Industry News18 April 2026

Guadalajara Film Festival’s Co-Production Meeting Program Extends a Lifeline to Argentina

There are quite a number of projects from Argentina, which has leaned more heavily on co-productions given the plunge in federal support at home.

Guadalajara Film Festival’s Co-Production Meeting Program Extends a Lifeline to Argentina

Its primary objective is to link the participants, 19 in this edition, with industry professionals, funding bodies, producers, buyers and international distributors in order to facilitate their completion.

Developed by U.S.-based All Other Parts LLC, a documentary/hybrid production company, the project is in production. Produced by Vanessa Perez, Cristina Ibarra and Heather Courtney, it centers on cross-border surveillance themes. The film follows a man returning to El Paso after 20 years in exile, whose homecoming becomes digital confinement under ICE monitoring. The film traces how a life once defined by movement across the U.S.–Mexico border is transformed into one of enforced stillness and constant observation. As Ibarra states, it explores the shift from physical borders to invisible systems of surveillance over bodies, homes and data.

Developed by Argentina-based Pez Cine in co-production with Imval Producciones and El Cielo Cine, and Tamburello’s follow-up to hit “Vera and the Pleasure of Others,” the project is in advanced development. Produced by Santiago King, it follows a standard independent Argentine feature structure focused on character-driven comedy with regional co-production collaboration. The film follows a daughter who tries to help her parents become swingers, leading to an exploration of family boundaries and intimacy dynamics.

Developed by Mexico-based La Palma de Oro Films and La Vieja Rara, the project is in development. Produced by Antonio Urdapilleta and Valentina Vio and written by Ale García and Carla Sierra, the film follows Alba, who returns to Catemaco after the lynching of her husband and son, and summons La Susurradora, an ancient deity that grants her destructive power in exchange for bodily sacrifice. As she carries out her revenge, she becomes increasingly consumed by the force she invokes.

Source: variety.com

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