Three Catalan-produced films and a short film arrive at the Locarno Festival, which takes place between August 2 and 12. The most notable premiere is that of La imatge permanent, by Laura Ferrés, which will compete for the Golden Leopard. The film was shot in El Prat del Llobregat, the director’s city, in Catalan and with fragments in Spanish.
In addition, the Catalan-Basque fiction film Negu Hurbilak, by the Negu collective, will premiere in the Filmmakers of the Present section. The short De Imperio by Alessandro Novelli will participate in the Pardi di domani – Concorso Internazionale section, and the feature Temps futurs, by Víctor Checa, will be part of the Open Doors Screenings.
In Ferrés’ film, in a town in the south, Antonia, a teenage mother, disappears one night, 50 years later and many kilometers to the north. Carmen, a casting director, must find people to explain her memories after changing jobs. city. During the search, Carmen meets Antonia. La imatge permanent stars actresses María Luengo and Rosario Ortega, and is produced by Fasten Films (Adrià Monés) in co-production with Le Bureau (Gabrielle Dumon) and Materia Cinema (Nadine Rothschild).
