Camera D’Or Winner César Díaz, Mutante Cine’s Fernando Epstein Talk ‘The Invisible Ink,’ Seriesmakers Win
variety.comHolly Jones “The Invisible Ink,” a drama from Uruguay’s Mutante Cine co-founder Fernando Epstein (“Whisky”) and Cannes Camera D’Or winning Guatemalan director César Díaz (“Our Mothers”), was first pitched to international markets at last year’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment’s Co-Pro Series session, where it won double.
It retained its momentum as it swept up a €50,000 Beta Development Award last month at Series Mania Forum’s Seriesmakers strand. “The truth is, when I found out about the award, I was very flattered.
We have something strong on our hands,” Epstein told Variety. “I don’t want to fail to mention the excellent program devised by Series Mania and Beta Group, from the virtual talks to each session with our mentors; everything was impressively rich and generous.” “For people who’ve never worked on a series, it’s extremely important to have these spaces where we can experiment and learn,” Díaz added.
The eight-part episodic, based on the novels by Uruguayan author Eduardo Mariani, follows two disparate protagonists: Francisco Chopo, a former anarchist, and Blasco Kaplan, a corrupt banker with sinister ties.
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