Netflix has set May 12 for the worldwide premiere of “El Baile de los 41” (“Dance of the 41”), the fact-based drama about the early 20th century scandal that rocked Mexican high society.
Penned by Monika Revilla and directed by David Pablos (“The Chosen Ones”), “El Baile de los 41” focuses on the 1901 scandal of the Ball of the Forty-One where police raided a private home in Mexico City and exposed various prominent society men in drag, including the son-in-law of the president of Mexico. Although the government tried to suppress the story, the local press gave it blanket coverage, marking the first time that homosexuality was openly discussed in the Mexican media and impacting the country’s culture for years to come.
In the trailer, which Netflix bows exclusively in Variety, it opens on an officer informing the president about 42 men caught in a raid. “I only count 41,” the president replies,...
Penned by Monika Revilla and directed by David Pablos (“The Chosen Ones”), “El Baile de los 41” focuses on the 1901 scandal of the Ball of the Forty-One where police raided a private home in Mexico City and exposed various prominent society men in drag, including the son-in-law of the president of Mexico. Although the government tried to suppress the story, the local press gave it blanket coverage, marking the first time that homosexuality was openly discussed in the Mexican media and impacting the country’s culture for years to come.
In the trailer, which Netflix bows exclusively in Variety, it opens on an officer informing the president about 42 men caught in a raid. “I only count 41,” the president replies,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
A seller’s market prevailed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as streaming giants competed with traditional studios to buy a wide assortment of indie projects they hope to turn into hits. The artisans who worked on some of the highest-profile Sundance movies share their stories.
Blinded by the Light (Bought by New Line for $15 million)
In 1987, Javed (Viveik Kalra), a 16-year-old British Pakistani, is given a Bruce Springsteen cassette, inspiring him to stand up to the racism around him. To re-create the period, costume designer Annie Hardinge scoured shops in London’s East End. As Javed starts to emulate the way Springsteen dresses, jeans, white tees and red bandannas take center stage. “I looked at photographs and videos of Bruce to pick up on key elements that summed up his look,” Hardinge says, “but we didn’t want to overdo it.”
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Editor...
Blinded by the Light (Bought by New Line for $15 million)
In 1987, Javed (Viveik Kalra), a 16-year-old British Pakistani, is given a Bruce Springsteen cassette, inspiring him to stand up to the racism around him. To re-create the period, costume designer Annie Hardinge scoured shops in London’s East End. As Javed starts to emulate the way Springsteen dresses, jeans, white tees and red bandannas take center stage. “I looked at photographs and videos of Bruce to pick up on key elements that summed up his look,” Hardinge says, “but we didn’t want to overdo it.”
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Editor...
- 2/13/2019
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
She succeeds the late Hans Hurch.
Italian-born Eva Sangiorgi has been named as the director of the Vienna International Film Festival.
She succeeds former Viennale head Hans Hurch, who suddenly passed away last July.
Source: Viennale
Eva Sangiorgi
39-year-old Sangiorgi has been in Mexico City since 2003 as the director of Ficunam, the International Film Festival of the National University of Mexico, which she founded in 2011.
In addition, she has worked as a programmer and curator over the past decade for such festivals as Mexico City’s Ficco, Iberoamericana in Italy, Werkleiz in Germany and Los Cabos in Mexico.
Sangiorgi has also collaborated with visual artists including Rirkrit Tiravanija and Abraham Cruzvillegas on the development of film projects. She also produced Policia Y Una Cabellera Desconocida, the second feature of Mexican filmmaker Daniela Schneider, which won the Alta Definicion Argentina Award at Mar del Plata International Film Festival’s Lobolab last year.
The Viennale said that...
Italian-born Eva Sangiorgi has been named as the director of the Vienna International Film Festival.
She succeeds former Viennale head Hans Hurch, who suddenly passed away last July.
Source: Viennale
Eva Sangiorgi
39-year-old Sangiorgi has been in Mexico City since 2003 as the director of Ficunam, the International Film Festival of the National University of Mexico, which she founded in 2011.
In addition, she has worked as a programmer and curator over the past decade for such festivals as Mexico City’s Ficco, Iberoamericana in Italy, Werkleiz in Germany and Los Cabos in Mexico.
Sangiorgi has also collaborated with visual artists including Rirkrit Tiravanija and Abraham Cruzvillegas on the development of film projects. She also produced Policia Y Una Cabellera Desconocida, the second feature of Mexican filmmaker Daniela Schneider, which won the Alta Definicion Argentina Award at Mar del Plata International Film Festival’s Lobolab last year.
The Viennale said that...
- 1/11/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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