Laura Mora, Marian Mathias, and Pilar Palomero are the one ladies who shall be competing for the Golden Shell at this yr’s San Sebastián Worldwide Movie Competition. The fest has added 12 Competitors titles to the 4 it introduced a number of weeks in the past; throughout the 16 movies, simply three are helmed by ladies, or about 19 %. That’s a disappointing determine by itself, nevertheless it particularly stings when you think about the 2021 figures: within the first wave of Competitors picks alone, there was twice the variety of women-directed movies.
Mora’s “The Kings of the World” is a surreal story about 5 boys who dwell on — and rule — the streets of Medellín, Colombia. Mathias’ “Runner” sees a younger girl bonding with a stranger after her father dies, and Palomero’s “La maternal” follows a pregnant 14-year-old insurgent who is shipped to a middle for teen moms.
Isabel Coixet’s non-fiction movie “El sostre groc” is, so far, the one characteristic directed by a girl set to display Out of Competitors at San Sebastián 2022. It tells the story of 9 ladies who filed a criticism in opposition to two of their former lecturers, claiming they have been sexually abused between 2001 and 2008, as youngsters. Although the statute of limitations had lapsed, the ladies found they have been nonetheless in a position to make a distinction.
Additionally screening Out of Competitors is the Movistar Plus+ sci-fi sequence “Apagón (“Offworld”). Isa Campo is among the many venture’s 5 administrators.
The complete Competitors and Out of Competitors slates might be discovered on San Sebastián’s web site. The 2022 version will happen September 16-24.
Supply: Women And Hollywood