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…
Psychological thriller continues to propel Colombian national cinema further onto the international scene CANNES — Latido Films has acquired international rights to into-the-woods thriller “Siete Cabezas,” produced by Dynamo, Colombian producers of Netflix mega-hit “Narcos,” along with Burning Blue, headed by Diana Bustamante. According to Latido, “This film will not go unnoticed on the international…
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…
KILLING JESUS has won the Roger Ebert Award in the Chicago International Film Festival. The film will be presented again as a part of Best of the Fest on Wednesday October 25. Laura Mora’s film has been selected as the richest example of a quality Roger Ebert treasured in cinema. The story follows Paula who…
KILLING JESUS has been selected in the New Directors competitive section in Huelva Ibero-american Film Festival. The festival to be held from 10th to 18th November this year, has incorporate since its last edition this section dedicated to Ibero-american directors who are giving his first steps in filmmaking. Laura Mora’s film, based on true events…
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL has won the Audience Choice Award in this year’s PELÍKULA, the biggest Spanish film festival in Asia. The 16th edition was held from October 5th at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas in Makati and for its closure day on October 15th the film was shown again on a special screening. Five…
We are proud to announce the five nominations of THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN in the FENIX FILMS AWARDS: – Best Picture – Best Director (Mariano Cohn y Gastón Duprat) – Best Actor (Óscar Martínez) – Best Screenplay (Andrés Duprat) – Best Costume Design The film has made an international path with total success. Being well received by audiences…
Germany’s Concorde, Italy’s Movies Inspired and China’s Joy Pictures have pre-bought “Champions». The Film directed by Javier Fesser (winner of 6 Goya Awards for «CAMINO») was already acquired by Le Pacte for French distribution rights making it its third recent Latido title after Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “May God Save Us,” and the upcoming political corruption thriller “THE…
