“Dangerous Hair” Observe-up “Trying to find Sam” Has Been Tackled by Mexican Firm Martfilms

Mexican firm Martfilms participated in “Searching for Sam,” Mariana Rondón’s sequel to San Sebastian’s Golden Shell winner “Dangerous Hair.”

A docu-fiction hybrid destined for the Europe-Latin America Co-production Discussion board in San Sebastián, the drama follows two most important actors from Mariana Rondón’s 2013 San Sebastián Golden Shell winner “Dangerous Hair” (“Pelo Malo”): Sam Lange who performed the kid Junior within the coming-of-age drama and the actress who performed his mom, Samantha Castillo. Each have been pressured to depart Venezuela.

“‘Searching for Sam’ wanders between fiction and documentary, the place reminiscence and identification blur and remodel. It forces us to query who we’re after we go away behind who we as soon as have been,” Rondón stated. Selection.

“The movie is about crossing boundaries: geographical, temporal, bodily and identification. We’re not simply searching for Sam. We’re searching for the place the place the particular person we as soon as have been ends and the particular person we’re begins,” stated his producing companion Marite Ugás of Sudaca Movies, who added that they discovered Lange strolling the style runways in Paris whereas Castillo emigrated to Mexico.

For Martha Orozco of Martfilm, the partnership was a very long time coming. “I’ve adopted the careers of this gifted duo and our filmographies have typically introduced us collectively on our cinematic journeys. We now have needed to collaborate for a very long time and this challenge permits us to experiment creatively.”

“’Pelo Malo,” past being a profitable movie, was a daring movie for its time – a movie that dared to handle racism, homophobia and polarization, leaving its mark on Latin American cinema. On a private stage, it impressed me to consider in resilient cinema, and due to MartFilms, it’s a pleasure to be a part of this new section and share new experiences,” stated Orozco, including: “‘Searching for Sam’ might be a nostalgic reunion – the nation has modified, the protagonists have grown up and the cinema of Mariana and Marité has matured – so we count on solely good issues from this journey.

Martfilms has participated in earlier business boards in San Sebastian, profitable the WIP pix-in-post award with Manuel Abramovich’s Argentine-Mexican co-production “Pornomelancholia” and taking house the Discussion board award with Laura Baumeister’s debut characteristic “Daughter of Rage” (Nicaragua/Mexico).

In response to Ugás, Sudaca Movies was invited to the “Scripture” residency on the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris for 2026-2027, beginning final December.

The six-month residency will permit them to proceed engaged on the script, but additionally to spend time with Lange, who presently lives in Paris.

“For this reason it’s notably essential for us to satisfy a French companion on the Europe-Latin America Co-production Discussion board,” stated Ugás, who’s co-writing the script with Rondón.

Based by Rondón and Ugás, Sudaca Movies celebrated its thirtieth anniversary this yr and can also be identified for acclaimed movies just like the 2021 Tribeca title “Contactado” and “Zafari,” which received the French Movie Critics Award in 2024.

Martfilms, which is devoted to the creation and distribution of movies dedicated to variety, inclusion and social transformation, has produced movies resembling “Past My Grandfather Allende” (“Allende mi abuelo Allende”), a Chile-Mexico co-production which received, amongst others, the perfect documentary L’Œil d’Or on the 2015 Cannes Movie Competition and “Niñxs” (Mexico).

The 74th San Sebastian Movie Competition takes place from September 18 to 26.