Prizes and Production

Trip to Timbuktu has obtained the Development Financial Aid of IBERMEDIA (2007) and has participated in the 5th Course of Film Project Development, in Madrid, Spain, with a scholarship of the Fundación Carolina and Casa de América (2007). Also, it has participated in the 2nd Course of Film Project Development, in Salvador de Bahía, Brasil, with a scholarship of Casa de América and Instituto Cervantes (2009). Besides, the project was selected for a Production Seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by EGEDA-LATC (2009) and was also selected for the Production and Scriptwriting Seminar for Professional European and Latin American Producers (TAREULA), organized by EGEDA-LATC and MEDIA, and which took place in Bogotá, Colombia (2010). Recently, it has also been selected to participate in the Coproduction meetings at San Sebastian Film Festival, after being chosen from many Latin American and European projects participating in the Tareula program. Also, it was chosen for the Screenplay Development Fund of the Amiens International Film Festival.

Trip to Timbuktu has also just obtained the CONACINE PRIZE (which is the Peruvian State Aid for Cinema and our first important aid for Production), and has recently signed a coproduction agreement with Argentina (Machaco Films). With this coproduction, the project has just been presented to participate in IBERMEDIA (Production Financial Aid).

Our next steps in the search for funds will be the presentation of the project to Fonds Sud, Goteborg, Visions Sud Est and the World Cinema Fund.