2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival announced the names of the films chosen to form part of the Cabos in Progress and Cabos Discovery platforms. Cabos in Progress will feature films in the post-production stage, made in or coproduced with Mexico; and the Cabos Discovery platform will feature projects in the development phase, made in or coproduced by Mexico, USA or Canada.
The competing Mexican films in Cabos in Progress are:
Bellas de noche (pictured above)
Director: María José Cuevas
Producers: Christian Valdelièvre, Alberto Müffelmann, Jaime Bernardo Ramos Montoya y Gerardo Gatica.
Carroña
Director and producer: Sebastián Hiriart
El fracaso
Director: Ricardo Silva
Producer: Paulina Valencia
La habitación
Directors: Carlos Carrera, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Carlos Bolado, Ernesto Contreras, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Alejandro Valle, Iván Ávila Dueñas and Natalia Beristáin
Producers: Edher Campos, Luis Salinas, Marta Lewandowska and Marta Habior
Los paisajes
Director: Rodrigo Cervantes
Producer: Pauline Galtié
Somos lengua
Director: Kyzza Terrazas
Producer: Carlos Sosa and Laura Imperiale
Verónica
Directors: Carlos Algara and Alejandro Martínez
Producer: Juan Carlos Segura
The competing projects in the Cabos Discovery platform are:
Sunbathing in Hell (Canada)
Director: Sophie Deraspe
Producer: Félize Frappier
I’m not a bad person (Canada)
Director: Andrew Huculiak
Producers: Nicole I Dyck, Amy Darling, Josh Huculiak
Merciful (Canada) selected from Strategic Partners
Producer: Marc Almon
Salón de Belleza (USA/Mexico)
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Producers: Eleonora Granata, Jonathan Venguer
Nancy (USA) – selected from IFP
Director: Christina Choe
Producers: Gerry Kim, Mayuran Tiruchelvam, Kelly Willias and Jonathan Duffy
Picking Cotton (USA) selected from Tribeca Film Institute
Director and producer: Jessica Sanders
The Taste of the Apple is Red (SYRIA, QATAR and USA) selected from Cine-Link Sarajevo Film Festival
Director: Ehab Tarabieh
Producer: Solomon Goodman
Calla (Mexico)
Director: Jorge Michel Grau
Producer: Mayra Espinosa Castro
Gunpowder seeds (Mexico)
Director: Arturo González Villaseñor
Producers: Sebastián Celis and Nicolás Celis
Memoria de los días rojos (Mexico)
Director and producer: Rafa Lara
Skin Deep (Mexico)
Director: Paulina del Paso
Producers: Elisa Miller
Casi el paraíso (Mexico)
Director: Gaz Alazraki
Producers: Edgar San Juan and Leonardo Zimbrón
Opus Zero (Mexico)
Director: Daniel Graham
Producer: Julio Chavezmontes