Berlinale-winning producer Urresola backs Moya's debut 'La Koreana' at Locarno Match Me!

Joana Moya's debut feature 'La Koreana,' drawn from her grandmother's journey from Málaga to a Basque iron mine, enters Locarno's Match Me! co-production market August 7–9, per Variety. Sirimiri Films, founded by Estibaliz Urresola — whose '20,000 Species of Bees' won Berlin's best leading performance award for Sofía Otero in 2023 — produces with Lazona Zinema. The project won San Sebastián's Sideral Ikusmira Berriak Prize in September 2025.