Ventana Sur Goes To Cannes Lineup Includes Second-Chance Comedy, Supernatural Genre and Animated Aztec Action Adventure (EXCLUSIVE)

Organized by Cannes' Marché du Film and Uruguay’s ACAU agency, the five-title lineup also takes in gender doc ‘The Way You See Me’ and ‘The Grass,’ an intimate take on working-class motherhood 

By John Hopewell

John Hopewell

Chief International Correspondent

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What kind of films are Latin America and Spain’s new generation filmmakers making? 

One answer will be supplied in May at the Cannes Film Festival which includes a showcase, Marché du Film’s Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes – Río de la Plata, highlighting five first features. Among them are Uruguay’s buzzy dramedy “When I Existed,” Spain’s supernatural thriller “The Mantises” and “The Mark of the Jaguar,” a Brazil-Mexico animated Aztec action adventure.

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