Fernando Eimbcke, Pablo Fendrik, Juan Pablo Gugliotta, Christian Valdelièvre, moderated by Peter Cowie

This case study focuses on two former Talents and their films. Fernando Eimbcke from Mexico, participant of the Campus in 2003, presented his first feature film Duck Season in 2004, which was shown in Cannes and numerous other festivals. His second feature Lake Tahoe is part of this year‘s Berlinale Competition. For the first time a former Talent (together with Lance Hammer‘s Ballast) is part of the Berlinale Competition. Pablo Fendrik from Argentina, Campus and Talent Project Market participant in 2006, made his first feature film The Mugger in 2007, winning awards at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival and at the Film Festival in Cuba. It was also shown in Cannes. His second feature Blood Appears, shot in October 2007, is now in postproduction. Using excerpts of their films, Pablo and Fernando, together with executive producer of The Mugger, Juan Pablo Gugliotta, and Lake Tahoe producer Christian Valdelievre, will talk about their experiences producing their first and second features in Argentina and Mexico. The two films will serve as examples of Young Latin American Cinema on the move. They will discuss the specific requirements of filming in the region, working con­structively with a team under trying circumstances and with small budgets and limited production facilities.