The National Audiovisual Institute (INAP) reported on the 16 projects in different development lines that will be awarded with funds totaling just over Gs 2 billion (approximately US$250,000), including co-productions, feature films and documentaries.
The jury of the call for the Competitive Funds for the Promotion of Film and Audiovisuals in Paraguay 2024 issued, after an evaluation process, its final verdict on the awarded projects.
It was made up of Antonio Navarro Cruz (Spain), Diego Mondaca (Bolivia) and María Alché (Argentina).
Projects awarded by the Paraguayan National Audiovisual Institute
1. 1989 – THE JAGUARET (Fiction)
Presented by Lena Fernández Chilo
Script: Salvador Roselli
Direction: Simón Franco
Awarded amount: G. 35,000,000
2. THE KING OF THE AIR (Animation)
Presented by Mathías Maciel
Script: Andrés Mariano Tes
Direction: Mathías Maciel
Awarded amount: G. 35,000,00
3. THE WELL (Fiction)
Presented by Christian Escobar
Script and Direction: Fernando Pacheco
Awarded amount: G. 35,000,000
4. THE RAFT (Fiction)
Presented by Sandra Flecha
Script: Néstor Amarilla Ojeda
Direction: Sandra Flecha
Awarded amount: G. 35,000,000
Line: INAP Development
5. WORLD (Fiction)
Presented by Jimena Román Peña
Script and Direction: Jimena Román Peña
Amount awarded: G. 35,000,000
6. VALERIO, POLICE OFFICER (Fiction Series)
Presented by Jéssica Bettina Resquín Denis
Script and Direction: Jéssica Bettina Resquín Denis
Amount awarded: G. 35,000,000
Line: Additional INAP Development
7. FALOPIA (Fiction)
Presented by Humberto Eduardo I Barrola Isasi
Screenplay and Direction: Tania Cattebeke Laconich
Amount awarded: G. 30,000,000
Line: Short film
8. ALMA PRIETA (Fiction)
Presented by Oscar Ayala Pacielo from SUI PRODUCCIONES Y COMUNICACIONES SRL
Screenplay and Direction: Flor Yelidá Díaz Pepén
Amount awarded: G. 30,000,000
Line: Minority Co-production INAP/DINAPI
9. THE WORLD IS OUR (Fiction)
Presented by Diego Lamar of Sapukai Cinema and Production SRL
Script and Direction: Francisco Márquez
Amount awarded: G. 160,000,000
(Co-participation with DINAPI: DINAPI: G. 100,000,000, INAP: G. 60,000,000)
Line: Minority Co-production INAP
10. AYVU (Documentary
Presented) by Noelia Libertad Armele Banks
Script and Direction: Joaquín Pedretti
Amount awarded: G. 160,000,000
Line: First Feature INAP/DINAPI
11. LA DISTANCIA DE LOS ENTES (Documentary)
Presented by Juan José Pereira Cardozo
Script and Direction: Giuliano Franco Ochipinti
Amount awarded: G. 160,000,000
(Co-participation with DINAPI : DINAPI: G. 100,000,000, INAP: G. 60,000,000)
Line: Documentary Feature Film
12. THE SILENCES OF MY NAME
Presented by Olinda Ruiz Franco
Script and Direction: Olinda Ruiz Franco
Amount awarded: G. 218,000,000
13. THE LITTLE SAINT
Presented by Andrea Gandolfo
Script and Direction: Fernando Allen Galiano and Carlos Alfredo Casco Almada
Awarded amount: G. 218,000,000
Line: Fiction Feature Film
14. LUX PERPETUA
Presented by Federico Miguel Adorno Romero
Script and Direction: Federico Miguel Adorno Romero
Awarded amount: G. 303,100,000
15. TIMOTEO
Presented by Tania Mercedes Simbrón Segovia
Script and Direction: Osvaldo Ortíz Faiman
Awarded amount: G. 304,000,000
16. MALDECIDOS
Presented by René Ruiz Díaz from Urban Achievers SA
Script: Hernán Moyano
Direction: Hugo Javier Cardozo
Awarded amount: G. 304,000,000
In a statement INAP extended special thanks to the Instituto Técnico Superior de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación (IPAC) for providing the space where the live broadcast was held for the publication of the funds awarded on October 15, as well as to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
A government statement said: “This joint effort reaffirms the State’s commitment to the growth and strengthening of the Paraguayan film industry, providing opportunities to national filmmakers and promoting the development of projects that represent and enrich Paraguayan culture.”
