Bolivia’s Gory Patiño, writer-director for his country’s Academy Award submission “The Goalkeeper” – also the highest grossing Bolivian film in 15 years – and his frequent filmmaking partner, Spain’s Luis Reneo, are participating in this year’s Ventana Sur films in progress section with their socio-political thriller “Pseudo.”
The project was also selected as a finalist for a post-production award at the Havana Film Festival and, in before production, was awarded development prizes by Spain’s Ibermedia and the Bolivia Lab. It also tapped funding from La Paz city hall and comes as the Bolivian government is in the process of introducing federal funding regulation, the last country in the region to provide such state incentives.
All that’s left now is to secure completion finance for post-production. The film will be ready for a 2019 release.
“’Pseudo’ is the reason I went back to my country after 12 years living in the States,...
The project was also selected as a finalist for a post-production award at the Havana Film Festival and, in before production, was awarded development prizes by Spain’s Ibermedia and the Bolivia Lab. It also tapped funding from La Paz city hall and comes as the Bolivian government is in the process of introducing federal funding regulation, the last country in the region to provide such state incentives.
All that’s left now is to secure completion finance for post-production. The film will be ready for a 2019 release.
“’Pseudo’ is the reason I went back to my country after 12 years living in the States,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Bolivian writer-director Rodrigo ‘Gory’ Patiño honed his filmmaking skills as a TV commercials director for the past seven years, with the occasional music video and short film among his credits. His feature debut, “The Goalkeeper” (“Muralla”) is Bolivia’s official entry to the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
After securing an Mfa in film and TV at Chapman U, Patiño co-wrote and directed the 10-episode TV series “The Drop” (“La Entrega”) of which “The Goalkeeper” is a spin-off.
Back home where it had a 10-week theatrical run, “The Goalkeeper” was the highest-grossing Bolivian film in 15 years.
Its Spanish title “Muralla,” (‘wall’ in English) is the titular nickname of the lead character who has earned it for his blocking skills as a goalkeeper. With his soccer career behind him, he is scraping out a living as a taxi driver. Desperate to save his gravely sick child, he is drawn into the...
After securing an Mfa in film and TV at Chapman U, Patiño co-wrote and directed the 10-episode TV series “The Drop” (“La Entrega”) of which “The Goalkeeper” is a spin-off.
Back home where it had a 10-week theatrical run, “The Goalkeeper” was the highest-grossing Bolivian film in 15 years.
Its Spanish title “Muralla,” (‘wall’ in English) is the titular nickname of the lead character who has earned it for his blocking skills as a goalkeeper. With his soccer career behind him, he is scraping out a living as a taxi driver. Desperate to save his gravely sick child, he is drawn into the...
- 12/4/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Director Gory Patino debuts with ‘The Goalkeeper’ (‘Muralla’) now screening in Los Angeles.
Did you know that approximately eight children a day disappear from the streets of La Paz in Bolivia as human trafficking becomes a serious international business? This story is not about that but about a man who seeks redemption after his one brush with this as he does the unthinkable to save his desperately ill son. Racked with guilt and haunted by ghosts, Jorge seeks to rescue the young girl he sold, even if it means his own downfall.
This fiction feature is actually a spin-off of a 10 episode TV series called La Entrega that Patino has created about a missing girl sold to the human trafficking network. Muralla, a broken man who was a former soccer star, an incidental character in the series becomes a fully developed character in this movie, Bolivia’s Official Submission for...
Did you know that approximately eight children a day disappear from the streets of La Paz in Bolivia as human trafficking becomes a serious international business? This story is not about that but about a man who seeks redemption after his one brush with this as he does the unthinkable to save his desperately ill son. Racked with guilt and haunted by ghosts, Jorge seeks to rescue the young girl he sold, even if it means his own downfall.
This fiction feature is actually a spin-off of a 10 episode TV series called La Entrega that Patino has created about a missing girl sold to the human trafficking network. Muralla, a broken man who was a former soccer star, an incidental character in the series becomes a fully developed character in this movie, Bolivia’s Official Submission for...
- 11/27/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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