Connect with Distribution is aimed at feature-length documentary projects or non-fiction series in editing, post-production, or completed but not yet premiered. Out of a total of 68 applications from 12 countries, 14 projects from 7 Latin American countries were selected: Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, and Argentina. Participation can be virtual or in person, with one-on-one meetings with invited industry representatives, talks, panels, and networking activities.
The 9th Meeting of the International Documentary Film Industry brings together producers, sales agents, distributors, exhibitors, financiers, and leading figures from the world’s most important markets and festivals. Together with the participating documentary filmmakers, 28 countries are represented at Conecta 2024. Furthermore, during the call for various workshops and activities aimed at production development, 332 submissions were received from 18 countries.
🎬 The selected projects are:
Boca Vieja
Boca Vieja
The cycles of life and nature in a small town by the sea.
Director: Yovegami Ascona Mora
Production: Mónica Cruz Arcos and Yovegami Ascona Mora
Format: Feature Film
Country: Mexico
Carmela y los Caminantes
Carmela and the Walkers
Carmela welcomes thousands of people passing through South America during the Venezuelan exodus.
Directors: Esteban Coloma and Luis Herrera
Production: Esteban Coloma
Format: Feature Film
Country: Ecuador
Cobija
Cobija
A portal in time where the past, present, and future of a legendary town hidden in the Atacama Desert converge.
Director: Pamela Pequeño
Production: Adriana Denisse-Silva
Format: Feature Film
Country: Chile
El inventario
The Inventory
Four women search for their children who have disappeared, while a committee of linguists looks for a word missing from the dictionary.
Director: Ilana Coleman
Production: Natalia Nava, James Carlos Goncalves, and Ivonne Villalón
Format: Feature Film
Country: Mexico
El Pantera
El Pantera
At 65, a Colombian salsa musician must face the industry's conditions to return to the music scene.
Director: Frank Benitez
Production: Angélica Clavijo
Format: Feature Film
Country: Colombia
Ino Moxo El Sueño del Brujo
Ino Moxo the Healer’s Dream
A journey of mysteries and knowledge in the depths of the Amazon rainforest in search of the great shaman Ino Moxo Pantera Negra.
Director: Rodolfo Abdias Arrascue Navas
Production: Javier Salvador and Mariale Mosquera
Format: Feature Film
Countries: Peru and Colombia
Juntas Somos Fuertes
Stronger Together
A documentary portraying the rise of the Mexican feminist movement in recent years.
Director: Tania Claudia Castillo
Production: Tania Claudia Castillo, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Carlos Hernández Vázquez, and Gabriela Gavica
Format: Feature Film
Country: Mexico
La fábula de la tortuga y la flor
The Fable of the Turtle and the Flower
Faced with the death of my best friend, the trivialities of daily life become transcendent, and love reveals itself as the only thing that can save us.
Director: Carolina Campo Lupo
Production: Valentina Baracco Pena and Carolina Campo Lupo
Format: Feature Film
Country: Uruguay
La Sed del Viento
The Winds’ Thirst
This documentary tells the story of Wayuu leaders Jazmine, Tita, and Misael fighting against a hidden genocide driven by mining, wind energy, and violence.
Director: Alejandro Valbuena
Production: Vanessa Cáceres
Format: Feature Film
Countries: Colombia and Canada
Mama
Mama
At 37, Ana faces advanced cancer and finds refuge in her camera, reflecting on a healing process that goes beyond the body.
Director: Ana Cristina Benítez Guerra
Production: Bernarda Cornejo Pinto
Format: Feature Film
Country: Ecuador
Mapa Mágico de Chile
Magic Map of Chile
Magic Map of Chile follows magician Jean Paul Olhaberry on a journey through enigmatic places in Chile, blending magic, spirituality, and nature.
Director: Gonzalo Vergara
Production: Rafaella Tonini
Format: Series
Country: Chile
Nieta de mi Abuela
I Am My Grandma’s Granddaughter
Questioning what it means to «be left alone», a 40-year-old single filmmaker explores her grandmother’s life, who defied societal norms.
Director: Tatiana Fernández Geara
Production: Wendy P. Espinal, and Tatiana Fernández Geara
Format: Feature Film
Country: Dominican Republic
No money, no honey
No Money, No Honey
In the ’90s, an Argentine drag queen arrived in the United States to succeed. Years later,alcoholized and sad, she decides to go out in search of her friends.
Director: Nicole Costa
Production: Daniela Camino
Format: Feature Film
Country: Chile
Vuelvo donde nunca estuve
Returning Where I Have Never Been
A young Selk’nam woman returns to her territory a century after her great-grandfather’s abduction to prove that her people are not extinct.
Directors: Constanza Vásquez Palau and Andrés Morales Zambra
Production: Alejandra Rosas Castillo and Magdalena Ponce Valenzuela
Format: Feature Film
Country: Chile
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