Projects

Open Doors

Starting from 2023, Open Doors has been championing filmmaking from regions where independent cinema is especially challenging, building bridges for collaboration across regions, countries and continents. Through Open Doors' public and professional programs, we aim to provide a space where talents find support in every step of their creative and professional journey and where discussion and reinvention of today’s cinema can happen among free voices.

Open Doors 2022-2024: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean

For three years, Open Doors is dedicated to film projects and talents from the following regions and countries:

Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
the Caribbean Islands (Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
and South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)

The professional and public programs of Open Doors take place during the Locarno Film Festival and year-round, onsite and online. Read more about them here below.

Official selection: Open Doors Projects’ Hub and Producers’ Lab 2023

Open Doors is proud to spotlight the following projects and emerging producers from Latin America and the Caribbean in its professional activities taking place 3-8 August 2023, in the framework of the 76th Locarno Film Festival.

Projects’ Hub
Co-production platform for feature-length projects.  

Desidia
Director: Leandro Grillo
Producer: Alejandra Antequera, Trisomia Cine
Bolivia

El ultimo rey (Last of Kings)
Director: Victor Checa
Producer: Jimena Hospina, Pierrot Films
Peru, Germany, Mexico

Libertinas (Libertines)
Director: Leslie Ortiz
Producer: Adriana Morán, Relativo Films
El Salvador

LOA. Mata a tus amos (LOA. Kill Your Masters)
Director: Carlos Zerpa
Producer: Carlos Zerpa, Mecha
Venezuela

Pantasma
Director: Gloria Carrión
Producer: Leonor Zúniga
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras

Raised by Goats
Director: Gibrey Allen
Producer: Nadean Rawlins, Raw Management Agency
Jamaica

Tres balas (Three Bullets)
Director: Génesis Valenzuela
Producer: Wendy Espinal, Colectivo Cinematográfico 81
Dominican Republic

Vía láctea (Milky Way)
Director: Paz Fábrega
Producer: Federico Moreira, La Mayor Cine
Costa Rica, Uruguay

Producers’ Lab 
Training workshop for creative producers with feature projects.

Veronica Haro
Abril films, Ecuador

Ana Isabel Martins Palacios
Fosforito Films, Honduras

Daniela Muñoz
Estudio ST, Cuba

Carlos Ormeño Palma
La Fiebre Films, Peru

Gregorio Rodríguez
Casa Latina Films, Dominican Republic

Joaquín Ruano
Producciones Concepción, Guatemala

Samuel Suffren
Kitfilms, Haiti

Ivana Urízar
Cine Mío, Paraguay

Read more about the selection in our press release.

Details of all selected projects will be available upon request.
For more information, please contact the Open Doors team at opendoors@locarnofestival.ch

Festival programs

Projects' Hub

Open Doors’ co-production platform introduces each year eight feature film projects from the focus region to potential partners for international collaborations.

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Producers' Lab

A training workshop focusing on the role of the creative producer and providing know-how to work in the international film industry.

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Open Doors Screenings

This curated section showcases feature and short films from the focus region, offering a panoramic on the contemporary talents to the public and industry in Locarno.

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Year-round programs

Open Doors Consultancy

An online service providing professional advice from international experts to film projects and creative teams at different stages from Open Doors’ current focus region.

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Open Doors ToolBox

Active 365 days per year, the ToolBox is a knowledge-sharing and networking platform for film makers and producers from Open Doors’ current and past focus regions looking to develop, produce, distribute their projects.

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Open Doors Hotline

The service is accessible all year round and is available by writing to the Open Doors team to ask questions and receive feedback on specific aspects regarding current projects, the career as a film professional, and to be aided through the different steps of the filmmaking process.

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Film Sections

Open Doors

Open Doors 2022-2024: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean

Official selection: Open Doors Projects’ Hub and Producers’ Lab 2023