Director Guillermo Polo
Producer Victoria Pérez de la Cruz
Spain
Synopsis
Mila, a disenchanted woman in her thirties, returns to her late father’s old video store intending to sell it. When she reopens it one last time, she reconnects with the neighbors and cinephiles who still gather there, clinging to a place that was more than a business: a space for conversation and community. Through them and the films lining its shelves, Mila confronts her father’s emotional legacy and the memory of a time when sharing cinema also meant sharing life.
Contact victoria@loshermanospolo.com
Director´s Biofilmography
Guillermo Polo is a director, screenwriter, and producer from Valencia. He studied Audiovisual Communication at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and later trained in Film Directing at UCLA, where he lived for several years. He has written and directed six short films and has worked as a cinematographer on feature films. In 2017, he co-founded the production company Los Hermanos Polo Films, developing fiction and documentary projects screened at international festivals. His debut feature, Lo carga el diablo, premiered in 2024 and was theatrically released in 2025. He is currently developing his second feature film, Videoclub 2001, following the short film of the same title.
Total budget 1500000
Funds secured 700000
Objectives to be achieved
The main objective of our participation is to establish strategic connections that can help Videoclub 2001 grow at a key stage of its development. We aim to identify potential co-production partners, both nationally and internationally, as well as to start conversations with distributors and sales agents willing to support the project from an early phase. We see Málaga as an ideal environment to build alliances that strengthen the film’s financing, expand its international reach, and help define a solid exploitation strategy aligned with its author-driven yet accessible approach.
Co-production´s interesting countries
We are particularly interested in co-producing with Latin American countries, as well as Portugal and France, due to their cultural, linguistic, and cinematic proximity to the project. These partnerships would strengthen the film’s Ibero-American dimension and provide access to international funds such as Ibermedia, Creative Europe MEDIA, or Eurimages. Moreover, these territories have a strong tradition of supporting auteur-driven cinema and a festival and distribution network that aligns well with the type of story Videoclub 2001 aims to tell.
PRODUCER’S BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Victoria is a producer trained in Audiovisual Communication, with a Master’s degree in Film Directing from ESCAC, and a member of CIMA. She has worked in the development and production of feature films, short films, and television series with companies such as TV ON Producciones and Admirable Films.
She produced the short film Si me queréi irse, which received awards at the Skyline Benidorm Film Festival and the Alicante Film Festival and was selected at more than 50 international festivals, including Abycine. In 2025, she also worked as producer and executive producer on A cierta distancia. She has taken part in major international markets such as the Berlinale European Film Market, the Marché du Film in Cannes, and the American Film Market, and was selected for the Berlinale Visitor’s Programme.
