The world premiere of KILLING JESUS, the film by the young Colombian director Laura Mora, will be presented in the next edition of the Toronto International Film Festival to be held from 7th to 17th of September. The social drama / thriller co-produced by 64A Films (Colombia) and AZ Films (Argentina) has been selected in the…
Upcoming Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s film will be co-produced by LE PACTE, Paris-based arthouse film company. The bold Spanish production already counts with international sales by Latido Films, local distribution by Warner Bros, free-to-air TV by Atresmedia and pay TV rights by Movistar+ in Spain. Le Pacte continues its commitment with Sorogoyen’s career after acquire French distribution…
The film by Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat had a great night taking three prizes of the four nominations in the fourth edition of the Platinos night: Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Óscar Martínez. This ironic comedy has accomplish a wide list of recognitions since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival…
One of the US leading LGBT festivals has announced the award winners of its 2017 edition, held from July 6th to July 16th and presented by HBO. Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi’s bold documentary received both the: Documentary Grand Jury Prize. The jury stated: “We award Best Documentary Feature to Chavela, for its artistic…
The 59th Ariel Awards ceremony took place on July 11th at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences. The Distinguished Citizen, next to The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert), won for Best Ibero-American Film. This adds up to a list of recognitions for the film directed…
«A fable about the collision of two Spanish worlds locked in a mutual misunderstanding, Selfie is perceptive and thought-provoking fare that fails to deliver fully on its striking premise. Small in scale but big in ambition, Victor Garcia Leon’s study of the wanderings of a rich kid fallen on hard times is part comedy, part X-ray of…
“The Distinguished Citizen” participates in Karlovy Vary’s Variety Critics Choice, this being the last of many distinctions of this feature co-directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn. Latido Films has already sold the film to most territories, which has allowed it to become the biggest international breakout for this filmmakers. Now Latido is prepared to…
“Chavela es un ángel guardián para mí” Chavela Vargas murió dos veces. La primera vez fue en los 80, dejó doce años de cantar por su alcoholismo y la gente la daba por fallecida. A las tres semanas de renacer en los escenarios la conoció Catherine Gund. Esta productora, directora, escritora y activista estadounidense se…
Rodrigo Grande’s last film has been recognized with the Best Film Award and Best Director by the audience at Seattle International Film Festival. Over 82,000 ballots were cast at SIFF this year for the five official categories and six audience awards. Actually AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL has been recognized as Best Film in…
Seven of our films are nominated to The Platino Awards, one of the most prestigious Film Awards from Ibero-America. The argentinian THE DISTINGUSHED CITIZEN and the mexican THE THIN YELLOW LINE stand out as the favorites among the nominees with four nominations this year. RARA, the Chilean first film of Pepa San Martin, has two nominations including The…
The drama series SOUTH has been selected to present its pitch in this year “COPRO SERIES”. This debut of Portuguese director Ivo M. Ferreira will also have the opportunity to meet with interested partners to talk in concrete terms about a possible collaboration. In this project , a rather socially inept detective in a heat and crisis…
KILLING JESUS, winner of four prizes in the 65th San Sebastian Film Festival: – Special Mention of the Jury – New Directors – EROSKI Youth Audience Award – SIGNIS Special Prize of the Jury – FEDEORA Award The film had its first screening on Thursday with a magnificent acclaim from the audience and a successful Q&A with the director…
Killing Jesus, directed by Laura Mora, WINNER of the Cine Latino Award for Best Ibero-American Film in the 29th annual Palm Spring Film Festival. The film will be shown today on the Best of the Fest screenings, which shows 180 films from 77 countries. The Colombia-Argentina co-production follows Paula, who witnesses her social activist father’s assassination, the inept, uncaring…
The jury of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival decided to award THE LAST SUIT with the prize for Best Feature in the International Competition. Congratulations to all the cast and crew for making a picture full of humanity and emotion. «For its cinematic achievement, inspirational message and the outstanding performance of the main actor» (Miguel Ángel Solá). Exploring themes…
As every year, VARIETY has made its predictions of which might be the nominees for the 90th Academy Awards. In this occasion a mention is made for “Birdboy: The Forgotten Children” to be consider in the Animated Feature Film category. The Spanish film co-directed by Alberto Vazquez and Pedro Rivero took the award for Best Animated Feature in…
Three films from the Latido family are nominated in the 32nd edition of the Goya Awards to be held on February 3rd 2018. We congratulate the cast and crew of each film for their outstanding work worthy of many more recognitions. Here we listed our nominees: DANCING BEETHOVEN (more info) Best Documentary RESCUE UNDER FIRE (more…
After winning the Audience Awards in Seattle and Washington DC, AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL continues to demostrate that it’s an attractive film winning the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD in the CINE LATINO MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL FILM FESTIVAL 2017. «From his wheel chair, Joaquin discovers that his neighbors are digging a tunnel to rob the bank next to his apartment….
Colombian filmmaker Laura Mora won The Silver Pyramid, the Special Award for the Best Director for her film KILLING JESUS in the 39th edition of the CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. The film also won the FIPRESCI jury prize, awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics. This young director is making a notable tour of festivals with this film that…
“Rajko Grlić’s latest film THE CONSTITUTION is excellent, profound and moving. Set in a building where the political tensions of former Yugoslavia are played out with a mixture of hatred, good grace, solidarity and bigotry. An intelligent movie that must be seen.” The film written by Rajko Grlic and his friend Ante Tomić tells a story where…
After Chavela’s death in 2012, Catherine Gund discovered she had a unique footage material of insightful interviews with the singer when she met her in 1992. This shapes the documentary where the woman and legend talks about her career and her philosophy of life. “A justifiably laudatory love letter to a woman whose voice drew forth…
