“City of Dreams,” an upcoming drama about a young Mexican boy who gets smuggled across the border, is lining up some heavy-hitting producers as Roadside Attractions looks to debut the film over Labor Day.
Sean Wolfington, the executive producer of “Sound of Freedom” and most recently “Cabrini”; Luis Fonsi, a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer; and songwriter Linda Perry have joined the producing team for the film. It’s a group that also includes Oscar-nominated “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio. In addition, Fonsi will record an original song for the film, which will be written by Perry. “City of Dreams,” which marks Mohit Ramchandani’s feature directorial debut, will open in theaters nationwide on Aug. 30.
The film looks at how the young man’s dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s smuggled into the U.S. and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
Sean Wolfington, the executive producer of “Sound of Freedom” and most recently “Cabrini”; Luis Fonsi, a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer; and songwriter Linda Perry have joined the producing team for the film. It’s a group that also includes Oscar-nominated “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio. In addition, Fonsi will record an original song for the film, which will be written by Perry. “City of Dreams,” which marks Mohit Ramchandani’s feature directorial debut, will open in theaters nationwide on Aug. 30.
The film looks at how the young man’s dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s smuggled into the U.S. and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
- 3/15/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Charlize Theron’s 2002 critically panned thriller, Trapped, finds new popularity on Netflix’s Top 10
Sometimes, movies that fail to make a splash when they’re initially released find a new audience later in life. It isn’t unheard of that a movie that flopped and exhibited a low critical response can gain a cult following or even newfound popularity. John Carpenter’s career is kind of filled with movies like this. The early 2000s had seen a slew of mid-budget thrillers in an era before mega-budget franchises took over cinemas. One of those films is a 2002 psychological thriller titled Trapped.
Trapped would seemingly get lost in a sea of movies like Along Came a Spider or Enough, as well as similar crime-thriller genre movies made popular by Ashley Judd with films like Double Jeopardy, High Crimes and Twisted. According to ScreenRant, the Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon film has found new popularity when it cracked Netflix’s Top 10 Movies along with new movies like The Equalizer 3,...
Trapped would seemingly get lost in a sea of movies like Along Came a Spider or Enough, as well as similar crime-thriller genre movies made popular by Ashley Judd with films like Double Jeopardy, High Crimes and Twisted. According to ScreenRant, the Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon film has found new popularity when it cracked Netflix’s Top 10 Movies along with new movies like The Equalizer 3,...
- 1/17/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
There’s “an enormous amount of fresh talent coming through, and those new voices, that for the most part don’t come from the U.S.,” CAA Media Finance’s said at San Sebastian’s Creative Investors Conference this September.
Getting noticed ia another matter. Global content spend has near doubled in a decade, from $136 billion in 2013 to $250 billion this year, according to Ampere Analysis.
The same cannot be seen of media coverage of new movies. Quite the reverse: At most outlets, it has radically declined.
Enter Huelva. They also often announce undoubted new talent to track, as Latin America has built film schools and passed film laws, creating a seemingly bottomless well of new talent.
Also taking in Luis Mandoki’s 17th fiction feature, Daniela Goggi’s fourth the second and third respectively from Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza, Huelva’s 12 competition movies have very often won significant prizes at prominent festivals,...
Getting noticed ia another matter. Global content spend has near doubled in a decade, from $136 billion in 2013 to $250 billion this year, according to Ampere Analysis.
The same cannot be seen of media coverage of new movies. Quite the reverse: At most outlets, it has radically declined.
Enter Huelva. They also often announce undoubted new talent to track, as Latin America has built film schools and passed film laws, creating a seemingly bottomless well of new talent.
Also taking in Luis Mandoki’s 17th fiction feature, Daniela Goggi’s fourth the second and third respectively from Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza, Huelva’s 12 competition movies have very often won significant prizes at prominent festivals,...
- 11/10/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The 49th edition of Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain’s largest confab for films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, will honor Mexican star Cecilia Suárez with its City of Huelva Award.
With leading roles in Netflix’s “The House of Flowers” and HBO Latin America’s “Capadocia,” Suárez has also be seen in ABC’s drama “The Promised Land” and has worked on films by as Tommy Lee Jones (“The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”), James L. Brooks (“Spanglish”), Ernesto Contreras (“Párpados azules”), Antonio Serrano and Fernando Colomo (“Cuidado con lo que deseas”).
The new edition of Huelva runs Nov. 10-18.
Andalusia’s oldest film festival, Huelva will also grant a Light Award to Spanish actress Natalia de Molina, a two-time Goya winner, delivering acclaimed performance in films such as David Trueba’s “Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed” and Juan Miguel del Castillo’s “Food and Shelter.”
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With leading roles in Netflix’s “The House of Flowers” and HBO Latin America’s “Capadocia,” Suárez has also be seen in ABC’s drama “The Promised Land” and has worked on films by as Tommy Lee Jones (“The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”), James L. Brooks (“Spanglish”), Ernesto Contreras (“Párpados azules”), Antonio Serrano and Fernando Colomo (“Cuidado con lo que deseas”).
The new edition of Huelva runs Nov. 10-18.
Andalusia’s oldest film festival, Huelva will also grant a Light Award to Spanish actress Natalia de Molina, a two-time Goya winner, delivering acclaimed performance in films such as David Trueba’s “Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed” and Juan Miguel del Castillo’s “Food and Shelter.”
Another...
- 11/10/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
New hire briefed with growing company’s international sales and acquisitions business.
Rome-based production, sales and distribution studio 102 Distribution has appointed Alessandro Masi to the newly created position of head of sales and acquisitions.
Masi has previously worked for companies including Myriad Pictures, Fremantle North America, Sierra/Affinity, Electric Entertainment and American Zoetrope, and is also owner of FlexyMovies, a film business strategy consulting firm.
With a brief to grow its international sales and acquisitions business, Masi will be primarily based between Rome and Los Angeles and will attend key markets starting with Busan, MIPCOM, Mia, AFM and Ventana Sur.
Rome-based production, sales and distribution studio 102 Distribution has appointed Alessandro Masi to the newly created position of head of sales and acquisitions.
Masi has previously worked for companies including Myriad Pictures, Fremantle North America, Sierra/Affinity, Electric Entertainment and American Zoetrope, and is also owner of FlexyMovies, a film business strategy consulting firm.
With a brief to grow its international sales and acquisitions business, Masi will be primarily based between Rome and Los Angeles and will attend key markets starting with Busan, MIPCOM, Mia, AFM and Ventana Sur.
- 10/5/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Roadside Attractions has claimed U.S. rights to City of Dreams, a thriller exec produced by Roma Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio, which examines enslaved child labor in the U.S. Inspired by a landmark sweatshop case in El Monte, CA, the film marks the feature directorial debut of veteran producer Mohit Ramchandani, and will bow exclusively in theaters nationwide April 5th, 2024.
Newcomer Ari Lopez leads an ensemble that also includes Alfredo Castro (Karnawal), Paulina Gaitan (Narcos), Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (Babylon), and Renata Vaca (Saw X).
The story follows Jesús (Lopez), a young farmer in rural Mexico who dreams of playing for Club Puebla, his local soccer team. With the promise of training at a soccer camp in Los Angeles, Jesús is convinced by his father to leave home, but he soon discovers that he’s been sold to a sweatshop run out of a decrepit mansion in downtown Los Angeles.
Newcomer Ari Lopez leads an ensemble that also includes Alfredo Castro (Karnawal), Paulina Gaitan (Narcos), Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (Babylon), and Renata Vaca (Saw X).
The story follows Jesús (Lopez), a young farmer in rural Mexico who dreams of playing for Club Puebla, his local soccer team. With the promise of training at a soccer camp in Los Angeles, Jesús is convinced by his father to leave home, but he soon discovers that he’s been sold to a sweatshop run out of a decrepit mansion in downtown Los Angeles.
- 10/3/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. actor Robin Wright will be awarded the President’s Award at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s closing ceremony. In honor of Wright, it will screen “The Princess Bride.”
Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.
In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...
Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.
In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...
- 6/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
At the Cannes Film Festival, Italy’s 102 Distribution is selling thriller “Light Falls,” directed by Phedon Papamichael, the cinematographer on James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Papamichael, who was Oscar nominated for handling the cinematography on Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” talks to Variety about shooting “Light Falls.”
The film tells the story of Clara, played by Elene Makharashvili, and Ella, played by Nini Nebieridze, two young lovers whose Greek island holiday spirals out of control when a tragic incident leads to an encounter with a trio of illegal Albanian immigrants. The thriller establishes the relationship of the young women before moving in a darker and more violent direction.
Papamichael told Variety: “The movie starts like an Eric Rohmer movie and ends like a Tarantino movie. It has a social political angle as well as playing like a thriller.
The film tells the story of Clara, played by Elene Makharashvili, and Ella, played by Nini Nebieridze, two young lovers whose Greek island holiday spirals out of control when a tragic incident leads to an encounter with a trio of illegal Albanian immigrants. The thriller establishes the relationship of the young women before moving in a darker and more violent direction.
Papamichael told Variety: “The movie starts like an Eric Rohmer movie and ends like a Tarantino movie. It has a social political angle as well as playing like a thriller.
- 5/22/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico’s Yalitza Aparicio, Oscar nominated for her career-launching turn in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” and Infinity Hill, producers of the Oscar-nominated Argentine drama “Argentina 1985,” have boarded sweatshop thriller “City of Dreams” (previously titled “Dreamer”) as executive producers.
The drama features a stellar cast that includes Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (“Babylon”), Chile’s Alfredo Castro (“From Afar”), Mexico’s Paulina Gaitán (“Narcos”) and Jason Patric (“The Lost Boys”).
The directorial feature debut of helmer-scribe Mohit Ramchandani, “City of Dreams” is produced by Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki (“Innocent Voices), Jon Graham (“The Vault”) and Kyle Stroud (“In Full Bloom”).
Drama will have its world premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival where it closes the event on Sunday, March 5.
Inspired by the 1995 El Monte California sweatshop raid, “…Dreams” follows a young Mexican boy who aspires to become a soccer star. His dreams are upended when he’s smuggled across the...
The drama features a stellar cast that includes Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (“Babylon”), Chile’s Alfredo Castro (“From Afar”), Mexico’s Paulina Gaitán (“Narcos”) and Jason Patric (“The Lost Boys”).
The directorial feature debut of helmer-scribe Mohit Ramchandani, “City of Dreams” is produced by Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki (“Innocent Voices), Jon Graham (“The Vault”) and Kyle Stroud (“In Full Bloom”).
Drama will have its world premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival where it closes the event on Sunday, March 5.
Inspired by the 1995 El Monte California sweatshop raid, “…Dreams” follows a young Mexican boy who aspires to become a soccer star. His dreams are upended when he’s smuggled across the...
- 2/22/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
As interest rises in America for Mexican horror, many streaming services are streaming new Mexican horror films, including Vix+.
Vix+, the largest Spanish-language streaming service, owned by TelevisaUnivision, has released three new original Mexican horror films, for fans of Spanish-language horror. These films vary from creepy supernatural to a slow-burn family tragedy, to a zombie rollercoaster ride.
Mexzombies:
Director: Chava Cartas
Starring: Iñaki Godoy, Marcelo Barcelo, and Roberta Damián
While getting ready for a Halloween party, a zombie apocalypse explodes in a private gated community, threatening everyone inside the community. It’s up to an unlikely group of teenagers, with the unexpected help of a local Narco leader, to stop the zombies, before they break out of the gates and potentially start a global zombie apocalypse.
Mexzombies is a love letter to pop culture cinema, referencing Rambo, Guillermo del Toro, and everything in between. Combining a coming-of-age story like The Breakfast Club,...
Vix+, the largest Spanish-language streaming service, owned by TelevisaUnivision, has released three new original Mexican horror films, for fans of Spanish-language horror. These films vary from creepy supernatural to a slow-burn family tragedy, to a zombie rollercoaster ride.
Mexzombies:
Director: Chava Cartas
Starring: Iñaki Godoy, Marcelo Barcelo, and Roberta Damián
While getting ready for a Halloween party, a zombie apocalypse explodes in a private gated community, threatening everyone inside the community. It’s up to an unlikely group of teenagers, with the unexpected help of a local Narco leader, to stop the zombies, before they break out of the gates and potentially start a global zombie apocalypse.
Mexzombies is a love letter to pop culture cinema, referencing Rambo, Guillermo del Toro, and everything in between. Combining a coming-of-age story like The Breakfast Club,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Justina Bonilla
- DailyDead
Rome-based 102 Distribution has taken on worldwide sales of Mexican feature “Presencias,” the company announced at this week’s American Film Market.
Directed by Mexico’s Luis Mandoki, and starring Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”) and Goya Award winner Alberto Ammann, the film is an ViX+ original movie. The title premiered exclusively in the U.S., Mexico, and in most of Spanish-speaking Latin America, on Sept. 7.
The horror-thriller revolves around Victor, a young and famous actor, and his wife Alicia, who go back to the place where he and his family spent both happy and tragic times at a lake where his sister drowned. Soon he is haunted by nightmares.
Victor wakes up in a hospital, where he is told by a police detective that his wife has died pregnant with his child. Victor cannot remember what happened.
As the weeks pass, the investigation stalls. Determined to find out the truth,...
Directed by Mexico’s Luis Mandoki, and starring Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”) and Goya Award winner Alberto Ammann, the film is an ViX+ original movie. The title premiered exclusively in the U.S., Mexico, and in most of Spanish-speaking Latin America, on Sept. 7.
The horror-thriller revolves around Victor, a young and famous actor, and his wife Alicia, who go back to the place where he and his family spent both happy and tragic times at a lake where his sister drowned. Soon he is haunted by nightmares.
Victor wakes up in a hospital, where he is told by a police detective that his wife has died pregnant with his child. Victor cannot remember what happened.
As the weeks pass, the investigation stalls. Determined to find out the truth,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
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The Gersh Agency and The Cartel have signed writer-director Mohit “Mo” Ramchandani, who recently directed the indie feature Bonded.
Born in Mumbai, India and raised in London, Ramchandani initially worked as a film producer on projects that starred Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Dornan, Luke Wilson and Tim Roth, among others.
He also directed the short film Devil’s Creek before helming Bonded, which stars Alfredo Castro, Paulina Gaitan, Francisco Denis and Diego Calva (Babylon).
The film follows a young Mexican teenager who is enslaved, beaten and forced to work in the squalor of a sweatshop with other illegal immigrants after being brought to the U.S. as part of a premier soccer camp. Bonded is based on true events that took place in and around Los Angeles sweatshops.
The film has a score by Oscar-nominated composer Lisa Gerrard and cinematography by Alejandro Chávez...
The Gersh Agency and The Cartel have signed writer-director Mohit “Mo” Ramchandani, who recently directed the indie feature Bonded.
Born in Mumbai, India and raised in London, Ramchandani initially worked as a film producer on projects that starred Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Dornan, Luke Wilson and Tim Roth, among others.
He also directed the short film Devil’s Creek before helming Bonded, which stars Alfredo Castro, Paulina Gaitan, Francisco Denis and Diego Calva (Babylon).
The film follows a young Mexican teenager who is enslaved, beaten and forced to work in the squalor of a sweatshop with other illegal immigrants after being brought to the U.S. as part of a premier soccer camp. Bonded is based on true events that took place in and around Los Angeles sweatshops.
The film has a score by Oscar-nominated composer Lisa Gerrard and cinematography by Alejandro Chávez...
- 10/3/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The premiere of Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama "Roma" completely transformed the life of the film's lead actress, Yalitza Aparicio, known now for her Oscar-nominated role as Cleo. It would make her not only the second Mexican actress to land an Oscar nomination but the first Indigenous woman ever. It's a record she by no means takes for granted. She would also go on to be included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. But while the film fast-tracked Aparicio to stardom in a way she likely never anticipated, it would be years before viewers would see the actress star in anything again. After playing the role of a white Mexican family's housekeeper and nanny, inspired by director Cuarón's nanny growing up in Mexico City, Aparicio has been very intentional about the roles she chooses to take and turns down. With the severe lack of Indigenous representation that exists...
- 9/28/2022
- by Johanna Ferreira
- Popsugar.com
by Nathaniel R
The Hole In The Fence
Mexico has chosen their Oscar submission finalist list. We'd do a whole huge post on it but we suspect by the time we did they'd have named their winner and despite divisive reviews thus far we suspect they won't be able to resist sending Iñarritu again. As it stands now they're looking at three films we've already reviewed here at Tfe: Alejandro G Iñarritu's Bardo (False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), Lorenz Vigas' very dark father/son drama The Box, and Joaquin del Paso's allegorical summer camp drama The Hole in the Fence. The other two they're looking at are the sexual drama Nudo Mixteco by Angeles Cruz and the thriller Presencias by Luis Mandoki. Among those filmmakers Inarritu and Mandoki (Innocent Voices) have represented Mexico before while Vigas's debut film, the gay drama From Afar, was sent to represent Venezuela in its year.
The Hole In The Fence
Mexico has chosen their Oscar submission finalist list. We'd do a whole huge post on it but we suspect by the time we did they'd have named their winner and despite divisive reviews thus far we suspect they won't be able to resist sending Iñarritu again. As it stands now they're looking at three films we've already reviewed here at Tfe: Alejandro G Iñarritu's Bardo (False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), Lorenz Vigas' very dark father/son drama The Box, and Joaquin del Paso's allegorical summer camp drama The Hole in the Fence. The other two they're looking at are the sexual drama Nudo Mixteco by Angeles Cruz and the thriller Presencias by Luis Mandoki. Among those filmmakers Inarritu and Mandoki (Innocent Voices) have represented Mexico before while Vigas's debut film, the gay drama From Afar, was sent to represent Venezuela in its year.
- 9/12/2022
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Venice premiere of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 drama “Roma” made an overnight star of Yalitza Aparicio, whose memorable performance as family nanny Cleo kicked off a three-month whirlwind that culminated with her becoming the first Indigenous Mexican to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress.
The Venice premiere of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 drama “Roma” made an overnight star of Yalitza Aparicio, whose memorable performance as family nanny Cleo kicked off a three-month whirlwind that culminated with her becoming the first Indigenous Mexican to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress.
Four years on, little has been seen of her. This week, however, Aparicio returns to the screen via a decidedly more low-key premiere, playing a supporting role in Luis Mandoki’s modest horror film “Presencias,” which TelevisaUnivision-owned ViX+ is screening for buyers in Toronto.
Talking via Zoom from Mexico, Aparicio appears both nervous and excited about her return to the spotlight,...
The Venice premiere of Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 drama “Roma” made an overnight star of Yalitza Aparicio, whose memorable performance as family nanny Cleo kicked off a three-month whirlwind that culminated with her becoming the first Indigenous Mexican to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress.
Four years on, little has been seen of her. This week, however, Aparicio returns to the screen via a decidedly more low-key premiere, playing a supporting role in Luis Mandoki’s modest horror film “Presencias,” which TelevisaUnivision-owned ViX+ is screening for buyers in Toronto.
Talking via Zoom from Mexico, Aparicio appears both nervous and excited about her return to the spotlight,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Adam Benzine
- Variety Film + TV
James Franco has landed the role of Fidel Castro in “Alina of Cuba,” an independent film about the Cuban revolutionary’s daughter, Alina Fernandez.
The project is the latest of multiple live-action films the actor has recently signed on to, ending the hiatus he took following accusations of sexual misconduct 2018 and 2019. Last month, he booked a leading role in post-World War II drama “Me, You” with Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob.
Starring Ana Villafañe as Fernandez, “Alina of Cuba” recounts the true story of her exile from Cuba and eventual turn to social advocacy. As previously announced, Mía Maestro will play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, the Cuban socialite whose affair with Castro resulted in the birth of their daughter.
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Fernandez, who learned of her father’s identity at age 10, eventually became one of his most outspoken critics.
The project is the latest of multiple live-action films the actor has recently signed on to, ending the hiatus he took following accusations of sexual misconduct 2018 and 2019. Last month, he booked a leading role in post-World War II drama “Me, You” with Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob.
Starring Ana Villafañe as Fernandez, “Alina of Cuba” recounts the true story of her exile from Cuba and eventual turn to social advocacy. As previously announced, Mía Maestro will play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, the Cuban socialite whose affair with Castro resulted in the birth of their daughter.
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Fernandez, who learned of her father’s identity at age 10, eventually became one of his most outspoken critics.
- 8/4/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
James Franco has been cast as Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro in the independent film “Alina of Cuba,” Variety has confirmed.
Franco joins the previously announced Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. In addition, Mía Maestro has also joined the cast as Alina’s mother Natalia Revuelta, the Cuban socialite who gave birth to her after an affair with Castro. The film will follow Alina’s life as Castro’s illegitimate daughter and a critic of his reign in Cuba before leaving the country and defecting to Spain in 1993. Franco’s casting was supported by the real life Fernandez, who is serving the production as an on-set creative and biographical consultant.
Franco’s casting comes less than a month after the announcement that the actor will appear in the post-war drama “Me, You” from British director Billie August. The films represent a return for Franco...
Franco joins the previously announced Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. In addition, Mía Maestro has also joined the cast as Alina’s mother Natalia Revuelta, the Cuban socialite who gave birth to her after an affair with Castro. The film will follow Alina’s life as Castro’s illegitimate daughter and a critic of his reign in Cuba before leaving the country and defecting to Spain in 1993. Franco’s casting was supported by the real life Fernandez, who is serving the production as an on-set creative and biographical consultant.
Franco’s casting comes less than a month after the announcement that the actor will appear in the post-war drama “Me, You” from British director Billie August. The films represent a return for Franco...
- 8/4/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Yalitza Aparicio will follow up her Academy Award-nominated performance in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma with the horror-suspense film, Presencias. The Videocine project, also starring Alberto Ammann, will stream via TelevisaUnivsion’s Vix+ Streaming Service.
Aparicio described the project during the streamer’s launch announcement on Wednesday.
“This is a story about a man who, after his wife’s murder, launches his own investigation to find her killer,” she said. “His investigation takes place at the scene of the crime: a cabin in the woods where he spent a large part of his childhood. Before long, he notices many strange occurrences taking place and is forced with facing a terrifying reality.”
She continued, “Part of the film was shot in Tlalpujahua, known as the magical village where it’s always Christmas, located in Central Mexico in Michoacan. Where the architecture and the local traditions are a point of pride for my country.
Aparicio described the project during the streamer’s launch announcement on Wednesday.
“This is a story about a man who, after his wife’s murder, launches his own investigation to find her killer,” she said. “His investigation takes place at the scene of the crime: a cabin in the woods where he spent a large part of his childhood. Before long, he notices many strange occurrences taking place and is forced with facing a terrifying reality.”
She continued, “Part of the film was shot in Tlalpujahua, known as the magical village where it’s always Christmas, located in Central Mexico in Michoacan. Where the architecture and the local traditions are a point of pride for my country.
- 2/16/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Fans of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” have spent nearly three years wondering how leading actress Yalitza Aparicio would follow-up the three-time Oscar winning drama. Aparicio was a schoolteacher plucked from obscurity to star in “Roma,” which resulted in her becoming the first Mexican woman to be Oscar nominated for Best Actress in 14 years and the first Indigenous woman in history. Aparicio has not acted in a second film until now. As reported by Mexican publication El Universal, production on Aparicio’s second feature kicked off this week in Tlalpujahua in central Mexico.
Aparicio is starring in “Presences,” a horror film from “Innocent Voices” director Luis Mandoki. Damián Alcázar, best known for performances in “Hell” and “Herod’s Law,” is also starring in the movie, which is filming under strict coronavirus safety guidelines. According to El Universal: “The film tells the story of a man who loses his wife and goes...
Aparicio is starring in “Presences,” a horror film from “Innocent Voices” director Luis Mandoki. Damián Alcázar, best known for performances in “Hell” and “Herod’s Law,” is also starring in the movie, which is filming under strict coronavirus safety guidelines. According to El Universal: “The film tells the story of a man who loses his wife and goes...
- 3/10/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Shirley Knight, who was twice Oscar nominated for best supporting actress, for “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960) and “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1962), and won a Tony and three Emmys, died on Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas. She was 83.
Her daughter, actress Kaitlin Hopkins, paid tribute to Knight in a lengthy Facebook post.
Knight continued to work as she approached 80, reprising her role as Mom in “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” in 2015 after appearing in the 2009 original.
In 1997’s “As Good as It Gets,” starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, Knight played the mother of Hunt’s character; the New York Times called her performance “tenderly funny.”
Other film credits of recent vintage include Luis Mandoki’s “Angel Eyes” (2001), starring Jennifer Lopez; thriller “The Salton Sea” (2002); “Grandma’s Boy” (2006); Rebecca Miller’s “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” (2009), with Robin Wright; “Our Idiot Brother” (2011), toplined by...
Her daughter, actress Kaitlin Hopkins, paid tribute to Knight in a lengthy Facebook post.
Knight continued to work as she approached 80, reprising her role as Mom in “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” in 2015 after appearing in the 2009 original.
In 1997’s “As Good as It Gets,” starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, Knight played the mother of Hunt’s character; the New York Times called her performance “tenderly funny.”
Other film credits of recent vintage include Luis Mandoki’s “Angel Eyes” (2001), starring Jennifer Lopez; thriller “The Salton Sea” (2002); “Grandma’s Boy” (2006); Rebecca Miller’s “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” (2009), with Robin Wright; “Our Idiot Brother” (2011), toplined by...
- 4/22/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — In a return to film production after serving as president of Argentina’s National Institute of Film and the Audiovisual Arts (Incaa) and then as a member of parliament, film producer Liliana Mazure is teaming with prestigious counterparts in Mexico and Brazil on a three-part, pan-regional dark comedy, “Mental Health Not Included.”
Lead produced by Mazure’s Arca Difusión in Argentina, Laura Imperiale’s Cacerola Films and Carlos Sosa’s Viento del Norte in Mexico and Beto Rodrigues Panda Filmes in Brazil, “Mental Health” will be directed by Martin Salinas, writer of 2003 Diego Luna starrer “Nicotina” and writer-director of the Diamond-distributed and then Netflix-released “Ni un hombre más,” with Valeria Bertuccelli.
Also written by Salinas, “Mental Health Not Included” kicks in with the president of the United States, Donald Cramp, announcing an end to international trade: the U.S. will henceforth function as a self-sufficient economy. He...
Lead produced by Mazure’s Arca Difusión in Argentina, Laura Imperiale’s Cacerola Films and Carlos Sosa’s Viento del Norte in Mexico and Beto Rodrigues Panda Filmes in Brazil, “Mental Health” will be directed by Martin Salinas, writer of 2003 Diego Luna starrer “Nicotina” and writer-director of the Diamond-distributed and then Netflix-released “Ni un hombre más,” with Valeria Bertuccelli.
Also written by Salinas, “Mental Health Not Included” kicks in with the president of the United States, Donald Cramp, announcing an end to international trade: the U.S. will henceforth function as a self-sufficient economy. He...
- 12/14/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Banking on Mr. Toad”“Banking on Mr Toad,” the biopic of “The Wind in the Willows” author Kenneth Grahame, has started pre-production. The film is directed by Luis Mandoki, stars Toby Kebbell (“War for The Planet of the Apes,” “Dead Man’s Shoes”) and is being cast by Celestia Fox. “The Secret Garden”Jack Thorne’s new big screen adaptation of the beloved children’s book “The Secret Garden” has just added their casting director, Karen Lindsay-Stewart. “The Little Drummer Girl”“The Little Drummer Girl,” the BBC’s new John le Carre adaptation starring Florence Pugh, has brought casting director Jina Jay onboard and will shoot early next year. “Luther”The fifth series of “Luther,...
- 11/24/2017
- backstage.com
Veteran director Luis Mandoki is set to helm Tesoro (Treasure), the story of a Mexican immigrant who puts her life on the line to save her ailing father back home.
Set to shoot this summer, Tesoro centers on a Mexican waitress who risks everything to cross the Mexico-u.S. border so that she can earn money to pay for a life-saving operation for her father, but her return journey is thwarted by a deadly crime family.
Producer and writer Sandy Baumann, who participated in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, penned the script based on her own father's near-death experience. Her shingle DreamCity...
Set to shoot this summer, Tesoro centers on a Mexican waitress who risks everything to cross the Mexico-u.S. border so that she can earn money to pay for a life-saving operation for her father, but her return journey is thwarted by a deadly crime family.
Producer and writer Sandy Baumann, who participated in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, penned the script based on her own father's near-death experience. Her shingle DreamCity...
- 4/11/2017
- by John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stonewall
Roadside Attractions has announced a September 25th release date for Roland Emmerich's Lgbt rights drama "Stonewall" which deals with the 1969 Stonewall riots. Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ron Perlman star in the film
Irvine plays a young man living in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, who befriends a group of street kids. As he his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, rage begins to build and with the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born. [Source: Roadside Attractions]
Castro's Daughter
Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki ("When a Man Loves a Woman") is set to direct the historical drama "Castro's Daughter" which John Martinez O'Felan and Joe Lamy are producing. Bobby Moresco and Nilo Cruz penned the script.
The story revolves around Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's love child with a wealthy socialite who co-financed Castro's...
Roadside Attractions has announced a September 25th release date for Roland Emmerich's Lgbt rights drama "Stonewall" which deals with the 1969 Stonewall riots. Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ron Perlman star in the film
Irvine plays a young man living in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, who befriends a group of street kids. As he his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, rage begins to build and with the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born. [Source: Roadside Attractions]
Castro's Daughter
Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki ("When a Man Loves a Woman") is set to direct the historical drama "Castro's Daughter" which John Martinez O'Felan and Joe Lamy are producing. Bobby Moresco and Nilo Cruz penned the script.
The story revolves around Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's love child with a wealthy socialite who co-financed Castro's...
- 7/21/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Human beings and their affectionate vibes are something special. After all, we as individuals are going to love who we feel are worth loving. However, society demands that the protocol of loving should be straight-forward and “natural”. The rule of thumb: stick to your own kind! Whether it is being loyal to your own kind racially or culturally or either with your own age range the expectation of romance is defined…do not make waves and keep things safe and mainstream!
Well, human beings can be also unpredictable and live for going against the grain especially certain characters and personalities in the movies. Love and romance make for great film fodder but when the notion of such on-screen amorous activities takes its theme to a whole new challenging level then the gloves are off!
In Stop in the Name of Love: Top Ten Forbidden Romances in the Movies we will...
Well, human beings can be also unpredictable and live for going against the grain especially certain characters and personalities in the movies. Love and romance make for great film fodder but when the notion of such on-screen amorous activities takes its theme to a whole new challenging level then the gloves are off!
In Stop in the Name of Love: Top Ten Forbidden Romances in the Movies we will...
- 3/13/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Ben Bradlee movies: From 'All the President's Men' to 'Born Yesterday' (photo: Jason Robards as 'The Washington Post' executive editor Ben Bradlee in 'All the President's Men') Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee aka Benjamin C. Bradlee, best known for his key role in the Watergate scandal that destroyed the Richard Nixon presidency, and who was later played by Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Jason Robards in Alan J. Pakula's film version of All the President's Men, died of "natural causes" last October 21, 2014, at his home in Washington, D.C. Bradlee, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was 93. The Washington Post of the 21st century may look increasingly like a more pedantic version of the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid New York Post, but things weren't always like that. Back in the days when the American media — at least some of the time — actually bothered reporting news...
- 11/7/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Mark Kermode can’t help but fall for the latest bonkers Nicholas Sparks adaptation
And we’re back. From the opening shot of a Miller-time sunset over an azure sea, you know you’re in the world of Nicholas Sparks – a world in which our manly oil-rigging hero reads Stephen Hawking and saves two people’s lives in the first 10 minutes while somewhere across the star-crossed skies a beautiful but dissatisfied and deserving woman longs for something... better. This time, our players are James Marsden (replacing the late Paul Walker) and Michelle Monaghan as Dawson and Amanda, essayed in their Endless Love younger years by likable Luke Bracey and lovable Liana Liberato. Dawson is Amanda’s one and only and it’s easy to see why; he’s a man of few words who can fix a car, mend a roof, hoe a garden and look fabulous with his shirt...
And we’re back. From the opening shot of a Miller-time sunset over an azure sea, you know you’re in the world of Nicholas Sparks – a world in which our manly oil-rigging hero reads Stephen Hawking and saves two people’s lives in the first 10 minutes while somewhere across the star-crossed skies a beautiful but dissatisfied and deserving woman longs for something... better. This time, our players are James Marsden (replacing the late Paul Walker) and Michelle Monaghan as Dawson and Amanda, essayed in their Endless Love younger years by likable Luke Bracey and lovable Liana Liberato. Dawson is Amanda’s one and only and it’s easy to see why; he’s a man of few words who can fix a car, mend a roof, hoe a garden and look fabulous with his shirt...
- 10/18/2014
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
We may think we know about the late great activist Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers. We may remember their long strike and call for a grape boycott in the 60s, and his 1969 Time Magazine cover as Man of the Year, among other things. Mexican actor-producer-director Diego Luna, who co-starred with his Canana partner Gael Garcia Bernal in Alfonso Cuaron's "Y Tu Mama Tambien," grew up in the theater, raised by his single art director dad. Luna has made some 40 films in his 34 years, mentored by Cuaron and Luis Mandoki. Luna, who made his directorial debut with fest-circuit fave "Abel" (my Sundance flipcam interview here), took on the daunting task of turning the life of Cesar Chavez into a film. In some ways movie star Garcia Bernal ("No") is the Mexican Matt Damon to Luna's Ben Affleck, in the sense that Luna has figured out his true calling: filmmaker.
- 3/15/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Early Entry Deadline: September 13, 2013
Entry Fees: Short Film ($15), Feature Film ($25)
Normal Entry Deadline: October 11, 2013
Entry Fees: Short Film ($25), Feature Film ($35)
Late Entry Deadline: November 8, 2013
Entry Fees: Short Film ($40), Feature Film ($60)
For entry form, click here.
or
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Media Arts Center San Diego is now seeking films and videos for 20th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 13-23, 2014)! Come celebrate our landmark 20th year with an even broader program of exhilarating new activities, special events, and initiatives.
The 21st Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (Sdlff) is now accepting entries for the 2014 festival. Sdlff will take place March 13-23, 2014 at the Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley at Hazard Center located in beautiful San Diego, California.Submit early for discounted entry fees!
Last year's festival was attended by an audience of 20,500 actively-engaged film lovers, filmmakers, actors, programmers, distributors, industry representatives and journalists from around the world. The San Diego Latino Film Festival has used the unique geographical and cultural position of the San Diego Border Region to make the festival a premiere venue for the exhibition of international and U.S. Latino features, shorts and documentaries.
Never participated in Sdlff before? Become apart of San Diego's proud celebration of the best in Latino film.
The 2014 San Diego Latino Film Festival will include expanded opportunities for participating filmmakers and their films/videos to take the spotlight. The following is just a taste of what filmmakers and attendees can experience by participating at the upcoming San Diego Latino Film Festival:
* 155 feature and short films to be screened
* over 100 guest filmmakers and actors
* Sdlff Awards Competition
* "Country of Focus" showcase
* Workshops/Seminars with industry representatives and filmmakers (i.e. "Financing", "Distribution")
* Special 20th Anniversary Spotlight
* Celebrity Guest Curator
* "Tributes" to acclaimed filmmakers/actors
* Concerts @ the Fest
* Pre-Fest Launch Parties
* Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Gala Celebrations
* Sdlff Awards Ceremony
* Free Student Outreach Screenings
* "Meet the Filmmaker" Dialogues
* Sdlff's Annual "Border Visions" Sidebar
For entry form, click here.
Stars!
Twenty-one years ago, the San Diego Latino Film Festival was originally established as a student film festival focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, the San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the biggest and most well respected Latino film festivals in the country.
Over 240,000 people have attended during the past seventeen years, and2,100 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened. Past festival guests have included such renowned individuals asLou Diamond Phillips, Gina Rodriguez, Jorge Salinas, Dulce Maria, Rafael Amaya, Ana Serradilla, Eduardo Verastegui, Barbara Mori, Alfonso Arau, Robert Young, Miguel Littin,Angelica Maria, Dayanara Torres, Demian Bichir, Kate del Castillo, America Ferrera, John Leguizamo, Bruno Baretto, Barbara Mori, Roselyn Sanchez, Alfonso Cuaron, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Carlos Carrera, Rodrigo Prieto, Alex Lora, Lupe Ontiveros, Bruno Bichir, Carmen Salinas, Luis Mandoki, Danny Trejo, Adal Ramones, Tony Plana, Elpidia Carrillo, Humberto Solas, Dennis Leoni, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez, Patssi Valdez, Luis Valdez, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos, Lourdes Portillo, Moctesuma Esparza, Ray Bradbury, Jacob Vargas, Patricia Velasquez, Fernando Sarinana, Lucia Murat, Nancy de los Santos, Vanessa Bauche, and hundreds of other emerging and established Latino filmmakers.
Selection Process (Important Information)
Sdlff 2014 is seeking innovative works that are 'by', 'about' or 'for' the Latino community, that have been completed between 2013-2014. Work previously exhibited in the San Diego / Tijuana Border Region - whether theatrically at another local festival or broadcast on television, - is not eligible to apply. A panel of distinguished curators from the San Diego and Tijuana community will select the films and videos to be screened during the "Official Selection" of the festival. All entries will be pre-screened for eligibility by curators, however, not all entries will be programmed.
Films must be submitted with English subtitles if the dialogue is in a language other than English. Films must have been completed after January 2013. Because we use entry fees to make grants to filmmakers, fee waivers will not be granted. Exceptions will only be made for non-profit organizations and international governmental organizations.
*DVD screeners and press kits will not be returned.
Upon acceptance to the festival, a press kit is required, to include the following:
Features: 100 word synopsis in English, 2 hi-res film stills (300dpi, Cmyk color), digital trailer
Shorts: 50 word synopsis in English, 1 hi-res film still (300dpi, Cmyk color)
Optional: digital trailer
For exhibition the following formats will be accepted:
Features: 35mm, HDCam, Blu-ray, Dcp. Features must be received by March 1, 2014
Shorts: must be received by February 1, 2014 in Digital format via Usb or email using a file sharing service like DropBox or HighTail (Previously YouSendIt). USBs will not be returned.
*Submitters will be notified by January 4, 2014. Judges’ decisions are final. Due to the large number of films we receive, feedback on individual films will not be provided. Films entered after the November 8 deadline will not be reviewed or returned.
An additional panel of distinguished filmmakers, film critics, and actors will sit on this year's Awards Jury. Awards are given for excellence in form and content. Films to be considered for competition will be determined by the Festival Curator.
For entry form, click here.
Entry Categories:
Narrative Feature (40 or more minutes)
Documentary Feature (40 or more minutes)
Short (under 40 mins)
Local Film
Youth Short (no entry fee)
Awards Categories:
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Audience Award Narrative Feature
Audience Award Documentary Feature
Best Short Film
Best Local Film
Best Youth Film...
Entry Fees: Short Film ($15), Feature Film ($25)
Normal Entry Deadline: October 11, 2013
Entry Fees: Short Film ($25), Feature Film ($35)
Late Entry Deadline: November 8, 2013
Entry Fees: Short Film ($40), Feature Film ($60)
For entry form, click here.
or
Withoutabox logos are trademarks of Withoutabox, a Dba of IMDb.com Inc. or its affiliates.
Media Arts Center San Diego is now seeking films and videos for 20th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 13-23, 2014)! Come celebrate our landmark 20th year with an even broader program of exhilarating new activities, special events, and initiatives.
The 21st Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (Sdlff) is now accepting entries for the 2014 festival. Sdlff will take place March 13-23, 2014 at the Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley at Hazard Center located in beautiful San Diego, California.Submit early for discounted entry fees!
Last year's festival was attended by an audience of 20,500 actively-engaged film lovers, filmmakers, actors, programmers, distributors, industry representatives and journalists from around the world. The San Diego Latino Film Festival has used the unique geographical and cultural position of the San Diego Border Region to make the festival a premiere venue for the exhibition of international and U.S. Latino features, shorts and documentaries.
Never participated in Sdlff before? Become apart of San Diego's proud celebration of the best in Latino film.
The 2014 San Diego Latino Film Festival will include expanded opportunities for participating filmmakers and their films/videos to take the spotlight. The following is just a taste of what filmmakers and attendees can experience by participating at the upcoming San Diego Latino Film Festival:
* 155 feature and short films to be screened
* over 100 guest filmmakers and actors
* Sdlff Awards Competition
* "Country of Focus" showcase
* Workshops/Seminars with industry representatives and filmmakers (i.e. "Financing", "Distribution")
* Special 20th Anniversary Spotlight
* Celebrity Guest Curator
* "Tributes" to acclaimed filmmakers/actors
* Concerts @ the Fest
* Pre-Fest Launch Parties
* Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Gala Celebrations
* Sdlff Awards Ceremony
* Free Student Outreach Screenings
* "Meet the Filmmaker" Dialogues
* Sdlff's Annual "Border Visions" Sidebar
For entry form, click here.
Stars!
Twenty-one years ago, the San Diego Latino Film Festival was originally established as a student film festival focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, the San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the biggest and most well respected Latino film festivals in the country.
Over 240,000 people have attended during the past seventeen years, and2,100 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened. Past festival guests have included such renowned individuals asLou Diamond Phillips, Gina Rodriguez, Jorge Salinas, Dulce Maria, Rafael Amaya, Ana Serradilla, Eduardo Verastegui, Barbara Mori, Alfonso Arau, Robert Young, Miguel Littin,Angelica Maria, Dayanara Torres, Demian Bichir, Kate del Castillo, America Ferrera, John Leguizamo, Bruno Baretto, Barbara Mori, Roselyn Sanchez, Alfonso Cuaron, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Carlos Carrera, Rodrigo Prieto, Alex Lora, Lupe Ontiveros, Bruno Bichir, Carmen Salinas, Luis Mandoki, Danny Trejo, Adal Ramones, Tony Plana, Elpidia Carrillo, Humberto Solas, Dennis Leoni, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez, Patssi Valdez, Luis Valdez, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos, Lourdes Portillo, Moctesuma Esparza, Ray Bradbury, Jacob Vargas, Patricia Velasquez, Fernando Sarinana, Lucia Murat, Nancy de los Santos, Vanessa Bauche, and hundreds of other emerging and established Latino filmmakers.
Selection Process (Important Information)
Sdlff 2014 is seeking innovative works that are 'by', 'about' or 'for' the Latino community, that have been completed between 2013-2014. Work previously exhibited in the San Diego / Tijuana Border Region - whether theatrically at another local festival or broadcast on television, - is not eligible to apply. A panel of distinguished curators from the San Diego and Tijuana community will select the films and videos to be screened during the "Official Selection" of the festival. All entries will be pre-screened for eligibility by curators, however, not all entries will be programmed.
Films must be submitted with English subtitles if the dialogue is in a language other than English. Films must have been completed after January 2013. Because we use entry fees to make grants to filmmakers, fee waivers will not be granted. Exceptions will only be made for non-profit organizations and international governmental organizations.
*DVD screeners and press kits will not be returned.
Upon acceptance to the festival, a press kit is required, to include the following:
Features: 100 word synopsis in English, 2 hi-res film stills (300dpi, Cmyk color), digital trailer
Shorts: 50 word synopsis in English, 1 hi-res film still (300dpi, Cmyk color)
Optional: digital trailer
For exhibition the following formats will be accepted:
Features: 35mm, HDCam, Blu-ray, Dcp. Features must be received by March 1, 2014
Shorts: must be received by February 1, 2014 in Digital format via Usb or email using a file sharing service like DropBox or HighTail (Previously YouSendIt). USBs will not be returned.
*Submitters will be notified by January 4, 2014. Judges’ decisions are final. Due to the large number of films we receive, feedback on individual films will not be provided. Films entered after the November 8 deadline will not be reviewed or returned.
An additional panel of distinguished filmmakers, film critics, and actors will sit on this year's Awards Jury. Awards are given for excellence in form and content. Films to be considered for competition will be determined by the Festival Curator.
For entry form, click here.
Entry Categories:
Narrative Feature (40 or more minutes)
Documentary Feature (40 or more minutes)
Short (under 40 mins)
Local Film
Youth Short (no entry fee)
Awards Categories:
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Audience Award Narrative Feature
Audience Award Documentary Feature
Best Short Film
Best Local Film
Best Youth Film...
- 7/31/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
• Sacha Baron Cohen will no longer play Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the long-gestating biopic about the band, reportedly due to creative differences with the surviving members of Queen. Apparently, the band was quite involved in the process, rejecting proposed directors such as David Fincher and his Les Misérables director Tom Hooper, and insisting that the movie be PG. No word yet on other options to play Mercury. [Deadline]
• Tony-nominated actor and former As The World Turns star Billy Magnussen is set to replace Jake Gyllenhaal (who dropped out recently, reportedly to star in Nightcrawler) as Rapunzel’s prince in Rob Marshall...
• Tony-nominated actor and former As The World Turns star Billy Magnussen is set to replace Jake Gyllenhaal (who dropped out recently, reportedly to star in Nightcrawler) as Rapunzel’s prince in Rob Marshall...
- 7/23/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Adrien Brody is attached to both star in and produce the biopic "Banking on Mr Toad"
The project is a live-action and CG animated combination feature about Kenneth Grahame, the creator of the renowned children’s work "The Wind in the Willows".
The story will explore Grahame’s relationship with his wife Elspeth, his frequently ill young son Alastair, and the best-selling fictional work he penned while working as secretary at the Bank of England.
Brian Blessed is already attached to play Grahame's best friend William Furnivall. Luis Mandoki helms the project from a script by Timothy W Haas.
Haas, Richard Hewitt, Sally French, Sharon Lark, Tony Silver and Rob-Green are producing. Shooting begins later this year in the U.K.
Source: Screen Daily...
The project is a live-action and CG animated combination feature about Kenneth Grahame, the creator of the renowned children’s work "The Wind in the Willows".
The story will explore Grahame’s relationship with his wife Elspeth, his frequently ill young son Alastair, and the best-selling fictional work he penned while working as secretary at the Bank of England.
Brian Blessed is already attached to play Grahame's best friend William Furnivall. Luis Mandoki helms the project from a script by Timothy W Haas.
Haas, Richard Hewitt, Sally French, Sharon Lark, Tony Silver and Rob-Green are producing. Shooting begins later this year in the U.K.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 7/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Blending live action and CGI, the long-delayed Banking on Mr Toad to look at author Kenneth Grahame's relationship with his wife, his autistic son and his writing
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody is attached to star in Banking on Mr Toad, a biopic that looks at The Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame's relationship with his wife, his autistic son, and his writing.
The biopic, which will blend live action and CGI, has been delayed numerous times due to pre-production issues and cast changes.
British actor Brian Blessed is set to play Grahame's best friend, the eccentric William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: "I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father's love for his child, and how the obstacles in life sometimes provide the spark of creativity to conquer them. This beautiful script has the power to remind us of our humanity and...
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody is attached to star in Banking on Mr Toad, a biopic that looks at The Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame's relationship with his wife, his autistic son, and his writing.
The biopic, which will blend live action and CGI, has been delayed numerous times due to pre-production issues and cast changes.
British actor Brian Blessed is set to play Grahame's best friend, the eccentric William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: "I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father's love for his child, and how the obstacles in life sometimes provide the spark of creativity to conquer them. This beautiful script has the power to remind us of our humanity and...
- 7/22/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Oscar-winner attached to star in and produce live-action and CGI Kenneth Grahame biopic, Banking on Mr Toad.
Adrien Brody is newly attached to star in and produce a biopic of Kenneth Grahame, the creator of renowned children’s tale Wind in the Willows.
For full production details visit
Banking on Mr Toad
Long-gestating biopic Banking on Mr Toad will chart Grahame’s relationship with his wife Elspeth and young son Alastair - who was plagued by a number of health problems - and the birth of his iconic, best-selling fiction The Wind in the Willows, which he wrote while holding the position of secretary at the Bank of England.
UK actor Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon) is attached to play Grahame’s best friend, the colourful William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: “I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father’s love for his child, and how the...
Adrien Brody is newly attached to star in and produce a biopic of Kenneth Grahame, the creator of renowned children’s tale Wind in the Willows.
For full production details visit
Banking on Mr Toad
Long-gestating biopic Banking on Mr Toad will chart Grahame’s relationship with his wife Elspeth and young son Alastair - who was plagued by a number of health problems - and the birth of his iconic, best-selling fiction The Wind in the Willows, which he wrote while holding the position of secretary at the Bank of England.
UK actor Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon) is attached to play Grahame’s best friend, the colourful William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: “I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father’s love for his child, and how the...
- 7/22/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Adrien Brody is attached to the lead role in upcoming Kenneth Grahame biopic Banking on Mr Toad.
The film - which will chart the personal and professional life of The Wind in the Willows writer - is set to enter production in the UK towards the end of the year, Screen Daily reports.
The Oscar winner will star in and produce the live-action and CGI film, and joins Brian Blessed on the project. Blessed will star as Grahame's best friend William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: "I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father's love for his child, and how the obstacles in life sometimes provide the spark of creativity to conquer them.
"This beautiful script has the power to remind us of our humanity and speaks to children and adults alike."
The project has been delayed numerous times, with a number of directors and...
The film - which will chart the personal and professional life of The Wind in the Willows writer - is set to enter production in the UK towards the end of the year, Screen Daily reports.
The Oscar winner will star in and produce the live-action and CGI film, and joins Brian Blessed on the project. Blessed will star as Grahame's best friend William Furnivall.
Brody said of the role: "I was moved to tears by this compelling tale of a father's love for his child, and how the obstacles in life sometimes provide the spark of creativity to conquer them.
"This beautiful script has the power to remind us of our humanity and speaks to children and adults alike."
The project has been delayed numerous times, with a number of directors and...
- 7/22/2013
- Digital Spy
This year started off with a Bang (with a capital 'B') for Latino film festivals. Although Latino representation at Miami is a given, it wasn't as obvious at Sundance as in previous years and is a ghost town at Tribeca leaving SXSW, as always, to pick up the slack for the “mainstream” festivals. But, it was the Latino film festivals that really pushed the rainbow of Latino cinema upon the festival landscape. San Diego Latino (Sdlff) had, in my opinion, its strongest lineup in many years. They celebrated their 20th anniversary by showcasing classics that Sdlff had screened over the years, giving the audience a chance to fall in love with them on the big screen all over again. CineFestival in Tejas, who has always played by the beat of their own drum, dropped the mic on everyone by announcing the Latino Writers Project Lab, a collaboration with Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program, which will give filmmakers telling 'American Latino' stories a venue to have their projects mentored. Next up we have three diverse festivals with the Chicago Latino Film Festival celebrating its 29th year, Cine Las Americas in Austin, TX who very much embody their local community with an 'Hecho en Texas' and Youth specific programs, and then there's a new kid on the block in Philly, the Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival. In only its 2nd year, they have put together a two day event to bring Latino films to an underserved vibrant city. LatinoBuzz painstakingly selected our personal top picks that we think are a “must-see.” But don't just take our word for it, check out their websites for full listings and see for yourself how fly Latino cinema really is!
Chicago Latino Film Festival
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas) – Mexico
Dir. Luis Mandoki
Honduran teenager Sabina Rivas intends to get to the United States, harboring dreams of becoming a famous singer and distancing herself from her former young lover, Jovany, now a vicious gang member.
The Wild Ones (Los niños salvajes) – Spain
Dir. Patricia Ferreira
Alex, Oky and Gabi are three angry, misunderstood teens from Barcelona who have to deal with parents who have completely forgotten that they too were once teens; parents who, on most occasions, blame their children for their unfulfilled dreams. The trio has dreams and ambitions of their own and they love to test the limits imposed by society. But push comes to shove and Oky commits an unforgivable act that will leave many in shock in this thoughtful and sober drama.
Nevertheless (Y Sin Embargo) - Cuba
Dir. Rudy Mora
Lapatun is late for his math exam at a music school; to justify his tardiness he invents a wild story about having seen a UFO and spoken with its crew. The school is turned upside down by Lapatun’s claims; with some students demanding his expulsion and some teachers questioning the role creativity plays in a child’s education.
Cine Las Americas
Dust (Polvo) – Guatemala
Dir. Julio Hernández Cordón
In a small Guatemalan village where many were "disappeared" during the country's civil war, a troubled young man struggles with the memory of his murdered father — and the nearby presence of the man who turned his father in.
From Tuesday To Sunday (De Jueves A Domingo) – Chile
Dir. Dominga Sotomayor
Two children travel with their parents from Santiago Chile to the north of Chile for a family holiday. The landscape's loneliness and the car's confinement help bring out the couple's troubles and the children learn that this might turn out to be their father's farewell and their last family vacation.
Delusions of Grandeur – USA
Dir. Iris Almaraz, Gustavo Ramos
In the mid-1990s a medicated grungy girl stopped taking her medication (Prozac), crossed over a rainbow, and became a woman in a crazy, wonderful place called San Francisco. Lulu, Rocio, and Illusion are struggling with the sexuality and gender roles that we all play. It is said that there is someone for everyone, and the heroines in this story put that theory to the test in a city with a history of love at its core - but will they respect themselves in the morning?
Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival
Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta Se Fue A Los Cielos) – Chile
Dir. Andres Wood
Violeta Went To Heaven tells the story of the iconic Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities, and passions.
Lemon – USA
Dir. Laura Brownson, Beth Levison
Three-time felon. One-time Tony award winner. Lemon Andersen is a pioneering poet whose words speak for a generation. But Lemon has landed back in the 'hood, living in the projects with thirteen family members and desperate for a way out. So he turns to the only thing he has left, his pen and his past
7 Boxes (7 Cajas) – Paraguay
Dir. Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbor
Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook.
Chicago Latino Film Festival
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas) – Mexico
Dir. Luis Mandoki
Honduran teenager Sabina Rivas intends to get to the United States, harboring dreams of becoming a famous singer and distancing herself from her former young lover, Jovany, now a vicious gang member.
The Wild Ones (Los niños salvajes) – Spain
Dir. Patricia Ferreira
Alex, Oky and Gabi are three angry, misunderstood teens from Barcelona who have to deal with parents who have completely forgotten that they too were once teens; parents who, on most occasions, blame their children for their unfulfilled dreams. The trio has dreams and ambitions of their own and they love to test the limits imposed by society. But push comes to shove and Oky commits an unforgivable act that will leave many in shock in this thoughtful and sober drama.
Nevertheless (Y Sin Embargo) - Cuba
Dir. Rudy Mora
Lapatun is late for his math exam at a music school; to justify his tardiness he invents a wild story about having seen a UFO and spoken with its crew. The school is turned upside down by Lapatun’s claims; with some students demanding his expulsion and some teachers questioning the role creativity plays in a child’s education.
Cine Las Americas
Dust (Polvo) – Guatemala
Dir. Julio Hernández Cordón
In a small Guatemalan village where many were "disappeared" during the country's civil war, a troubled young man struggles with the memory of his murdered father — and the nearby presence of the man who turned his father in.
From Tuesday To Sunday (De Jueves A Domingo) – Chile
Dir. Dominga Sotomayor
Two children travel with their parents from Santiago Chile to the north of Chile for a family holiday. The landscape's loneliness and the car's confinement help bring out the couple's troubles and the children learn that this might turn out to be their father's farewell and their last family vacation.
Delusions of Grandeur – USA
Dir. Iris Almaraz, Gustavo Ramos
In the mid-1990s a medicated grungy girl stopped taking her medication (Prozac), crossed over a rainbow, and became a woman in a crazy, wonderful place called San Francisco. Lulu, Rocio, and Illusion are struggling with the sexuality and gender roles that we all play. It is said that there is someone for everyone, and the heroines in this story put that theory to the test in a city with a history of love at its core - but will they respect themselves in the morning?
Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival
Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta Se Fue A Los Cielos) – Chile
Dir. Andres Wood
Violeta Went To Heaven tells the story of the iconic Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities, and passions.
Lemon – USA
Dir. Laura Brownson, Beth Levison
Three-time felon. One-time Tony award winner. Lemon Andersen is a pioneering poet whose words speak for a generation. But Lemon has landed back in the 'hood, living in the projects with thirteen family members and desperate for a way out. So he turns to the only thing he has left, his pen and his past
7 Boxes (7 Cajas) – Paraguay
Dir. Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbor
Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook.
- 4/17/2013
- by Juan Caceres
- Sydney's Buzz
Madrid, April 13 (Ians/Efe) The big winner in Spain's Goya film awards, "Blancanieves", has been nominated for Mexico's Ariel prize in the category of best Ibero-American picture.
Pablo Berger's silent, black-and-white version of the Snow White tale features Mexican actor Daniel Gimenez Cacho in the leading role and is scheduled to open in Mexico June 21.
"Blancanieves" will vie with Chile's "No" and the Ecuadorian feature "Pescador" for the Ariel for best Ibero-American film.
Last year's award went to Spain's "Pa negre", the fifth Spanish film to snag the Ariel.
Winners of the 55th edition of the Ariel prizes will be announced at a May 28 gala in Mexico City.
Director Luis Mandoki's "La vida precoz.
Pablo Berger's silent, black-and-white version of the Snow White tale features Mexican actor Daniel Gimenez Cacho in the leading role and is scheduled to open in Mexico June 21.
"Blancanieves" will vie with Chile's "No" and the Ecuadorian feature "Pescador" for the Ariel for best Ibero-American film.
Last year's award went to Spain's "Pa negre", the fifth Spanish film to snag the Ariel.
Winners of the 55th edition of the Ariel prizes will be announced at a May 28 gala in Mexico City.
Director Luis Mandoki's "La vida precoz.
- 4/13/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas Trailer, Poster. Luis Mandoki‘s La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (2012) movie trailer, movie poster stars Joaquin Cosio, Greisy Mena, Fernando Moreno, Angelina Pelaez, and Mario Zaragoza. La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas‘ plot synopsis: “In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, [...]
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- 12/9/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Though there is much, much more to Mexico than Narco gangs and border issues there's also no denying that those two issues loom large over everyday life in some territories. And director Luis Mandoki looks to be wading right into the thorny topics with his new film La Vida Precoz y Brev de Sabina Rivas.Set along the Mexican border with Guatemala the film follows the travails of a young girl who dreams of crossing into the Us to become a singer. It doesn't go well, of course, and Mandoki manages to capture it on screen with grit, style and what looks like a fairly neat balance between intimacy and scope. Check out the very impressive trailer below....
- 12/6/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Another year, another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks best-seller being greenlit by a major Hollywood movie studio. I.m being sarcastic, but Sparks. productions really have been like clockwork, with a new adaptation reaching theaters every couple of years since Luis Mandoki translated Message In a Bottle for the big screen back in 1999. Case in point: Zac Efron headlines Sparks. The Lucky One, which reaches theaters in April, and Lasse Hallstrom is about to shoot Safe Haven for Relativity Media. The next Sparks book heading to the big screen will be The Best of Me, the author.s latest bestseller that involves former high-school sweethearts reuniting when they return to their hometown for a funeral. J. Mills Goodloe has been hired to shape a screenplay. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. picked up the distribution rights to Sparks. novel before the author had even put pen to page. That sounds abnormal,...
- 3/16/2012
- cinemablend.com
Banking On Mr. Toad true story of Kenneth Grahame, Wind in the Willows author. Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman) is set to direct the film which previously had Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford on board. Variety reports that the $20 million-budgeted pic is being produced by Hsl Film Studios' Timothy Haas, who also wrote the script which follows Grahame's life from his secretary of the Bank of England, to writing the children's book. Banking on Mr. Toad will apparently combined animation and live-action, also looking at Grahame's relationship with his wife Elspeth and Alastair, his autistic son.
- 10/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Banking On Mr. Toad true story of Kenneth Grahame, Wind in the Willows author. Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman) is set to direct the film which previously had Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford on board. Variety reports that the $20 million-budgeted pic is being produced by Hsl Film Studios' Timothy Haas, who also wrote the script which follows Grahame's life from his secretary of the Bank of England, to writing the children's book. Banking on Mr. Toad will apparently combined animation and live-action, also looking at Grahame's relationship with his wife Elspeth and Alastair, his autistic son.
- 10/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producer Uru Patel has zeroed in on Aamir Khan to play Hanuman, not as a God but as a superhero, who can fly over mountains and skyscrapers and rescue the modern-day Rama from the ravenous Ravanas of today.s world.Rama and Ravana will be played by Hollywood stars Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman, respectively.Sita was to be played by Shilpa Shetty. But she opted out. The hunt is on for a new international face to play Sita.Aamir has been keen to do a super-hero film, specially after Hrithik Roshan.s Krissh and Shah Rukh Khan.s forthcoming Ra1 (where he plays a desi Spiderman).Hanuman will now be played as a super-hero, with the best action directors and special-effects experts, ensuring Aamir.s safe passage into super-heroism!The whole project now depends on Aamir.s nod which he.ll give only after he approves of the script.
- 9/4/2009
- Filmicafe
Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Afghanistan to China) Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Croatia to Malaysia) Mexico, Innocent Voices, Luis Mandoki, director; The Netherlands, Simon, Eddy Terstall, director; Norway, Hawaii, Oslo, Erik Poppe, director; Palestine, The Olive Harvest, Hanna Elias, director; Philippines, Crying Ladies, Mark Meily, director; Poland, The Welts, Magdalena Piekorz, director; Portugal, The Miracle According to Salomé, Mário Barroso, director; Romania, Orient-Express, Sergiu Nicolaescu, director; Russia, Night Watch, Timolir Bekmambetov, director; Serbia and Montenegro, Goose Feather, Ljubiša Samardic, director; Slovenia, Beneath Her Window, Metod Pevec, director; South Africa, Yesterday, Darrell Roodt, director; Spain, The Sea Inside, Alejandro Amenabar, director; Sweden, As in Heaven, Kay Pollak, director; Switzerland, Mein Name Ist Bach, Dominique de Rivaz, director; Taiwan, 20 : 30 : 40, Sylvia Chang, director; Thailand, The Overture, Itthisoontorn Vichailak, director; Uruguay, Whisky, Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, directors; Venezuela, [...]...
- 4/19/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
MEXICO CITY -- Warner Bros. Mexico on Tuesday denied accusations by Luis Mandoki that it had caved under political pressure in its decision to not distribute the Mexican filmmaker's new documentary about alleged electoral fraud.
Mandoki claims he had an oral agreement with Warners, which distributes its content through Televisa-owned Videocine. Federico Arreola, Mandok's producer, accuses Televisa of "censoring" the release because the picture criticizes two of the broadcaster's high-ranking executives as well as the network's coverage of the controversial 2006 presidential election.
Former leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insists he lost the election because of widespread fraud.
Warner Bros. Mexico director Juan Manuel Borbolla told reporters Tuesday that the decision to pass on Mandoki's documentary was "strictly economical."
"We didn't have any kind of oral or written agreement (with Mandoki)," he said. "The documentary is well done, but we decided to pass because the genre is not economically viable in Mexico."...
Mandoki claims he had an oral agreement with Warners, which distributes its content through Televisa-owned Videocine. Federico Arreola, Mandok's producer, accuses Televisa of "censoring" the release because the picture criticizes two of the broadcaster's high-ranking executives as well as the network's coverage of the controversial 2006 presidential election.
Former leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insists he lost the election because of widespread fraud.
Warner Bros. Mexico director Juan Manuel Borbolla told reporters Tuesday that the decision to pass on Mandoki's documentary was "strictly economical."
"We didn't have any kind of oral or written agreement (with Mandoki)," he said. "The documentary is well done, but we decided to pass because the genre is not economically viable in Mexico."...
Luis Mandoki has been hired to direct The Winged Boy for Gold Circle Films. Boy is a based on an unpublished story by Mary Hayley Bell, widow of the late actor John Mills. Described as a family film with a slice of magical realism, the story centers on a young boy in a contemporary Irish village who begins to grow wings and then starts to fly. The screenplay was co-written by Bell's grandson Crispian Mills and Michael Geary. Malia Scotch Marmo is rewriting. The picture is slated for production in Ireland and the U.K. in the spring.
- 10/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Luis Mandoki has been hired to direct The Winged Boy for Gold Circle Films. Boy is a based on an unpublished story by Mary Hayley Bell, widow of the late actor John Mills. Described as a family film with a slice of magical realism, the story centers on a young boy in a contemporary Irish village who begins to grow wings and then starts to fly. The screenplay was co-written by Bell's grandson Crispian Mills and Michael Geary. Malia Scotch Marmo is rewriting. The picture is slated for production in Ireland and the U.K. in the spring.
- 10/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Like every fall season, this is when the Oscar heavyweights come out swinging – popcorn flicks make way for more “intelligent” films. Our panel of film enthusiasts came together in an effort to provide other cinephiles with a scorecard of what to look out for in the next three cooler months. Here are selection 20 to 11...look for our Top 10 tomorrow. 20. Wallace & GromitThe Curse of the Were-Rabbit Release date: Oct.07 Wide ReleaseDistributor: DreamWorks PicturesIoncinema Preview : View hereSamuel: With three short films featuring the characters of Wallace and Gromit being audience favorites, this is shaping up as the best animated film of the year. From the proven imagination of Nick Park, his two most beloved characters finally reach feature film status with all the wit and class of British humor still intact. 19. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Release date: Nov.04 NY and/or L.A ReleaseDistributor: Picturehouse FilmsIoncinema Preview
- 9/1/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
BB Entertainment Marketing has acquired North American rights to Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices, BB CEO Ben Barbosa said Monday. The film, which will be released in major markets nationwide Sept. 23, will be distributed by Slowhand Cinema Releasing under the BB Entertainment banner. Produced by Lawrence Bender Prods. and Alatvista Films, Innocent Voices won the Golden Space Needle Award as best film at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival.
- 7/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lions Gate Films International, the international theatrical arm of Lions Gate Entertainment, has announced multiple sales on Luis Mandoki's Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices), which had its European premiere at the Kinderfilmfest section of the Berlin International Film Festival. Lions Gate International president Nick Meyer and LGFI co-president Sergei Yershov said sales included Metropolitan in France, Solo Film in Germany, Content Film in the United Kingdom, New Select in Japan and Nordisk in Scandinavia. 20th Century Fox had earlier acquired rights for Latin America from the producers, Altavista Films. The film is based on the experiences of co-screenwriter Oscar Torres as an 11-year-old child who suddenly becomes the "man of the house" after his father abandons the family during the Salvadoran civil war.
- 2/18/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican film academy has selected Luis Mandoki's Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices) as its foreign-language submission for the 77th Academy Awards, while indie picture Temporada de Patos (Duck Season) will contend for a Goya nomination in Spain. Innocent Voices, an Altavista Films-Lawrence Bender production, tells the story of a boy growing up in war-torn El Salvador in the 1980s. Twentieth Century Fox will distribute the film in Mexico; Lions Gate is handling stateside distribution. The project marks helmer Mandoki's return to Spanish-language filmmaking after he worked in Hollywood for about 17 years. Among his English-language movies are Angel Eyes and Message in a Bottle. Innocent Voices will hit screens here in January, said distributor Fox Mexico.
- 10/1/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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