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SELECTED PROJECTS IN 2024

 

The projects selected in the eight edition of Conecta FICTION & ENTERTATINMENT 2024 that will participate in the Pitch Copro Series and that will opt for different prizes awarded by companies and institutions are:

 

PAST WATERS
Thriller, Crime
Portugal
SCRIPTWRITER:
Joao Tordo
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
CARACOL STUDIOS, TVON PRODUCCIONES
LOGLINE:
In rain-soaked Lisbon, sub-commissioner Pilar Benamor races to solve two brutal teenage murders with the help of the enigmatic Spanish hermit Cícero Guzmán, defying orders to catch a psychopath while dealing with her own traumas.
DESTAPE
Mystery, Drama
Spain
SCRIPTWRITER:
Pablo Barrera (Original idea by Pablo Barrera and Iñaki Peñafiel)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
SATISFACTION IBERIA
LOGLINE:
Who was Rosa Burnett? Why was she never what she wanted to be, but what others wanted? A famous 1970s actress presumed dead, returns from the shadows to collect her debts.
THE PULSE OF WATER
Drama, Thriller
Spain
SCRIPTWRITER:
Alberto Evangelio, Ana Piles
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
NADIE ES PERFECTO - LOLA CINEMA
LOGLINE:
María returns to her hometown to take care of her father, a fisherman in L'Albufera. When she isn't allowed to go out fishing because she´s a woman, a social struggle breaks out in the town.



GOLD WAR
Sports drama
Bulgaria
SCRIPTWRITER:
Teodora Markova, Georgi Ivanov, Nevena Kertova
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
AGITPROP
LOGLINE:
Inspired by real events in the midst of one of the most absurd moments in recent times - the boycotts of the Moscow and LA Olympics in the 80s where group of rhythmic gymnasts and their coach happened to be used as gentle weapons of the Cold War.
SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL
Crime, Thriller, Horror
Chile
SCRIPTWRITER:
Vicente Torga
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
EQUECO
LOGLINE:
A ruined journalist and a rebellious detective investigate the disappearance of a child at the hands of a cult in a southern Chilean town on the eve of the night of San Juan.
LITTLE RED FOX
Historical
France/Germany
SCRIPTWRITER:
Nuria Gómez Garrido
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
CHAKALAKA FILMS, LIEBLINGSFILM GMBH
LOGLINE:
A Jewish girl flees the Nazis learns to photograph in Paris and, at the Spanish Civil War finds a way to emancipate herself as a woman while fighting fascism as a photojournalist. Based on Gerda Taro's life and inspired by historical events.
NEW HUNTING TALES
Drama, Comedy, Romance, Sci-fi
Portugal
SCRIPTWRITER:
Claudia Semedo, Dércio Ferreira, Diogo Gazella Carvalho, Fábio Silva, Gisela Casimiro, Lara Mesquita, Luis Almeida
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
GALO BRAVO
LOGLINE:
7 episode series presenting standalone narratives, all exploring the journey of African descendant Portuguese characters as they grapple with identity and belonging in a society that frequently marginalizes and oppresses them.
OUT OF SERVICE
Comedy Drama
Israel
SCRIPTWRITER:
Omer Goldman, Lee Harush
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
ANANEY STUDIOS
LOGLINE:
Ellie, a conscientious objector and the rejected daughter of the candidate for Chief of Staff, goes into a military prison where she becomes the most hated prisoner. In order to survive, she has to challenge her pacifist beliefs.
RED CITY
Western, Thriller
France / Israel
SCRIPTWRITER:
Francois Uzan, Ofer Seker
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
FIRST LOVE, YES STUDIOS
LOGLINE:
1957. A young cop from Tel Aviv is assigned her first murder investigation, in remote Eilat - a disconnected southern town where criminals are sent on exile.
THE SLEEPING CELL
Thriller, Political
Portugal
SCRIPTWRITER:
Nuno Nepomuceno, Miguel Simal
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
SPi
LOGLINE:
When Lisbon wakes up to the news of a terrorist attack, followed by the death of the Prime Minister, a professor and a journalist join forces to stop an international conspiracy that stems from their pasts.
THE CONSUL'S SON
True Crime, Suspense, Drama
Colombia
SCRIPTWRITER:
Fernando López Cardona
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Mar.Franco Productions
LOGLINE:
Gonzalo Carreño, an aristocrat from Bogota, is accused of murdering his brother-in-law and taken to prison. From then on, his life becomes a scandalous succession of extortions, assaults, terrorist attempts and the hijacking of an airplane.

(SELECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH BAM BOGOTÁ)
END OF YEAR
Suspense, supernatural
Brazil
SCRIPTWRITER:
Jô Levy, Ludielma Laurentino
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Têm Dendê
LOGLINE:
A network of everyday and invisible connections keeps 5 people interconnected. A few hours before New Year's Eve, the bus they are on changes route, interrupting their trajectory and the possibility of reaching their intended destination.

(SELECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH SANFIC)
PLAYING WITH SCISSORS
Dramedy
Lithuania
SCRIPTWRITER:
Domante Urmonaite, Martynas Mendelis
LOGLINE:
Fearing his son might inherit his cancer, Jonah and a crew of misfit seniors turn their garage into a DIY gene-editing lab, aiming to create revolutionary black market treatments and use their senior status as a perfect cover to trick authorities.

(SELECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH NEM ZAGREB)