“Runner,” Laura García Alonso’s debut feature, tells the story of a young competitive athlete who suffers a psychotic break while training intensely for a major race.
The film, sold internationally by Madrid-based Latido Films, premieres in competition at this year’s Málaga Film Festival. It will be introduced to buyers at Málaga’s Spanish Screenings.
Adding to the film’s interest, it has a top-notch production package: Barcelona’s Distinto Films, whose “Deaf” won Berlin’s Panorama Audience Award, Elastica Films, which backed Berlin Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” and Dos Soles Media, a producer like Elastica in Carla Simon’s Cannes main competition player “Romeria.” Elastica distributes in Spain.
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