Cecilia Mato and Lucas Vivo García Lagos, founder of Navajo Films Argentina and Intro Pictures Brazil, have joined forces to launch Navajo Films Uruguay.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
- 1/23/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Spanish-language star Mauricio Ochmann, whose credits include El Señor de los Cielos and its spinoff El Chema (Telemundo Network’s highest-rated show), has signed with WME for representation in all areas.
Ochmann’s feature Friends Till Death (Amigos Hasta La Muerte), in which he starred and produced, debuted this past August in the top 10 on Amazon in the U.S. and was #1 in 30 countries worldwide. Earlier this year, his film All the Places (A Todas Partes), produced by Sony for Netflix, was #6 among all movies on Netflix U.S. and debuted at #1 across Latin America.
Ochmann recently wrapped season two of the TV show Las Bravas F.C. for HBO Max.
Feature film credits include Y Como Es El, the top-grossing Mexican film of 2022, and Hazlo Como Hombre and Ya Veremos, which also were hits in Mexico. As a producer, Ochmann has a first-look deal with streamer Vix+, a joint...
Ochmann’s feature Friends Till Death (Amigos Hasta La Muerte), in which he starred and produced, debuted this past August in the top 10 on Amazon in the U.S. and was #1 in 30 countries worldwide. Earlier this year, his film All the Places (A Todas Partes), produced by Sony for Netflix, was #6 among all movies on Netflix U.S. and debuted at #1 across Latin America.
Ochmann recently wrapped season two of the TV show Las Bravas F.C. for HBO Max.
Feature film credits include Y Como Es El, the top-grossing Mexican film of 2022, and Hazlo Como Hombre and Ya Veremos, which also were hits in Mexico. As a producer, Ochmann has a first-look deal with streamer Vix+, a joint...
- 10/16/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Argentinian company also pacts on remake of 30 Nights With My Ex.
FilmSharks division The Remake Co. continues to report steady business with global producers on its slate of Argentinian titles led by a deal with Sony for a new version of Ten Days Without Mom.
Sony Pictures International Productions has picked up Middle East remake rights to Ariel Winograd’s 2017 comedy hit Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje) starring Diego Peretti and Carla Peterson. Talks are ongoing for English-language, Korean and Chinese versions.
Dlo Producciones, owned by France-based Banijay Group, has optioned Spanish remake rights to Adrian Suar’s directorial debut,...
FilmSharks division The Remake Co. continues to report steady business with global producers on its slate of Argentinian titles led by a deal with Sony for a new version of Ten Days Without Mom.
Sony Pictures International Productions has picked up Middle East remake rights to Ariel Winograd’s 2017 comedy hit Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje) starring Diego Peretti and Carla Peterson. Talks are ongoing for English-language, Korean and Chinese versions.
Dlo Producciones, owned by France-based Banijay Group, has optioned Spanish remake rights to Adrian Suar’s directorial debut,...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Upi’s Jurassic World: Dominion, comedy ¿Y Como es El? rule charts.
Total admissions and box office in Mexico for 2022 climbed 61 and 63 over the previous year to reach 183.2m and 12.24bn pesos (647m Usd), respectively.
The numbers marked a dramatic improvement on 113.8m admissions and 7.52bn ps (397.5m Usd) box office in 2021 and 64.8m admissions and 3.71bn ps (196.5m Usd) in 2020.
Scroll down to see 2022 charts
However 2022 trailed by some margin pre-pandemic 2019 levels of 352m and 19.17bn ps (1.01bn Usd), according to data provided by Comscore.
Upi’s Jurassic World: Dominion finished the year as the highest grossing film in...
Total admissions and box office in Mexico for 2022 climbed 61 and 63 over the previous year to reach 183.2m and 12.24bn pesos (647m Usd), respectively.
The numbers marked a dramatic improvement on 113.8m admissions and 7.52bn ps (397.5m Usd) box office in 2021 and 64.8m admissions and 3.71bn ps (196.5m Usd) in 2020.
Scroll down to see 2022 charts
However 2022 trailed by some margin pre-pandemic 2019 levels of 352m and 19.17bn ps (1.01bn Usd), according to data provided by Comscore.
Upi’s Jurassic World: Dominion finished the year as the highest grossing film in...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks subsidiary The Remake Company has closed a remake deal with Italy’s Marco Belardi and his new label Bamboo Prod. for Ariel Winograd’s latest film “Today We Fix the World” (“Hoy se Arregla el Mundo”).
Produced by powerhouse shingle Patagonik, the family dramedy was picked up by Netflix for several key territories after its theatrical release by Disney’s Star early this year.
Mexico’s BH5 has also acquired the remake rights and is about to produce its version while talks are underway with Korean and French companies, said FilmSharks founder and CEO, Guido Rud. Winograd is already a known quantity in Italy. His last film “Ten Days Without Mom” topped the box office in Italy when it was released.
Dramedy stars Leonardo Sbaraglia from “Wild Tales” and “Pain and Glory” who finds out that he’s not the biological father of the nine-year-old boy at home.
Produced by powerhouse shingle Patagonik, the family dramedy was picked up by Netflix for several key territories after its theatrical release by Disney’s Star early this year.
Mexico’s BH5 has also acquired the remake rights and is about to produce its version while talks are underway with Korean and French companies, said FilmSharks founder and CEO, Guido Rud. Winograd is already a known quantity in Italy. His last film “Ten Days Without Mom” topped the box office in Italy when it was released.
Dramedy stars Leonardo Sbaraglia from “Wild Tales” and “Pain and Glory” who finds out that he’s not the biological father of the nine-year-old boy at home.
- 9/20/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) is set to remake Ariel Winograd’s Argentinian comedy Mama Se Fue De Viaje (Ten Days Without Mom) in Turkey and South Korea.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group’s local-language production arm has tapped FilmSharks’ subsidiary The Remake Co. for the rights, having previous remade the 2017 title in Spain.
The comedy follows Víctor and Vera Garbor, who have been married for 20 years with four children. Absorbed by his work Víctor largely ignores wife and kids until Vera, overwhelmed by domestic life, decides to take a vacation from her family. There the problems begin.
In Spain, the film was remade was Padre No Hay Más Que Uno (Father There is Only One) with Santiago Segura directing and has spawned two sequels. The original film took 15.8M, while the second grossed 15.3M and the third is set to release in theaters on July 15. Spip also...
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group’s local-language production arm has tapped FilmSharks’ subsidiary The Remake Co. for the rights, having previous remade the 2017 title in Spain.
The comedy follows Víctor and Vera Garbor, who have been married for 20 years with four children. Absorbed by his work Víctor largely ignores wife and kids until Vera, overwhelmed by domestic life, decides to take a vacation from her family. There the problems begin.
In Spain, the film was remade was Padre No Hay Más Que Uno (Father There is Only One) with Santiago Segura directing and has spawned two sequels. The original film took 15.8M, while the second grossed 15.3M and the third is set to release in theaters on July 15. Spip also...
- 5/20/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics art heist caper The Duke, Neon’s tender Petite Maman, and Charlotte from Good Deed Films, an animated biopic with mature themes, open an eclectic specialty weekend ready to draw older crowds if they’re ready to return.
Younger demos are back when they like the pic, as per A24s Everything Everywhere All At Once. Families also, based on Sonic The Hedgehog 2. With CinemaCon opening Monday to set the theatrical table for the rest of 2022 and beyond, NATO chief John Fithian predicts the reluctance of the 35 to 40+ crowd is “definitely going to change.”
“I think the growth is going to come as much from smaller budget films as from blockbusters,” he tells Deadline ahead of the first full-blown confab of exhibitors, studios and indie distributors since Covid. Audiences that have stayed the most at home are “the most excited about coming back out,” he said.
Younger demos are back when they like the pic, as per A24s Everything Everywhere All At Once. Families also, based on Sonic The Hedgehog 2. With CinemaCon opening Monday to set the theatrical table for the rest of 2022 and beyond, NATO chief John Fithian predicts the reluctance of the 35 to 40+ crowd is “definitely going to change.”
“I think the growth is going to come as much from smaller budget films as from blockbusters,” he tells Deadline ahead of the first full-blown confab of exhibitors, studios and indie distributors since Covid. Audiences that have stayed the most at home are “the most excited about coming back out,” he said.
- 4/22/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Spanish distributors, who have enjoyed a strong track record selling remake rights to local pics, have received a major boost this year with the Malaga Festival Industry Zone’s (Mafiz) inaugural Remake Day event on Thursday.
Leading film sales companies, among them Cinema Republic, Latido Films, Filmax and Feel Content, presented showcases of films considered particularly adaptable to foreign markets. Not surprisingly, comedies and genre pics made up most of the selections.
David Castellanos’ Cinema Republic offered one strong example with Borja Cobeaga’s hit 2009 romantic comedy “Pagafantas,” which has over the years sold to Germany, Italy and Mexico.
Cinema Republic also touted Icíar Bollaín’s “Rosa’s Wedding” (“La Boda de Rosa”), about a woman in her mid-40s who decides to finally take charge of her life and fulfill her dream of starting a business.
In Robert Bellsolà’s 2014 laffer “Dos a la Carta” (“Menu for Two”), another Cinema Republic title,...
Leading film sales companies, among them Cinema Republic, Latido Films, Filmax and Feel Content, presented showcases of films considered particularly adaptable to foreign markets. Not surprisingly, comedies and genre pics made up most of the selections.
David Castellanos’ Cinema Republic offered one strong example with Borja Cobeaga’s hit 2009 romantic comedy “Pagafantas,” which has over the years sold to Germany, Italy and Mexico.
Cinema Republic also touted Icíar Bollaín’s “Rosa’s Wedding” (“La Boda de Rosa”), about a woman in her mid-40s who decides to finally take charge of her life and fulfill her dream of starting a business.
In Robert Bellsolà’s 2014 laffer “Dos a la Carta” (“Menu for Two”), another Cinema Republic title,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Mauricio Ochmann, one of the biggest stars in the Latino world, has signed a multiyear first look deal with Pantaya, the leading premium Spanish-language streaming service.
Under the terms of the deal, actor-producer Ochmann will develop and executive produce a slate of original films and TV series for the company. Films developed as part of the deal will be produced in tandem with Pantelion Films, Pantaya’s partner company.
Announced Monday by Paul Presburger, CEO of Pantaya and Pantelion, the deal allies the two companies with the star of Telemundo Super Series “El Chema,” a spin off from “El Señor de los Cielos” – in which Ochmann also had a main character role. Aired over 2016-17, “El Chema” ranked as the No. 1 broadcast program at 10 pm in the U.S. regardless of language, among 18-34s.
The Pantaya-Pantelion deal builds on an already highly successful relationship between Ochmann and the two companies.
Under the terms of the deal, actor-producer Ochmann will develop and executive produce a slate of original films and TV series for the company. Films developed as part of the deal will be produced in tandem with Pantelion Films, Pantaya’s partner company.
Announced Monday by Paul Presburger, CEO of Pantaya and Pantelion, the deal allies the two companies with the star of Telemundo Super Series “El Chema,” a spin off from “El Señor de los Cielos” – in which Ochmann also had a main character role. Aired over 2016-17, “El Chema” ranked as the No. 1 broadcast program at 10 pm in the U.S. regardless of language, among 18-34s.
The Pantaya-Pantelion deal builds on an already highly successful relationship between Ochmann and the two companies.
- 12/6/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
FIlmSharks (exclusive)
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks’ The Remake Co. has struck international deals on a quartet of comedies led by Ariel Winograd’s No Kids and That’s Not Cheating.
Guido Rud and his team have sold remake rights on No Kids to India’s Germ, which has offices in the subcontinent and the US. Shyam Madiraju (who produced Jennifer Aniston drama Cake) will produce the story based on the 2015 Argentina-Spain original about a man who is swept off his feet by a new lover and does not tell her about his young daughter.
The South Korean remake is set to...
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks’ The Remake Co. has struck international deals on a quartet of comedies led by Ariel Winograd’s No Kids and That’s Not Cheating.
Guido Rud and his team have sold remake rights on No Kids to India’s Germ, which has offices in the subcontinent and the US. Shyam Madiraju (who produced Jennifer Aniston drama Cake) will produce the story based on the 2015 Argentina-Spain original about a man who is swept off his feet by a new lover and does not tell her about his young daughter.
The South Korean remake is set to...
- 9/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
FilmSharks Snaps Up World Sales, Disney’s Star Takes Latin America to Patagonik’s ‘Cato’ (Exclusive)
Buenos Aires-based sales and production company FilmSharks International has snatched world sales rights to Patagonik title “Cato,” outside of Latin America, which Disney’s Star Distribution will handle. The Walt Disney Company owns a significant stake in the Patagonik Film Group. FilmSharks subsidiary, The Remake Company, will also handle remake rights.
“We are so pleased to be in business again with Patagonik, one of the leading production companies of Ibero-America,” said FilmSharks founder and CEO, Guido Rud. “We feel that this edgy, modern, urban tale full of music and reality will be very welcome in the international arena of distribution and remakes,” added Rud who expects to start selling the drama this fall.
The debut feature of Peta Rivero y Hornos, “Cato” stars urban artist Tiago Pzk in his screen debut. Tiago Pzk, whose real name is Tiago Uriel Pacheco, is a popular Argentine singer of freestyle music, a form...
“We are so pleased to be in business again with Patagonik, one of the leading production companies of Ibero-America,” said FilmSharks founder and CEO, Guido Rud. “We feel that this edgy, modern, urban tale full of music and reality will be very welcome in the international arena of distribution and remakes,” added Rud who expects to start selling the drama this fall.
The debut feature of Peta Rivero y Hornos, “Cato” stars urban artist Tiago Pzk in his screen debut. Tiago Pzk, whose real name is Tiago Uriel Pacheco, is a popular Argentine singer of freestyle music, a form...
- 9/18/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Building its presence in Europe, ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) has closed a deal with on-the-rise Spanish production company Fasten Films to co-produce “Pastor,” a social-issue drama.
Created and written by Natxo López, the creator of “Stolen Away” and writer for Mediaset España banner series “Caronte,” “Pastor” will be directed by Spanish film-tv helmer Jorge Dorado, acclaimed for his work on “The Head,” but with credits reaching back to “Anna” and “The Department of Time.”
Billed as “a story of anger, pride, revenge but mostly of love, which will bring the viewers to question where the boundaries between good and bad lies,” the 10-hour “Pastor” turns on a socially-committed and controversial priest who, enraged at injustice, ends up crossing the line to protect his parishioners.
“With ‘Pastor,’ I want to create an overwhelming visual experience to disrupt and move the audience’s conscience. I want ‘Pastor’s’ images to be smelled,...
Created and written by Natxo López, the creator of “Stolen Away” and writer for Mediaset España banner series “Caronte,” “Pastor” will be directed by Spanish film-tv helmer Jorge Dorado, acclaimed for his work on “The Head,” but with credits reaching back to “Anna” and “The Department of Time.”
Billed as “a story of anger, pride, revenge but mostly of love, which will bring the viewers to question where the boundaries between good and bad lies,” the 10-hour “Pastor” turns on a socially-committed and controversial priest who, enraged at injustice, ends up crossing the line to protect his parishioners.
“With ‘Pastor,’ I want to create an overwhelming visual experience to disrupt and move the audience’s conscience. I want ‘Pastor’s’ images to be smelled,...
- 5/5/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) has unveiled a new slate of projects tapping talents as diverse as “Guilt” writer-creator Neil Forsyth, “The Great” writer Vanessa Alexander, “Wild District” originator Cristian Conti and “High School Musical” writer Peter Barsocchini.
Underscoring Vis’ ambitions to play in the big league of international local content producer-distributors, both in production volume and breadth of content, Vis also confirmed its drive into documentary production, of both doc features and series, and unveiled its first four titles.
This year will, moreover, see Vis bow development and production of its first made-for-streaming movies and first content for Vis Kids, created last year.
Launched in 2018, Vis has proved one of the fastest-growing production powers on the Latin American and Latinx scene, signing first-look deals with Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, writer-director of the Oscar winning “The Secret in Their Eyes,” and Ariel Winograd, director of remake phenomenon “Ten Days Without Mom.
Underscoring Vis’ ambitions to play in the big league of international local content producer-distributors, both in production volume and breadth of content, Vis also confirmed its drive into documentary production, of both doc features and series, and unveiled its first four titles.
This year will, moreover, see Vis bow development and production of its first made-for-streaming movies and first content for Vis Kids, created last year.
Launched in 2018, Vis has proved one of the fastest-growing production powers on the Latin American and Latinx scene, signing first-look deals with Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, writer-director of the Oscar winning “The Secret in Their Eyes,” and Ariel Winograd, director of remake phenomenon “Ten Days Without Mom.
- 1/21/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures International Productions has picked up the German remake rights to two comedy titles from FilmSharks International subsidiary, The Remake Company: Argentine family comedy “Ten Days Without Mom” and Brazil’s risqué romp, “Upside Down.”
“High concept family-driven and erotic comedies are the hottest trending genres for holiday and summer releases in cinemas and on streaming platforms,” said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud who pointed out that the Spanish and Italian versions of “Ten Days Without Mom” were hits either in at the box office or online.
The Italian remake of ‘Ten Days…’ bowed in Italian cinema theaters at No. 1 and its sequel “10 Giorni Con Babbo Natale,” released over Christmas, is one of Amazon’s hottest 2021 titles in Italy, said Rud.
Rud noted that NATPE and other traditionally TV markets have also become film markets as Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, Hulu and others have been attending these events more than...
“High concept family-driven and erotic comedies are the hottest trending genres for holiday and summer releases in cinemas and on streaming platforms,” said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud who pointed out that the Spanish and Italian versions of “Ten Days Without Mom” were hits either in at the box office or online.
The Italian remake of ‘Ten Days…’ bowed in Italian cinema theaters at No. 1 and its sequel “10 Giorni Con Babbo Natale,” released over Christmas, is one of Amazon’s hottest 2021 titles in Italy, said Rud.
Rud noted that NATPE and other traditionally TV markets have also become film markets as Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, Hulu and others have been attending these events more than...
- 1/20/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Ruben Östlund’s feature stars Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, and Charlbi Dean.
Ruben Östlund’s Triangle Of Sadness, starring Woody Harrelson. Harris Dickinson and newcomer Charlbi Dean, starts shooting in Greece on September 19 after it was cancelled twice earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It will shoot on the island of Euboea (Evia) and on a yacht in the Ionian sea for eight weeks.
Produced by Erik Hemmendorf of Stockholm-based Plattform Produktion, the film is a satire that follows a model couple, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow Dickinson and Dean, who are invited on a luxury cruise.
Ruben Östlund’s Triangle Of Sadness, starring Woody Harrelson. Harris Dickinson and newcomer Charlbi Dean, starts shooting in Greece on September 19 after it was cancelled twice earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It will shoot on the island of Euboea (Evia) and on a yacht in the Ionian sea for eight weeks.
Produced by Erik Hemmendorf of Stockholm-based Plattform Produktion, the film is a satire that follows a model couple, played by Screen Star of Tomorrow Dickinson and Dean, who are invited on a luxury cruise.
- 9/16/2020
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
Miranda July’s Sundance title “Kajillionaire,” featuring Evan Rachel Wood and Debra Winger, and Josephine Decker’s Sundance winner “Shirley,” starring Elisabeth Moss, are amongst the first 10 galas announced by the Zurich Film Festival on Friday.
The galas also include Emmanuel Courcol’s Cannes official selection “The Big Hit,” starring Kad Merad (“Baron Noir”); Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw’s Sundance title “The Truffle Hunters”; and Uberto Pasolini’s “Nowhere Special,” that is up for a Horizons award at Venice.
There are a pair of homegrown world premieres – “Zurcher Tagebuch,” where Zurich director Stefan Haupt takes the audience through the changes in his hometown since 1961; and Rolf Lyssy’s “Eden für jeden,” a feel-good comedy that shows the allotment garden as a mirror of multicultural Switzerland.
Further titles include Ryan White’s docu-thriller “Assassins”; Ariel Winograd’s “The Heist of the Century”; and Michel Franco’s “New Order.”
The festival states that “despite the pandemic,...
The galas also include Emmanuel Courcol’s Cannes official selection “The Big Hit,” starring Kad Merad (“Baron Noir”); Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw’s Sundance title “The Truffle Hunters”; and Uberto Pasolini’s “Nowhere Special,” that is up for a Horizons award at Venice.
There are a pair of homegrown world premieres – “Zurcher Tagebuch,” where Zurich director Stefan Haupt takes the audience through the changes in his hometown since 1961; and Rolf Lyssy’s “Eden für jeden,” a feel-good comedy that shows the allotment garden as a mirror of multicultural Switzerland.
Further titles include Ryan White’s docu-thriller “Assassins”; Ariel Winograd’s “The Heist of the Century”; and Michel Franco’s “New Order.”
The festival states that “despite the pandemic,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Two world premiere and ‘Shirley’, starring Elisabeth Moss, among first 10 titles.
The Zurich Film Festival, which is pushing ahead as a physical event from September 24 to October 4, has revealed the first 10 titles in its gala section.
They include US drama Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss, which debuted at Sundance and saw director Josephine Decker win a special jury award.
The section will also include the world premiere of Zürcher Tagebuch, a documentary essay from Zurich director Stefan Haupt, who won the Berlinale’s Panorama audience award in 2014 with The Circle. His latest film explores the changes to his native Zurich since...
The Zurich Film Festival, which is pushing ahead as a physical event from September 24 to October 4, has revealed the first 10 titles in its gala section.
They include US drama Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss, which debuted at Sundance and saw director Josephine Decker win a special jury award.
The section will also include the world premiere of Zürcher Tagebuch, a documentary essay from Zurich director Stefan Haupt, who won the Berlinale’s Panorama audience award in 2014 with The Circle. His latest film explores the changes to his native Zurich since...
- 8/14/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Suggesting there’s still traction in international markets, Latido has announced a raft of major territory sales on top Cannes titles, led by ”The Heist of the Century,” “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles” and “Hotel Coppelia.”
Derails of the sales, closed in the long-run up to Cannes or in Cannes early days if trading, comes as Latido’s new Cannes title and A Demain Platform player “Virus 32,” a zombie breakout horror-thriller, is sparking large interest from international distributors e-attending Cannes after the spectacular success if Latido-sold “The Platform,” which Netflix stepped in promptly t acquire after its world-premiere at Toronto last year.
An Argentine blockbuster, notching up in January the fifth best opening weekend in Argentine history, Ariel Winograd’s true facts based bank robbery “The Heist of the Century,” starring Guillermo Francella, has closed Japan (Ak Company), Russia/Cis (Red Castle), the U.K. (Sky UK), South...
Derails of the sales, closed in the long-run up to Cannes or in Cannes early days if trading, comes as Latido’s new Cannes title and A Demain Platform player “Virus 32,” a zombie breakout horror-thriller, is sparking large interest from international distributors e-attending Cannes after the spectacular success if Latido-sold “The Platform,” which Netflix stepped in promptly t acquire after its world-premiere at Toronto last year.
An Argentine blockbuster, notching up in January the fifth best opening weekend in Argentine history, Ariel Winograd’s true facts based bank robbery “The Heist of the Century,” starring Guillermo Francella, has closed Japan (Ak Company), Russia/Cis (Red Castle), the U.K. (Sky UK), South...
- 6/24/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director of Academy Award winning “The Secret in Their Eyes,” starring Ricardo Darín, Argentina’s Juan José Campanella is teaming with Viacom International Studios to direct a new drama series, “Los Enviados.”
Unveiled Friday at a Vis press conference, held virtually, the faith-themed thriller marks the first fruit of a first-look deal unveiled last May between Vis and 100 Bares, the Buenos Aires-based production label of Campanella, whose credits include episodes of “House,” the first season of USA Network 2016 cable drama “Colony” and 2001 comedy feature film “Son of the Bride,” nominated for a best international film Oscar, which Campanella won in 2010 with “The Secret in Their Eyes.”
Directed by Campanella, “Los Enviados” tracks two priests on a mission to verify the whereabouts of an alleged healer who mysteriously disappears. The priests’ lives, as well as their faith, are pushed to the limit, however, when they discover the psychiatric community on...
Unveiled Friday at a Vis press conference, held virtually, the faith-themed thriller marks the first fruit of a first-look deal unveiled last May between Vis and 100 Bares, the Buenos Aires-based production label of Campanella, whose credits include episodes of “House,” the first season of USA Network 2016 cable drama “Colony” and 2001 comedy feature film “Son of the Bride,” nominated for a best international film Oscar, which Campanella won in 2010 with “The Secret in Their Eyes.”
Directed by Campanella, “Los Enviados” tracks two priests on a mission to verify the whereabouts of an alleged healer who mysteriously disappears. The priests’ lives, as well as their faith, are pushed to the limit, however, when they discover the psychiatric community on...
- 5/22/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
This week’s Intl. TV Newswire analyzes a surge in new studio complex announcements; HBO’s “Run” is chosen to close next month’s Series Mania, Endeavor and Elite sign up Mexico’s Sebastian Hofmann; and Scandinavian series snag a remarkable presence at Canneseries and Series Mania.
Moviebox, Lansdowne Announce Portuguese Complex, as Studio Plans Proliferate
MovieBox Premiere and Lansdowne Partners have announced a €60million ($66 million) investment in developing a state-of-the-art film and media complex in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, headed by former Pinewood director Dave Godfrey. Based in the municipality of Loulé, the “vast complex” will host streaming platform Moviebox Premiere itself and “world class production facilities,” Moviebox announced Friday.
In positing what it describes as a “vast complex,” Moviebox Premiere is hardly alone. A Berlinale trend this year was the escalation in new big studio announcements. Reasons cut various ways.
Incentives have proliferated given a “growing...
Moviebox, Lansdowne Announce Portuguese Complex, as Studio Plans Proliferate
MovieBox Premiere and Lansdowne Partners have announced a €60million ($66 million) investment in developing a state-of-the-art film and media complex in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, headed by former Pinewood director Dave Godfrey. Based in the municipality of Loulé, the “vast complex” will host streaming platform Moviebox Premiere itself and “world class production facilities,” Moviebox announced Friday.
In positing what it describes as a “vast complex,” Moviebox Premiere is hardly alone. A Berlinale trend this year was the escalation in new big studio announcements. Reasons cut various ways.
Incentives have proliferated given a “growing...
- 2/29/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Sales for the Argentinian box-office hit spice up a busy Efm for the Madrid-based sales outfit .
Madrid-based sales outfit Latido Films has scored several key territory deals on Argentinian box office hit The Heist Of The Century (El robo del siglo) after market screenings at this year’s Efm.
The based on a true story comedy about a botched bank robbery has gone to France (Eurozoom), Spain (Syldavia), Greece (Rosebud), Switzerland (Trigon) and Australia (Palace). There are also offers on the table from Russia, Italy and China.
Released in Argentina this January, The Heist Of The Century is directed by...
Madrid-based sales outfit Latido Films has scored several key territory deals on Argentinian box office hit The Heist Of The Century (El robo del siglo) after market screenings at this year’s Efm.
The based on a true story comedy about a botched bank robbery has gone to France (Eurozoom), Spain (Syldavia), Greece (Rosebud), Switzerland (Trigon) and Australia (Palace). There are also offers on the table from Russia, Italy and China.
Released in Argentina this January, The Heist Of The Century is directed by...
- 2/25/2020
- by 1101324¦Elisabet Cabeza¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Disney to distribute theatrically in Argentina through Buena Vista International in August.
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has launched talks with Efm buyers on the in-demand Latin American hit-maker Ariel Winograd’s latest comedy Today We Fix The World (Hoy Se Arregla el Mundo).
Leonardo Sbaraglia from Wild Tales and Pain And Glory stars in the production from powerhouse Argentinian producer Patagonik as a busy talk show producer who discovers he is not the real father of the nine-year-old in his household. After the mother dies he sets out with the boy to find the real father.
Disney will distribute theatrically in...
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has launched talks with Efm buyers on the in-demand Latin American hit-maker Ariel Winograd’s latest comedy Today We Fix The World (Hoy Se Arregla el Mundo).
Leonardo Sbaraglia from Wild Tales and Pain And Glory stars in the production from powerhouse Argentinian producer Patagonik as a busy talk show producer who discovers he is not the real father of the nine-year-old in his household. After the mother dies he sets out with the boy to find the real father.
Disney will distribute theatrically in...
- 2/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Madrid — Adding to a powerful and still growing talent roster, Viacom International Studios (Vis) has clinched a first-look deal with Argentine writer-director Ariel Winograd whose latest movie, “The Heist of the Century,” has just become one of the biggest Argentine openers in history.
The multi-year pact takes in the development and production of not only feature films – where Winograd has had a large impact- but also drama series.
With Winograd, Viacom International Studios has landed one of Argentina’s most popular auteurs who melds romantic comedy or heist movies (“Wine to Steal”) with contemporary social commentary, whether on Jewish communities in Argentina (“Cheese Face: ‘My First Ghetto’”), women’s choosing not to have children or open relationships.
On recent form, he also one of Argentina’s biggest commercial directors. Premiering in the winter holidays of 2017, ‘Mom Went on a Trip’, starring Diego Peretti (“En terapia”) and Carla Peterson, became the No.
The multi-year pact takes in the development and production of not only feature films – where Winograd has had a large impact- but also drama series.
With Winograd, Viacom International Studios has landed one of Argentina’s most popular auteurs who melds romantic comedy or heist movies (“Wine to Steal”) with contemporary social commentary, whether on Jewish communities in Argentina (“Cheese Face: ‘My First Ghetto’”), women’s choosing not to have children or open relationships.
On recent form, he also one of Argentina’s biggest commercial directors. Premiering in the winter holidays of 2017, ‘Mom Went on a Trip’, starring Diego Peretti (“En terapia”) and Carla Peterson, became the No.
- 1/20/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — Ever incorporating ever bigger titles to its slate, Latido Films has boarded the Viacom-backed, Telefe co-produced “El Robo del Siglo” (“The Theft of the Century”), acquiring international rights outside the U.S. to a title which is shaping up as one of Argentina’s biggest bows of early 2020.
Multiple factors elevate it to that category.
“El Robo” is based on Argentina’s most celebrated heist ever, as true crime booms in Argentina. It stars a powerful cast, led by Guillermo Francella (“The Secret in Their Eyes” and “The Clan”) and Diego Peretti (“En terapia”).
“The Theft of the Century” is also produced by Az Films, MarVista Ent., Viacom International Studios (Vis) and Telefe, with DirectTV in associate production.
Viacom-owned Telefe has backed and promoted most of Argentina’s big hits this last decade, including “The Secret in Their Eyes” and “Wild Tales.”
Headed by Alex Zito, and...
Multiple factors elevate it to that category.
“El Robo” is based on Argentina’s most celebrated heist ever, as true crime booms in Argentina. It stars a powerful cast, led by Guillermo Francella (“The Secret in Their Eyes” and “The Clan”) and Diego Peretti (“En terapia”).
“The Theft of the Century” is also produced by Az Films, MarVista Ent., Viacom International Studios (Vis) and Telefe, with DirectTV in associate production.
Viacom-owned Telefe has backed and promoted most of Argentina’s big hits this last decade, including “The Secret in Their Eyes” and “Wild Tales.”
Headed by Alex Zito, and...
- 12/3/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: “Something is changing in America,” says La-based Mexican megastar Eugenio Derbez. “Look at the success of Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther: that’s America today. There are a lot of people who want to see themselves reflected on screen. Now it’s time for Latinos. There are 58M Latinos in the U.S. so in Hollywood, it’s not about just hiring a Martinez or a Hernandez — screw that — it’s about telling stories that are interesting to different kinds of audiences.”
Multi-hyphenate Derbez and producing partner Ben Odell know this better than most given the success of their four year-old U.S. production company 3Pas Studios, which specializes in Spanish, English and dual-language movies and series and which has been at the forefront of the growing niche for commercially-minded, Latinx-oriented content with crossover appeal.
Hits for the company so far have included the 2018 dual-language remake Overboard [$92M global theatrical off an estimated $12 budget] and...
Multi-hyphenate Derbez and producing partner Ben Odell know this better than most given the success of their four year-old U.S. production company 3Pas Studios, which specializes in Spanish, English and dual-language movies and series and which has been at the forefront of the growing niche for commercially-minded, Latinx-oriented content with crossover appeal.
Hits for the company so far have included the 2018 dual-language remake Overboard [$92M global theatrical off an estimated $12 budget] and...
- 6/21/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Soyouz Films in France, Spectrum Films in Mexico among buyers.
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks continues to forge ahead with its remake rights sales business, licensing rights to Just Like Me and That’s Not Cheating, among others.
Soyouz Films in France, Spectrum Films in Mexico, and Peruvian producer-distributor Tondero Films on Just Like Me, based on a screenplay by Juan Vera about a womaniser whose past catches up with him.
TV producer Non Stop, with offices in Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, is ramping up its feature business and has picked up Mexican remake rights to Alex de...
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks continues to forge ahead with its remake rights sales business, licensing rights to Just Like Me and That’s Not Cheating, among others.
Soyouz Films in France, Spectrum Films in Mexico, and Peruvian producer-distributor Tondero Films on Just Like Me, based on a screenplay by Juan Vera about a womaniser whose past catches up with him.
TV producer Non Stop, with offices in Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, is ramping up its feature business and has picked up Mexican remake rights to Alex de...
- 5/17/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios has nabbed English-language remake rights to hit Argentine family-comedy Mama Se Fue Viaje (10 Days Without Mom) from Buenos Aires sales outfit FilmSharks.
Agc will finance and produce the remake under the title 10 Days Without Mom with a screenplay from writing-producing team Eduardo Cisneros (Instructions Not Included) and Jason Shuman (Bangkok Dangerous).
The 2017 feature, produced by Disney-backed Patagonik, tells the story of a mom who takes off on a solo holiday sending her family into chaos as the father tries to take over the household duties. Diego Peretti starred in the original, which was directed by Ariel Winograd. The film took more than $10M in South America, accounting for a huge 1.8M tickets. It was picked up by HBO Latino for U.S. and North American pay TV and Svod.
Cisneros was an associate producer on Eugenio Derbez’s box office smash Instructions Not Included,...
Agc will finance and produce the remake under the title 10 Days Without Mom with a screenplay from writing-producing team Eduardo Cisneros (Instructions Not Included) and Jason Shuman (Bangkok Dangerous).
The 2017 feature, produced by Disney-backed Patagonik, tells the story of a mom who takes off on a solo holiday sending her family into chaos as the father tries to take over the household duties. Diego Peretti starred in the original, which was directed by Ariel Winograd. The film took more than $10M in South America, accounting for a huge 1.8M tickets. It was picked up by HBO Latino for U.S. and North American pay TV and Svod.
Cisneros was an associate producer on Eugenio Derbez’s box office smash Instructions Not Included,...
- 1/24/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney-backed Argentinian powerhouse Patagonik produced Ariel Winograd’s 2017 original.
FilmSharks has struck an English-language remake deal with Agc Studios on LatAm comedy smash 10 Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue de Viaje), days after Screendaily announced the Buenos Aires-based sales agent had brokered a Spanish remake with Sony Pictures International Productions.
Writer-producer team Eduardo Cisneros (associate producer on Mexican crossover hit Instructions Not Included) and Jason Shuman will write the screenplay about a man who takes care of his four childrenwith disastrous results when his wife goes on a liberating solo trip after 20 years of marriage.
Disney-backed Argentinian powerhouse Patagonik...
FilmSharks has struck an English-language remake deal with Agc Studios on LatAm comedy smash 10 Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue de Viaje), days after Screendaily announced the Buenos Aires-based sales agent had brokered a Spanish remake with Sony Pictures International Productions.
Writer-producer team Eduardo Cisneros (associate producer on Mexican crossover hit Instructions Not Included) and Jason Shuman will write the screenplay about a man who takes care of his four childrenwith disastrous results when his wife goes on a liberating solo trip after 20 years of marriage.
Disney-backed Argentinian powerhouse Patagonik...
- 1/24/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Filming on Spanish comedy underway in Madrid.
Sony Pictures International Productions has come on board to jointly produce with Bowfinger International Pictures Santiago Segura’s Spanish comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Padre No Hay Más Que Uno).
Filming on the marquee production has kicked off in Madrid based on a screenplay by Segura and his Empowered co-writer Marta González de la Vega. Segura is the three-time Goya Award-winner and creator of the smash Torrente franchise, and runs Bowfinger International with María Luisa Gutiérrez.
Segura plays Javier, a “marido-cuñao” husband who knows nothing about housework or childcare and is forced to...
Sony Pictures International Productions has come on board to jointly produce with Bowfinger International Pictures Santiago Segura’s Spanish comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Padre No Hay Más Que Uno).
Filming on the marquee production has kicked off in Madrid based on a screenplay by Segura and his Empowered co-writer Marta González de la Vega. Segura is the three-time Goya Award-winner and creator of the smash Torrente franchise, and runs Bowfinger International with María Luisa Gutiérrez.
Segura plays Javier, a “marido-cuñao” husband who knows nothing about housework or childcare and is forced to...
- 1/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Filming on Spanish comedy underway in Madrid.
Sony Pictures International Productions has come on board to jointly produce with Bowfinger International Pictures Santiago Segura’s Spanish comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Padre No Hay Más Que Uno).
Filming on the marquee production has kicked off in Madrid based on a screenplay by Segura and his Empowered co-writer Marta González de la Vega. Segura is the three-time Goya Award-winner and creator of the smash Torrente franchise, and runs Bowfinger International with María Luisa Gutiérrez.
Segura plays Javier, a “marido-cuñao” husband who knows nothing about housework or childcare and is forced to...
Sony Pictures International Productions has come on board to jointly produce with Bowfinger International Pictures Santiago Segura’s Spanish comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Padre No Hay Más Que Uno).
Filming on the marquee production has kicked off in Madrid based on a screenplay by Segura and his Empowered co-writer Marta González de la Vega. Segura is the three-time Goya Award-winner and creator of the smash Torrente franchise, and runs Bowfinger International with María Luisa Gutiérrez.
Segura plays Javier, a “marido-cuñao” husband who knows nothing about housework or childcare and is forced to...
- 1/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Koblic, My Love Or My Passion among hot sellers.
FilmSharks has closed key deals with Chinese buyers on its Afm slate here, led by a sale on thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) to Lemon Tree Media.
The Argentina-Spain co-production has also gone to HBO Europe, and Caribbean Cinemas for Central America. Oscar Martinez, who won the 2016 Venice Coppa Volpi for The Distinguished Citizen, stars in Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) based on the Argentinian crime novel by Claudia Piñeiro.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud previously struck deals with Buena Vista for Latin America and HBO for the Us.
FilmSharks has closed key deals with Chinese buyers on its Afm slate here, led by a sale on thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) to Lemon Tree Media.
The Argentina-Spain co-production has also gone to HBO Europe, and Caribbean Cinemas for Central America. Oscar Martinez, who won the 2016 Venice Coppa Volpi for The Distinguished Citizen, stars in Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) based on the Argentinian crime novel by Claudia Piñeiro.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud previously struck deals with Buena Vista for Latin America and HBO for the Us.
- 11/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Argentinian sales outfit FilmSharks, which has plied a profitable trade in the increasingly popular market of local-language remakes, has closed deals on hit Spanish-language movies to companies in France, Italy, Mexico, China, Brazil and India.
FilmSharks has closed deals with French outfit Soyouz Films and Brazilian company Glaz Entertainment for rights to local-language versions of comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje), which scored big at the Argentine box office last year for Disney. Diego Peretti stars in Ariel Winograd’s movie about how a mother’s sudden and shocking departure for holiday sends her family into tailspin as the father takes over domestic duties.
Successful Chilean export No Filter (Una Mujer Sin Filtro) is being lined up for an Italian remake with Colorado Film while a Paraguayan version has been sold to Lemon Films. The Chilean box office success, which was picked up for U.
FilmSharks has closed deals with French outfit Soyouz Films and Brazilian company Glaz Entertainment for rights to local-language versions of comedy Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje), which scored big at the Argentine box office last year for Disney. Diego Peretti stars in Ariel Winograd’s movie about how a mother’s sudden and shocking departure for holiday sends her family into tailspin as the father takes over domestic duties.
Successful Chilean export No Filter (Una Mujer Sin Filtro) is being lined up for an Italian remake with Colorado Film while a Paraguayan version has been sold to Lemon Films. The Chilean box office success, which was picked up for U.
- 9/13/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fresh off the huge Mexican box office opening of his comedy Ya Veremos, Mauricio Ochmann is joining Mexican comedian Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida) in Spanish-language comedy Backseat Driver.
Pantelion Films, 3Pas Studios, and Alcon Entertainment are producing the pic, which starts production in Mexico next month. Also starring are Zuria Vega (Mi Marido Tiene Más Familia), Consuelo Duval (Netas Divinas), and Mauricio Barrientos (Qué Culpa Tiene El Niño).
The film tells the story of mild mannered Tomás (Ochmann) who flies to Puerto Vallarta to seek revenge against the cabdriver (Chaparro) who has been having an affair with his wife (Vega). Pic is a remake of the Filmline-produced Korean-language original Driving With My Wife’s Lover, which was written and directed by Kim Tai-Sik.
The feature is the latest project from Lionsgate label Pantelion and 3Pas Studios’ Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell following their collaboration on the Overboard redo...
Pantelion Films, 3Pas Studios, and Alcon Entertainment are producing the pic, which starts production in Mexico next month. Also starring are Zuria Vega (Mi Marido Tiene Más Familia), Consuelo Duval (Netas Divinas), and Mauricio Barrientos (Qué Culpa Tiene El Niño).
The film tells the story of mild mannered Tomás (Ochmann) who flies to Puerto Vallarta to seek revenge against the cabdriver (Chaparro) who has been having an affair with his wife (Vega). Pic is a remake of the Filmline-produced Korean-language original Driving With My Wife’s Lover, which was written and directed by Kim Tai-Sik.
The feature is the latest project from Lionsgate label Pantelion and 3Pas Studios’ Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell following their collaboration on the Overboard redo...
- 8/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Spain’s ’It’s Now Of Never’ and Argentina’s ‘No Kids’ to be relocated to Germany.
German remakes of romantic comedies from Spain and Argentina are among the new slate of in-house productions from re-energised German distributor Tobis.
The company is developing a German version of Maria Ripoll’s 2015 Spanish hit It’s Now Or Never (Ahora O Nunca), which was released in Spain by Sony Pictures Releasing, and Ariel Winograd’s No Kids (Sin Hijos) which was the third highest-grossing local film in Argentina in 2015.
It’s Now Of Never is about the preparation for a wedding that goes terribly wrong,...
German remakes of romantic comedies from Spain and Argentina are among the new slate of in-house productions from re-energised German distributor Tobis.
The company is developing a German version of Maria Ripoll’s 2015 Spanish hit It’s Now Or Never (Ahora O Nunca), which was released in Spain by Sony Pictures Releasing, and Ariel Winograd’s No Kids (Sin Hijos) which was the third highest-grossing local film in Argentina in 2015.
It’s Now Of Never is about the preparation for a wedding that goes terribly wrong,...
- 7/3/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmSharks seals multi-territory deal on comedy.
Buena Vista International has licensed multiple territories from FilmSharks to Patagonik’s Ten Days Without Mom directed by Argentinian comedy specialist Ariel Winograd.
The studio typically distributes films from local production powerhouse Patagonik in Argentina and has also acquired Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, as well as Latin American TV and VoD rights.
Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje) tells of parents of an overworked mother of four who takes a break from the family, forcing her husband to take charge with chaotic results.
Winograd is one of Argentina’s most famous comedy directors currently at work and directed the hits No Kids (Sin Hijos) and That’s Not Cheating (Permitidos).
Diego Peretti from No Kids and Carla Petterson from hit comedy 2+2 star in Ten Days Without Mom, which will open in Argentina in July.
“This is like Home Alone… without mom,” FilmSharks...
Buena Vista International has licensed multiple territories from FilmSharks to Patagonik’s Ten Days Without Mom directed by Argentinian comedy specialist Ariel Winograd.
The studio typically distributes films from local production powerhouse Patagonik in Argentina and has also acquired Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, as well as Latin American TV and VoD rights.
Ten Days Without Mom (Mama Se Fue De Viaje) tells of parents of an overworked mother of four who takes a break from the family, forcing her husband to take charge with chaotic results.
Winograd is one of Argentina’s most famous comedy directors currently at work and directed the hits No Kids (Sin Hijos) and That’s Not Cheating (Permitidos).
Diego Peretti from No Kids and Carla Petterson from hit comedy 2+2 star in Ten Days Without Mom, which will open in Argentina in July.
“This is like Home Alone… without mom,” FilmSharks...
- 5/17/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ariel Winograd’s Argentinian comedy has been a local hit.
Fox International Productions has optioned multiple language remake rights from Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks to the hit Argentinian comedy That’s Not Cheating (Permitidos).
Ariel Winograd’s original film starred Lali Esposito and Martin Piroyansky and was produced by Nathalie Cabiron’s Tres Planos Cine.
Fox will handle all international sales on the story about a couple at dinner with friends who hatch the idea of a ‘one night pass’.
The scheme would allow each person to hook up with a celebrity for one night of passion and becomes reality for the man when he meets the celebrity of his dreams.
Buena Vista distributes Permitidos in Latin America and reported 350,000 admissions across the continent this year.
Patagonik, the powerhouse produced behind Winograd’s No Kids as well as A Boyfriend For My Wife, took a co-producer role on the original.
FilmSharks chief Guido...
Fox International Productions has optioned multiple language remake rights from Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks to the hit Argentinian comedy That’s Not Cheating (Permitidos).
Ariel Winograd’s original film starred Lali Esposito and Martin Piroyansky and was produced by Nathalie Cabiron’s Tres Planos Cine.
Fox will handle all international sales on the story about a couple at dinner with friends who hatch the idea of a ‘one night pass’.
The scheme would allow each person to hook up with a celebrity for one night of passion and becomes reality for the man when he meets the celebrity of his dreams.
Buena Vista distributes Permitidos in Latin America and reported 350,000 admissions across the continent this year.
Patagonik, the powerhouse produced behind Winograd’s No Kids as well as A Boyfriend For My Wife, took a co-producer role on the original.
FilmSharks chief Guido...
- 11/5/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film News: 2016 Chicago Latino Film Festival Closing Night on April 21 with ‘No Kids’ From Argentina
Chicago – It has been two weeks of films and culture for the 32nd Chicago Latino Film Festival, but all great things come to a conclusion. Thursday, April 21st, 2016, will be the final film gathering of the festival, at the Chicago History Museum, with a showing of “No Kids,” from Argentina.
’No Kids’ (Argentina) is the Closing Night Film at the 32ndst Chicago Latino Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago Latino Film Festival
“No Kids” was the third highest grossing Argentinian film of 2015. This delightfully energetic comedy from Ariel Winograd (“My First Wedding,” “To Fool a Thief”) centers on Gabriel (Diego Peretti) a divorced father who dotes on his 9-year-old daughter Sofía (Guadalupe Manent, who steals the movie in her big screen debut). Their relationship is disrupted when he falls in love with the child-hating Vicky (Maribel Verdú, “Y Tu Mamá También”), forcing Gabriel to jump through hoops to conceal his daughter.
’No Kids’ (Argentina) is the Closing Night Film at the 32ndst Chicago Latino Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago Latino Film Festival
“No Kids” was the third highest grossing Argentinian film of 2015. This delightfully energetic comedy from Ariel Winograd (“My First Wedding,” “To Fool a Thief”) centers on Gabriel (Diego Peretti) a divorced father who dotes on his 9-year-old daughter Sofía (Guadalupe Manent, who steals the movie in her big screen debut). Their relationship is disrupted when he falls in love with the child-hating Vicky (Maribel Verdú, “Y Tu Mamá También”), forcing Gabriel to jump through hoops to conceal his daughter.
- 4/21/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – It’s Week Two of the 32nd Edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, and the films, programs and filmmakers are creating a big buzz over at the AMC River East 21 Theatre, where all the festival films are being shown. The huge variety of movies from Latino countries all over the world has brought in the film buffs and fans, making Chicago again the place to be for film.
The week culminates with the Closing Night film and festivities at the Chicago History Museum. For specific details regarding that night and to purchase tickets click here.
’No Kids’ (Argentina) is the Closing Night Film at the 32ndst Chicago Latino Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago Latino Film Festival
The highlights of Week Two films are as follows…
”Landfill Harmonic”
Hundreds were inspired and amazed by their performance last year at the Closing Night concert of the 10th Annual Chicago Latino Music Festival.
The week culminates with the Closing Night film and festivities at the Chicago History Museum. For specific details regarding that night and to purchase tickets click here.
’No Kids’ (Argentina) is the Closing Night Film at the 32ndst Chicago Latino Film Festival
Photo credit: Chicago Latino Film Festival
The highlights of Week Two films are as follows…
”Landfill Harmonic”
Hundreds were inspired and amazed by their performance last year at the Closing Night concert of the 10th Annual Chicago Latino Music Festival.
- 4/15/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Exclusive: FilmSharks has inked multiple sales and remake rights deals for Ariel Winograd’s film.
FilmSharks has licensed a raft of sales and remake rights on Ariel Winograd’s smash Argentina-Spain comedy Sin Hijos (No Kids).
Guido Rud – who has hired returning staffer and former Primer Plano executive Valeria Fanego as senior vice-president of international sales – has closed a deal with Palace Cinemas for Australia.
Rights have gone in: Scandinavia and Cis (Maywin Media) HBO Ce (central Europe pay TV), Bolivia (Multicines), and airlines (Global Eagle and Inflight Dublin).
Patagonik and Tornasol produced the story about a romance between a divorced father and a woman who advocates child-free living. Spanish superstar Maribel Verdú stars alongside Diego Peretti.
France’s Albertine Productions in association with Selective Films has taken French remake rights, while Colorado Films has optioned Italy, and Elisa Salinas Mexico. A Us studio is preparing to announce Indian remake rights.
Buenos Aires-based...
FilmSharks has licensed a raft of sales and remake rights on Ariel Winograd’s smash Argentina-Spain comedy Sin Hijos (No Kids).
Guido Rud – who has hired returning staffer and former Primer Plano executive Valeria Fanego as senior vice-president of international sales – has closed a deal with Palace Cinemas for Australia.
Rights have gone in: Scandinavia and Cis (Maywin Media) HBO Ce (central Europe pay TV), Bolivia (Multicines), and airlines (Global Eagle and Inflight Dublin).
Patagonik and Tornasol produced the story about a romance between a divorced father and a woman who advocates child-free living. Spanish superstar Maribel Verdú stars alongside Diego Peretti.
France’s Albertine Productions in association with Selective Films has taken French remake rights, while Colorado Films has optioned Italy, and Elisa Salinas Mexico. A Us studio is preparing to announce Indian remake rights.
Buenos Aires-based...
- 2/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New York-based festival veteran Laurence Asseraf is launching the invite-only Be Film International Features Festival as a platform to enable global films to find Us distribution.
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
- 9/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New York-based festival veteran Laurence Asseraf is launching the invite-only Be Film International Features Festival as a platform to enable global films to find Us distribution.
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
- 9/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based Film Sharks International has picked up sales on two Disney-backed Patagonik titles that the studio will release in Latin America.
Comedy Volley will open in Argentina in the third quarter 2014, while the family-oriented rom-com Without Children (Sin Hijos) is set for the first quarter of 2015.
Martín Piroyansky directs Volley, about six friends who spend the New Year’s Eve holiday together when one of the group cannot keep his hands off the girls.
Piroyansky stars alongside Violeta Urtizberea, Inés Efrón, Chino Darín, Vera Spinetta and Justina Bustos.
Ariel Winograd is scheduled to shoot Without Children in July from Mariano Vera’s screenplay based on an original idea by Pablo Solarz.
Diego Peretti-Celeste Cid will star in the story of a divorced man whose eight-year-old daughter is his pride and joy.
When the man finally falls for a new lover who does not want children, he conceals...
Comedy Volley will open in Argentina in the third quarter 2014, while the family-oriented rom-com Without Children (Sin Hijos) is set for the first quarter of 2015.
Martín Piroyansky directs Volley, about six friends who spend the New Year’s Eve holiday together when one of the group cannot keep his hands off the girls.
Piroyansky stars alongside Violeta Urtizberea, Inés Efrón, Chino Darín, Vera Spinetta and Justina Bustos.
Ariel Winograd is scheduled to shoot Without Children in July from Mariano Vera’s screenplay based on an original idea by Pablo Solarz.
Diego Peretti-Celeste Cid will star in the story of a divorced man whose eight-year-old daughter is his pride and joy.
When the man finally falls for a new lover who does not want children, he conceals...
- 5/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
My First Wedding
Directed by Ariel Winograd
Written by Patricio Vega
Argentina, 2011
Grooms on their wedding day usually consider themselves the luckiest man in the world, but in Ariel Winograd’s My First Wedding, nothing can be further from the truth. Filled with humour, heart, cynicism, and misadventure, My First Wedding’s whirlwind narrative culminates into a perfect storm of marriage clichés.
The betrothed in question are Adrián (Daniel Hendler), a non-practicing Jew, and Leonora (Natalia Oreiro), a quasi-practicing Catholic. With the ceremony already balancing a precarious equilibrium (see previous sentence), Adrián inadvertently knocks it off kilter when he accidently loses the wedding rings, and as the wedding comes crashing down around him, Adrián must try to remedy the situation without furthering the ire of his wife-to-be.
My First Wedding initially feels formulaic, presenting itself as the marital equivalent of Death at a Funeral. The catalyst for the initial comedy...
Directed by Ariel Winograd
Written by Patricio Vega
Argentina, 2011
Grooms on their wedding day usually consider themselves the luckiest man in the world, but in Ariel Winograd’s My First Wedding, nothing can be further from the truth. Filled with humour, heart, cynicism, and misadventure, My First Wedding’s whirlwind narrative culminates into a perfect storm of marriage clichés.
The betrothed in question are Adrián (Daniel Hendler), a non-practicing Jew, and Leonora (Natalia Oreiro), a quasi-practicing Catholic. With the ceremony already balancing a precarious equilibrium (see previous sentence), Adrián inadvertently knocks it off kilter when he accidently loses the wedding rings, and as the wedding comes crashing down around him, Adrián must try to remedy the situation without furthering the ire of his wife-to-be.
My First Wedding initially feels formulaic, presenting itself as the marital equivalent of Death at a Funeral. The catalyst for the initial comedy...
- 5/11/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Ariel Winograd's My First Wedding (Mi primera boda), goes to Seventh Art in N. America The deal was made at the Ventana Sur by Udy Epstein and Ricardo Freixas of Seventh Art, for a limited release in the U.S. sometime in the middle to the late part of next year, reports Variety. Patricio Vega, scribe of The Pretenders, Fratelli Detective, Hermanos y detectives (a.k.a. Brothers and Detectives) wrote the screenplay for the film which stars Natalia Oreiro, Daniel Hendler, Imanol Arias, Martín Piroyansky, Muriel Santa Ana and Gabriela Acher. Juan Jose Campanella produced My First Wedding with Nathalie Cabiron of Tresplanos and Axel Kuschevatzky of Telefe.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ariel Winograd's My First Wedding (Mi primera boda), goes to Seventh Art in N. America The deal was made at the Ventana Sur by Udy Epstein and Ricardo Freixas of Seventh Art, for a limited release in the U.S. sometime in the middle to the late part of next year, reports Variety. Patricio Vega, scribe of The Pretenders, Fratelli Detective, Hermanos y detectives (a.k.a. Brothers and Detectives) wrote the screenplay for the film which stars Natalia Oreiro, Daniel Hendler, Imanol Arias, Martín Piroyansky, Muriel Santa Ana and Gabriela Acher. Juan Jose Campanella produced My First Wedding with Nathalie Cabiron of Tresplanos and Axel Kuschevatzky of Telefe.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ariel Winograd's My First Wedding (Mi primera boda), goes to Seventh Art in N. America The deal was made at the Ventana Sur by Udy Epstein and Ricardo Freixas of Seventh Art, for a limited release in the U.S. sometime in the middle to the late part of next year, reports Variety. Patricio Vega, scribe of The Pretenders, Fratelli Detective, Hermanos y detectives (a.k.a. Brothers and Detectives) wrote the screenplay for the film which stars Natalia Oreiro, Daniel Hendler, Imanol Arias, Martín Piroyansky, Muriel Santa Ana and Gabriela Acher. Juan Jose Campanella produced My First Wedding with Nathalie Cabiron of Tresplanos and Axel Kuschevatzky of Telefe.
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
MADRID -- The inaugural Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival announced Thursday that it will screen 18 films during its May 29-June 7 run.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
- 5/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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