Cannes Docs

Alex Piperno (Montevideo, 1985) is a director and producer. Through his company La Pobladora Cine, he has produced films including «Diciembre» (Lucas Gallo, IDFA 2025), «Savanna and the Mountain» (Paulo Carneiro, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2024), «Périphérique Nord» (Paulo Carneiro, Visions du Réel 2022), «Let the lights move away» (Javier Favot, FIDMarseille 2020), and «Parabellum» (Lukas V. Rinner, Rotterdam 2015). As a director, he helmed the feature «Window boy would also like to have a submarine» (Berlinale Forum 2020) and the short film «The inviolability of the domicile is based on the man who appears wielding an axe at the door of his house» (Critics’ Week, Cannes 2011). He heads the project development space Cina Cina – Residencias de Cine.

La pobladora cine is a Uruguayan production company specializing in arthouse cinema. It emerged from Alex Piperno’s initiative to produce his own films and support projects by other directors with similar artistic visions, viewing cinema as a collaborative activity and resulting in international co-productions. Our films have been exhibited at some of the world’s most prominent festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films.

Selected Produced Titles
December, by Lucas Gallo
Documentary | Uruguay, Argentina | 105 min | 2025
Produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay), Co-produced by Andrew Sala and Sebastián Muro (Nevada Cine, Argentina).
Selected at IDFA – International Competition (Winner – Best Editing), Festival de Málaga, Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay (Cinemateca), Festival de Cinéma Latino-américain de Paris (CLaP), É Tudo Verdade – Latin American Competition, Ambulante Documentary Tour.

Savanna and the Mountain, by Paulo Carneiro
Hybrid | Portugal, Uruguay | 77 min | 2024
Produced by Paulo Carneiro (Portugal), Co-produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay).
Selected at Directors’ Fortnight – Festival de Cannes, MDOC Melgaço (Special Mention – Best Portuguese Documentary), Pingyao International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, FIDBA, Athens International Film Festival, Alterna Lima (Ibero-American Competition Award), SEMINCI Valladolid (Jury Honourable Mention), Bergen International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Laceno d’Oro (Special Mention), Cinema Verité, Guadalajara International Film Festival, Blue Planet Future Festival (Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award), Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival (Best Director Award), Dili International Film Festival (Best Documentary Feature).

Périphérique Nord, by Paulo Caneiro
Documentary | Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland | 85 min | 2022
Produced by Paulo Carneiro (Portugal), Co-produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay).
Selected at Visions du Réel – National Competition, IndieLisboa (Special Mention – Best Director in a Portuguese Feature Film), MDOC Melgaço, Lima Alterna International Film Festival, Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste, DocPoint Helsinki, Dhaka International Film Festival, Uruguay International Film Festival.

Let the Lights Move Away, by Javier Favot
Hybrid / Documentary | Argentina, Uruguay | 70 min | 2020
Produced by Lukas V. Rinner (Nabis Filmgroup, Argentina), Andrew SALA and Sebastián Muro (Nevada Cine, Argentina), Co-produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay).
Selected at FIDMarseille – First Films Competition, Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Estados Alterados), Havana Film Festival, Santiago del Estero Film Fest (Special Mention – Best Cinematography), Festival Latinoamericano Tucumán Cine Gerardo Vallejo.

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine, by Alex Piperno
Fiction | Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines | 85 min | 2020
Produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay), Co-produced by Esteban Lucangioli and Araquén RODRÍGUEZ (Pelícano Cine, Argentina), Rachel Daisy Ellis (Desvia, Brazil), Frank Hoeve(Baldr Film, Netherlands), Armi Rae Cacanindin (Cinematografica, Philippines).
Selected at Berlinale Forum (Winner – Tagesspiegel Jury Award), Jeonju International Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival, Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine (Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma), Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival (Winner – Best Film), Istanbul Film Festival (Special Jury Prize), São Paulo International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, New Directors / New Films, Havana Film Festival.

Parabellum, by Lukas V. Rinner
Fiction | Argentina, Austria, Uruguay | 75 min | 2015
Produced by Lukas V. Rinner (Pelicano Cine, Argentina), Co-produced by Alex Piperno (La Pobladora Cine, Uruguay).
Selected at International Film Festival Rotterdam – Tiger Award, Göteborg Film Festival, Vilnius Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, Diagonale (Winner – Best First Feature), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Winner – Best Argentine Feature Film).

Eugenia Olascuaga Fierro is a audiovisual producer based in Uruguay, focused on the development and production of auteur cinema. She was selected to participate in international training programs for producers such as Co-Pro Social Club (Cannes Docs – Marché du Film 2026), EAVE Slate Company Planning at When East Meets West 2025, Open Doors at the Locarno Film Festival 2023, Sundance Producers Labs and Summit 2021, and Talents Buenos Aires 2018.
In 2011, she founded the production company Monarca Films, which she runs alongside Valentina Baracco, developing features and short films projects. Their work is characterized by a strong author-driven approach, with an emphasis on personal projects, a gender perspective, and LGBTQIA+ themes.
She has produced more than 10 films, premiered and presented at major international festivals and markets such as San Sebastián, Sundance, Locarno, Visions du Réel, DOK Leipzig, Festival dei Popoli, Málaga, Torino Film Lab, Guadalajara, and SANFIC.

Monarca Films is a production company founded in 2011 by Eugenia Olascuaga and Valentina Barraco. Based in Uruguay, it focuses on auteur cinema with an emphasis on personal narratives, gender perspectives, and LGBT+ themes. The company has released over ten feature documentaries, including “Para no olvidar” (Visions du Réel 2023), “Delia” (Best Director, Málaga 2022), “Ocho cuentos sobre mi hipoacusia” (Vancouver IFF, Sundance Fund), and “La fábula de la tortuga y la flor” (SANFIC 2025).

Selected Produced Titles
Ocho cuentos sobre mi hipoacusia, by Charo Mato
Documentary | Argentina, Uruguay | 75 min | 2021
Produced by Charo Mato (Argentina), Co-Produced by Eugenia Olascuaga (Monarca Films, Uruguay).
Selected at Vancouver International Film Festival, FIDBA (Special Mention for Best Film), Construir Cine (Best Documentary), San Sebastián Forum Lau Haizetara.

Delia, by Victoria Pena
Documentary | Uruguay, Argentina | 80 min | 2022
Produced by Eugenia Olascuaga (Monarca Films, Uruguay), Co-Produced by Rocío Pichirili (Groncho Estudio, Argentina).
Selected at Málaga Film Festival (Silver Biznaga for Best Director, Jury Special Mention), Lima Film Festival, DocMontevideo, Detour Film Festival (Best Film, Audience Award).

Para no olvidar, by Laura Gabay
Documentary | Switzerland, France, Uruguay | 70 min | 2023
Produced by Laura Gabay (Ecran Mobile, Switzerland), Co-Produced by Marie Jaouen (Les Soeurs Jaouen, France), Eugenia Olascuaga (Monarca Films, Uruguay).
Selected at Visions du Réel (World Premiere), Filmar América Latina, Amiens International Film Festival, Festival CLaP.

Ese soplo, by Valentina Baracco Pena
Documentary | Uruguay | 70 min | 2023
Produced by Valentina Baracco y Eugenia Olascuaga (Monarca Films, Uruguay), Andrés D’avenia (Uruguay), Associate producer by Ilaria Gambarelli (Aretusa Films, Spain).
Selected at FIC Monterrey, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Cuenca International Film Festival, LatinUy, Detour Film Festival.

Señor, si usted existe, por qué no me saca de este infierno, by Jorge Fierro
Documentary | Uruguay | 70 min | 2025
Produced by Eugenia Olascuaga y Valentina Baracco (Monarca Films, Uruguay).
In search of its international premiere.

Leonor Zuniga is a Nicaraguan documentary producer and director working at the intersection of cinema, human rights, and public advocacy. Her work engages with political violence, resistance, and hope through an intimate cinematic approach, often anchored in women’s stories. Working in exile since 2021, she has developed a practice that extends beyond the screen, linking filmmaking with public action. She is co-founder of Juli Films, a production company developing international documentary projects from a Central American perspective. Her work spans production, impact campaigns, and distribution, with experience building audiences and circulation strategies across Central America and internationally. Her films have received multiple international awards and have been distributed through platforms such as ARTE and HBO.

Selected Produced Titles
Patrol, by Camilo de Castro and Brad Allgood
Documentary | Nicaragua, United States | 83 min | 2023
Produced by Camilo de Castro and Leonor Zuniga (Juli Films), Co-Produced by Brad Allgood (Perpetuo Films, United States).
Selected at Wildscreen Festival (Impact Panda Award), Jackson Wild Media Award, + more than 20 international awards.
Acquired by ARTE France and HBO.

Pantasma, by Gloria Carrión
Feature documentary | Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica | In development
Produced by Leonor Zuniga (Juli Films), Co-Produced by Servio Tulio Mateo.
Supported by Visions Sud Est, Ibermedia, Locarno Open Doors, EURODOC.

While You Return, by Leonor Zuniga
Documentary | Nicaragua, Costa Rica, International | 42 min | 2025
Produced by Leonor Zuniga (Juli Films).
Selected at Movies that Matter Take on Film & Impact programme (Impact Award). World premiere pending.

Exiled, by Leonor Zuniga
Documentary | Nicaragua, Costa Rica | 25 min | 2019
Produced by Leonor Zuniga (Juli Films).
Selected at Hot Docs (World premiere).

Madelaine, by Leonor Zuniga
Documentary | Nicaragua, Costa Rica | 29 min | 2022
Produced by Leonor Zuniga (Juli Films).
Selected at San Diego Latino Film Festival (World premiere).

Sélim Benzeghia is a Franco-Algerian documentary producer and filmmaker, co-founder of Koudéta Films, and a National Geographic Explorer. He produces author-driven documentaries at the intersection of investigation, memory, and social justice. His first feature as lead producer, Green Gold, was selected at IDFA Forum 2024, CPH:FORUM 2026, and FIFDH Impact Days 2026, supported by the Redford Center, Ford Foundation JustFilms, and the Rogovy Foundation. He produced Enraizados, premiered at Mountainfilm Telluride, released theatrically in Mexico. He previously directed A Slide and Barbed Wires (France Télévisions, LCP), which won the Prix Média Enfance and led to a UNICEF-backed impact campaign. Alumni of Documentary Campus Masterschool, IDFAcademy, EURODOC and Series Mania Institute.

Koudéta Films is a Paris-based production company founded in 2025 by Geoffrey Livolsi, co-founder of Disclose, and Sélim Benzeghia, filmmaker, producer, and National Geographic Explorer. It develops investigative, auteur-driven documentaries at the intersection of decolonial narratives, environmental justice, and impact storytelling. Its slate includes international co-productions supported by The Redford Center, Ford Foundation JustFilms, the Rogovy Foundation, CNC, and Creative Europe MEDIA.

Selected Produced Titles
Enraizados (our roots remain), by Sélim Benzeghia
Documentary | France, Mexico | 2025
Produced by Sélim Benzeghia and Ivonne Serna (Koudéta Films, France / Mexico).
Selected at COP29 Baku (World Premiere), Mountainfilm Telluride (Oscar-qualifying), Horizon Prize Climate Film Festival, ECOador, MICGénero, and Human Rights Film Festival Constitution Hill.
Theatrically released in Mexico by Cinemex in 2025.

Enfants enfermés (a slide and barbed wire), by Noémie Ninnin and Sélim Benzeghia
Documentary | France | 52 min | 2024
Produced by Nova Production, France. Co-Directed, associate produced, and impact produced by Sélim Benzeghia.
Broadcast on France Télévisions and LCP.
Winner of the Prix Média Enfance. Accompanied by a UNICEF-backed impact campaign.

Ikea, the lord of the forests, by Xavier Deleu and Marianne Kerfriden
Documentary | France | 90 min | 2024
Produced by Geoffrey Livolsi (Disclose, France) and Premières Lignes, France. Associate Producer: Sélim Benzeghia.
Selected at FIPADOC 2024 and FIGRA 2024.
Broadcast on ARTE (France), RTS (Switzerland), RTBF (Belgium), RDI (Canada), and Asharq News (Middle East).

Armi Rae is a Filipina producer based in Manila and Madrid. She produces both fiction and documentary films with urgent social themes and strong artistic vision. Since 2012, her work has been selected in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Toronto, Sundance, IDFA and Busan. She has co-produced films across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, championing bold, thought-provoking cinema while promoting equitable and inclusive practices.
Her films have received support from major funding bodies including IDFA Bertha Fund, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, World Cinema Fund, Sundance Institute, Doha Film Institute, Purin Pictures, Asian Cinema Fund, Hubert Bals Fund, Singapore’s SEA-Doc, Visions Sud Est and the Film Devt. Council of the Philippines. Her first documentary, Aswang (2019, dir. Alyx Arumpac) won the FIPRESCI Prize at IDFA 2019, the Amnesty Int’l. Award at Thessaloniki and made history in the Philippines by winning Best Doc and Best Picture in Gawad Urian and FAMAS (the Filipino Academy awards).

Popple Pictures focuses on producing challenging films, both fiction and documentary, combining urgent stories with distinct and courageous vision from its collaborators. The company is actively engaged in international co-productions with a focus on high-quality, socially resonant storytelling while promoting equitable, inclusive and safe productions. Current projects include the documentary Oma by Armin Septiexan, supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund, CNC, IBF+NFF, FDCP, SGIFF Sea-Doc and Arte.

Selected Produced Titles
Oma, by Armin Septiexan
Documentary | Indonesia, Philippines, France, The Netherlands | currently in post-production
Produced by Armi Rae Cacanindin (Popple Pictures, Philippines), Lodimeda Kini (Ammu Hawu, Indonesia), Co-Produced by Quentin Laurent (Les films de l’oeil sauvage, France), Frank Hoeve (Baldr Film, The Netherlands).

The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Morgan Knibbe
Fiction | The Netherlands, Philippines, Belgium | 124 min | 2025
Produced by Frank Hoeve (Baldr Film, The Netherlands), Armi Rae Cacanindin (Popple Pictures, Philippines), Co-Produced by Eurydice Gysel (Czar, Belgium).
Selected at Movies That Matter, Torino Film Festival (Best Film Award), Film Festival Oostende (Critics’ Award and Special Mention), The Netherlands’ Golden Calf Awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound.

Tale of the Land, by Loeloe Hendra
Fiction | Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Qatar | 2024
Produced by Yulia Evina Bhara, Amerta Kusuma, Co-Produced by Armi Rae Cacanindin, Robin Moran, Pinkan Veronique, Kuek Shee Heng, Alice You.
Selected at Busan IFF (FIPRESCI Award), Asian Film Festival Rome (Most Original Film Award), CinemAsia Film Festival, Golden Horse Film Festival, Goteborg IFF, QCinema, IFF, Munich IFF, Jogja JAFF, Asian Film Festival Barcelona.

Alexandra Lazarowich is a Cree filmmaker from northern Alberta, Canada. In all of her work as a writer, director, and producer she is passionate about telling Indigenous stories. In 2019 her short documentary FAST HORSE won the Special Jury Prize for Directing at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Her prior credits include Writer on SYFY’s RESIDENT ALIEN Seasons 3-4, Director for HULU’s OUT THERE: CRIMES OF THE PARANORMAL and Series Producer for CBC’s STILL STANDING. Her latest project is her documentary feature directorial debut TURTLE ISLAND RAP and she is currently in production on a new doc series based off of the podcast RUNNING SMOKE. She is also the co-founder of the Indigenous experimental non-profit COUSIN COLLECTIVE.

COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. COUSIN creates and supports work that is personal, proudly provocative and driven by strong, artistic voices. We celebrate this work and get it made, seen and shared.

Selected Produced Titles
Running Smoke
Documentary series | 3 part | 2025
Director & Executive Producer, CBC.

Turtle Island Rap (wt)
Feature documentary
Director, Writer, Producer, BELL.

Winding Path
Short documentary | 2024
Co-Director, Redlight Films.

Lake
Documentary | 16mm | 5 min | 2019
Director & Writer.

Fast Horse
Documentary | digital | 13 min | 2018
Director & Writer.

Inuk Jørgensen is an award-winning filmmaker based in Sweden but working out of Greenland. Inuk grew up in Greenland making short animations and videos and as an adult he is still committed to exploring his Inuit background in his productions. As a story supervisor, producer and as a consultant Inuk has been involved in the development of several international projects related to his home country.

Inuks.dk is an independent production- and consultancy company based in Greenland with a focus on indigenous stories in film, media, and education. Collaborators include key film festivals, Nordic film institutes, Museums, int. media, universities, and international NGOs.

Selected Produced Titles
Entropy, by Inuk Jørgensen
Short documentary | Greenland | 10 min | 2024
Produced by Inuk Jørgensen (Inuk.dk, Greenland).
Selected at CPH:DOX, Festival Regard, Santa Fe Int. Film Festival, Wildscreen Festival, the Norwegian Short Film Festival, Mountain Film Festival.

The Last Grass Seamstress, by Arina Kleist
Short documentary | Greenland | 17 min | 2024
Produced by Heidi Zilmer, Co-Produced by Inuk Jørgensen.
Selected at Nuuk International Film Festival (Best Short Film).

Images of You, by Louise Hollerup
Short documentary | Sweden | 13 min | 2023
Produced by Louise Hollerup, Co-Produced by Inuk Jørgensen.
Selected at Göteborg Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Nuuk International Film Festival.

In the Shadow of the Tugtupite, by Inuk Jørgensen
Short documentary | Greenland | 7 min | 2020
Produced by Inuk Jørgensen (Inuk.dk, Greenland).
Selected at Tromsø Int. Film Festival, Tampere Short Film Festival, Odense Film Festival, Cypress Int. Short Film Festival, Trento Film Festival, imagineNATIVE.

Hedtoft, by Inuk Jørgensen
Short documentary | Greenland | 13 min | 2019
Produced by Inuk Jørgensen (Inuk.dk, Greenland).
Selected at Nuuk International Film Festival (Best Short Film), Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Oregon Documentary Film Festival.

Jacqueline Olivé is a Tongan writer, producer and director from Las Vegas. Fluent in English and Japanese, her work empathetically interrogates themes of identity, legacy, and belonging to subvert expectations. Olivé recently won two Student Emmys for her documentary on land reparations in Nevada, did translation work on Apple TV’s Pachinko, and joined the PEAK Writers Fellowship with Netflix for emerging Pasifika writers in Hollywood. Her narrative and documentary work has also received support from Universal Content Productions, the Sundance Institute, and PBS. Olivé is currently producing two documentaries with Pacific Islanders in Communications and aspires to continue building bridges between cultures through storytelling.

Mounga Pictures is an independent film and television production company specializing in cross-Pacific storytelling and international co-productions connecting the United States, Japan, and Polynesia. The women-led and Tongan-owned company currently focuses on narrative and unscripted storytelling with resilient characters seeking truths that will change their worlds. Mounga Pictures’ current co-production partners include Pacific Islanders in Communications and Cineric Creative.

Selected Produced Titles
Like Father Like Daughter, by Jacqueline Olivé
Documentary | USA, Japan | 26 min | 2026
Produced by Jacqueline Olivé (Mounga Pictures, USA), Co-Produced by Erin Lau (USA).

Rita Balogh is a documentary filmmaker working across producing, directing, and distribution, with a focus on international co-productions and innovative audience engagement. In 2016, she founded her company OTHER FILMS, developing and producing socially engaged content for the international market.
Her work includes Whose Dog Am I?, screened at festivals such as Warsaw International FF and Tallinn Black Nights FF. She was a minority co-producer of the series Iron Curtain, which premiered on ARTE in 2024.
She is committed to expanding the reach of documentaries through alternative distribution. As co-founder of the Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF), she has created platforms fostering social dialogue, including a rural open-air cinema bringing international documentaries to underserved communities.
As a director, her online documentary series Before We Grow Up reached over 20,000 viewers per episode, reflecting her interest in connecting with young audiences.

OTHER FILMS develops bold, socially engaged, character-driven documentaries with strong international potential. Our current slate spans long-term observational cinema and formally innovative projects exploring identity, memory, and power. Working across Europe and the U.S., we combine,international co-production with impact-driven distribution, creating films that foster critical thinking and meaningful audience engagement.

Selected Produced Titles
The Taste of Democracy, by Ambrus Fatér and Péter Akar
Documentary | Hungary | 85 min | 2026 – Completed, Premiere TBD
Produced by Rita Balogh (Other Films, Hungary).
Winner of AVANTPOST Post-Production Award, Sarajevo Film Festival (Docu Rough Cut Boutique).

Iron Curtain – Life Under Soviet Occupation, by Tania Rakhmanova
Documentary series | France | 3×52 min | 2024
Produced by Dominique Tibi (Roche Productions, France), Co-Produced by Rita Balogh (Other Films, Hungary).
Premiered on ARTE.

Whose Dog Am I?, by Robert Lakatos
Documentary | Romania, Hungary | 80 min | 2022
Produced by Rita Balogh (Other Films, Hungary), Co-Produced by Ada Solomon (microFILM, Romania).
Selected at Warsaw International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, goEast – Wiesbaden FF; Silver Eye Award nomination; MEDIAWAVE Film & Music Festival – Best Director Award.

The Chains of Esther, by Ágota Varga
Documentary | Hungary | 52 min | 2017
Produced by Rita Balogh (Other Films, Hungary).
Broadcast and festival screenings in Hungary.

Anna Gawlita is co-owner and chairwoman at KIJORA FILM. Awarded as the best producer at Era New Horizons International Film Festival and Krakow Film Festival. A member of European Film Academy. Participant Berlinale Talents, Emerging Producers Programme at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, EKRAN + at Wajda School, Producers To Watch MIPCOM/DOC/TV, EURODOC and ACE PRODUCERS (Mentoring). PhD student at the Lodz Film School. Expert at IDFA (Bertha Fund) and CNC (European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films – ESFUF).

Kijora Film provides a creative space for the development and production of feature films and documentary films alike. We focus on original projects with international potential that explore new forms of expression and engage in dialogue with contemporary times. We particularly value narratives on social and ethical issues of contemporary relevance and intimate, local stories. Kijora’s productions have been selected for Berlinale, Busan, VDR, Slamdance, Camerimage and many other festivals.

Selected Produced Titles
The Big Chief, by Tomasz Wolski
Documentary | Poland, France, Netherlands | 85 min | 2025
Produced by Kijora Film (Poland), Co-Produced by INA (France) and Atoms&Void (Netherlands).
Selected at Visions du Réel, Jihlava.

In Ukraine, by Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski
Documentary | Poland, Germany | 85 min | 2023
Produced by Kijora Film (Poland), Co-Produced by INDI Film (Germany).
Selected at Berlinale, Visions du Réel.

1970, by Tomasz Wolski
Documentary | Poland | 85 min | 2021
Special Jury Award, Visions du Réel.

An Ordinary Country, by Tomasz Wolski
Documentary | Poland | 52 min | 2020
Selected at Visions du Réel (Clinique de Genolier Award for most innovative mid-length film).

Casa Blanca, by Aleksandra Maciuszek
Documentary | Poland, Mexico | 52 min | 2015
Produced by Kijora Film (Poland), Co-Produced by NOMADAS (Mexico).
Selected at Margaret Mead Film Festival (Grand Prix), Kraków Film Festival (Silver Hobbyhorse for the best feature documentary, Golden Hobby Horse for the best film), Trinidad & Tobago International Film Festival (Winner – Best Documentary Feature, Amnesty International Special Mention), Jihlava International FF (Winner – Silver Eye Award).

Beto Rosero is a film producer, curator, and director of the Cinemateca del Caribe. Member of the Colombian Academy, GIPA, and Global Climate Storytellers. Alumni of Berlinale Talents BA (2022) and EURODOC (2026). He has curated at FICCI in Cartagena and Cine a la Calle, and served on pre-selection committees for the SIMA Awards. His productions have screened at Giornate, IDFA, Palm Springs, DOC NYC, and Sheffield, and have been nominated for the Macondo, IDA, and ICS Awards. He produced the feature film Alma del Desierto (2024), winner of the Queer Lion at 81st Venice Film Festival and selected in over 50 festivals worldwide.

Guerrero is a film, TV, and transmedia production company focused on independent cinema with a global reach. Its films include the shorts Two-Spirit (2021), Red Flag (2023), and the feature Soul of the Desert (2024), as well as series and documentaries for TV. Its projects have been supported by FDC (Colombia) and ANCINE (Brazil), selected at festivals such as Venice, IDFA, and Palm Springs, earning awards and nominations, and distributed in cinemas, on TV, and via VOD platforms.

Selected Produced Titles
Alma del desierto, by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Documentary | Colombia, Brazil | 87 min | 2024
Produced by Beto Rosero, Mónica Taboada (Guerrero Films, Colombia), Co-Produced by Matheus Peçanha, Aline Mazzarella (Estúdio Giz, Brazil).
Selected at Giornate degli Autori (Queer Lion Award at Venice Film Festival), IDFA, Sheffield, DOC NYC, RIDM.

Red Flag, by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Documentary | Colombia | 20 min | 2023
Produced by Beto Rosero, Mónica Taboada (Guerrero Films, Colombia).
Selected at IDFA, FICCI.

Two-Spirit, by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Documentary | Colombia | 16 min | 2021
Produced by Beto Rosero, Mónica Taboada (Guerrero Films, Colombia).
Selected at IDFA, Palm Springs Shortfest, Big Sky, Bogoshorts.

María Rojas Arias is a producer and director. A founding partner of La Vulcanizadora, she has produced the short films The Rebirth of Carare (FID2020) and Yarokamena (Berlinale 2022). She was selected for Berlinale Talents and received the Next Generation Grant from the Prince Claus Foundation. She produced the feature film Welcome Interplanetary and Sidereal Space Conquerors (FIDMarseille 2024), released theatrically in Colombia in 2025, and is co-producer of Hevea Brasiliensis, supported by Ibermedia. She is currently producing the projects Cortacabezas and Tonada (developed within the Joaquim Jordà Residency at Museo Reina Sofía). Her film ABRIR MONTE (2021) was awarded the Short Joy prize at Ji.lhava and Best Short Film at the Valdivia IFF and Kinoforum Brazil. She was a MacDowell Fellow in 2024. In 2026, she premiered her short films JIRAPO at CPH: DOX and FILME PIN, co-directed with Andrés Jurado, at the 76th Berlinale.

La Vulcanizadora is a studio created by María Rojas Arias and Andrés Jurado, where cinema, art and archives explore memory, resistance and variegated, expanded forms across film. Situated in present-day Colombia, the studio acknowledges the cultural legacies of Africa, Asia and other latitudes, establishing connections that extend to the Caribbean, the Amazon and the Orinoquía. Its films have premiered in Berlinale, CPH: DOX, FIDMarseille, Busan, Ji.lhava, JeonJu.

Selected Produced Titles
Filme Pin, by Maria Rojas Arias and Andrés Jurado
Documentary | Colombia, Portugal | 7 min | 2026
Produced by Maria Rojas Arias, Andrés Jurado (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Paulo Carneiro (Bam Bam Cinema, Portugal).
Selected at Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival.

Jirapo, by Andrés Jurado
Documentary | Colombia, Portugal | 19 min | 2025
Produced by Andrés Jurado (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Ansgar Schaefer (Kintop Portugal).
Selected at CPH:DOX.

Welcome Interplanetary and Sidereal Space Conquerors, by Andrés Jurado
Documentary | Colombia, Portugal | 93 min | 2024
Produced by Maria Rojas Arias (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Ansgar Schaefer (Kintop Portugal).
Selected at FIDMarseille International Film Festival, France, JeonJu, South Korea.

La Trampa, by Ferney Iyokina
Documentary | Colombia | 13 min | 2024
Produced by Maria Rojas Arias, Andrés Jurado (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Ferney Iyokina Gittoma (Fundación Cine Tyurañocha, Colombia).
Selected at Sheffield DocFest, United Kingdom.

Tarro Vacío, by Vitilio Iyokina Gittoma
Documentary | Colombia | 19 min | 2024
Produced by Maria Rojas Arias, Andrés Jurado (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Vitilio Iyokina Gittoma (Fundación Cine Tyurañocha, Colombia).
Selected at FICCI – Cartagena International Film Festival.

Yarokamen?a, by Andrés Jurado
Documentary | Colombia | 21 min | 2022
Produced by Maria Rojas Arias (La Vulcanizadora, Colombia), Co-Produced by Ansgar Schaefer (Kintop Portugal).
Selected at FIDMarseille International Film Festival, France, JeonJu, South Korea, Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival.

Laurence Buelens is a Belgian producer and director based in Brussels. In 2014, she founded Rayuela Productions following a complete 180-degree shift in her professional path that led her to the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires to study documentary filmmaking. Prior to that, she studied journalism and international relations.
She produces auteur documentaries and short fiction films driven by singular visions. Her work moves between visual poetry and political engagement. She advocates for a hands-on and committed approach to cinema, seeing production as a space for creation, listening, and emancipation.
Among her recent productions are Jean Forest’s creative documentary « Family reunion » which won the Belgian Academy Award for best short documentary (Les René du cinemas 2026) and Pauline Beugnies’ creative documentary « Petites », presented in the International Competition at Hot Docs 2022 and winner of a SCAM Award. Laurence is an alumna of Rotterdam Lab 2023 and Eurodoc 2024.

Rayuela Productions is an independent Brussels-based production company dedicated to creative documentaries and arthouse films. We love films subtle in substance and powerful in form, that transcends cultural and social boundaries. Films that question the world and reveal the impact of politics in the most intimate areas of our lives. We work closely with passionate and committed artists, with whom we create lasting relationships.

Selected Produced Titles
Family Reunion, by Jean Forest
Documentary | Belgium, France | 24 min | 2025
Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium), Co-Produced by François Ladsous (Supermouche Productions, France).

The End of Innocence, by Pauline Beugnies
Documentary | Belgium, France | 83 min | 2021
Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium), Co-Produced by Maarten Bernaerts and Barbara Dyck (Diplodokus, Belgium), and Karina Si Ahmed (Hauteville Productions, France).

The Last Days of April, by Laurence Buelens and Jean Forest
Documentary | Belgium | 24 min | 2021
Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium).

Still Alive, by Pauline Beugnies
Documentary | Belgium | 110/80 min | 2017
Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium).

Kapital Europe, by Ben de Raes
Hybrid (Documentary/Fiction) | Belgium | 84 min | 2025
Produced by Ben de Raes (Dagvorm Films, Belgium), Co-Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium).

How Do You Spell Home?, by Louisiana Mees-Fongang
Documentary | Belgium | 2023
Produced by Maarten Bernaerts and Barbara Dyck (Diplodokus, Belgium), Co-Produced by Laurence Buelens (Rayuela Productions, Belgium).