ECAM Forum Wraps Third Edition With ‘Undefined Things II,’ ‘The Indies,’ ‘Snow Country’ Among Winners

Madrid boutique industry event strengthened its role as a launchpad for indie cinema, pairing project prizes with panels on finance, auteur filmmaking, marketing and international distribution

By Emiliano de Pablos

Emiliano de Pablos

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Madrid’s ECAM Forum wrapped its third edition Thursday, June 11, with María Aparicio’s “Undefined Things II” (“Las cosas indefinidas II”) taking its Last Push Award and Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier’s “The Indies” (“Les Indes”) scoring a special jury mention, closing a three-day event that again positioned the Spanish capital as a strategic meeting point for indie cinema acrosss Europe and Latin America.

The prizes confirmed the Forum’s role as a showcase for projects already carrying strong auteur and international credentials. Aparicio returns to the world of her award-winning “Undefined Things,” now following Eva through Madrid, the Reina Sofía Museum and a story that opens onto questions of work, memory and displacement. “The Indies,” produced by Switzerland’s Alina Film with Spain’s Lastor Media, was one of the more ambitious European co-production packages in Last Push: a 17th-century historical drama moving between France and Spain as an old order collapses and another struggles to emerge.

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