Spearheaded by Cannes Film Market and Argentina’s Incaa agency, Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest movie market, will put through an out-of-the-box reset of market dynamics. Running Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, it will also register the energetic and exciting build up of women on the Latin American film scene, as directors, producers and market playmakers.
Following is a down-to-the-wire appreciation of 2020’s edition:
A Multi-City Movie Market Revolution?
Movie markets traditionally take place in one physical setting. No more. In an unprecedented move, the brainchild of Cannes Film Market head Jerome Paillard, Ventana Sur looks set for a game changing five city on-site roll-out to run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 in Madrid, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Colombia’s Bogotá. In some ways, Ventana Sur was unlucky. France’s lockdown lift does not kick in until Dec. 15, nixing planned screenings in Paris, the world’s art film capital.
Following is a down-to-the-wire appreciation of 2020’s edition:
A Multi-City Movie Market Revolution?
Movie markets traditionally take place in one physical setting. No more. In an unprecedented move, the brainchild of Cannes Film Market head Jerome Paillard, Ventana Sur looks set for a game changing five city on-site roll-out to run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 in Madrid, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Colombia’s Bogotá. In some ways, Ventana Sur was unlucky. France’s lockdown lift does not kick in until Dec. 15, nixing planned screenings in Paris, the world’s art film capital.
- 11/30/2020
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
London-based Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has scored a flurry of deals on Spaniard Daniel H. Torrado’s horror thriller “Covid 21: Lethal Virus,” which market premieres at the Malaga Festival’s Spanish Screenings online showcase.
Recent deals inked by Kaleidoscope, who manages “Covid 21” worldwide rights outside Spain, take in a pan-Asian agreement with The Walt Disney Company, a Scandinavian rights sale to Danish indie distributor Mis. Label, and a Korean deal with Nk Contents. Meanwhile, Vendetta Films has taken Australian and New Zealand rights.
Pacts for North American and Germany are currently under negotiations.
“Covid 21” is set in a broken world still struggling to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, where a mutated new super virus threatens to destroy the remnants of mankind.
When civilization is hit with the outbreak of a new lethal virus, the results are swift, chaotic, and deadly, throwing the world into further crisis.
With the last hopes...
Recent deals inked by Kaleidoscope, who manages “Covid 21” worldwide rights outside Spain, take in a pan-Asian agreement with The Walt Disney Company, a Scandinavian rights sale to Danish indie distributor Mis. Label, and a Korean deal with Nk Contents. Meanwhile, Vendetta Films has taken Australian and New Zealand rights.
Pacts for North American and Germany are currently under negotiations.
“Covid 21” is set in a broken world still struggling to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, where a mutated new super virus threatens to destroy the remnants of mankind.
When civilization is hit with the outbreak of a new lethal virus, the results are swift, chaotic, and deadly, throwing the world into further crisis.
With the last hopes...
- 11/18/2020
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Tagline: "Fear is Contagious." Covid-21: Lethal Virus is a flu-sploitation film. Set in an outbreak, a scientist is searching for a cure. Allyson (Loretta Hope) must reach a remote laboratory, while struggling with the infected. This title was shot in Spain, by director Daniel Hernández Torrado (Hasta El Finale). As well, Covid-21: Lethal Virus stars: Chrstian Stamm (Vampyres), Lee Partridge and Ramon Alvarez. Developed by Virtual World Pictures, this title has been completed and the film's first poster is available here. The graphic shows the bio-hazard symbol. Meanwhile, a soldier's visor also shows the infected, most of whom look like zombies. Helicopters hover above as the city burns. And, the tagline is true: "fear is contagious." This film poster shows the danger housed in this release. Covid-21: Lethal Virus is set for a 2020 showing. Recently completed, Kaleidoscope Film Distribution will deliver the film, shortly. Part sci-fi feature and part thriller,...
- 9/29/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
there's a lot of garbage being supported on Kickstarter these days so it depresses me a little that Daniel Hernández Torrado's super impressive cyberpunk saga, Virtual, will likely not see the light of day based on the support so far.
As you'll see below, his work is both technically dazzling and big on ideas. Don't be turned off by the synthetic, stagy nature of the opening cyber battle because as you'll discover it's all by design.
Synopsis:
In a futuristic and desolated world, ruled with iron fist by the Programmer, a tyrant half human, half machine, that controls all the technology, enslaved humankind miserably scrapes out a living divided into Sectors, connecting to virtual reality in order to escape from their problems.
However, there will be a gamer from the [Continued ...]...
As you'll see below, his work is both technically dazzling and big on ideas. Don't be turned off by the synthetic, stagy nature of the opening cyber battle because as you'll discover it's all by design.
Synopsis:
In a futuristic and desolated world, ruled with iron fist by the Programmer, a tyrant half human, half machine, that controls all the technology, enslaved humankind miserably scrapes out a living divided into Sectors, connecting to virtual reality in order to escape from their problems.
However, there will be a gamer from the [Continued ...]...
- 6/24/2016
- QuietEarth.us
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