Berlinale: Marysia Nikitiuk (director), Igor Savychenko (producer) Talk ‘When the Trees Fall’

During Berlinale, Marysia Nikitiuk and Igor Savychenko had the opportunity to talk with Variety about «WHEN THE TREES FALL» which participates this year in the Panorama Programme «Marysia Nikitiuk has delivered a genre-blender, a coming-of-age tale laced with a local mob sub-plot, vignettes of misery, in country and city alike and a magic realism»  Nikitiuk talk about her experience…

3 OF LATIDO’S ADQUISITIONS ARE GOING TO THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

It’s a combo, CARMEN Y LOLA, MIRIAM LIES and THE REALM are all selected in three different categories of the BFI Film Festival: respectively the Love Section, the Journey Section and the Thrill Section. Good luck to all of them! Here is a short reminder to what these features are about: CARMEN Y LOLA Carmen…

‘JAÉN, VIRGEN & EXTRA’, PART OF THE CULINARY ZINEMA SELECTION OF 2018 SAN SEBASTIAN FESTIVAL

The last documentary by José Luis López-Linares has been selected in this year’s Culinary section of San Sebastian Film Festival, which is dedicated to reveal films that associate cinema and food. A beautiful occasion for the director to show his passion for gastronomy. This time, José Luis López-Linares leads us to the world of the…

‘CARMEN Y LOLA’ PRESELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILMS AWARDS 2018

  CARMEN Y LOLA is part of the 49 films of this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, which is the recommendation list for a nomination for the European Films Awards 2018. The nominations will be announced on November 10th at the Seville European Film Festival. Let’s wish them good luck until then! The film is…

MARYSIA NIKITIUK’S ‘WHEN THE TREES FALL’ SELECTED FOR AUSTIN’S FANTASTIC FEST

We are pleased to announce that WHEN THE TREES FALL by Ukrainian director Marysia Nikitiuk is part of the selection of the Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S. This dark fairy tale explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, through the enchanting experiences of three generations of women. In a godforsaken post-Soviet village,…

‘KILLING JESUS’ AWARDED AS THE BEST FILM AT THE 21st MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL

KILLING JESUS by the talented Laura Mora won the Propeller of Motovun award for Best Film at Motovun Film Festival! Based on a true story lived by the director herself, KILLING JESUS tells how Paula – a Colombian student – suddenly witnesses the cold-blooded murder of her father. After suffering the police’s ineffectiveness, she accidentally…

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…

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

‘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,…

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/

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…

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:…

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,…

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…