The industry platform Nebulae of the Doclisboa International Film Festival has announced the projects selected for its development and residency programmes, which will take place from October 18 to 25 as part of the 24th edition of the Portuguese festival, scheduled for October 15 to 25. The selection includes four Argentine projects: three in Arché, the film development lab, and one in RAW – Arché→Work Residencies, dedicated to works at different stages of creation.
For the 12th edition of Arché – Space for Creative Thinking and Development, nine projects from six countries have been selected with the support of the Ibermedia Programme. The initiative offers an intensive programme of workshops, presentation sessions and one-to-one meetings with industry professionals, aimed at supporting the development of the films and exploring pathways towards their completion. Filmmakers Andrés Duque, Ivette Liang and Mariana Gaivão will serve as mentors.
The Argentine projects selected are Atlas of Natural Spectra, by Franco Palazzo and Ile Dell’Unti; Rosa Brilhante, by Lucila Podestá; and The man who seeks, by Santiago Sein. The selection is completed by Now what?, by Carles Bixquert (Spain); The Best Virgin, by Miguel Ángel Fajardo (Colombia); Na Boca do Sol, by Leonardo Amaral (Brazil); Choosing to be a landscape, by Mercedes Moncada (Spain); À Beira ou Cartas da Linha de Água, by Renata Sancho (Portugal); and I, the Queen, by Tae Catalina Low (Colombia/Mexico).
The eighth edition of RAW – Arché→Work Residencies, meanwhile, will bring together five projects from five Ibero-American countries. The programme, created through a collaboration between Arché, Apordoc’s development lab at Doclisboa, and MÁRGENES//Work, part of the Márgenes Festival, supports both film projects and critical proposals exploring the possibilities of nonfiction cinema.
The selection includes three creative projects and two critical projects, which will work under the guidance of Luís Miguel Oliveira, Pablo Marín and Pedro Filipe Marques. The residency will take place between Portugal and Spain, including participation in the Doc’s Kingdom seminar in Odemira, before concluding at MÁRGENES//Work in Madrid.
The programme’s selection includes Exóticas, by Mariana Castiñeiras (Uruguay/Chile), alongside Metamorphosis of the Same: The Mirror of Water, by Diego Acosta Hernández (Chile); Domitor and the Tale of Fire (Film about memory 2), by Salomon Perez (Peru); Vibrar conforme a síncope do objeto, segundo Arthur Omar, by Helena Elias (Brazil); and Notes for a Music Documentary: Non-representational Forms, by Nicolás Martín Ruiz (Spain).
Through its various programmes, Nebulae brings together filmmakers, producers, critics and international programmers to support new work and create opportunities for collaboration. The platform will also feature Greece as Guest Country, with activities dedicated to the country’s cinema and professional sector.