LOS CABOS
GOES TO CANNES
2017
LOS CABOS
GOES TO CANNES
2017
Los Cabos International Film Festival in partnership with Marché
du Film, Festival de Cannes is proud to present for the second time
in a row, four Mexican films in progress from some of the country’s
most promising filmmakers.
These films are young spirited, independent productions that look
to connect with potential partners as producers, sales agents and
festival programmers to enrich their current stage from this Goes
to Cannes experience.
SCREENING
SUNDAY, MAY 21ST
PALAIS K
LEVEL 4 PALAIS DES FESTIVALS
14:00 – 16:00 HRS.
1. SEX PANCHITOS PUNK
15 minutes
2. EL SEGUNDO ADVENIMIENTO / THE SECOND COMING
15 minutes
3. MI HERMANO / MY BROTHER
15 minutes
4. AYER MARAVILLA FUI / YESTERDAY WONDER I WAS
15 minutes
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Director’s statement
I’m filming this documentary because I found in The Panchitos an honest truth about life. They are border
decadent characters who are sensitive and passionate about their lives even though they barely have anything.
They cling to their past and these memories dignify them. I found honesty and hope in them even in the middle
of their terrible life conditions, they found something to carry on and struggle to improve their lives. They were
a criminal organization that terrified the middle and high classes in Mexico City in the mid 80’s. They kidnapped
buses and robbed shops to get booze and food for their poor neighbours, still there is no record about them.
Now, more than thirty years later, they are paying the consequences either in prison, hospital or in the graveyard.
This characters I found keep clinging to that past and to their convictions just to get through their lives.
SEX
PANCHITOS
PUNK
Ulti awaits his wife’s release from
jail to rebuild his family. Chivo
Loco –with more years inside
prison than out of it– will seek to
become an actor once freed this
year. Canon wants to be a social
avenger to give other Panchitos
what he never had. Characters
defeated by the city with a past in
common that dignifies, but also
haunts them. Prison, hospital,
graveyard: such is the fate of a
Panchito. Sex Panchitos Punk,
30 years later.
DIRECTOR Gustavo Gamou
Producer Chantal Elise Guedy, Tatiana Graullera
Production company Tatiana Graullera
Genre Documentary
Country Mexico
Estimated Length 85 min
Language Spanish
Current status Advanced shooting stage
Pending steps Finish shooting and post-production
Goals To find sales agents or distribution outside Mexico.
Estimated budget 223,219 USD
Money in place 202,000 USD
Contact information:
Tatiana Graullera
+52 1 55 27374052
[email protected]
Director’s Bio
PRODUCER’s Bio
PRODUCER’s Bio
Gustavo Gamou graduated
from the Centro de Capacitación
Cinematográfica (CCC) in
Mexico. His first documentary
La Palomilla Salvaje, premiered
at FICCO 2006, won the Best
Mexican Documentary Award.
In 2013 his documentary feature
El Regreso del Muerto, won
the Splendor Omnia Award at
Los Cabos International Film
Festival. In 2015 he obtained
the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund
Development Award at Los
Cabos International Film Festival
for Sex Panchitos Punk (aka FBI).
Tatiana Graullera is an
independent producer with
special interest in authorial and
personal artistic proposals of
both documentaries and feature
films. Graullera produced,
among other films, A Secret
World by Gabriel Mariño
premiered in Berlinale 62, and
her most recent documentary,
Guerrero by Ludovic Bonleux
premiered in Ambulante 12 this
year. She is currently producing
A Wild Stream by Nuria Ibañez
and Gunpowder Seeds by Arturo
González Villaseñor.
Chantal Elise Guedy has a
Communications degree and
specialized in film production. She
has studied Edition at EICTV in San
Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, with
Cuban editor Nelson Rodríguez.
Since 2005 she has produced
more than 10 short films, such as
The Room of the Lost Things by
director Juliana Fanjul and in 2007,
and directed the animation short
film Masacre, included in the DVD
of The Science of Sleep by Michel
Gondry. In 2008 she produced
the documentary How To Cross A
Border by Tim Parsa.
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Director’s statement
I believe that human beings are ever more distanced from nature, to the point that we have stopped
considering ourselves a species within the animal kingdom; we see ourselves as separate from any
ecosystem. With The Second Coming I seek to make evident the complexity of human relationships
presented through the lens of the laws of survival in the animal world. The most basic instincts, we think
we’ve left behind as we’ve evolved, are still latent, especially in the way we relate to other human beings
and in the constant search for a mate. My research of falconry for over 20 years has led me to understand
the attraction a person can develop for a bird of prey, to the point that a symbiotic relationship is
generated. This project is based on the experiences of falconers who thanks to their birds manage to find
meaning in their lives and operate within the structures imposed by society as well as visually exploring
the excessive growth of Mexico City and the repercussions this has on the lives of its inhabitants. The
Second Coming will explore the lives of three real characters who practice falconry and depend on it as if
it were an anxiolytic in order to face their harsh reality.
el
segundo
advenimiento
THE SECOND COMING
The Second Coming intimately
explores the lives of three
falconers and how their
birds help them survive their
harsh reality, researching the
possibilities of the connective
relationship with animals that
can exist beyond words.
DIRECTOR Miguel Calderón
Producer Tatiana Graullera
Production company Tatiana Graullera
Genre Documentary
Country Mexico
Estimated Length 90 min
Language Spanish
Current status Advanced shooting stage
Pending steps Finishing shooting, editing and post-production
Goals To find funding to complete shooting and finish
film by the end of 2017. To connect with sales agents,
distributors and festival programmers.
Estimated budget 159, 816 USD
Money in place 63,924 USD
Contact information:
Tatiana Graullera
+52 1 55 27374052
[email protected]
Director’s Bio
Miguel Calderón, (Mexico City 1971) works in
various mediums such as photography, writing,
experimental film and video. He was co-founder
of the non-profit art space, “La Panadería”, which
helped promote new art tendencies in Latin
America, starting in 1994. His exhibitions include
The Sao Paolo Biennial, Museo Tamayo, The
Yokohama Triennial.
PRODUCER’s Bio
Tatiana Graullera is an independent producer with
special interest in authorial and personal artistic
proposals of both documentaries and feature films.
Graullera produced, among other films, A Secret
World by Gabriel Mariño premiered in Berlinale
62, and her most recent documentary, Guerrero
by Ludovic Bonleux premiered in Ambulante 12
this year. She is currently producing A Wild Stream
by Nuria Ibañez and Gunpowder Seeds by Arturo
González Villaseñor.
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Director’s statement
How to trust in new bonds of affection when others in the past have already failed? Alexey, a child who is not
fully aware of what happened in his past, but whose emotional memory is overwhelming, opens new horizons
for bringing value and meaning to life. His vital drive to transform himself is an early trait of maturity that calls
for sharing. His body and dance, which are Alexey’s refuge, are the elements that allow his strength to come
forth. This film explores the relationship between two brothers, who constantly trust and mistrust the solidity of
their bonds. At the same time it explores the relationship of a young artist, Alexey, with his only weapon and his
only home: his body. I rely more on showing the condition of abandonment in the daily life of these children and
focusing on the dilemmas it inflicts upon their relationships; only then it is possible to touch the orphanhood we
all bear inside as humans. Years ago, I centered my attention on Alexey’s motivation in looking after his brother
Mateo. I see this relationship, which I have followed for years, as the purest manifestation of affection: the
elected brotherhood, the shared orphanhood.
MI
HERMANO
MY BROTHER
DIRECTOR Alana Simões
Producer Nicolás Celis, Sebastián Celis,
Alana Simões, Alejandro Durán
Production company Cinematrópodos /
Pimienta Films / Gavilan Cine
Genre Documentary
Country Mexico
Estimated Length 70 min
Language Spanish / Russian
Alexey was born in Russia where
he was adopted by Gabriela, a
single woman. Later, the family
adopted another child. Doomed
from the start by abandonment,
mother and children struggle
everyday to build reciprocal bonds
of trust. Despite the siblings’
internal crises, their shared sense
of “orphanhood” is also the key to
their strength; and the way they
navigate the world is through their
mutual support.
Current status Post-production
Pending steps Sound mix, music clearance
Goals To complete financing. To find an international
festival to premiere in.
Estimated budget 200,000 USD
Money in place 160,000 USD
Contact information:
Nicolás Celis
+52 1 55 56153925
[email protected]
www.pimientafilms.com
Director’s Bio
Alana Simões has filmed several and awarded
short films as Dual-Me, Marti, Free Taxi and
From Wine To The Arctic. She was International
Manager at DOCMA Documentary Film
Association of Madrid and Co-creator of the
cultural event 3XDOC CREATORS MEETING.
Currently she is finishing her feature documentary
My Brother, produced by Pimienta Films. She
is also developing Third Act, her new film and
Mexican Dream, a documentary TV series, both
produced by Cinematópodos.
PRODUCER’s Bio
Nicolás Celis, founder of Pimienta Films, is a
Mexican producer who has gained a reputation for
working on original projects of high artistic content
and great impact. He has worked with major
directors including Jonas Cuarón (screenwriter
of the acclaimed film Gravity), Amat Escalante
(winner Cannes Film Festival Best Director award
for Heli), and Tatiana Huezo (awarded with the
Best Documentary Fenix Award for Tempestad).
He is currently in post-production for Alfonso
Cuarón’s new film.
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Director’s statement
This project sprang from my fascination with Mexico City and my obsession with the human body. For me this
city is like a diseased entity, that pathologically keeps existing without direction, nor destiny; a weary place
yet ready to explode, violent and tender, cruel and funny, heartless and full of compassion. I’ve seen almost
supernatural things here, everyone adapts to the city, if you don’t you’re dead, so I began imagining the existence
of a changing entity, maybe an essence that slips through the shadows and keeps a big secret, a hex, a condition
that condemns him to be alone and aside; but still capable of falling in love. I like to imagine the human body as
the last frontier, the end of my senses and my physical existence, the shell that contains my chaos. I’ve always
fantasized with changing bodies for a day, to feel and see from the inside of another skin, other eyes. All those
fantasies came together in this project. This film had no script. I wrote a fifteen-page story as a blueprint to
begin a search into improvisation, pushing my own ways to make cinema. For me this film is a crazy and intimate
letter to my own obsessions and to the city that I hate and love equally.
AYER
MARAVILLA
FUI
YESTERDAY WONDER I WAS
DIRECTOR Gabriel Mariño
Producer Gabriela Gavica, Gabriel Mariño, Isaac Montecillo
Production company UnMundo
Genre Fiction
Country Mexico
Estimated Length 87 min
Language Spanish
Current status Close to Final Cut (this status could
change based on further counseling)
The existence of a lonely figure
in Mexico City is endured by
uncontrollably usurping bodies
every so often, making his essence
travel through the bodies of men
and women. The boredom and
hopelessness of this being are
confronted by the love for Luisa
and the need to be with her. He
begins a struggle to communicate
that love through differents faces
and bodies hoping to be with her
in spite of his condition.
Pending steps Image and sound post-production
Goals To connect with investors to finish the film. To meet
festival programmers, sales agents and distributors.
Estimated budget 300,000 USD
Money in place 270,000 USD
Contact information:
Gabriel Mariño
+52 1 55 37313180
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/Ayer-Maravilla-FuiUn-Mundo-Secreto-119885774733107/
Director’s Bio
PRODUCER’s Bio
PRODUCER’s Bio
Gabriel Mariño was born in Puebla,
Mexico. He studied Film at Centro
de Capacitación Cinematográfica
(CCC), graduating with honours
(2007) with his acclaimed
documentary Bardo. His first
feature film, A Secret World, was
supported by the Visions Sud Est
production grant (2011), selected in
San Sebastian’s films in progress and
had its world premiere at Berlinale’s
Generation (2012). He has been
grant recipient of FICCO, TyPa
Foundation and IBERMEDIA and
featured by Variety as one of nine
Latin American filmmakers to follow.
Gabriela Gavica studied a B.A.
in Communications and an M.A.
in Film Production at Centro de
Capacitación Cinematográfica
(CCC). She worked in film and
television, heading production
of Top Chef Mexico (2015) for
NBC Universal and Sony Mexico.
She is currently a partner of the
production and distribution company
MANDARINA CINE. She produced
Gabriel Mariño’s Ayer Maravilla Fui
and the musical documentary series
Bands in Construction. Her upcoming
production will be the second feature
film by Álvaro Curiel, Vagoneros.
Isaac Montecillo was born in
Celaya, Guanajuato. He studied
a B.A. in Communication at
Lasallista Benavente University.
From 2003 to 2006, he was part
of the Organizing Committee of
several film festivals in Mexico,
including Guanajuato, Puerto
Vallarta, Guadalajara, Chihuahua
and Morelia. He has wide
experience in different roles in TV
and Film production. Currently,
he produces and directs personal
projects through his production
company ‘Open House’. In 2016 he
directed the short film Mixcoatl.