We are glad to announce that two of LATIDO’s acquisitions have been selected for the Official Selection at the 66th San Sebastian Film Festival: THE REALM and DANTZA. THE REALM by Rodrigo Sorogoyen will be competing for the Golden Shell. For the director, it’s his second inclusion in the Official Selection after having received the…
The 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF will host the world premiere of Miriam Lies, a Dominican Republic’s coming-of-age drama already well received in Guadalajara Construye pix-in-post and Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte films-in-rough-cut showcases. The film directed by Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada is driven by a 14-year-old, Miriam, from a middle class world who meets her boyfriend…
Arantxa Echevarria’s feature film debut, “CARMEN Y LOLA”, has been selected for the 50th edition of Directors’ Fortnight which takes place during Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of the 17 features selected out of 1,609 films submitted. The Spanish director and scriptwriter tells the story of two young gypsy girls who fight for…
Two new recognitions for the acclaimed film by Laura Mora, ‘KILLING JESUS’. Congratulations! On Friday, in the festival’s closing ceremony, the winners for this year’s edition were announced. As one of the most prestigious events for Iberoamerican films, the Guadalajara’s Film Festival awarded KILLING JESUS with two prizes in the Iberoamerican Feature Film competition: BEST FILM and the Mayahuel award for BEST ACTOR…
4X4 directed by Mariano Cohn has been awarded twice at Grimmfest Film Festival: Peter Lanzani won for Best Actor and Kiko de la Rica got the award for Best Cinematography. Congratulations to everyone, it’s great news for this film ! Check here for the palmares.
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…
THE PLATFORM by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia won 4 awards at Sitges Film Festival, including for Best Film! Check the awards below: Best Film Audience Award Special Effects Citizen Kane for Best Debut Feature Award If you would like more info about the film, please click on this link.
We are very happy to announce our latest acquisitions: BABY by Juanma Bajo Ulloa! He is the director of AIRBAG and the Goya Award winner BUTTERFLY WINGS, a confirmed artist with whom we are thrilled to work with. A young upper-class girl, drug addict and failed, gives birth totally alone in the middle of one her breakdowns….
THE PLATFORM by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia just won People’s Choice Award at TIFF in the section Midnight Madness. An amazing news for this film and the whole team, which is amplified by the honour to be the first Spanish film in winning an Award in this section. Congratulations to everyone! For more info about the film: http://latidofilms.com/the-platform/…
«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…
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/
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…
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…
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…
«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…
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
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 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/
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…
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:…
