Chilean production Single Clara Films began operations in Spain and boarded its first feature film as local producer Un Reino Imaginado.
Clara Laline, head of Clara Films, actress producer who has been living in Madrid since 2022, said: “We feel that this is especially fitting as our first work in Spain.
Clara Films is the quasi-producer of Ecuador’s Ana Christina Barragan’s recent Venice best screen winner, The Ivy. Larraín will be taking part in Madrid’s annual Confab Iberseries & Platino Industry, which will be held from September 30th to October 3rd this year.
The project also benefits from Bunster’s experience as a Chilean cinematography (“Some Beasts”, “The Black One”) and the broader background of Abarza in the performing arts. Together, they previously co-directed two short films, “Teo” (Bifan, Cinequest, Bogoshorts) and “The Flight of Chaika” (Sanfic).
The story follows Juan Reyes, an undocumented Chilean playwright who is trying to find his foothold in Madrid, facing the instability and uprooting of his life as an immigrant. Along the way, he meets Laura, a young woman from Murcia, looking for her place in the Spanish capital. In unfamiliar streets and uncertain days, the two form a deep friendship that restores their strength to imagine their future.
The “Imaginary Kingdom” draws from the personal experiences of Javier Uvira Martin, an overseer and leader who adapted to life in the Spanish capital. Fusing fiction, improvisation and documentary style filming on the streets of Madrid, the film delves into the quiet intimacy of everyday life and reveals how vulnerability, loneliness and humor coexist with those seeking to rebuild themselves far from their homes.
“The film was considered a space where love and difficulties could coexist. I believe that the film has the power to give voice to those experiencing refuge and to reveal humanity in everyday life,” the director said.
The project first began with the Chilean company Holoscopica and is now progressing with the addition of Clara Films as Spanish co-producer. According to Larraín, the collaboration supports “the development of the diaspora of Latin American talent rooted in the Spanish capital.”
In fact, Clara Films is one of the Latinx companies that set up stores in Spain to better tap the country’s generous film incentives and expand joint production treaties with many countries.
At the San Sebastian Film Festival, which was wrapped up on September 27, ICAA Deputy Director Kamilovazuz announced that Spain plans to add it to 22 existing bilateral treaties by signing new agreements with Asia, starting with the Philippines, South Korea, China and India.
Courtesy of Clara Laline and Clara Films
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