ESCAC announces the projects selected for the Ópera Prima Lab

ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya) is pleased to announce the projects selected for its Ópera Prima Lab 2023, which is funded by the ICAA and Next Generation funds.

Of the more than 200 applications received, eight titles have been selected for this edition of the Lab: seven fiction feature films and one series. The main aim of the Ópera Prima Lab is to promote and support projects by emerging creators.

Projects selected for the 2023 Ópera Prima Lab call:

• San Dai Shi Guang (Tres Edades) – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Jiajie Yu Yan

Producer: César Esteban Alenda

• 34 DÍAS – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Gerard Vidal Cortés

Producer: Olga Doganoc Bosch

• JONE – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Sara Fantova, Nuria Dunjó

Producer: Carmen Garrido

• UNA VIEJA EN TORREVIEJA – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Gerard Claramunt, Emma Melero Elías

• BRUCÓLACOS – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Lucas Parra Pérez, Marina Figueras Manzanares

• MUGA – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Asier Urbieta, Andoni de Carlos

Producer: Ane Antoñanzas

• POSITIVIDAD TÓXICA, La Serie – (Series)

Author(s): Pedro Rudolphi

Producer: Samuel López

• Y ASÍ SEGUIRÁN LAS COSAS – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Marina Palacio Burgueño, Marina Palacio

Producer: Lara Izaguirre

In addition, the Lab’s jury has considered two additional projects for participation in some of its activities, with the aim of supporting their development.

• INSULA – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): Jan Hernandez Marsol

Producer: Judith Aregay Castro

• WONDER BOY – (Fiction feature film)

Author(s): David Heredia

Producer: Loles Peña

The Ópera Prima Lab is a programme open to new writers and producers in our film industry, enabling them to develop their first feature films, series or audiovisual works in new formats, whether documentary or fiction, with the aim of commercial exploitation. This edition will include three in-person meetings and workshops:

• In Barcelona during June – Focused on marketing and exploitation
• In Sitges as part of the Fantastic Film Festival – Focused on the national industry
• At ESCAC during December – Focused on the international industry.

On each occasion, participants will take part in pitch and/or one-to-one presentation sessions with leading industry professionals, where they can present and discuss the content of their projects. They will also receive ongoing individual guidance from experts in screenwriting, directing or production throughout the six-month programme. A key element of ESCAC’s Ópera Prima Lab is creating an audiovisual piece in the form of a teaser or mood teaser, as well as preparing a visual presentation in both in-person and digital formats.