Grupo Mórbido founder/CEO Pablo Guisa has boarded two projects at the Costa Rica Media Market (CRMM) as a producer, a strong endorsement to the revived market’s growing status as a genre hub.
Both projects, “Greetings from Maryland” (“Saludos desde Maryland”) by Ricardo B’atz’ of El Salvador and “What Lives in the Storm” (“Lo que trae la tormenta”) by Miguel Angel Ferrer won the Mórbido Co-Production Award at the market, which means an investment of 10% to 20% percent in the productions’ respective budgets from the company. As a producer, Guisa will be engaged at every phase, from creative development to financing.
Both projects were selected from the Fantastic Lab Central America & Caribbean — the genre film development initiative launched by the Fantastic Pavilion, the Costa Rica Media Market and Grupo Mórbido last year— which in its first edition received 55 submissions from across the region, of which 15 were chosen for intensive development and six finalists announced at Cannes.
“Coming from a country where filmmaking is built through perseverance rather than industry, partnering with Pablo Guisa and Mórbido is a unique opportunity. Their experience in horror cinema gives ‘Greetings from Maryland’ the chance to grow beyond its local origins and connect with international audiences. Together, we hope to create a horror film that is both terrifying and deeply human, where supernatural fear becomes a reflection of the real horrors faced by migrant workers in the United States,” said B’atz.
