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We’ve have launched talks at the virtual Cannes market on zombie horror Virus 32 (directed by Gustavo Hernández). Gustavo Hernández is the director of the Uruguayan Quinzaine 2010 one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda). Virus 32 is a co-production of Argentina and Uruguay, between Aeroplano (Argentina) and Mother Superior Films (Uruguay). Latido…

Cinema Tropical Link: https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/berlinale-watch-the-trailer-for-the-colombian-documentary-alis   In anticipation of its world premiere this week at the 72nd edition of the Berlin Film Festival, Spain-based international sales agent Latido Films has dropped the trailer for the Colombian documentary film Alis, the second feature by the directorial duo of Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás Van Hemelryck (Amazona). Winner of…

Having focused mainly on music-themed documentaries for the last 15 years, Saura returns to the music and dance-based drama that won him awards and acclaim earlier in his career, such as 1985 Bafta winner Carmen. English National Ballet lead principal Isaac Hernandez stars opposite National Ballet of Mexico soloist Greta Elizondo as two dancers who fall…

Sul/South has received the Sophia Award from the Academia Portuguesa de Cinema. The portuguese series directed by Ivo M. Ferreira and created by Edgar Medina and Guilherme Mendonça, wins the Sophia Award for the Best Series of the year. Released in 2019 and with 10 episodes, the cast puts together faces like Adriano Luz, Jani…

The film ‘Dogwashers’ has been selected for the Colón de Oro in the Festival de Huelva de Cine Iberoamericano. The Colombian black comedy directed by Carlos Moreno will be competing in the Official Selection as he has done twice before in 2008 and 2011 with ‘Perro come perro’ and ‘Todos tus muertos’. The main actors…

On Tuesday afternoon spanish sales agents have presented one of their features currently selling in the Cinema From Spain panel, at the Marché du Film. The presentation was moderated by Tito Rodríguez (marketing policy director at ICAA) and it was divided in four blocks: one to each of the participating companies (Latido Films, Filmax, Moonrise…

Latido Films has picked up international sales rights to «Relatos Con-fin-a-dos» (Tales of the Lockdown), a film directed by 5 spanish directors: Fernando Colomo, Alvaro Fernández-Armero, David Marqués, Miguel Bardem and Juan Diego Botto. The movie has been produced by Spanish film and Morena Films. Its market premiere will be at Cannes Marché du Film…

The Saudi Arabian remake of ‘Champions’ (by Javier Fesser), a Spanish blockbuster, has been acquired by theatrical distributor Vox, VOD service Shahid VIP and Latido Films. The Saudi ‘Champions’ will be released theatrically across the Middle East in December by Vox, then stream six months on Shahid VIP (the leading Arabic SVOD platform in the…

The Malaga Festival advances some of the titles to competition in its 24 edition, from June 3rd to 13th. ‘The Best Families’ alongside with ‘El vientre del mar’, ‘La casa del caracol’, ‘Destello bravío’ y ‘Amalgama’, will participate in the Sección oficial of the Festival this summer. The Best Families (Las Mejores Familias) directed by…

The Heist of the Century, a film directed by Ariel Winograd, was already a big success in Argentina. It turned to be one of the box-office hits of this country this year. A few months ago, the film has been sold to Rosebud.21 who found the ideal moment to release it after a few months…

Our latest acquisitions, the animated film Nahuel and The Magic Book, will be presented for the first time in our line-up @American Film Market. It is the only Latin American feature selected for main competition at June’s Annecy Animation Intl. Festival, where it world premiered to upbeat reactions. The AFM screening marks the animated movie’s…

In a powerful Spanish talent package, “Patria” director Felix Viscarret is set to direct “House of Flowers” Paco Leon and “Nasdrovia” star Leonor Watling in psychological thriller “From the Shadows” (“Desde la Sombra”), adapting a novel by Spanish writer Juan José Millas, winner of most of Spain’s foremost literary awards, including the Planeta, Nadal and…

“The King of the Whole World” (“El Rey de Todo el Mundo”), a musical drama directed by “Carmen’s” Carlos Saura and lit by “Apocalypse Now” cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, Starring Ana de la Reguera (“Ana,” “Army of the Death”), Manuel García Rulfo (“Magnificent 7,” “Greyhound”), “The King of All the World” is fiction – so more in line with Saura’s…

Congratulations to our Managing Director, Antonio Saura, for his election as board member of the European Film Awards, under the presidency of Agniezska Holland and Matthijs Wouter Knol. “Whilst we welcome with open arms both Agnieszka and Matthijs,” says continuing EFA Chair Mike Downey, “the departure of Wim Wenders and Marion Döring will mark the end…

Variety Link: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/berlinale-panorama-lullaby-trailer-debut-1235175603/https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/berlinale-watch-the-trailer-for-the-colombian-documentary-alis   In anticipation of its world premiere at the Berlinale, Latido Films, which is handling international distribution, has provided Variety exclusive access to the international trailer for Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s debut feature, “Lullaby.” The film, which takes an earnest glimpse into the fraught dynamics of cross-generational caregiving, will be included as part of the…

Directed by Javier Fuentes-León, «The Best Families» will take part in the Busan International Film Festival under the World Cinema Section during the 21-30 October alongside other titles. This film is a Colombian-Peruvian comedy with a date of release in 2020. Javier Fuentes-Leon has directed three previous films among which stands «Contracorriente», as the most…

Gunpowder Heart, a film about pure revenge, has been selected as a part of the program of SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection and now is online in Amazon Prime Videos (from 27 April to 6 May). As we said, Gunpowder Heart (Pólvora en el corazón) is a film about how two young girls feel a…