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San Sebastián Co-Production Forum: Celina Murga, Mariana Rondón, Matias Mariani, Santiago Loza and Christopher Murray Among Selected
San Sebastián’s 2026 Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum has selected 15 film projects, including new works from established Latin American arthouse directors Celina Murga, Mariana Rondón, Matias Mariani, Santiago Loza and Christopher Murray. Running from 21 to 23 September, the Forum is a major industry meeting point for filmmakers seeking international financing and production partners, underlining its importance to Latin American independent cinema.
The line-up also includes emerging filmmakers and first features, such as Selma Cervantes’s “Mourning Sound”, produced by Michel Franco’s Teorema, and projects by Ernesto Martínez, Ingrid Pokropek, Giorgio Giampà and Azul Vanni. Selected titles include Murga’s “The Rehearsals”, Mariani’s “Nature Boy”, Rondón’s “Looking for Sam”, Murray’s “Giant Stones” and Felipe Solari Yrigoyen’s “The Amateurs”, a Chilean-Argentine project set around a missing Maltese Falcon statuette at an eccentric film-character convention.
In short
- San Sebastián selected 15 Europe-Latin America co-production projects.
- Leading Latin American directors feature alongside emerging filmmakers.
- The Forum runs from 21 to 23 September.
Explained simply
Film projects often need money, expertise and companies from more than one country to reach the screen. A co-production forum brings filmmakers together with potential financiers and production partners while projects are still being developed.
San Sebastián is a Spanish city whose film festival hosts an annual meeting for projects from Europe and Latin America. The directors named in the report have made films in Latin America’s independent cinema scene, while the selection also includes first features and work by emerging filmmakers.
The forum matters because international partnerships can help films secure funding and reach audiences in different countries. Its selection offers a meeting point for filmmakers at different stages of their careers to seek that support.
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