Trueba's 'Chico' tops Douro fest

MADRID -- Latin jazz scene-set "Chico and Rita," The the spanish language language helmer Fernando Trueba's first animated film, nabbed the Turismo p Douro prize at Portugal's third Douro Film Harvest, which wrapped on Saturday. The prize for your fest's Wine and Food Films sidebar visited "Avoiding Robert Parker," by Erection dysfunction Burley, who acquired the award personally. A seven-day umbrella event, organized in Portugal's attractive Douro wine valley, the DFH saw a substantial hike in Portuguese premieres, which composed 80% in the program, alongside fest faves that incorporated Woodsy Allen's "Evening amount of time in Paris" and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence." Company company directors attending incorporated Solveig Nordlund ("The Dying of Carlos Gardel," which opened up in the fest), Brazil's Carlos Diegues (for just about any Tawny Tribute), Canadian-British artist-switched-helmer Zev Robinson ("Existence concerning the Douro") and helming duo Elena Gugliuzza and Patricia Boillart ("Isola, Where Bacchus' Language is Spoken"). Douro's first Ibero-American Lab, organized by Madrid-based Ocean Communications Boss Annabelle Aramburu, would be a business event dedicated to co-production between Portugal, The nation, Latin America and Africa, taking advantage of utilization of distribution channels, especially new media. Illustrating how Argentina's film sector taps into worldwide co-productions, Ukbar Filmes' Pablo Iraolo contended that Portugal, with low production costs, could follow. Aramburu spoken a good interactive documentary about pregnancy, "Mother Today," funded by an Icaa The the spanish language language Film Institute subsidy and pre-buys from regional Tv producers in Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragon. Portuguese producers Fernando Vendrell and also the planet the planet pandora da Cunha Telles spoken regarding their Africa-shot projects, co-funded with the EU's African, Caribbean and Off-shoreline support fund. Other good good examples of co-productions beneath the Lab microscope incorporated Zeze Gamboa's "The Fantastic Kilapy," a Portugal-Mozambique-Angola-South usa co-production, and Licinio Azevedo's debut feature, "Margarida," hooking up Portugal, Mozambique and France. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com