Buenos Aires Intl. Independent Film Festival inks global pacts for pics

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Ten years ago, the Buenos Aires Intl. Independent Film Festival’s Buenos Aires Lab was Latin America’s first works-in-progress showcase, and now it’s undergoing a radical reboot and expanding internationally.

On May 21, Bal and Cannes Festival’s Film Market will present four of the 10 pics-in-post from Bal’s April event.

In 2014, Bal will link to a yet-to-be announced Latin American fest for joint projects-in-development workshops. The projects will be shown at a European fest, also yet-to-be revealed, boosting international visibility, say Bal directors Violeta Bava and Ilse Hughan.

What will not change is Bal’s hallmark mix of potential crossover fare, left-of-field titles, off-the-radar new talent and established young directors such as Rodrigo Moreno (The Minder), who presents Reimon, his first female-character-driven drama.

Santiago Palavecino’s Some Girls, Costa Rican Neto Villalobos’ dramedy “Por las plumas” and Claudio Marques and Marilia Hughes’ high school drama “After the Rain, »

- John Hopewell and Charles Newbery

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