'Veronica,' 'Wild' bow in Films happening

MADRID -- Brazilian Marcelo Gomes' "Not so long ago Veronica" and Chilean Marialy Rivas' "Youthful and Wild" will unspool in San Sebastian Films happening, a films at rough cut showcase. Gomes' "Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures," which performed Cannes' 2005 Not Certain Regard, remains probably the most spoken-about Brazilian first options that come with the final decade. "Veronica," in regards to a girl attempting to make a brand new existence for herself in Recife, slots in to the co-production deal between France's Urban Factory and Sara Silveira's Sao Paulo-based Dezenove Som e Imagem. Another burgeoning Latin American artpic producer with experience for brand new talent, Pablo and Juan p Dios Larrain's Fabula in Chile, is creating "Wild," the feature debut of LGBT pioneer Marialy Rivas, concerning the bisexual daughter of fervent Evangelist parents. A youthful love tale set under Argentina's dictatorship, Benjamin Avila's "Clandestine Childhood" is lead created by Luis Puenzo's Historias Cinematograficas. The 3 other FIP challengers are less well-known: Gabriel Marino's Mexican road movie, "A Secret World," in regards to a 19-year-old girl looking for herself Colombian Juan Andres Arango's "The Beach," a Bogota-set coming-of-age drama and Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori's thriller "7 Boxes," an uncommon Paraguayan production. Also introduced Tuesday, San Sebastian's Arab cinema rough-cut sidebar Cinema moving will reveal new productions from Palestinian Annemarie Jacir ("Salt from the Ocean") and Lebanese helmer duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige ("I wish to See"). Jacir will show '60s-set "After I Saw You," concerning the 12-year-old boy of the Palestinian refugee in Jordan, Hadjithomas and Joreige "Une fusee dans le ciel," a docu-aspect of Lebanon's now-forgotten space program. Cinema moving also features Lebanese Civil War docu "Confession and Struggle," from Eliane Raheb, and Yahya Alabdallah's "The Final Friday," activating a broke taxi motorists tries to regain the lady he loves. Friday" forms area of the Jordanian Royal Film Commission's drive to back low-budget photos rich in-profile stars -- for example Ali Suliman ("Body of Lies"). Cinema moving happens Sept. 19 FIP runs Sept. 21-22. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com