando Fernan Gomez. Shot for 8.5 weeks from October 27 inMadrid. Spanish.
Contact: Nickel Odeon Dos, (34) 91 308 5238

Toma5, Accion: Invirtamos En La Infancia (working title)
(Tus Ojos) Budget: Euros 660,000. Five different stories concerning fivekids-oriented priorities of UNICEF will form a 90-minute feature film. Dirs:Javier Fesser, Chus Gutierrez, Patricia Ferreira, Javier Corcuera, Pere JoanVentura. Shot from August to December 2003.
Contact: Tus Ojos, (34) 91 356 3913

Torapia
(MediaPro) The third part of a trilogy of narco-comedies following Airbag andAno Mariano about a thief who in trying to recuperate a valuable gem he gave toa mental patient checks himself in to a pyschiatric hospital. Dir/scr: KarraElejalde. Main cast: Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillen Cuervo. Shot fromSeptember. Spanish.
Contact: MediaPro, (34) 93 476 1551

TheTruth And Other Lies (El Juego De La Verdad)
(Morena Films, DeA Planeta, DePalacio, BD Cine (Arg)) Dist (Sp): Manga Films.Euros 2.5m. Romantic comedy starring two couples whose lives are complicated bya mistaken diagnosis that one of the partners has only three months to live.Dir: Alvaro Fernandez Armero. Scr: Alvaro Fernandez Armero and RobertoSantiago. Main cast: Tristan Ulloa, Natalia Verbeke, Maria Esteve, OscarJaenada. Shot in Argentina and Valencia.
Contact: Morena Films, (34) 91 700 2780

Unconscious(Inconscientes)
(Tornasol Films, Messidor, EMC Asset Management [Ger], Story [It], MadragoaFilmes [Port]) The daughter of a respected neurosurgeon and wife of a studentof Freud's in Barcelona of 1913 is abandoned by her husband right as she isabout to give birth. Prods: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky, Marta Esteban,Ulrich Felsberg, Armedeo Pagani, Paulo Branco. Dir: Joaquin Oristrell. Scr:Joaquin Oristrell, Teresa de Pelegri, Dominic Harari. Art dir: Miquell Llorenc.DoP: Jaume Peracaula. Ed: Miguel Angel Santamaria. Main cast: Leonor Watling,Luis Tosar, Alex Brendemuhl. Shot for eight weeks from October 13. Spanish.
Contact: Tornasol Films, (34) 01 542 9564

VidasVeladas
(Ovideo TV) A woman is forced to live her entire life not knowing whether herson was fathered by her husband right before his death or her lover rightbefore he went away to war, but she goes looking for the latter on an islandthirty years later. Prod: Quique Camin. Dir: Rosa Verges. Scr: JordiBarrachina, Rosa Verges. Art dir: Silvia Steinbrecht. DoP: Mario Montero. Maincast: Silke, Gines Garcia Millan. Shot for seven weeks from October 20.Spanish.
Contact: Ovideo TV, (34) 93 253 0320

XXL
(Sogecine, TriPictures) Comedy. A super-endowed neighbourhood ladies man plotshis ascent up the social ladder. Prods: Felipe Ortiz, Luis Ortiz, Jose Hueva,Fernando Bovaira. Dir: Julio Sanchez Valdes. Scr: Joaquin Andujar. Art dir:Juan Botella. DoP: Carlos Suarez. Ed:Juan Carlos Arroyo. Main cast: Oscar Jaenada. Shot for eight weeks from October20 Spanish.
Contact: TriPictures, (34) 91 400 9920

TheWhispers Of My Heart (Los Suspiros De Mi Corazon)
(ATPIP Producciones, Aleph Media [Arg]) A man tries to escape his destiny as itis clearly defined in a horoscope. Exec prod: Lina Echeverri, Isidro Miguel.Dir: Enrique Gabriel. Scr: Lucie Lipschutz, Enrique Gabriel. DoP: Raul PerezUreta. Ed: Alejo Hoijman. Main cast: Roger Coma, Salvador Sanz, Osvaldo Bonet,Enrique Blugerman, Sergi Calleja. Shot for 7 weeks from August 4 in Madrid,Barcelona, Buenos Aires and San Luis. Spanish.
Contact: ATPIP Producciones, (34) 91 415 7078