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Direction: Lucía Garibaldi

2025 Feature Film Development/production

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Synopsis:

Elisa is one of the last young women to be selected to go to the North, a sort of promised land where history is being made. Everyone close to her, even her dear mother, excitedly awaits her departure. But soon it dawns on Elisa that she does not wants to leave, and that say “no” will not be enough.

Bio Director:

Montevideo, 1986. She wrote and directed her first feature film ""Los tiburones"" - “The sharks” (fiction, 83', Uruguay, Argentina and Spain, 2019). Winner of the Film in Progress Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018. Premiered at Sundance International FF 2019, where it obtains the Award for Best Direction. The film had a prominent international journey, selected in more than 50 international film festivals, such as: Sundance, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastián, Busan, La Habana, London, Lima, Chennai, Munich and São Paulo; and has obtained more than ten international awards, such as: Best Director at Sundance; Best Script, Best Actress and Special Jury Award at the Guadalajara Festival; Grand Prix Coup de Coeur at the Toulouse Festival; Special Award at the International competition at BAFICI; Best Movie and Best Actress at the Milan Festival, Best Opera Prima at Lima. The film has been sold in many territories along the world, such as: USA, Canada, LatAm, Africa - Sub-Saharan, China, New Zealand, South Korea, Commonwealth of Independent States and Turkey, among others. In the last two years Lucía has worked directing and editing two Amazon Prime series for Argentina (“Porno y Helado” and “Barra Brava”).

Awards:

Foro de Coproducción del Festival de San Sebastian
Estreno en Tribeca Film Festival

Funds Earned:

Fondo desarrollo ACAU
Fondo Montevideo Desarrolla
Fondo Producción ficción ACAU
Premio FONA
PUA Producción
Fondo Montevideo FILMA
Reconocimiento INCAA
Fondo MVD Socio Audiovisual
Fondo Coproducción Ibermedia
World Cinema Fund

Characteristics:

Production:

Release Year: 2025

Production Year: 2025

Majority Production Country: Uruguay

Other Participating Countries: Uruguay, Argentina, Alemania

Duration: Feature Film

Status: Development/production

Type: Fiction

Pancho Magnou Arnábal, Isabel García Arnabal.

Cast:

Script:

Martina Passeggi, Soledad Pelayo, Sofia Gala Castiglione, Alfonso Tort.

Lucía Garibaldi, Federico Alvarado.

Production House:

Montelona Cine

Contact:

panchomagnou@gmail.com

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