Karnawal
- Juan Pablo Félix
- 2020
- Norvège, Mexique, Chili, Brésil, Bolivie, Argentine
- 92 min
- Films in Progress 37 / Toulouse 2020
During Carnival, on the Argentina-Bolivia border, a young dancer prepares for the most important competition of his life when his highway-robbing, ex-convict father returns and jeopardizes everything.
Juan Pablo Félix
Born in 1983 in Buenos Aires, director and producer, graduated from ENERC Argentina National Film School, he has directed feature documentaries, TV series, short films and commercials. Karnawal is his first fiction feature film.
Filmography
2020 – Fuerzas vivaselva – Documentaire – 17 min.
Production notes
Bikini Films is a film production company founded in Buenos Aires by Edson Sidonie, an Argentian-French producer based in Argentina, and Juan Pablo Félix. We focus on quality feature films, with strong impact and personality. In Bikini we seek to make films that move us to new worlds, and we regard international coproduction as an opportunity to potentiate our stories.
Support
INCAA Opera Prima 2015 Award – ANCINE-INCAA 2017 Bilateral Co-Production Award – IMCINE-INCAA / FOPROCINE 2018 Bilateral Co-Production Award – CNCA-INCAA 2017 Bilateral Co-Production Award – IBERMEDIA 2018 Co-Production Award – SORFOND 2017 Award – Efads-Caci Co-Production Award at the Co-Production Forum San Sebastian Festival 2016 – Patronage Buenos Aires 2017
- Original title
- Karnawal
- Direction
- Juan Pablo Félix
- Country
- Norvège, Mexique, Chili, Brésil, Bolivie, Argentine
- Année
- 2020
- Scenario
- Juan Pablo Félix
- Picture
- Ramiro Civita
- Cutting
- Eduardo Serrano, Luz López Mañe
- Music
- Leonardo Martinelli
- Actors
- Martin López Lacci (Cabra), Alfredo Castro (Corto), Monica Lairana (Rosario), Diego Cremonesi (Eusebio)
- Original version
- Espagnol
- Awards
PRIX CINÉMA EN CONSTRUCTION TOULOUSE au festival Cinélatino 2020
- Production
- Bikini films
- Coproduction
- Picardia films, Phototaxia Pictures, Norsk Filmproduksjon, Melocoton Films, Londra Films, 3 Moinhos