Malpelo | Feature Film

Feature Film | In-Development
Spanish

Logline:
A headstrong female freediver travels to Malpelo Island to investigate the disappearance of hammerhead sharks, aboard a fishing boat with an all-male crew who turn out to be just as dangerous as the predators she’s after.

Writer & Director: Victoria Rivera
Co-Writer: Leticia Akel Escárate
Producer: Camila Zavala

Recognitions
Breaking Through The Lens x Chopard Action Grant Finalist 2023
Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist Script Malpelo 2022
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant for feature script Malpelo 2019
Film Independent Sloan Producing Grant 2019
Columbia University Sloan Screenwriting Grant 2019

Labs & Markets
Cine Qua Non Lab Script Revision Lab 2022
IFP Week 2020 - Project Forum
Sundance Creative Producing Lab 2020
Athena Film Festival Virtual Writers Lab 2020
Film Independent Directing Lab 2020
Film Independent Screenwriting Lab 2020
Film Independent Fast Track Market 2019
Film Independent Producing Lab 2019


For more information of the film please contact Camila Zavala
To watch research short doc, click here.

 Thumbnail Image credit: One Ocean One Breath