John Hopewell

Lö’s feature debut, ‘Lucky Girl’ is one of the buzz titles at this year’s high caliber Atlas Workshops, part of the Marrakech Festival.

Lina Soualem 's Spain-set family tale “Alicante,” Walid Messnaoui's gangster Western “The Last Beast of Atlas” and Linda Lô's search-for-identity

Having made a splash with tense and brutal petty crime caper short “No Key,” an Indie Short Fest winner that also screened at Fantastic

1990s-set Atlas Workshops project is inspired by the true story of Boulohouch who became the leader of Morocco's most infamous outlaw gang.

Two Brazilian titles, Marcelo Gomes' “Portrait of a Certain Orient” and Marianne Brennand's “Manas,” swept the three biggest awards at Spain's Huelva

‘Memories of a Burning Body,’ ‘Biónico’s Bachata, ‘No Nos Moverán,’ ‘Baby’ also win out in a strong main Competition.

“Honour of Persia”, the directorial debut of Cannes best actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi (“Holy Spider”), is one of five features at financing

Meanwhile, U.S. producer Rebellium Films’ ‘UAP’ is exploring a new business model: Basque Country tax-break co-financed productions.

Jô Serfaty's “Beyond the Edge,” Jorge Cadena's “Tropical Malady,” and María Paz Barragán's “The Tenants” look like potential standouts at the 7th Proyecta project platform at next week's Ventana Sur.

Framing first or second projects from Latin America and Spain, Proyecta is backed by Cannes Marché du Films and the San Sebastian Festival.