Open Doors 2022-2024: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean
For three years, Open Doors is dedicated to film projects and talents from the following regions and countries:
- Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
- the Caribbean Islands (Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- and South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)
The professional and public programs of Open Doors take place during the Locarno Film Festival and year-round, onsite and online. Read more about them here below.
For more information, contact the Open Doors team at opendoors@locarnofestival.ch and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
2024 Open Doors Projects Hub selection
- La levedad de ella, by Rosa María Rodriguez, produced by Armando Capó Ramos (GatoRosafilms), Martha Orozco (Martfilms) and Cristina Gallego (Ciudad Lunar), Cuba / Mexico / Colombia
- Un funeral para Lola, by Iván de Lara, produced by José María Pimentel (Mostly Productions), Dominican Republic
- Ovnis en el Trópico, by Rob Mendoza, produced by Isabel Carrasco (Cinema Verano), Ecuador
- Salvación, by Ernesto Bautista, produced by Melissa Guevara (Burn and Die Films), El Salvador / Mexico
- The Periphery, by Rebecca Williams, produced by Robert Maylor (Mental Telepathy Pictures), Jamaica
- El único tiempo, by Paz Encina, produced by Gabriela Sabaté (Sabaté Films) and Juliio Chavezmontes (Piano), Paraguay / Mexico
- Huaco retrato, by Fernando Luis Mendoza Salazar, produced by Silvia Eisleen Arellano Rojas (Cybermuchik Cine), Peru
- Fiebre caribe, by Diego Andres Murillo, produced by Richard Nieto Fernández (Maldito Fantasma), Venezuela / Colombia
2024 Open Doors Producers Lab selection
- Camila Molina, Color Monster, Bolivia
- Patricia Velásquez, Tiempo Líquido, Costa Rica
- Yamila Marrero, CRISÁLIDA Producciones, Cuba
- Romola Lucas, Maribunta Pictures, Guyana
- Wendy Desert, L'Autre Regard Films Productions, Haiti
- Luis Flores Alvarenga, Thau Honduras, Honduras
- Morena Guadalupe Espinoza, Tecla Films, Nicaragua
- Nicolás Carrasco, Walden Films, Peru
Producers Lab junior producer - Observer
in collaboration with the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV), Cuba
- Andrea Fatecha Bernal, Paraguay