Raquel Sheffer, Byron Davies, Catarina de Sousa and Beli Martínez will be in charge of mentoring the four projects in development chosen from the eighty proposals received
One of the main activities of the eSe8_LAB is INPUT, a professional film project tutoring event that takes place in and around the Mostra de Cinema Periférico. This activity, which is in its ninth year, is held at the Luis Seoane Foundation, has been truly successful in applications, having received over eighty proposals this year, only four of which have been selected. The chosen projects are: De la noche a la mañana, by Orisel Castro López; VÊHTIHIO by Violeta Sarmiento Pérez; Oh mono, adiós, by Paola Buontempo, and ¿Qué es una montaña?, by Fran Rodríguez Casal. All of the selected creators reside in Spain, though originally not only from areas such as Seville and Galicia, but also places as diverse as Cuba and Argentina.
De la noche a la mañana, Orisel Castro | VÊHTIHIO, Violeta Sarmiento Pérez
These filmmakers will be given personalised tutoring from internationally renowned professionals in the spheres of film and art, with whom they will be able to discuss everything from their projects’ writing and development stages to details about distribution. This year, the INPUT tutors are: Raquel Sheffer (France), researcher, filmmaker and lecturing doctor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle; Byron Davies (USA-Mexico), researcher and visual artist, member of the SACIMU collective (Mexico’s Salón de Cines Múltiples); Catarina de Sousa (Portugal), founder of the production company Foi Bonita a Festa and the Casa do Xisto training and creation space; and Beli Martínez (Galicia, Spain), producer, lecturing doctor and researcher at Novo Cinema Galego.
This programme will be taking place during the festival at the Luis Seoane Foundation and will continue throughout 2025 with a second phase of online tutoring. The purpose is to support quality film projects, giving their creators the opportunity to rethink their creative process, improve the work, locate funding sources and achieve the most suitable distribution for the movies.
Oh mono, adiós, Paola Buontempo | ¿Qué es una montaña?, F. Rodríguez Casal
INPUT is part of the educational project of the ese8_LAB and counts on collaboration from the Galician Agency of Cultural Industries of the Government (Xunta) of Galicia (Agadic), Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Luis Seoane Foundation. These institutions are part of the support for the (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico organised by the Cultural Association eSe8, which is sponsored by A Coruña City Council’s Department of Culture and Tourism with additional help from the Provincial Council of A Coruña, and the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA).
