The 13th D'A - Barcelona Film Festival is holding the third edition of the D'A Film Lab Barcelona from 25-30 March. It is a programme aimed at promoting film talent and enabling the completion of feature films in the post-production phase and encouraging their international distribution. From the six projects selected in the Final Cut, a jury of experts will choose the best one, which will be awarded 20,000 euros. Also, this year the laboratory has gained new momentum with an additional line of work: the D'A Film Lab Barcelona - Emerging Catalan Production, dedicated to supporting Catalan production companies with first projects in development.

Titles in post-production include: the feature directorial debut by Laura Ferrés The Permanent Picture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Ferrés
scheda film], co-written with the director of Manticore [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carlos Vermut
scheda film], Carlos Vermut (read more); Sobre todo de noche [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Víctor Iriarte
scheda film], by Víctor Iriarte, with a script by the director himself together with Isa Campo and Andrea Queralt, starring Lola Dueñas and Ana Torrent; Negu Hurbilak [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Colectivo Negu
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intervista: Elena Martín Gimeno
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intervista: Carlos Marques-Marcet
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Six feature films in development will participate in the D'A Film Lab Barcelona: La maldita trinitat, by Erik Rodríguez Fernández, director of the short film Larrua jo (Audience Award winner at D'A 2021); Maya, by Sonia Martí Gallego; Les Culpables by Marta Durán; Útil, by newcomer Eloi Sànchez Palau; Mala gent, the second feature film from Sara Gutiérrez Galve (Yo la busco [+leggi anche:
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The selected projects will receive comprehensive support from international experts, advisors and programmers. There will be pitching sessions, one2one sessions, workshops on sustainability, project internationalisation, financing, sales and markets and case studies. The aim is to explore the potential of each film, to help find audiences and to guide independent filmmakers in navigating the network of markets and creative forums.

In addition, the D'A Film Lab has a collaboration project with the Porto Post/Doc festival to hold a Co-production Meeting on 29 and 30 March in Barcelona, aimed at working on film production lines between Spain and Portugal. Finally, the launch of Marketing & Audience Days has been announced, which will bring together professionals associated with TorinoFilmLab and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) to develop workshops on marketing tools, development, audience research and eco-sustainable practices.

The projects:

Final Cut

The Permanent Picture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Ferrés
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Production: Fasten Films, Le Bureau, Volta Productions

Sobre todo de noche [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Víctor Iriarte
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Production: La Termita, 4 A 4 Productions, Atekaleun, CSC Films, Ukbar Filmes

Negu Hurbilak [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Colectivo Negu
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Production: Cornelius Films, Maluta Films

Creatura [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elena Martín Gimeno
scheda film] - Elena Martín (Spain)
Production: Vilaüt Films, Lastor Media, Avalon, Elástica Films

Un árbol es un árbol - Carlos Marqués-Marcet and Aleix Plademunt (Spain)
Production: Suica Films

La marsellesa de los borrachos - Pablo Gil (Spain/Italy/France)
Production: Boogaloo Films, Escarlata, GraffitiDoc, Les Films de L’Oeil Sauvage

Emerging Catalan Production

La maldita trinitat - Erik Rodríguez Fernández (Spain)
Production: Pausa Dramática Films

Maya - Sonia Martí Gallego (Spain)
Production: The New Flesh

Les Culpables - Marta Durán (Spain)
Production: Boogaloo Films

Útil - Eloi Sánchez Palau (Spain)
Production: Omen Films

Mala gent - Sara Gutiérrez Galve (Spain)
Production: Materia Cinema

Younger Days - Gerard Vidal (Spain)
Production: Ayhe Productions