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…
BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES , co-written and directed by Salvador Simó Busom won the Special Jury Prize at Animation Film Festival in LA. It also happened to be the world premiere of the film. Previously it has been shown for the first time in Work In Progress at Annecy Film Festival 2018….
Three of LATIDO’s adquisitions has been preselected for the nominations in the 5th Edition of the Platino Awards for Ibero-American Cinema. Congratulations! KILLING JESUS: – Best Director (Laura Mora) – Best Screenplay (Laura Mora Ortega, Alonso Torres) – Platino Award for Best Editing (Leandro Aste) THE LAST SUIT – Best Actor (Miguel Ángel Solá) – Platino Award for Film and Education Values DANCING…
Baby, by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, has been selected by ScreenDaily like one of the european films that will be vying for festival slots in 2020. We’re very proud that this movie appears here, with the promises of European cinema this year. Bajo Ulloa is one of Spain’s most versatile directors with works spanning award-winning drama The…
Argentina: Gran debut de “El robo del siglo” ‘The Heist of the Century’, distributed by Warner Bros, get first place on the billboard on its opening day in Argentina, with 96.42o tickets sold in 392 cinemas. The Ariel Winograd film also obtain the first place on the billboard in Uruguay. The comedy rebuild the Rio…
A Thief’s Daughter becomes protagonist in the night of the 12th edition of Guadí Awards, awards based in Barcelona (Spain). A Thief’s Daughter has won the Gaudí Best Film in non-catalan language and the Best Direction for Belén Funes. The film also have won the Best Script (with Belén Funes y Marçal Cebrián). Moreover, Mario…
The eagerly awaited Numbers is part of the Berlinale Programme! The Berlinale Special gives memory a special role and one of the films that has been selected is Numbers. Nomera (Numbers) is a film directed by Oleg Sentsov, while he was in jail, under impossible circumstances and in complete isolation. From 2014 to 2019, Oleg Sentsov…
Cinematographic Writers Circle Awards were celebrated yesterday in Madrid. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles got 3 medals! Revelation award to the director Salvador Simó. Best Writing Adapted Screenplay for Eligio R. Montero and Salvador Simó. Best Animated feature film. And Greta Fernández won the actress revelation medal, in A Thief’s Daughter. More info…
Last saturday, the famous Goya awards, the Spanish film academy’s annual ceremony, were held in Málaga. And three films of our catalogue won a Goya! A Thief’s Daughter won Best First Film, with the young Belen Funés as director. The Best Animated Film award was for Buñuel in the labyrinth of the turtles (Salvador Simó)….
The awaited Numbers (Nomera) is part of the Berlinale Special! This story began in 2017 when Oleg Sentsov was serving a 20-years sentence in a highsecurity penal colony in Siberia for alleged terrorist activity. He directed the film from the gulag, with the help of Akhtem Seitablajev, who execute on the set the decisions of Oleg….
The mexican director, Arturo Ripstein (1943), has been awarded in the Malaga Film Fest for all his wide film trajectory. He is one of the important names of the spanish cinema and he will present his last work in the Official Section of the festival: Devil between the legs. This co-production between Mexico and Spain…
Javier Fesser, the director of Champions, will be honored in the 23rd Edition of the Malaga Film Fest! He will participate with this film in the Official Selection, out of competition, that will pay tribute to him with a Biznaga of Honor. Fesser also will present his new film, Unfortunate Stories, produced by Morena Films and…
LATIDO is proud to announce his new acquisition I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU, a story about a young man who wants to become someone else, but needs to be himself. From the Oscar Winning writer of ‘Ida’ and the director of Semaine de la Critique’s ‘Avé’, this road movie has a superb cast. (more…)
We are thrilled to announce our latest acquisition: «Las Mejores Familias», directed by the Peruvian Javier Fuentes-León. In “Familias,” a long-hidden secret flips generational hierarchies upside down at a huge birthday celebration. The feature is produced by Dynamo, Colombia’s biggest production house, and by El Calvo Films. More info here: https://variety.com/2020/film/global/latido-acquires-javier-fuentes-leon-las-mejores-familias-1203512085/
Three acquistions from Latido Films have Spanish Premiere in the next months! HAPPY 140 opens friday April 10th in Spain. This movie is distributed by Sony Pictures in this country and has one of the best ensemble casts from Spanish Cinema. (more…)
