San Sebastian announces Glocal projects

Three films join second edition of industry event

by Amber Wilkinson

A Simple Man
A Simple Man Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival
The second edition of San Sebastian Film Festival's Glocal in Progress - focusing on European productions in non-hegemonic languages - will screen the latest works by Turkish director Pelin Esmer, Lithuanian filmmaker Ignas Jonynas and Greek director Tassos Gerakinis to distributors, producers, sales agents and programmers.

The three films are at the post-production stage and will be screened to an audience of producers, distributors, sales agents and programmers, among other professionals, in order that they may contribute to their conclusion and international distribution.

Esmer's Queen Lear ( Kraliçe Lear) she continues the tale of the women who starred in her second film The Play (Oyun), as they perform their version of Shakespeare’s work in remote mountain villages.

Jonynas, who previously brought The Gambler (Losejas) to the New Directors section of the festival, will attend with Lithuanian, Latvian and Ukrainian co-production Invisible (Nematoma), which focuses on a man in a TV dance contest who pretends to be blind.

Finally, Gerakinis brings his debut A Simple Man, a Greek/French co-production that tells the story of a vineyard owner taken hostage by a fugitive.

Two films from the first edition of Glocal in Progress - Dantza, by Telmo Esnal, and A Decent Man (Un Om La Locul Lui), will feature in this year's main programme.

Glocal In Progress, which runs on September 24, 25 and 26, coincides with Films in Progress 34 and the VII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum. It has the objective of lending greater visibility to European productions not filmed in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

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