Malaga ‘Jone, Batzuetan’ Vies for a higher award
The world was shown at the Malaga Film Festival on March 15, the first appearance of Sara Fantova “Jone, Batzuetan” (“Jone, Sometimes”) at the upper prize in the official competition.
It was formulated by Vantova, Noria Martin and Noria Denjo, the next story at the age of Bilbao in the Basque of the life of the three.
While Vantova notes that she is not based on real events or a specific episode of her life, she was inspired by the diaries that her father gave her to his youth.
“Reading these documents was what initially inspired the development of the film. The remainder of the end of this inspiration is the texts that accompany John, whose father narrated in the sound,” Vantova. diverse.
“Moreover, although the film is chosen in a real context – Bilbao ASTE Nagusia celebrations – the story is completely fictional,” adding: “The three of us wanted to explore something that we found meaning: that axial moment when it begins to face the dish and should learn the balance between light and dark.”
The film depicts the 20 -year -old John’s journey, which suffers from her first love amid an unexpected acceleration of her father Parkinson’s father. During Bilbao, Jonah Grande fluctuated, between an indomitable feeling with her new friend Olga and resistance to her unique father’s approach to managing his illness. These experiences are crowned in a transformative summer, where John gets acquainted with her development from the girl to the imminent adulthood.
“We have chosen filming this balance through the subjects of disease and love, or the contrast between celebrations and the home.” John should learn to accept pain and disease as part of life during the experience of her first love. “
It was found the appropriate actress to play the lead. “My goal in casting was not to find an unique actress specifically for the role of John. Instead, both Amets Zulueta, my manager manager, and I was determined to find Jone who we all imagined. This is why we have chosen a wide range of candidates – including professional actresses, students based on them, and even those who have no previous experience “It was not desperate,” said Vantova, who was the first in the film industry.road Seminci participated in the Rotterdam Film Festival, among many others.
“After months of searching and feeling that we did not find the ideal suitability, Ameits, who is the same as John’s age, turned into her friends. That when we became lucky – Elia Agwiu, one of my closest friends, decided the test. Through her second test, it was uncleanly clear – our Jone was.”
A fruit of the new new Basque talent axis, which is directed by the film by Bilbao Mawled Fantova, which is a youth from the famous Eskac Film School in Barcelona, which is Ja Bayuna who was chosen to direct three episodes of the successful Catalan TV series “This is not Sweden”.
The film was produced by two talent drivers, Amania Films, headed by director David Perez, the same is one of the most distinguished managers in the Basque country (“I am missing”, “The Last Romantics”), and Segac Estudios (“Salve, María”, led by Sergi Casamana that has been produced for a period of time Contracts.
“John, Pzetoin” passed through the MAFIZ WIP program in Malaga on the development journey that included the Noka Mentoring, Abycine Lanza in 2020 and Laboratorio Opera Prima last year.
As expected, financing insurance was one of its biggest challenges. “Creative, having to write with the final dates in mind to fulfill some grants or financing calls, meaning that you do not feel completely free; you are always waiting, and that was the most difficult part. She said:” This film was made in an unusual and somewhat in particular – we funded it after finishing the shooting, “adding:” It was a very long process, but for me, it was incredible because I was able to share it with My friends at every stage – development, shooting and editing. I have shared all the stages with friends, and that was the most beautiful part of the process. “
John Hobwell contributed to this article.