“Amores Perros” and “Instructions Not Included” producer Monica Lozano is touting mambo and soccer projects at AFM, both of which will debut on Prime Video in November.
The soccer documentary about one of Mexico’s greatest players, “Hugo Sanchez, el Gol y la Gloria,” launches on Nov. 18 while “Mambo Dreams, el sueño de ayer” drops Nov. 30.
Described as the definitive chronicle of Mexico’s greatest athlete, “Hugo Sanchez” traces his early start as a university team player to his stellar time at Spain’s Real Madrid, and eventual fall from grace.
The Prime Video Original will launch worldwide on the streaming platform and will be available to linear TV and other outlets after a holdback, said Lozano.
“Hugo Sanchez” is directed and co-produced by Francisco Javier Padilla, best known for his career-launching feature debut, “Suave Patria, starring Karla Souza, Omar Chaparro and Hector Suarez. He’s currently developing docu series...
The soccer documentary about one of Mexico’s greatest players, “Hugo Sanchez, el Gol y la Gloria,” launches on Nov. 18 while “Mambo Dreams, el sueño de ayer” drops Nov. 30.
Described as the definitive chronicle of Mexico’s greatest athlete, “Hugo Sanchez” traces his early start as a university team player to his stellar time at Spain’s Real Madrid, and eventual fall from grace.
The Prime Video Original will launch worldwide on the streaming platform and will be available to linear TV and other outlets after a holdback, said Lozano.
“Hugo Sanchez” is directed and co-produced by Francisco Javier Padilla, best known for his career-launching feature debut, “Suave Patria, starring Karla Souza, Omar Chaparro and Hector Suarez. He’s currently developing docu series...
- 11/3/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winner calls for support of “fragile tribe” amid pandemic, economic austerity.
Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu has returned to the frontline of Mexico’s economic crisis and helped raise $450,000 (roughly Ps. 10m) through a new fund to support embattled audiovisual industry workers.
The Sifonóforo, Fondo de Emergencia Audiovisual emergency fund is designed to offer relief to the approximately 30,000 family and workers whose livelihoods are under threat from a production halt since mid-March brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro, and Alfonso Cuaron, who last month joined the local film community in reversing a bid by the government...
Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu has returned to the frontline of Mexico’s economic crisis and helped raise $450,000 (roughly Ps. 10m) through a new fund to support embattled audiovisual industry workers.
The Sifonóforo, Fondo de Emergencia Audiovisual emergency fund is designed to offer relief to the approximately 30,000 family and workers whose livelihoods are under threat from a production halt since mid-March brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro, and Alfonso Cuaron, who last month joined the local film community in reversing a bid by the government...
- 6/12/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
A number of leading Mexican producers have banded together to raise financial and medical support for “the most vulnerable” members of the nation’s film and television industry.
During a remotely staged audiovisual presentation at which all the participants chimed in from separate locations, the six prominent figures — Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Salma Hayek and Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu among them — announced the creation of a relief fund created by the film community that will be managed by the Mexican Film and Arts Academy.
As is true all over the world, production in Mexico has been at a standstill since mid-March, which has directly affected roughly 30,000 families whose livelihoods depend upon industry production.
The initiative has been backed by many top producers and other professionals. Inarritu spoke extensively during the video announcement gathering.
Stressing that anyone can donate to the cause, Gonzalez Inarritu believes that, due to the current crisis, “The...
During a remotely staged audiovisual presentation at which all the participants chimed in from separate locations, the six prominent figures — Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Salma Hayek and Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu among them — announced the creation of a relief fund created by the film community that will be managed by the Mexican Film and Arts Academy.
As is true all over the world, production in Mexico has been at a standstill since mid-March, which has directly affected roughly 30,000 families whose livelihoods depend upon industry production.
The initiative has been backed by many top producers and other professionals. Inarritu spoke extensively during the video announcement gathering.
Stressing that anyone can donate to the cause, Gonzalez Inarritu believes that, due to the current crisis, “The...
- 6/11/2020
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
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