National Board of Review scholar grant-winning actor, screenwriter and director Constanza Majluf-Baeza is growing her debut function “Pink Desert” (“Desierto rosa”), which is able to take part within the upcoming MAFF Co-Production Fund and Meeting Event on the Malaga Film Festival.
Set in 1970 in a desert mining city in northern Chile, “Pink Desert” follows the story of Mariola, a 17-year-old recognized within the city as Mario. Sporadic rains convey bursts of life to the driest place on Earth, and within the midst of this panorama, Mariola will get invited by a theatre firm of travestis to journey to Lima, Peru. During the journey, Mariola begins to find who she has all the time needed to be. Upon returning to Chile, a brand new period of political and social change drives her to affirm their identification.
In trade information, Peru’s Mestizo Studios has boarded the mission, lead produced from Chile by Flamingo Producciones. To date, “Pink Desert” has garnered important consideration and assist, having been awarded Chilean Audiovisual Fund backing for writing, rewriting and manufacturing. It additionally picked up Columbia University’s Sloan Screenplay Award and the Final Draft Ventana Sur award.
As a mission, “Pink Desert” participated within the Estelab Latin America-Europe co-production lab, Cine Qua Non Lab, Ibermedia and Fundación Carolina’s CDPAI and El Principio del Film at Ventana Sur.
In addition to directing, Majluf-Baeza co-writes with Chilean filmmaker Ignacio Juricic Merillán, recognized for his Cannes Queer Palm-winning quick “Lost Queens” (2015) and San Sebastián Horizons participant “Enigma” (2018). The solid consists of Chilean famous person Alfredo Castro (“Tony Manero,” “El Conde,” “They Will Be Dust”) in a supporting position. The movie’s major solid has but to be confirmed.
Rodrigo Díaz, the movie’s producer at Flamingo Producciones, advised Variety: “‘Pink Desert’ invites us to explore an untold universe: the world of a travesti theater company in Latin America during the 1970s, seen through the eyes of a transgender teenager. Mariola’s journey embodies a visionary heroism, transforming not only her own story but cementing an invaluable legacy for generations to come. Through a blend of depth and humor, we journey with Mariola as she discovers her true self.”