The most colorful contributor to this year’s Ventana Sur Blood Window Works in Progress section, where it won the Chemistry Award for post-production services, is “Niobe,” a high-octane dark comedy thriller set in a fictitious South American country run by a group of ruthless men.
Pajé Produções Culturais founder Fernando Mamari produces and directs the film, set at a high-profile party where executive John hires a group of luxury call girls as entertainment for a clandestine meeting between several major players in the worlds of business and politics, including a head of state, to work out a plan meant to exploit an indigenous territory for the minerals which can be found there. As things begin to unravel, the future of a country falls into the hands of seven prostitutes not afraid of exploiting an opportunity.
Mixing elements of ‘50s culture, a broad color pallet and a wide range of music,...
Pajé Produções Culturais founder Fernando Mamari produces and directs the film, set at a high-profile party where executive John hires a group of luxury call girls as entertainment for a clandestine meeting between several major players in the worlds of business and politics, including a head of state, to work out a plan meant to exploit an indigenous territory for the minerals which can be found there. As things begin to unravel, the future of a country falls into the hands of seven prostitutes not afraid of exploiting an opportunity.
Mixing elements of ‘50s culture, a broad color pallet and a wide range of music,...
- 12/4/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ventana Sur’s Blood Window Works in Progress sidebar, along with the event’s Screenings and project pitchings, have firmly cemented the annual event as one of the standout dates for genre cinema in Latin America and abroad. This year, six works in progress will screen as part a hybrid Ventana Sur market which will run Nov. 29 through Dec. 3.
The 2021 selection of works in progress can, in some ways, be seen as a return to form for the event. Over the past several years, the types of films screened in the section have diversified to include science fiction, fantasy and thriller propositions, in addition to the traditional horror flicks on which it was founded. For 2021, however, terror is the name of the game once again, with all six films self-defining as either horror, thriller or a combination of the two genres.
Also notable is the impressive spread of countries contributing to the section.
The 2021 selection of works in progress can, in some ways, be seen as a return to form for the event. Over the past several years, the types of films screened in the section have diversified to include science fiction, fantasy and thriller propositions, in addition to the traditional horror flicks on which it was founded. For 2021, however, terror is the name of the game once again, with all six films self-defining as either horror, thriller or a combination of the two genres.
Also notable is the impressive spread of countries contributing to the section.
- 11/8/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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