Trueba's 'Chico' tops Douro fest

MADRID -- Latin jazz scene-set "Chico and Rita," The spanish language helmer Fernando Trueba's first animated film, nabbed the Turismo p Douro prize at Portugal's third Douro Film Harvest, which wrapped on Saturday. The prize for that fest's Wine and Food Films sidebar visited "Getting away Robert Parker," by Erectile dysfunction Burley, who acquired the award personally. A seven-day umbrella event, organized in Portugal's attractive Douro wine valley, the DFH saw a significant hike in Portuguese premieres, which composed 80% from the program, alongside fest faves that incorporated Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris" and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence." Company directors attending incorporated Solveig Nordlund ("The Dying of Carlos Gardel," which opened up the fest), Brazil's Carlos Diegues (for any Tawny Tribute), Canadian-British artist-switched-helmer Zev Robinson ("Existence about the Douro") and helming duo Elena Gugliuzza and Patricia Boillart ("Isola, Where Bacchus' Language is Spoken"). Douro's first Ibero-American Lab, organized by Madrid-based Sea Communications Boss Annabelle Aramburu, was a business event centered on co-production between Portugal, The country, Latin America and Africa, making the most of use of distribution channels, especially new media. Illustrating how Argentina's film sector taps into worldwide co-productions, Ukbar Filmes' Pablo Iraolo contended that Portugal, with low production costs, could follow. Aramburu talked about an interactive documentary about pregnancy, "Mother Today," funded by an Icaa The spanish language Film Institute subsidy and pre-buys from regional Tv producers in Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragon. Portuguese producers Fernando Vendrell and The planet pandora da Cunha Telles talked about their Africa-shot projects, co-funded through the EU's African, Caribbean and Off-shore support fund. Other good examples of co-productions underneath the Lab microscope incorporated Zeze Gamboa's "The Truly Amazing Kilapy," a Portugal-Mozambique-Angola-South america co-production, and Licinio Azevedo's debut feature, "Margarida," connecting Portugal, Mozambique and France. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com