BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2019

BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES directed by Salvador Simó, keeps on going to festivals and awards ceremony. This time, it has been nominated for European Animated Feature Film 2019, one of the biggest celebration of Animation cinema. We are more than excited and wish to this amazing team all the best for this new…

GRETA FERNANDEZ WINS AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL 2019

Thessaloniki Film festival this year awarded the actress Greta Fernández for the role of Sara in A Thief’s Daughter by Belén Funes. It’s already the second award for Best Actress given to Greta Fernández. She received the first one at San Sebastian International Film Festival last September. This film will be soon released in Spain,…

OUR NEW ACQUISITIONS: MY HEART GOES BOOM AND THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY

We have the pleasure to inform you about our two new acquisitions: My Heart Goes Boom by Raffaela Carrá and The Heist Of The Century by Ariel Winograd. My Heart Goes Boom (in Spanish Explota Explota) is «set in the ’70s, it tells the story of María, played by Ingrid García-Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth”), a young woman…

‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ Wins European Film Award

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/bunuel-in-the-labyrinth-of-the-turtles-wins-european-film-award-183477.html A Spanish-Dutch co-production, Buñuel is rooted in the true-life story of film director Luis Buñuel’s expedition to the poverty-stricken Las Hurdes region of Spain in the early 1930s. The filmmaker intended to depict the region’s poor living conditions, albeit through the lens of surrealism, the movement in which he’d made his name. In the event,…

THE PLATFORM SOLD TO NETFLIX

«Netflix has acquired worldwide rights excluding select Asian territories to the Spanish TIFF Midnight Madness sci-fi hit The Platform», wrote Screendaily. Indeed, we are very proud to announce that during TIFF, a deal has been closed to Netflix for holding the rights of THE PLATFORM. The film is directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and is now…

4 FILMS OF OUR CATALOGUE NOMINATED AT PREMIO SUR

In the nominations for the 2018 Premio Sur we can find JOEL by Carlos Sorín, A TWELVE YEAR NIGHT by Álvaro Brechner, THE LAST SUIT by Pablo Solarz and MY MASTERPIECE by Gastón Duprat! The Ceremony will take place around September/October. Fingers crossed! For more info: https://academiadecine.org.ar/premio-sur/premio-sur-2018/nominaciones-ps-2018/

5 LATIDO FILMS AT THE 2019 SIFF

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) selected some films of our catalogue for its program: CARMEN Y LOLA (d: Arantxa Echevarría, Spain 2018) MIRIAM LIES (d: Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada, Dominican Republic/Spain 2018) THE REALM (d: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain/France 2018) THIS IS NOT BERLIN (d: Hari Sama, Mexico 2019) VIRGIN & EXTRA: THE LAND OF THE OLIVE OIL (d:…

BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES WINS BEST FEATURE FILM AT CHILEMONOS

  The Chilean festival Chilemonos rewarded BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES for Best Feature Film! The film directed by Salvador Simó was competing with ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE by Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow and ISLE OF DOGS by Wes Anderson. Check this link for more info: https://chilemonos.cl/web2019/ganadores2019/

THE REALM AND CHAMPIONS REWARDED AT THE 2019 PREMIOS PLATINO

The Premios Platino took place on Sunday May 12th in Mexico. On that occasion THE REALM got rewarded twice: Antonio De La Torre won the Award for Best Actor and Alberto Del Campo for Best Editing. CHAMPIONS received an Award for Film and Educacion Values. Check the following link for more info: http://www.premiosplatino.com/PPla_Premiados.aspx

SAMUEL GOLDWYN BOUGHT THIS IS NOT BERLIN FOR NORTH AMERICA

«Announced at the Cannes Film Market, L.A.’s Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the North America rights to Hari Sama’s semi-autobiographical “This is Not Berlin.” The deal was negotiated between Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Meg Longo, and Jason Ishikawa and Shane Riley from Cinetic Media on behalf of Madrid’s Latido films, which handles international sales. Sama co-wrote the film with Rodrigo Ordóñez…

HOTEL COPPELIA IS OUR NEW ACQUISITION

We are thrilled to announce our latest acquisition: HOTEL COPPELIA, directed by the Dominican José Maria Cabral. «Cabral’s “Hotel Coppelia” is inspired on the true stories of five women who, during the 1965 Dominican Civil War, made tremendous personal sacrifice to protect their own liberties. The female-lead cast includes Platino Award-nominated actress Nashla Bogaert, Lumy…

BUÑUEL WON TWO AWARDS AT 2019 ANNECY FILM FESTIVAL

BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES by Salvador Simó recently won the Jury Distinction and the Best Original Music at Annecy Film Festival. Two beautiful awards for this successful animation film. Here for more info! The director Salvador Simó answered to a few questions for Variety, check the following link: Annecy: Spain’s Salvador Simó…

THE REALM IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2019 LUX FILM PRIZE

THE REALM by Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen has been selected at the Lux Film Prize in the Official Selection. We are very proud of this selection and congratulate the whole team. Below the synopsis of the film: Manuel López-Vidal is a beloved politician in his region: he enjoys a good social position, has a loving…