Laura Obradors Debuts 'The Woodworm' via ECAM Incubator — SkimNews
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- Laura Obradors' feature debut "The Woodworm" ("El Corquim") centers on 17-year-old Clara, whose desire to be seen and loved runs up against her father Ricard, a successful artist in creative crisis.
- The project was developed through Madrid's ECAM Incubator (La Incubadora) and is produced by Sergio Adrià's Espurna Films, with Sandra Hermida ("Society of the Snow," "The Impossible") on board as co-producer.
- "The Woodworm" was on its fourth script draft at time of interview, having participated in Mexico's Cine Qua Non Lab and receiving selections for Cannes Focus COPRO' and ECAM Forum's Films to Come.
- Producer Sergio Adrià said the project is "all about her, focusing on the construction of female identity in a hostile and male-dominated environment" — deliberately not a portrait of the father's inner demons.
- Obradors framed the title as an insect weakening a structure from within, calling Clara's domestic world "a space of repression, silent and invisible, where suffering, fear, and guilt live."
- Espurna Films is seeking co-producers, distributors and sales agents across Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium, with the team attending San Sebastián and Les Arcs Industry Village.
Why it matters: Obradors lands her feature debut through ECAM's incubator pipeline, giving Espurna Films a Catalan-language auteur project backed by Hermida's producer credits and carrying Cannes COPRO' plus ECAM Forum pedigree — concrete industry momentum as it shops co-producers across four European territories at San Sebastián and Les Arcs.
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