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El Sol Ermitaño Launches at San Sebastián Festival With WIP Title ‘Lovers Go Home’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Colombian producer Federico Durán has launched El Sol Ermitaño at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where its first major project, “Lovers Go Home!”, is featured in the WIP LatAm programme. Directed by Juan Sebastián Mesa, the drama explores an online relationship between a Medellín webcam model and a US war veteran, highlighting the company’s ambition to connect local Colombian filmmaking with international co-production and distribution.
The film stars Ángela Cano and Dave Dewar and is being made by companies from Colombia, Spain, France and Canada, with support from several national and international film funds. El Sol Ermitaño is also developing a broader slate, including Jaime Osorio Márquez’s posthumous supernatural thriller “The Awakening”, Cordelia Alegre’s debut “La Unión”, and further projects with Ibero-American creators.
In short
- El Sol Ermitaño launches internationally at San Sebastián.
- “Lovers Go Home!” centres on an unusual online romance.
- The company is building a multinational Ibero-American production slate.
Explained simply
Colombia has a growing film industry, and many films rely on partnerships with producers and funders in other countries to reach audiences abroad. Co-productions can bring together money, expertise and distribution networks from several countries.
Federico Durán is a Colombian producer, and El Sol Ermitaño is the production company he has launched. Its first major project is a drama by Colombian director Juan Sebastián Mesa, starring Ángela Cano and Dave Dewar; it is being made with partners from Colombia, Spain, France and Canada.
The San Sebastián Film Festival is an international film event in Spain, while WIP LatAm is a programme for Latin American films still in production. The company is also developing films by other Ibero-American creators, referring broadly to Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities in Europe and the Americas.
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