Ventana Sur SoloSeries: Netflix, Some of Chile’s Finest Producers, & Web Series From Ultra New Talent
variety.comVentana Sur has added this year a big spread from Chile’s TV agency Consejo National de Televisión, which could be a reaction to global platforms pulling out of Chile.
In terms of original titles there’s good word on Colombia’s Laura Otálora (“Impermanence”) and Argentina’s Carlos Lascano (“Lina”).
Talent track records vary from the multiple near neophytes pitching in Tuesday’s Flixxo session, to name producers in the CNTV spread, from Gabriela Sandoval on “Box 205” and Leonera González on “Dangerous Love.” The CNTV showcase also features animation hit “Petit.” A quick breakdown of titles: “Divorce Hotel,” (“Hotel de Divorcio,” Guadalupe Yepes, Argentina) The latest from Yepes, winner of SoloSeries’ 2022 BBC Studios award with “Fugitives.” In this project, a jaundiced divorce attorney with anger issues gets a job at Divorce Hotel, touting 48-hour, stress-free annulments, and offering a little encouragement when needed for couples to cut the knot.
Gabriela Tagliavini produces. “Ivory Tower,” (“Torre de Marfil,” Vanessa Tomasino, El Salvador) A political action drama with Isadora Lopez-Rodríguez, a second generation Salvadoran American, is hired by a unit of the U.S.
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