Malaga-based sales house Agencia Freak has picked up worldwide festival distribution rights to two new Spanish documentaries, “An Elephant on a Spider Web” by Cuban director Rolando Díaz, and Marcos Cabotá’s “Sonic Fantasy,” on legendary music engineer Bruce Swedien.
Both acquisitions were unveiled at the eve of the 2021 edition of the Spanish Screenings-Málaga de Cine, which runs October 20-22, and where Agencia Freak-handled Emma Tusell doc “Video Blues” is being shown to international buyers.
Produced by Alejandra Mora at Valencia-based company Quatre Films (“Tehran Blues”), “An Elephant on a Spider Web” follows a film director in his 70s who senses that sly death is approaching.
Since the helmer decides to make fun of life in what will be his last film, he will use a 109-year-old quixotic old woman, with a desire to die, and three young artists.
“Sonic Fantasy” revolves around five-time Grammy award winning sound engineer Bruce Swedien,...
Both acquisitions were unveiled at the eve of the 2021 edition of the Spanish Screenings-Málaga de Cine, which runs October 20-22, and where Agencia Freak-handled Emma Tusell doc “Video Blues” is being shown to international buyers.
Produced by Alejandra Mora at Valencia-based company Quatre Films (“Tehran Blues”), “An Elephant on a Spider Web” follows a film director in his 70s who senses that sly death is approaching.
Since the helmer decides to make fun of life in what will be his last film, he will use a 109-year-old quixotic old woman, with a desire to die, and three young artists.
“Sonic Fantasy” revolves around five-time Grammy award winning sound engineer Bruce Swedien,...
- 10/20/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Bad Hair (Pelo malo) wins San Sebastian’s top prize.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Golden Shell of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has been awarded to Bad Hair (Pelo malo), from Venezuelan director Mariana Rondón.
The low budget film received a positive reception from its first screening at the start of the festival.
Set in the poor areas of Caracas, Bad Hair tells the story of the relationship between a mother and her nine-year-old boy, who loves to dance and sing and is obsessed with his curly hair. The mother begins to suspect the boy is gay and the film develops into a social drama told with humor and does not shy from the melodramatic consequences.
Film-maker Todd Haynes presided over the jury, which comprises actor Diego Luna, actresses Valeria Bruni-tedeschi and Paulina García, producer Mariela Bessuievsky and director Cesc Gay.
Fernando Eimbcke picked up the Best Director prize for his Mexican...
The Golden Shell of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has been awarded to Bad Hair (Pelo malo), from Venezuelan director Mariana Rondón.
The low budget film received a positive reception from its first screening at the start of the festival.
Set in the poor areas of Caracas, Bad Hair tells the story of the relationship between a mother and her nine-year-old boy, who loves to dance and sing and is obsessed with his curly hair. The mother begins to suspect the boy is gay and the film develops into a social drama told with humor and does not shy from the melodramatic consequences.
Film-maker Todd Haynes presided over the jury, which comprises actor Diego Luna, actresses Valeria Bruni-tedeschi and Paulina García, producer Mariela Bessuievsky and director Cesc Gay.
Fernando Eimbcke picked up the Best Director prize for his Mexican...
- 9/29/2013
- by jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
- ScreenDaily
Bad Hair (Pelo malo) wins San Sebastian’s top prize.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Golden Shell of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has been awarded to Bad Hair (Pelo malo), from Venezuelan director Mariana Rondón.
The low budget film received a positive reception from its first screening at the start of the festival.
Set in the poor areas of Caracas, Bad Hair tells the story of the relationship between a mother and her nine-year-old boy, who loves to dance and sing and is obsessed with his curly hair. The mother begins to suspect the boy is gay and the film develops into a social drama told with humor and does not shy from the melodramatic consequences.
Film-maker Todd Haynes presided over the jury, which comprises actor Diego Luna, actresses Valeria Bruni-tedeschi and Paulina García, producer Mariela Bessuievsky and director Cesc Gay.
Fernando Eimbcke picked up the Best Director prize for his Mexican...
The Golden Shell of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival has been awarded to Bad Hair (Pelo malo), from Venezuelan director Mariana Rondón.
The low budget film received a positive reception from its first screening at the start of the festival.
Set in the poor areas of Caracas, Bad Hair tells the story of the relationship between a mother and her nine-year-old boy, who loves to dance and sing and is obsessed with his curly hair. The mother begins to suspect the boy is gay and the film develops into a social drama told with humor and does not shy from the melodramatic consequences.
Film-maker Todd Haynes presided over the jury, which comprises actor Diego Luna, actresses Valeria Bruni-tedeschi and Paulina García, producer Mariela Bessuievsky and director Cesc Gay.
Fernando Eimbcke picked up the Best Director prize for his Mexican...
- 9/29/2013
- by jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
- ScreenDaily
‘Bad Hair’ day at San Sebastian Film Festival: Venezuelan film wins Golden Shell (photo: Samuel Lange Zambrano in ‘Bad Hair’) Mariana Rondón’s Bad Hair / Pelo malo won the Golden Shell at the 2013 San Sebastian Film Festival, which wrapped up today, September 28, in northern Spain’s coastal city also known as Donostia (in Basque). The Venezuelan / Peruvian / German co-production tells the story of a nine-year-old boy (Samuel Lange Zambrano) with "bad hair," who decides to have his unruly curls molded pop-singer style (Justin Bieber’s?) for his yearbook picture. His mother (Samantha Castillo), however, is against it — the boy’s new hairdo is just not manly enough. Family conflicts ensue. The San Sebastian Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize went to newcomer Fernando Franco’s Wounded / La herida, a Spanish drama about a 30-year-old ambulance driver whose life falls to pieces as a consequence of her undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder.
- 9/28/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Eight films to feature in the Zinemira section of the 61st San Sebastian FestivalScoll down for full list of titles
A total of eight feature films will make up the San Sebastian Festival’s Zinemira section, dedicated to cinema produced in the Basque Country. Five premieres and three titles produced this year make up the selection.
Four of the premieres will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award, alongside films with at least 20% of Basque production and others presented as world premieres in any of the Festival sections. The Irizar Award will be decided by a specific jury and includes a $27,000 (€20,000) prize for the producer or producers of the winning film.
The Zinemira Award, granted by the Festival and the Producers Associations Epe/Ava and Ibaia to the career of an outstanding personality from the Basque film world, will go this year to Juan Bautista Berasategi, a cartoonist and producer from Gipuzkoa, and a pioneer...
A total of eight feature films will make up the San Sebastian Festival’s Zinemira section, dedicated to cinema produced in the Basque Country. Five premieres and three titles produced this year make up the selection.
Four of the premieres will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award, alongside films with at least 20% of Basque production and others presented as world premieres in any of the Festival sections. The Irizar Award will be decided by a specific jury and includes a $27,000 (€20,000) prize for the producer or producers of the winning film.
The Zinemira Award, granted by the Festival and the Producers Associations Epe/Ava and Ibaia to the career of an outstanding personality from the Basque film world, will go this year to Juan Bautista Berasategi, a cartoonist and producer from Gipuzkoa, and a pioneer...
- 8/23/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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