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Grupo Mórbido’s Pablo Guisa Boards Two Pics at Costa Rica Media Market, Launches Blood Bank Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
Grupo Mórbido founder and CEO Pablo Guisa has joined two Latin American genre films as producer after they won the Mórbido Co-Production Award at the Costa Rica Media Market, a sign of the relaunched market's growing standing as a hub for genre filmmaking. The award brings a company investment of 10–20% of each project's budget, with Guisa involved from creative development through to financing, giving the region's horror filmmakers access to international expertise and connections.
The two projects, "Greetings from Maryland" by El Salvador's Ricardo B'atz' and "What Lives in the Storm" by Miguel Angel Ferrer, both emerged from the Fantastic Lab Central America & Caribbean, a genre development initiative launched last year by the Fantastic Pavilion, the Costa Rica Media Market and Grupo Mórbido. The programme's first edition drew 55 regional submissions, shortlisted 15 for intensive development and named six finalists at Cannes. "Greetings from Maryland" follows undocumented workers who unleash a cursed entity while demolishing a house, while "What Lives in the Storm" is set to be shot near Limón, Costa Rica.
In short
- Pablo Guisa boards two genre films as producer at Costa Rica market
- Both won Mórbido Co-Production Award, gaining 10–20% budget investment
- Projects stem from Fantastic Lab Central America & Caribbean development scheme
Explained simply
The Costa Rica Media Market is an annual gathering where film producers, investors and industry professionals connect to develop and finance film projects. After being relaunched, it has been establishing itself as a hub for Latin American filmmakers working in horror and other genre films.
The Mórbido Co-Production Award, backed by Grupo Mórbido (a production company specialising in genre films), provides winning projects with 10 to 20 per cent of their budget plus the involvement of founder Pablo Guisa from creative development through to financing. This connects regional filmmakers with international expertise and industry connections.
The winning films came through the Fantastic Lab Central America & Caribbean, a development programme launched last year to nurture horror and genre projects from the region. The programme's first year drew 55 submissions from across the region, with 15 shortlisted for intensive development and six going on to pitch at Cannes.
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