Javier Marco It won the Goya award for best fiction short film in 2021. to the faceA study written by Belén Sánchez-Arévalo Confronted with a verbally violent person on social networks haterembodying Manolo SoloPinoso actress Sonia Almarcha stars in the already harassed movie. However, the Alicante film director always thought that the story could go further and set out. follow up in a feature film with the same name.
Now, almost four years after he and Sánchez-Arévalo began writing the script, and Seeking financing and script development Recommended -during the Film Academy Residency Program roll to the face in long format next June. After this it will be his second movie JosephineHe was given this along with Emma Suárez and Roberto Álamo three Goya nominations In 2022.
“Finally We approved 1.5 million financingSpeaking in the plural, representing the tandem he has formed with his collaborator Sánchez-Arévalo, Marco says, “we are starting work and we are very happy.” new version of the script “and I’m sure we’ll make another one because there’s always more.”
Javier Marco for this adventure He also became a producer (created Lobster Movies) and will accompany you Sin Movies (Close your eyes) And LaCima Productions (year of discovery), while they’re looking for someone else partner international.
financing It already sounds closed. community of madrid (Creative Media Europe), Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) and Institut Valencià de Cultura will invest 350,000 euros for production. Technical team from the Valencian Community» states the director, who does not yet know whether any films will be shot in this region, as the main shooting will take place in Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha.
“The long begins with the shortyet we will pull again and I will tell you what will happen to these characters After meeting in person. Very happy to repeat with them again [Almarcha y Solo]”, explains the man from Alicante, wanting to show the hostile context of the networks in the background, “what drives Pedro, haterThe abused Lina is forced to be in that dark moment as she must absorb the loss of her daughter. Between them there is a connection with spaces, the weight of shared loneliness -also something that resonates Josephine– but I want to go a little further and Look for the psychological complexity of the characters.
Marco is eager to start filming: “I love being on set with the actors and I’m taking acting training courses,” he notes.
More projects
Before the six-week shooting began, A new short film will be shot in Madrid between February and March, Insurmountable“a drama with a touch of black comedy”, The first film produced by Langosta Films“What happens if the person who saved you from drowning at sea is one of the worst people in the world?” he asks.
Projects do not end there as of the end of the year He will direct a three-part miniseries Written by Alcoy’s Tirso Calero, Pirates in Deniaspeaking of “a cinema within a cinema” From the shooting of an American blockbuster in the 1950s –Captain Jonesrelated to John FarrowStarring Robert Stack and Bette Davis, in the city of Marina Alta and how it was filmed revolutionized its inhabitants.
«This will be a mini-series of three 50-minute episodes, told in two periods, filming and present day, with the participation of people involved in the film, who recreate Dénia of the 50s and how she changed. I really want to direct this series after the movie and more A love story to cinema», says Javier Marco.
Production will be carried out by the company Central Mediterranean And Study Where Calero manages TV content and also has production support from the Institut Valencià de Cultura.