PRESENTATION

Who we are?

El Salto Producciones is an independent production company based in Buenos Aires Argentina, recently created by a group of experienced professionals from a wide variety of disciplines.

What we do?

We produce advertising spots, corporate videos, music videos, tv series and programmes, feature films and documentaries.


What we are looking for and offering?

We offer full or partial production services and use of our infrastructure to foreign producers who need an operations base to shoot in Argentina. We offer them the experience and expertise of an interdisciplinary team of highly qualified professionals who can provide excellent personalized attention in a working environment that stimulates creativity, meets the needs of their projects and reaches their objectives with the greatest efficiency and fairest prices.

Our comfortable offices are well-equipped and strategically located close to the district where the city's audiovisual industry is concentrated. We have all our own equipment, including digital cameras and ON-LINE sound and image editing systems (Mini-DV and DV-Cam).

El Salto Producciones offers you all the advantages of a favorable exchange: the variety of landscapes and climates in seasons opposite to those in the northern hemisphere; the wide range of races and cultures which allow for varied casting; the top quality human resources and access to the latest technology, the key ingredient which makes our country the perfect location for any type of production.

In addition, El Salto Producciones offers and requires co-production agreements for film and television productions as well as representation and distribution for foreign producers interested in our market.

SERVICES

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At El Salto Producciones S.A. we carry out production processes from the starting point to the final product, giving our clients total support according to their needs.

Project development

• Research
• Script
• Translation
• Project Development
• Budget
• Financial Plan
• Financing solutions
• Advising and management of projects with official organisms

Pre-production

• Casting
• Staff above the line
• Scouting

Production

• Technical Team
• Total logistics
• Equipment
• Film stock
• Film studios
• Catering
• Housing
• Transportation
• Communication
• Security - security guards
• Insurance

Post-production (General Coordination)

• Off-line and on-line editing
• 3D Animation
• Digital Effects
• Credits and Subtitles
• Audio Mixes
• Tape to tape
• Tape to film
• Transfers
• Telecinema
• Copies
• Transcription of material to different formats
• Conversion and downloading of material

Music

• Composition of soundtracks for feature films and TV programmes
• Composition of jingles for commercials

Communication and marketing

• Graphic design and merchandising
• Press and Public Relations
• Advertising and promotion
• Commercial launchings

Advising and Assistance

• Legal
• Accounting

Office Rentals

• We adapt our offices to the needs of each client

Other

• Co-production
• Representation
• Distribution

SCOUTING

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We have a complete database of all the different locations in Argentina.

Península de Valdés - Chubut

Buenos Aires City

Cataratas de Iguazú - Misiones

Glaciar Perito Moreno - Santa Cruz

El Palmar - Entre Rios

Río Negro

Sur - Patagonia

Salinas de Bahía Blanca

Valle de la Luna - San Juan

Ushuaia - Tierra del Fuego

Colón Theatre - Buenos Aires

Selva Misionera

FACILITIES

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Lavalle 3685 Dto. 4 - Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Meeting room complete with laptop computer, screen, television, VCR and cafeteria service to hold presentations and business meetings.

• Office with two telephone lines, fax and the latest computers with wideband Internet hookup.

• On-line editing island (for Mini DV and DV Cam) / Off-line and digital camera Mini DV.

• Music composition and off-line sound room.

• Large, bright, warmly decorated spaces with a/c and central heat to create a comfortable and creative working environment.

• We also offer rental apartments equipped for foreign guests.
• We are soon to begin the construction of our own production multi-space of 100 m2, to include a sound-proof film studio with chrome cutting possibilities (blue, green), white infinite background and a working coffee and catering bar.

BACKGROUND

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El Salto Producciones S.A. was created as an independent production company under director Jorge Zima to produce his opera prima "Noche en la Terraza", premiered commercially in June 2002. The film, a singular look at the theme of infidelity, was awarded "Best Foreign Drama" at the New York International Independent Film Festival 2001 and became the Latin American film most voted by the Jurado de la Juventud in the Festival Internacional de Cine in San Sebastián 2001. "Noche en la Terraza" was among the Official Selection of the International Film Festivals of Miami, London, Mumbai (India), Lérida (Spain), Victoria (Canada) y Montevideo (Uruguay).

El Salto Producciones produced the music for the films "Noche en la Terraza" and "El Regreso", both soundtracks composed by Jorge Zima.

El Salto Producciones is the associate producer of the documentary "Oscar" by Sergio Morkin, about a Buenos Aires taxi driver who daily transforms the aggression of billboards into ephemeral works of art. The telefilm revolves around an artistic expression emerging from the critical socio-economic situation of today's Argentina. This project was awarded prizes from the National Foundation for the Arts (Fondo Nacional de las Artes) of Argentina, Altercine of Canada and the AECI of Spain.

Recently, El Salto Producciones won a bid from the Government of the Province of San Luis and the corresponding no-interest loan for a total of U$S 235.000, to produce its second feature film "Boca de Fresa" scheduled for shooting in October of this year.

OUR PROJECTS

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Project 1:

"Boca de Fresa" (Strawberry Mouth)

Description:

Fiction Feature Film, 95 minutes, to be shot in 35 mm.

Synopsis:

Oscar (40) is a down-at-the-mouth musical producer who one day hears a tune created by one of the first singers his uncle Robert, founder and partner of the company where he works, unsuccessfully tried to launch onto the market in the 70s. Today, re-edited by a European company, the song has become an international hit and Oscar decides to get a juicy cut of what he imagines to be a multi-million dollar business. The only problem that he and his girlfriend Natalia find, once they discover the whereabouts of Fredy, is that the ex songwriter/singer has been living in the mountains of the Province of San Luis. There he lives as a hermit, spending his hours sculpting statuettes of stone, listening to the only music he knows: "the sound of the river". As a result of their experience, Oscar and Natalia learn that it is better not to know where you're going than to go in the wrong direction.

Status:

The project is finished and has won the competition sponsored by the Government of the Province of San Luis, granted by an international jury, made up of a no-interest development loan for 199.146,51 E, to be returned in 36 monthly installments (three years) as of 60 days after the commercial premier of the film. The project has been presented for pre-classification to the Institute for National Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), where it is waiting for a final ruling.

Total budget:

344.058,85 €

We provide:

We seek:

An international co-producer to provide 17,5 % of the budget, 60.028,45 €, to be used toward film stock, laboratory processing and shooting equipment.

We offer:

A co-production agreement for country rights in the co-producers country with the possibility of negotiating a percentage of the continental rights.

Director's Biography:

Jorge Zima was born in Buenos Aires, holds a degree in Musical Composition from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and studied cinema at Bristol University in Bristol, England. He is the composer of many songs, jingles and soundtracks for short films, documentaries and feature films. Among these, the music from his first film, "Noche en la Terraza" and from "El Regreso" by Hugo Lescano stand out. He has directed short films in both 35 mm and video and obtained a variety of prizes. He worked for years in the British cinema and advertising industries, and returned to Argentina in 1995 to work in advertising, music videos, documentaries and supporting fine artists. In 2001 he created El Salto Producciones and produced "Noche en la Terraza", his first feature film based on his own script. "Noche en la Terraza" has been awarded prizes and honorable mentions at numerous international film festivals around the world. Jorge Zima is also a professor of audiovisual studies at the Universidad de Palermo, the Universidad de Morón and the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

CONTACT

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El Salto Producciones S.A.
Lavalle 3685 Dto. 4
(C1190AAS) - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel / Fax [5411] 4866-5965 / 4867-0934
E-mail: info@elsaltoproducciones.com.ar
Web: www.elsaltoproducciones.com.ar