Cineuropa Link: https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/422148/ El premiado documental de Clare Weiskopf y Nicolas van Hamelryck da voz a unas jóvenes colombianas con pasados tremendos y ahora semiprivadas de libertad, pero no de esperanza. Algo tan simple como unas entrevistas/charlas a cámara fija, con las protagonistas mirando a los ojos del espectador, sin filtro, constituye el armazón…
VARIETY By Holly Jones Link click here World premiering in Cannes’ Premiere section, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s thriller “The Beasts”(“As Bestas”) has shared with Variety its poster, crafted by James Verdesoto at New York’s Indika Entertainment Advertising, who as creative director at Miramax was responsible for the original award-winning film poster of “Pulp Fiction,” as well as those for “The Piano”…
Screendaily Link: https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/alis-berlin-review/5168024.articlehttps://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/422148/ Dir: Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas Van Hemelryck. Columbia. 2022. 84 mins. The opening of shots of Alis – of the cold exterior of an unnamed institution at dawn, of tall fences topped with barbed wire – could be mistaken for footage of prison grounds. Far less austere than it first appears, this compassionate film,…
SCREENDAILY BY ELISABET CABEZA Link click here Daniel Calparsoro’s buzzy Spanish-language action thriller package All The Names Of God, is selling strongly for Madrid-based Latido Films. Koch Media has acquired rights for Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, while Kinovista has bought France. Tripictures has Spanish rights. October and is about a taxi driver played by Luis Tosar,…
Variety Link: https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/latido-malaga-unfinished-affairs-del-castillo-1235195041/ Latido Films, one of Spain’s biggest vendors of Spanish-language arthouse and crossover movies, has swooped on international sales rights to “Unfinished Affairs” (“La Maniobra de la Tortuga”). Domestic distribution in Spain is handled by A Contracorriente Films, one of Spain’s top independent producer-distributors. World premiering in main competition at this year’s Malaga…
CINEUROPA BY Alfonso Rivera Link click here If there is one word that defines Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s films –and series (see the magnificent Riot Police [+]) – it is tension. This feeling of angst, that upsets the stomach to the point of discomfort, is abundant in Madre [+], The Realm [+] and May God Save Us [+], and of course in The Beasts [+], the film with which the…
Variety By Ed Meza Link: https://acortar.link/7YOrvX In his latest work, which was being singled out for praise on the first day of Malaga’s Spanish Screenings, Imanol Uribe recounts the fateful story of Lucia Cerna, the only witness to the 1989 massacre in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests and two other people by a U.S.-trained death squad…
Our latest acquisitions, the animated film Nahuel and The Magic Book, will be presented for the first time in our line-up @American Film Market. It is the only Latin American feature selected for main competition at June’s Annecy Animation Intl. Festival, where it world premiered to upbeat reactions. The AFM screening marks the animated movie’s…
In a powerful Spanish talent package, “Patria” director Felix Viscarret is set to direct “House of Flowers” Paco Leon and “Nasdrovia” star Leonor Watling in psychological thriller “From the Shadows” (“Desde la Sombra”), adapting a novel by Spanish writer Juan José Millas, winner of most of Spain’s foremost literary awards, including the Planeta, Nadal and…
Congratulations to our Managing Director, Antonio Saura, for his election as board member of the European Film Awards, under the presidency of Agniezska Holland and Matthijs Wouter Knol. “Whilst we welcome with open arms both Agnieszka and Matthijs,” says continuing EFA Chair Mike Downey, “the departure of Wim Wenders and Marion Döring will mark the end…
Having focused mainly on music-themed documentaries for the last 15 years, Saura returns to the music and dance-based drama that won him awards and acclaim earlier in his career, such as 1985 Bafta winner Carmen. English National Ballet lead principal Isaac Hernandez stars opposite National Ballet of Mexico soloist Greta Elizondo as two dancers who fall…
The Malaga Festival advances some of the titles to competition in its 24 edition, from June 3rd to 13th. ‘The Best Families’ alongside with ‘El vientre del mar’, ‘La casa del caracol’, ‘Destello bravío’ y ‘Amalgama’, will participate in the Sección oficial of the Festival this summer. The Best Families (Las Mejores Familias) directed by…
Screendaily Link: https://www.screendaily.com/news/latido-boards-sales-on-colombian-generation-14plus-selection-alis-releases-first-look-trailer-exclusive/5167148.article?adredir=1 By JEREMY KAY Madrid’s Latido Films has come on board to represent international sales on Berlin Generation 14plus selection Alis and has released a first-look trailer. Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás Van Hemelryck co-directed the Colombia-set documentary that takes place at a public boarding school in Bogota where 10 teenagers from the street take part…
Cinema Tropical Link: https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/berlinale-watch-the-trailer-for-the-colombian-documentary-alis In anticipation of its world premiere this week at the 72nd edition of the Berlin Film Festival, Spain-based international sales agent Latido Films has dropped the trailer for the Colombian documentary film Alis, the second feature by the directorial duo of Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás Van Hemelryck (Amazona). Winner of…
Latido Films has picked up international sales rights to «Relatos Con-fin-a-dos» (Tales of the Lockdown), a film directed by 5 spanish directors: Fernando Colomo, Alvaro Fernández-Armero, David Marqués, Miguel Bardem and Juan Diego Botto. The movie has been produced by Spanish film and Morena Films. Its market premiere will be at Cannes Marché du Film…
Variety Link: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/berlinale-panorama-lullaby-trailer-debut-1235175603/https://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/berlinale-watch-the-trailer-for-the-colombian-documentary-alis In anticipation of its world premiere at the Berlinale, Latido Films, which is handling international distribution, has provided Variety exclusive access to the international trailer for Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s debut feature, “Lullaby.” The film, which takes an earnest glimpse into the fraught dynamics of cross-generational caregiving, will be included as part of the…
The Saudi Arabian remake of ‘Champions’ (by Javier Fesser), a Spanish blockbuster, has been acquired by theatrical distributor Vox, VOD service Shahid VIP and Latido Films. The Saudi ‘Champions’ will be released theatrically across the Middle East in December by Vox, then stream six months on Shahid VIP (the leading Arabic SVOD platform in the…
Cineuropa Link: https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/421716/ by Alfonso Rivera The topic of motherhood is currently very much in fashion in the worlds of culture and the media: it is addressed in various songs and films, and we need only mention, among others, Parallel Mothers [+] by Pedro Almodóvar (a filmmaker who has always been interested in this topic, as demonstrated by…
We’ve have launched talks at the virtual Cannes market on zombie horror Virus 32 (directed by Gustavo Hernández). Gustavo Hernández is the director of the Uruguayan Quinzaine 2010 one-take horror sensation The Silent House (La Casa Muda). Virus 32 is a co-production of Argentina and Uruguay, between Aeroplano (Argentina) and Mother Superior Films (Uruguay). Latido…
Variety Link: https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/421716/ by Jaime Lang AMC Networks’ genre-focused streaming platform Shudder has acquired the rights to horror maestro Gustavo Hernández’s “Virus: 32” in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. The deal was closed between Shudder and Pip Ngo from XYZ, CAA Media Finance and Juan Torres from Latido Films. Spanish sales powerhouse…
