Projects
Projects
Altxaliliak
Category: Spain Showcase
Directed by: Maia Iribarne
Produced by: Zuri Goikoetxea, Ainhoa Andraka | Doxa Producciones (Spain)
Country of Production: Spain, France
Original Title: Altxaliliak
Runtime: 90'
Expected Release: January 2028
Production Stage: Late Development
1st Feature: Yes
Looking for: Sales Agents, Distributors, TV and Platform Buyers, Festivals
Synopsis:
The Atxalili are my queer, Basque, and rural friends who, for the first time, unite these identities and celebrate them on stage, in their villages. Through their drag personas, they heal wounds, challenge norms, reinterpret tradition and transform their performances into a collective celebration of freedom — quietly reshaping our land.
Director’s Profile:
Maia Iribarne was born in the Basque Country in 1995 and lives in the village of Lasa, nestled in the mountains. She studied Audiovisual Communication at Mondragon Unibertsitatea (2018) and completed a research Master’s in Visual Arts and Education at the Universitat de Barcelona, before specialising in documentary filmmaking at the Lussas Documentary School, where she directed two short films. Always working at the intersection of music and cinema, she also performs as a violinist and vocalist with projects such as Habia and Bloñ. She co-directed the participatory film Bañolet (2023) and is currently developing her debut feature documentary, Altxaliliak. Her work has been supported by residencies including Noka (Tabakalera) and Dirdiralab, and selected at international pitching platforms such as the Biarritz and San Sebastián festivals, where she received the Euroregional Prize at Lau Haizetara.
Producers Profiles:
Zuri Goikoetxea and Ainhoa Andraka are producers at Doxa Producciones, a company that believes in the transformative power of cinema that questions the world we live in, offering new perspectives to foster more humane ways of interaction. Their films have screened and received awards at festivals such as IFFR, CPH:DOX, BAFICI, Visions du Réel, Viennale, SSIFF, FICX and Málaga. Notable productions include Asier ETA biok, winner of the Irizar Award at San Sebastián and distributed in over 20 countries; Meseta, Special Jury Mention at CPH:DOX; Fantasía, acquired by Netflix Europe; Cabeza y Corazón, Young European Audience Award at FICX; Itoiz Udako Sesioak, selected at Cannes Docs 2023 and the fourth most-watched documentary in Spanish cinemas in 2025, with more than 12,000 viewers; and ¡Caigan las rosas blancas!, co-produced with Argentina and Brazil, premiered in Rotterdam and nominated for Best Original Song at the 2026 Goya Awards.
All I Ever Wanted
Category: The Five Nordics Showcase
Directed by: Christina Martiny Moltke
Produced by: Esther Nissen, Maria Kristensen | Final Cut for Real (Denmark)
Country of Production: Denmark
Original Title: På Et Splitsekund
Runtime: 90' & 52'
Expected Release: February 2027
Production Stage: Editing
1st Feature: Yes
Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents, Distributors, Buyers
Synopsis:
Leslie and Thilde stand on the threshold of a new phase in their lives: Leslie’s career as a film composer is taking off, while her wife Thilde is pregnant with their second child. But three weeks before the due date, Leslie is diagnosed with leukaemia. All I Ever Wanted is an intimate love story exploring how trauma reshapes love, family, and the very idea of a future when life changes in an instant.
Director’s Profile:
Christina Martiny Moltke has a background in fine arts as well as media theory. Since 2017 she has worked as editorial director and photographer on several acclaimed Danish documentary series for the Danish broadcasting companies DR and TV2. Her work is characterised by a gentle approach to vulnerable subjects, exploring how trauma affects individuals and their environment.
Producers’ Profiles:
Esther Nissen has worked as a producer, production manager, and as part of the production team on short films, TV series, and feature films since 2014. In 2019 she joined Final Cut for Real. Here, she has been a part of the team behind the Oscar®-nominated films Flee and A House Made of Splinters as well as associate producer on Joshua Oppenheimer’s musical The End. She is an alumni of the international producers programme EURODOC 2025.
Maria Kristensen holds an MA in Film Studies (2010, Copenhagen University), where she wrote her thesis on ethics in satirical documentary film. Since 2011, she has been with Final Cut for Real, working as a production manager, post producer and VR producer, as well as associate producer on the Oscar®-nominated documentaries A House Made of Splinters, The Look of Silence, and The Act of Killing.
Amazonas
Category: CIRCLE Showcase
Directed by: Clara Lopez Rubio
Produced by: Laura Dauden | Forward Films (Spain), Isabela Parra | Caleidoscopio Cine (Ecuador), Anke Petersen | Jyoti Film (Germany)
Country of Production: Spain, Ecuador, Germany
Original Title: Amazonas
Runtime: 90'
Expected Release: February 2028
Production Stage: Development
1st Feature: No
Looking for: Connection With Funds, Broadcasters, Distributors, Sales Agents
Synopsis:
In Waorani territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon, ancient trees are felled as the first road cuts into the forest. Two grandmothers envision opposing futures: Nancy yearns for the privileges of life beyond the forest, Huanginkamu strives to protect her ancestral territory. As the filmmaker questions what her presence sets in motion, the three women co-imagine together a world rooted in care rather than power.
Director’s Profile:
Clara López Rubio, a graduate of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), spent nine years following the Assange case, culminating in her documentary Hacking Justice (2021), broadcast across European public television. She is an alumna of Documentary Campus, Doklab Navarra, CIMA Mentoring 1 & 1, and CIRCLE, and has received support from ICAA, DAMA Proyecta, Berliner Projektfonds, FFA, and NRW Filmstiftung.
Producers Profiles:
Laura Dauden is a Brazilian director, writer and producer, and co-founder of Forward Films. Her work, including Unsubmissive and Occupation Inc., has screened at major festivals such as Málaga, São Paulo and San Sebastián.
Isabella Parra is an Ecuadorian producer and former programmer of Cero Latitud and La Orquídea film festivals. She has produced award-winning fiction and documentary films and currently focuses on projects by women addressing gender and environmental activism.
Anke Petersen founded Jyoti Film in 2013 after a long career in commercial production. She specializes in international documentary co-productions, short films and digital projects, and is a Documentary Campus alumna and certified green consultant.
Children of Honey
Category: Scotland Showcase
Directed by: Jigar Ganatra, Emmanuel Musa-Marco & the Hadza Community
Produced by: Natalie Humphreys | Storyboard Studios (Scotland), Jigar Ganatra & Simona Nickman | JG Creative (Tanzania)
Country of Production: Tanzania, UK
Original Title: Olanakwe Sa Ba’alako
Runtime: 90'
Expected Release: March 2027
Production Stage: Shooting
1st Feature: Yes
Looking for: Financing, Cinematic, Theatrical Release Partners, Festivals
Synopsis:
In a remote Tanzanian valley, three friends come of age in one of the world’s last hunter-gatherer Communities. As the precious honey they depend on becomes harder to find, will they be the last generation to hold on to the ancient wisdom? Created through shared authorship, this documentary film aims to transform how we see our relationship to one another and to nature.
Director’s Profile:
Jigar Ganatra is an award-winning Tanzanian filmmaker recognized for his ability to authentically connect with his collaborators, capturing nuanced narratives alongside stunning visuals. Since 2016, he has made films in 29 countries as Director, DoP, Producer, creating films in diverse locations, from the East African savannah to the Amazon Rainforest and the Himalayan peaks. His work includes international productions for Netflix, Disney+, National Geographic, Arte. His focus on non-extractive filmmaking highlights humanity’s bond with nature while preserving cultural and ecological diversity. As founder of the African School of Storytelling (AFRISOS), Jigar mentors emerging African filmmakers, empowering them to share their unique stories with the world. Children of Honey is Jigar’s first feature documentary and is made in collaboration with the Hadza Indigenous Community.
Co-Director’s Profile:
Emmanuel Musa Marco is one of the few Hadza hunter-gatherers who left to attain a university degree (a Bachelors in Geography in the Kilimanjaro region) to then return to his home in the Yaeda Valley to work on protecting his Community’s land rights. He is now a Community welfare leader and passionate filmmaker. For Emmanuel the Children of Honey film project is deeply personal. He lost both of his parents to alcohol-related violence, and that lived experience shapes the film from the inside, giving it emotional truth, care, and accountability.
Producer’s Profile:
Natalie Humphreys – Multi-award-winning producer, writer, executive producer and one of a small number of Producers in Scotland who deliver across the spectrum from independent documentary cinema to high-rating television series to digital-first content, including being a specialist in international co-production, often with multiple funders, sensitive access, complex compliance and talent collaborations. Natalie is a Zoology PhD holder and previously led the BBC £100M+ unscripted network, encompassing renowned Natural History, Science and Documentary programming. As a highly trusted producer she handled major brands like ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Horizon’ and with nearly 30 years in film making and co-production she has a well-established network in the UK and internationally.
23-25 June 2020
Cannes Docs Co-Pro Speed Meetings
Project curated by:
DOK Leipzig
KONGO IS BURNING
Directed by: Arnold Aganze
Produced by: Arnold Aganze (Digital Media Production, DRC), Ali Musoke (Stone Age Pictures, UGA)
Country of Production: DRC
Runtime: 70'
Expected Release: March 2021
Budget: €200,000 (22% in place)
1st Feature: 1st feature
Looking for: Co-producers, funders, sales and festivals
Director’s profile:
Arnold Aganze is a multi-award winning director who was born in 1986 in Mushenyi, a small village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Raised between fields of maize and war, he started a degree in Political Science in Bukavu, before dropping it and moving to Kampala, Uganda. In 2013, in Kampala, Aganze joined Maisha Film Lab where he directed his first short documentary film Rastasophical Mood, an introspective essay on an alternative community in Kampala. In 2015, after developing several scripts that were costly and with no access to serious producers, Aganze brought together his close network of fellow filmmakers and they went on to shoot N.G.O: Nothing Going On.
The Boy And The Suit Of Lights
Original Title: El Niño Y El Traje De Luces
Directed by: Inma DE REYES
Produced by: Aimara REQUES (Aconite Productions, Scotland), Beth EARL (Rustic Canyon, USA)
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Runtime: 80'
Expected Release: September, 2023
Production Stage: Post-production
Budget: €364.283 (80% in place)
1st Feature: Yes
Looking for: Sales Agent, Gap Financing, Buyers, Festivals
Synopsis:
Young Borja is growing up in Castellon, a small town in Spain, where the tradition of bullfighting weighs heavily on his shoulders. His grandad, Matias, pins his own unfulfilled dreams of becoming a professional bullfighter onto his grandchild. Like most underprivileged kids in his town, Borja doesn’t see a future beyond orange fields, farming, fishing and bullfighting.
Director’s profile:
Inma de Reyes (she/her) is a Spanish film director based in Edinburgh, where she graduated in MFA Film Directing. Her work has featured at The Skinny, MUBI, BBC Scotland and Screenskills. Inma is a Chicken & Egg Pictures grantee and Dok.Incubator 2022 participant. She recently directed ‘Isabel’s Independence’ for BBC Scotland, ‘Vivir Bailando’ for Screen Scotland and The Scottish Documentary Institute and ‘Eighty Serbian Dinars’ for FilmArt. The Boy And The Suit Of Lights is her first feature.
Producer’s profile:
Aimara Reques is the founder of Aconite Productions, an award-winning company based in Scotland dedicated to the production of high-quality creative documentaries for international distribution. She has over 30 years’ experience in the film industry in the UK and has collaborated with a number of renowned directors and producers from the UK and internationally. She was the leading producer and co-writer of the ambitious Victor Kossakovsky’s AQUARELA which premiered at Venice 2018 and was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2020 and her most recent film, Electric Malady, was nominated for a BAFTA this 2023. Aimara is a winner of two BAFTA Scotland Awards; a Fox Searchlight Award; an Amnesty International Media Award; and the Golden Star Award from El Gouna Film Festival.
In The Shadow of Light
Original Title: A la sombra de la luz
Directed by: Isabel REYES, Ignacia MERINO
Produced by: Maria Jose DIAZ (Galgo Storytelling, Chile), Francisca BARRAZA (Funky Films, Chile)
Country of Production: Chile
Runtime: 66'
Expected Release: July, 2023
Production Stage: Post-production
Budget: €200.000 (95% in place)
1st Feature: Yes
Looking for: Festivals, Buyers, Gap Financing, Communications, Marketing, Strategic Guidance
Synopsis:
In a small town in Chile, rural life deals with an electricity grid providing power to the rest of the country. A child ventures out among hundreds of transmission towers, transformers, and thermal power stations and giving himself over to chasing rabbits. In the darkness, the threatening presence of the large-scale industrial complex reveals the workings of an unequal system.
Director’s profile:
Isabel Reyes Bustos is a Chilean journalist and documentary filmmaker born in Concepción. She has wide experience in investigative journalism, screenwriting and production. Her films deal with themes related to socio-environmental conflicts and issues of social relevance. She is the executive director and founder of Dos Be Producciones, where she is currently directing her first film “IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHT”. She is also the director of the documentary project in development “DRY VOICES” and producer of “THE SAFEST PLACE”, a documentary in development awarded by SANFIC Santiago Lab and DocsMX.
Co-Director’s profile:
Ignacia Merino Bustos is a Chilean director and producer born in Santiago. She is the founder of the production company Dos Be Producciones, where she directs her first feature documentary “IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHT”, in which she explores socio-environmental issues narrated by an observational and experimental approach to electricity. In her company, also produces the documentary in development “THE SAFEST PLACE”, awarded by SANFIC Santiago Lab and DocsMX. Her current work as a producer at the company Tres Tercios, specializes in non-fiction series, animation and short films, such as “SO THEY SAY” and “WE WILL BURN”. She began her career as an executive producer at Invercine & Wood, where she worked on the fiction series “MARY & MIKE” (Warner), “DIGNITY” (Amazon) and “NEWS OF A KIDNAPPING” (Amazon).
Producer’s profile:
María José Díaz has worked as an investigative journalist for TV series and produces non-fiction films in cinematic and XR formats. Her work is based on themes that explore different layers of the human condition and nature, told through narratives and platforms linked to innovation. María José is the producer of the documentary feature film “IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHT”, co-director and producer of the virtual reality project “ANCESTRAL SECRET VR” and producer of “KNOWING YOUR NATURE”, a mixed reality project in development. She is the founder of Galgo Storytelling, a creative lab to tell stories with technology and member of the Steering Committee and Communications Director of the National Film Festival of Ñuble, Chile.
Brief History of a Family
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Lin Jianjie
Produced by: Lou Ying, Wang Yiwen, Zheng Yue + First Light Films
Country of Production: China, Denmark, France, and Qatar
Original Title: 家庭簡史
Language: Putonghua
Runtime: 99 min
Completed in: 2023
In post-one-child policy China, the fate of a middle-class family becomes intertwined with their only son’s mysterious new friend.
Fly Me to the Moon
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Sasha Chuk
Produced by: Stanley Kwan, The Flow of Words Limited
Country of Production: Hong Kong
Original Title: 但願人長久
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Hunan Dialect, Japanese
Runtime: 120 min
Completed in: 2023 or 2024
A pair of sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 90s are faced with an identity crisis, poverty and their father’s drug addiction.
Father
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Tereza Nvotová
Produced by: Veronika Paštéková, Anton Škreko, Karel Chvojka, Miloš Lochman, Mariusz Wlodarski, Marta Gmosińska | DANAE Production, Moloko film, Lava Films
Country of Production: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
Original Title: Otec
Genre: Drama
Language: Slovak
Runtime: 90'
Completed in: 2024
A story unfolds about a man who seemingly has it all, until one fateful summer day when he tragically realizes that his infant daughter, whom he thought he had dropped off at nursery, is actually still locked in the back of his car.