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First Look, the 'works in progress' section of the Locarno Film Festival's industry section, has announced the six titles selected for the 2024 edition.

This year, First Look will spotlight independent projects from Spain. The festival said that projects were “chosen from more than 40 submissions.” The selected works in progress, none of which currently have sales representation, will be presented to accredited industry professionals at Cinema Rialto during the Locarno Film Festival. The projects will also be available on the digital library of Locarno Pro Online, the platform for accredited industry professionals.

One of the titles is Prefiro condenarme, a documentary directed by Spanish filmmaker and academic Margarita Ledo-Andi. The film is produced by Olaia Ledo and Carmen Ciller. The synopsis reads: 1972: The ecclesiastical court of Santiago de Compostela condemns Sagrario Fra, a shellfish fisherman in Ferrol, for committing adultery. At that time, many women were imprisoned or locked up in a psychiatric institution for what is considered a specifically female criminal act. But Sagrario Fra experiences love as insubordination. Like the birds that fly between heaven and earth, Antigone is latent in Sagrario.