Malaga Winner ‘Amateur’ Gets German Co-Production Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
Pablo Sandoval Producer-director Kristina Konrad’s Berlin-based Weltfilm has boarded “Amateur,” the feature debut of Spaniard Martin Gutiérrez which won the top Malaga Festival Prize for best Spanish film at this Spring’s Malaga WIP pix in post competition.Konrad, one of the jury members for Spanish titles at Malaga WIP, along with Berlin Panorama director Paz Lázaro and Gijón Film Festival programer Ricardo Apilánez, signed up to co-produce “Amateur” after the Malaga WIP showcase.Written by Gutierrez, “Amateur” also won the Abycine Prize from Spain’s Albacete Independent Film Festival and shared the FIDBA Award, granted by the Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival, with Marta Lallana’s “Muyeres.” Described as an gesture of