Descubre las películas que estarán en el 27 Festival de Málaga: una lista de las películas en competición y fuera de concurso.
Todos los años se celebra en Málaga, el Festival de Cine de Málaga. Un festival que se centra principalmente en producciones españolas y tiene como objetivo promover y celebrar la industria cinematográfica en España, así como proporcionar una plataforma para el reconocimiento y la difusión del cine español. Un festival en el que han tenido su estreno mundial muchas películas que después han sido nominadas a los premios Goya, como es el caso de “20.000 Especies de Abejas” en esta pasada edición de los premios más grandes del cine español.
Este año, el 27 Festival de Málaga se celebra del 1 al 10 de marzo y cuenta con un total de 19 películas (11 españolas y 8 latinoamericanas), que concursarán en la Sección Oficial y 18 películas (15 españolas y 3 latinas) en sección Oficial no competitiva. Una...
Todos los años se celebra en Málaga, el Festival de Cine de Málaga. Un festival que se centra principalmente en producciones españolas y tiene como objetivo promover y celebrar la industria cinematográfica en España, así como proporcionar una plataforma para el reconocimiento y la difusión del cine español. Un festival en el que han tenido su estreno mundial muchas películas que después han sido nominadas a los premios Goya, como es el caso de “20.000 Especies de Abejas” en esta pasada edición de los premios más grandes del cine español.
Este año, el 27 Festival de Málaga se celebra del 1 al 10 de marzo y cuenta con un total de 19 películas (11 españolas y 8 latinoamericanas), que concursarán en la Sección Oficial y 18 películas (15 españolas y 3 latinas) en sección Oficial no competitiva. Una...
- 2/16/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and artists, including Salma Hayek, as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, who portrayed a desperate undocumented pregnant immigrant in “Maria Full of Grace” (2004) and Demián Bichir, who played an undocumented worker in Los Angeles in “A Better Life” (2011). All were nominated for lead acting Oscars.
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
Other notable titles nominated by the congressman are Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age indie “Raising Victor Vargas,” Alfonso Arau’s romantic drama “Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and Darnell Martin’s “I Like It Like That” (1994), a story of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
“Given the film industry’s continued exclusion of Latinos, we must make a special effort to ensure that Latino Americans’ contributions to American filmmaking are appropriately celebrated and included in the National Film Registry,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid, Spain — Industry prizes will be announced on Friday, Festival awards one day later. Yet even by Thursday evening, as this year’s Malaga Festival’s Mafiz-Spanish Screenings headed into its home straits, Spain film and TV industry was sending strong signs of their consolidation as an international market power.
That cut multiple ways. Following, 10 provisional takes on this year’s event:
The Biggest Malaga Ever, By a Head
Final attendance has blasted past last year’s 1,600, in itself a massive hike on years prior, tracking by Thursday at 1,700 attendees from 61 countries at Mafiz, Malaga’s industry arm. The Spanish Screenings alone account for getting on half of those accreditations. “The market’s been very good,” said Vicente Canales at Film Factory. “There’s been enough buyers, spending more time watching Spanish films. At Berlin and Cannes, they just don’t have the time. And Screenings attendance has been high.
That cut multiple ways. Following, 10 provisional takes on this year’s event:
The Biggest Malaga Ever, By a Head
Final attendance has blasted past last year’s 1,600, in itself a massive hike on years prior, tracking by Thursday at 1,700 attendees from 61 countries at Mafiz, Malaga’s industry arm. The Spanish Screenings alone account for getting on half of those accreditations. “The market’s been very good,” said Vicente Canales at Film Factory. “There’s been enough buyers, spending more time watching Spanish films. At Berlin and Cannes, they just don’t have the time. And Screenings attendance has been high.
- 3/16/2023
- by John Hopewell, Emiliano De Pablos and Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
In a bid to give more opportunities to women directors and boost the romcom genre, Sony Pictures International has teamed up with Maria Ripoll’s Cahuenga Filmmakers and transatlantic production shingle El Estudio to launch The Love Collection, a series of romantic comedy features to be written and helmed by women.
Ripoll, best known for her romcom “Ahora o nunca,” the highest-grossing femme-directed film in Spain, will serve as executive producer on all the titles, and will direct the first in the collection, “Yo no soy esa,” (roughly translated to “I’m Not That One” or “I’m Not Her”) starring Verónica Echegui. El Estudio’s Enrique López Lavigne will serve as producer on all the titles.
In “Yo no soy esa,” Susana (Echegui) wakes up after a 20-year coma. Stuck in a grown woman’s body but emotionally and psychologically still a teenager, Susana must learn to navigate an unfamiliar world and rediscover herself.
Ripoll, best known for her romcom “Ahora o nunca,” the highest-grossing femme-directed film in Spain, will serve as executive producer on all the titles, and will direct the first in the collection, “Yo no soy esa,” (roughly translated to “I’m Not That One” or “I’m Not Her”) starring Verónica Echegui. El Estudio’s Enrique López Lavigne will serve as producer on all the titles.
In “Yo no soy esa,” Susana (Echegui) wakes up after a 20-year coma. Stuck in a grown woman’s body but emotionally and psychologically still a teenager, Susana must learn to navigate an unfamiliar world and rediscover herself.
- 3/3/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona-based Filmax has picked up international rights to “We Won’t Kill Each Other With Guns,” by Spanish director Maria Ripoll.
Described as a generational tale, the film tells the story of a group of friends in their thirties who get together after years of not seeing each other. Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth”) leads a cast that also includes Elena Martin (“Julia Ist”), Lorena Lopez, Joe Manjon (“The August Virgin”) and Carlos Troya.
While the village is getting ready for its annual fest, Blanca (Garcia-Jonsson) is organizing a get-together with all her old friends, whom she hasn’t seen in years. They’re all in their thirties now and feel their youth slipping away. As they struggle to find job security, the stress of constantly having to start all over again is finally taking its toll.
The party goes on into the night, as secrets and past mistakes are revealed and hard feelings surface.
Described as a generational tale, the film tells the story of a group of friends in their thirties who get together after years of not seeing each other. Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth”) leads a cast that also includes Elena Martin (“Julia Ist”), Lorena Lopez, Joe Manjon (“The August Virgin”) and Carlos Troya.
While the village is getting ready for its annual fest, Blanca (Garcia-Jonsson) is organizing a get-together with all her old friends, whom she hasn’t seen in years. They’re all in their thirties now and feel their youth slipping away. As they struggle to find job security, the stress of constantly having to start all over again is finally taking its toll.
The party goes on into the night, as secrets and past mistakes are revealed and hard feelings surface.
- 3/23/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed an overall deal with the writing and producing team of Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman under their new production arm, RaqMar Entertainment.
The new entity will focus on writing and producing with a multicultural emphasis for the theatrical market. They will also cultivate up-and-coming talent by mentoring new voices from the U.S. and international/bilingual markets.
“It is critically important to us to tell stories that subvert negative stereotypes and embrace cultural specificity in an authentic way, and we are grateful to Sony Pictures for their robust support in helping us to achieve that goal,” said Cisneros in a statement to Deadline. “Our company name, RaqMar, signifies convergence and we are honored to be in a place where underrepresented points of view meet storytelling with a global theatrical appeal.”
Cisneros co-wrote and co-produced the 2013 Spanish-language hit, Instructions Not Included which generated over $100 million at the box office globally.
The new entity will focus on writing and producing with a multicultural emphasis for the theatrical market. They will also cultivate up-and-coming talent by mentoring new voices from the U.S. and international/bilingual markets.
“It is critically important to us to tell stories that subvert negative stereotypes and embrace cultural specificity in an authentic way, and we are grateful to Sony Pictures for their robust support in helping us to achieve that goal,” said Cisneros in a statement to Deadline. “Our company name, RaqMar, signifies convergence and we are honored to be in a place where underrepresented points of view meet storytelling with a global theatrical appeal.”
Cisneros co-wrote and co-produced the 2013 Spanish-language hit, Instructions Not Included which generated over $100 million at the box office globally.
- 1/6/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
In its continued bid to invest in Spanish film production, Sony Pictures International Productions has pacted with Enrique López Lavigne’s Apache Films to co-produce “Adios” by Spanish writer-director Paco Cabezas, who marks his return to Spain with the crime drama.
Cabezas has been building a notable international portfolio that includes “American Gods,” “Penny Dreadful,” “The Alienist,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” and “Neon Flesh.”
“Returning to Seville, the South, to the streets where I grew up, to shoot this film is a dream come true,” Cabezas said. “I’ve learned much from my work in Hollywood; each series, from “Penny Dreadful” to “American Gods,” has helped me grow as a director.”
“And I was dying to find a powerful story, moving, action-packed, made not only for a Spanish audience, but with an international [appeal], to be told in my land,” he added.
Mario Casas, who starred in Cabezas’ “Neon Flesh,” leads...
Cabezas has been building a notable international portfolio that includes “American Gods,” “Penny Dreadful,” “The Alienist,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” and “Neon Flesh.”
“Returning to Seville, the South, to the streets where I grew up, to shoot this film is a dream come true,” Cabezas said. “I’ve learned much from my work in Hollywood; each series, from “Penny Dreadful” to “American Gods,” has helped me grow as a director.”
“And I was dying to find a powerful story, moving, action-packed, made not only for a Spanish audience, but with an international [appeal], to be told in my land,” he added.
Mario Casas, who starred in Cabezas’ “Neon Flesh,” leads...
- 2/14/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety 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
“Why aren’t you crying?” a boy asks 6-year-old Frida as St. Joan fireworks—a Catalan summer solstice festivity—crackle in the background. Frida however doesn’t answer—instead she stoically gazes at the blazing night sky. That’s how Carla Simón’s incredibly poignant personal feature debut begins. Based on Simón’s own experiences with the loss of her parents at a very young age, Summer 1993 centers on Frida, a sly, precocious orphan compellingly played by the gifted young Laia Artigas. We quickly learn Frida’s parents died of AIDS and that she is taken in by her aunt and uncle, played by emerging talent Bruna Cusí and the mustached Catalan heartthrob David Verdaguer, popularly known for 10.000 km. They take Frida to the countryside for the summer with the hopes of returning some semblance of normalcy to her life. There, we find out the reason Frida is not crying...
- 5/24/2018
- MUBI
"The Clan" (El Clan), the Argentina-Spain co-production about the notorious well-to-do Puccio family who kidnapped and murdered several of their neighbors in 1980s-era Buenos Aires, continued its march to next year's Academy Awards with a victory yesterday in the coveted Audience Award category at Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival's new Gems Festival, which has the distinction of being the only major film festival produced worldwide by a college or university.
Already breaking box office records in its domestic release in Argentina, "The Clan" received its U.S. Premiere at Gems and was one of many sell-outs throughout the Festival's new fall event. Director Pablo Trapero and the film's star, Guillermo Francella, received a prolonged ovation from the Miami audience for their ferocious take on the real-life Arquímedes Puccio, as they took questions from the audience after the screening.
Earlier in the evening, recently retired "Sábado Gigante" media icon and global celebrity Don Francisco accepted the Festival's Precious Gem Award prior to the closing night screening of Patricia Riggen’s Warner Bros/Alcon release, "The 33," in which Don Francisco appears as himself. The award was presented by Miami Dade College president Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón in recognition of Don Francisco’s significant contributions to the story and progress in 2010 of the fate of the trapped Copiapó miners.
"The 33" cast members Rodrigo Santoro, Juan Pablo Raba and Kate del Castillo, along with director Riggen, celebrated the honor on stage with Don Francisco in an emotional pre-screening ceremony. Festival Director & Director of Programing, Jaie Laplante, noted "The 33's" synergy with Miami International Film Festival's current celebrations of its 33rd season, which will culminate in the annual beloved event this coming March 4 - 13, 2016. "The heroic undercurrent of the absolute value for human life in 'The 33' make this the 'now' film for Miami, Chile and the world," he said. "The 33" was declared the runner-up in a close race for the Audience Award, named this year in honor of the late Miami arts patron, Gigi Guermont.
"The 33" capped a four-day weekend of dazzling cinematic jewels in the Gems Festival. Also captivating Gems patrons were actress Antonia Zegers, on hand to discuss her work and the issues in Pablo Larraín's devastating Chilean Oscar submission, "The Club" (El club), and American filmmakers Trey Edward Shults, presenting his SXSW-award winning film "Krisha," and Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, who brought with him several of the subjects of his documentary "Havana Motor Club."
Spanish director María Ripoll presented the U.S. premiere of her delightful box office sensation in Spain, "It's Now or Never" (Ahora o nunca). Pop star Melody, who appears in the film and sings the comedy's theme song, surprised audiences with a live performance of the catchy number prior to the Gems screening.
Music was a major theme and highlight throughout the Gems weekend. Miami-based composer Carlos Rafael Rivera paid tribute to the late Oscar-winning composer James Horner, whose riveting score for "The 33" was one of his last major works, completed shortly before the tragic aviation accident that claimed his life last June.
The Cannes-winning film from Hou Hsiao-Hsien, "The Assassin," and two films from Italian masters, Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" and Nanni Moretti's "Mia Madre," were among the films received the biggest buzz over the Gems weekend. Colombia’s Oscar submission "Embrace of the Serpent," was rapturously received and praised for its outstanding cinematography and powerful ethnographic tale of aboriginal genocide in the Amazon jungle. "A Perfect Day", the new film by a favorite director of Miami International Film Festival for many years, Spain's Fernando de Leon Aranoa, received its first Us screening, and the wonderful performances in that film by Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins were also among the weekend's major talking points.
The 33rd annual Miami International Film Festival will take place March 4-13, 2016...
Already breaking box office records in its domestic release in Argentina, "The Clan" received its U.S. Premiere at Gems and was one of many sell-outs throughout the Festival's new fall event. Director Pablo Trapero and the film's star, Guillermo Francella, received a prolonged ovation from the Miami audience for their ferocious take on the real-life Arquímedes Puccio, as they took questions from the audience after the screening.
Earlier in the evening, recently retired "Sábado Gigante" media icon and global celebrity Don Francisco accepted the Festival's Precious Gem Award prior to the closing night screening of Patricia Riggen’s Warner Bros/Alcon release, "The 33," in which Don Francisco appears as himself. The award was presented by Miami Dade College president Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón in recognition of Don Francisco’s significant contributions to the story and progress in 2010 of the fate of the trapped Copiapó miners.
"The 33" cast members Rodrigo Santoro, Juan Pablo Raba and Kate del Castillo, along with director Riggen, celebrated the honor on stage with Don Francisco in an emotional pre-screening ceremony. Festival Director & Director of Programing, Jaie Laplante, noted "The 33's" synergy with Miami International Film Festival's current celebrations of its 33rd season, which will culminate in the annual beloved event this coming March 4 - 13, 2016. "The heroic undercurrent of the absolute value for human life in 'The 33' make this the 'now' film for Miami, Chile and the world," he said. "The 33" was declared the runner-up in a close race for the Audience Award, named this year in honor of the late Miami arts patron, Gigi Guermont.
"The 33" capped a four-day weekend of dazzling cinematic jewels in the Gems Festival. Also captivating Gems patrons were actress Antonia Zegers, on hand to discuss her work and the issues in Pablo Larraín's devastating Chilean Oscar submission, "The Club" (El club), and American filmmakers Trey Edward Shults, presenting his SXSW-award winning film "Krisha," and Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, who brought with him several of the subjects of his documentary "Havana Motor Club."
Spanish director María Ripoll presented the U.S. premiere of her delightful box office sensation in Spain, "It's Now or Never" (Ahora o nunca). Pop star Melody, who appears in the film and sings the comedy's theme song, surprised audiences with a live performance of the catchy number prior to the Gems screening.
Music was a major theme and highlight throughout the Gems weekend. Miami-based composer Carlos Rafael Rivera paid tribute to the late Oscar-winning composer James Horner, whose riveting score for "The 33" was one of his last major works, completed shortly before the tragic aviation accident that claimed his life last June.
The Cannes-winning film from Hou Hsiao-Hsien, "The Assassin," and two films from Italian masters, Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" and Nanni Moretti's "Mia Madre," were among the films received the biggest buzz over the Gems weekend. Colombia’s Oscar submission "Embrace of the Serpent," was rapturously received and praised for its outstanding cinematography and powerful ethnographic tale of aboriginal genocide in the Amazon jungle. "A Perfect Day", the new film by a favorite director of Miami International Film Festival for many years, Spain's Fernando de Leon Aranoa, received its first Us screening, and the wonderful performances in that film by Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins were also among the weekend's major talking points.
The 33rd annual Miami International Film Festival will take place March 4-13, 2016...
- 10/29/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Back in March I had the great pleasure of attending the Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival, a world-class event with an incredible program, enriching industry events, and outstanding parties as they could only happen in Miami. But the festival doesn't only shine in the spring, its permanent fall event is yet another film lovers haven and was created to whet Festivalgoers' appetites for next year’s 33rd edition running March 4-13, 2016.The lineup for this event, appropriately titled Gems 2015, was announced this morning
Taking place over four days (October 22 – 25, 2015), Gems will premiere highly acclaimed films from Cannes, Berlin & Sundance; Oscar hopefuls; and international box office sensations from the U.S., Spain, Chile, Italy, France, Colombia, and many others. Mdc's Tower Theater Miami will serve as the exclusive venue for all screenings and seminars. Note that this is the only major film festival worldwide produced by a college or university.
Gems will open with director John Crowley’s "Brooklyn," which premiered at Sundance back in January and stars Oscar-nominates actress Saoirse Ronan. The festival will close with Warner Bros' anticipated "The 33" starring Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Rodrigo Santoro, Cate Del Castillo, Mario Casas and Lou Diamond Phillips.
The Festival’s Executive Director & Director of Programming Jaie Laplante states, “Film festivals are dazzling times, when the shiniest lights of the current cinema are collected in one place for a concentrated moment. So it is with this year's Gems selection, and I invite film lovers of all types to experience las joyas de la corona of the season."
The Gems film slate includes:
1. "Brooklyn" (USA / Ireland), directed by John Crowley *Opening Night Film
Adapted by Nick Hornby ("An Education") from the Colm Toibin bestselling novel, this 1950s story follows the life of a young Irish woman caught between tradition and passion, between two countries and two futures. Starring Oscar nominee for Atonement, Saoirse Ronan, the cast also includes Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emory Cohen, and Domhnall Gleason.
2. "The 33" (USA / Chile), directed by Patricia Riggen *Closing Night Film
An international rescue effort to save 33 Chilean miners trapped 2,300 foot underground for 69 days in the Copiapó mine riveted over a billion people in 2010, and now a superb international film adaptation recreates the details of that unprecedented event. The epic list of cast names includes Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche and Rodrigo Santoro.
3. "The Assassin" (Taiwan), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien *Winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes 2015
In 9th century China, 10-year-old Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who transforms her into an impressive warrior. One day, she is sent back to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised, and Nie Yinniang must choose: assassinate the man she loves or break forever from the scared honor of her training.
4. "The Club" (El club) (Chile), directed by Pablo Larraín
Director Pablo Larraín's follow-up to his global success and Oscar-nominated "No," (starring Gael Garcia Bernal), is a tough, scathing and psychologically sobering indictment on the Catholic Church's handling of moral failings within the institution.
5. "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente) (Colombia), directed by Ciro Guerra *Winner of the Top Directors' Fortnight Award at Cannes 2015
Guerra’s previous film, "The Wind Journeys" (2009), was an international hit and one of the 2010 Festival's most popular films in Miami. For his new film, Guerra travels deep into the wilds of the Amazon jungle, and into the dangerous territory of the historical past. This is an epic and thrilling journey, capped with velvety, rich black & white cinematography, confirming Guerra's status as one of Latin America's most confident talents.
6. "Havana Motor Club" (USA / Cuba), directed by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
One of the most fascinating events of Miami International Film Festival in 2014 was filmmaker Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt's special presentation on his creative process in constructing his portrait of Cuba's top underground drag racers of classic American cars. A year later, the film is now complete, and Gems is delighted to bring Perlmutt back to Miami to share the finished work.
7. "It’s Now or Never" (Ahora o nunca) (Spain), directed by Maria Ripoll
This summer's biggest homegrown box office hit in Spain, It's Now or Never pairs Spain's newest film star, Dani Rovira, whose charms help propel "Spanish Affair" (Ocho apellidos vascos) to become Spain's all-time box office champion, with the luminous Goya winner María Valverde, who gets a rare opportunity to demonstrate her comedic gifts. The result is a frothy, frisky comedy of first-class creative power, expertly timed and filled with joyous performances, from the leads to the delightful character actors found in even the smallest roles. Clara Largo and Alicia Rubio co-star in this comedy that once again proves no one does inspired silliness quite like the Spanish.
8. "Krisha" (USA), directed by Trey Edward Shults
Winner of both the Grand Jury Price and the Audience Award at SXSW earlier this year, Trey Edward Shults’ highly personal and compelling hypnotic drama was also selected at this year’s Critics Week in Cannes. Shults has already drawn comparisons to the work of legendary American independent director John Cassavetes for their use of family members in the cast and also their maverick avant-garde style of shooting favoring characters and scenes that envelop the viewer in both observation and emotion.
9. "Mia Madre" (Italy), directed by Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti’s "Mia Madre" is possibly his most personal film, and a master class on autobiographical cinema. It displays without question why Moretti is considered one of the most skilled living filmmakers to create powerful universal drama out of our smallest little big tragedies. John Turturro co-stars.
10. "My Golden Days" (France), directed by Arnaud Desplechin *Winner of Directors Fortnight Award at Cannes 2015
After years working abroad, anthropologist Paul Dedalus (Mathieu Amalric) returns to France to find an explosive emotional time bomb awaits him. This epic coming of age tale portrays first love as a candid, sensual and unique experience that his alter-ego discovers could leave a mark that will last as long as life itself.
11. "A Perfect Day" (Spain), directed by Fernando León de Aranoa.
Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa makes his first English language film with this Cannes-debuting tale of 24 hours in the lives of two veteran humanitarian aid workers in the waning days of the 1995 Balkan War. Veteran Hollywood stars Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins are in fine form as the leads, who hold on to their boyish charms even as they age with graceful wisdom.
12. "Trash" (U.K. / Brazil), directed by Stephen Daldry. *Special Gems Preview Night on October 5, 2015.
Three-time Best Director Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry ("Billy Elliott," "The Hours," "The Reader") delivers the soaring triumphs of his earlier successes, while shining a spotlight on the sobering challenges facing one of the world's most closely-watched cities, Rio de Janeiro. The high-powered cast includes Brazilian superstars Wagner Moura ("Elite Squad") and Selton Mello ("Jean Charles," "The Clown"), as well as Martin Sheen and Rooney Mara.
13. "Yona" (Israel), directed by Nir Bergman
Like a "living thunderbolt", the bold and nonconformist Yona Wallach stormed through Tel-Aviv's male-dominated political and poetry circles in the 1960s. Yona’s work eventually became recognized in the most prominent literary books and magazines of her time, and she was honored with the Israeli Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 1978. Director Nir Bergman’s biopic vividly captures Yona’s highs, lows and her brave rebellion against a chauvinistic society with her unique voice.
14. "Youth" (Italy), directed by Paolo Sorrentino
The space (and communion) between the generations is the subject of Paolo Sorrentino's newest Fellini-tinged masterpiece. Coming off his 2014 Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Great Beauty," the Italian auteur is on a roll, orchestrating grand themes around life's wisdom with a phenomenal cast of actors including Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda.
In addition to Gems slate of premieres, the festival will be hosting a heartfelt special Master Class Tribute to the late James Horner. Known as Hollywood’s ultimate movie composer, he passed away in an aircraft accident this past June, not long after completing what would turn out to be one of his final great scores – the music for Patricia Riggen’s "The 33." On the eve of the premiere of the film Miami-based feature film composer Carlos Rafael Rivera ( "A Walk Among The Tombstones," 2014) will take an in-depth look at Horner’s work and career, using cues to demonstrate the powerful, yet often subtle, creative influence Horner brought to specific scenes and entire films.
Tickets will go on sale to Miami Film Society members exclusively on Friday, September 25, 2015 and to the general public on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Tickets: 1-844-565-6433(Miff) or www.miamifilmfestival.com/Gems.
Taking place over four days (October 22 – 25, 2015), Gems will premiere highly acclaimed films from Cannes, Berlin & Sundance; Oscar hopefuls; and international box office sensations from the U.S., Spain, Chile, Italy, France, Colombia, and many others. Mdc's Tower Theater Miami will serve as the exclusive venue for all screenings and seminars. Note that this is the only major film festival worldwide produced by a college or university.
Gems will open with director John Crowley’s "Brooklyn," which premiered at Sundance back in January and stars Oscar-nominates actress Saoirse Ronan. The festival will close with Warner Bros' anticipated "The 33" starring Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Rodrigo Santoro, Cate Del Castillo, Mario Casas and Lou Diamond Phillips.
The Festival’s Executive Director & Director of Programming Jaie Laplante states, “Film festivals are dazzling times, when the shiniest lights of the current cinema are collected in one place for a concentrated moment. So it is with this year's Gems selection, and I invite film lovers of all types to experience las joyas de la corona of the season."
The Gems film slate includes:
1. "Brooklyn" (USA / Ireland), directed by John Crowley *Opening Night Film
Adapted by Nick Hornby ("An Education") from the Colm Toibin bestselling novel, this 1950s story follows the life of a young Irish woman caught between tradition and passion, between two countries and two futures. Starring Oscar nominee for Atonement, Saoirse Ronan, the cast also includes Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emory Cohen, and Domhnall Gleason.
2. "The 33" (USA / Chile), directed by Patricia Riggen *Closing Night Film
An international rescue effort to save 33 Chilean miners trapped 2,300 foot underground for 69 days in the Copiapó mine riveted over a billion people in 2010, and now a superb international film adaptation recreates the details of that unprecedented event. The epic list of cast names includes Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche and Rodrigo Santoro.
3. "The Assassin" (Taiwan), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien *Winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes 2015
In 9th century China, 10-year-old Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who transforms her into an impressive warrior. One day, she is sent back to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised, and Nie Yinniang must choose: assassinate the man she loves or break forever from the scared honor of her training.
4. "The Club" (El club) (Chile), directed by Pablo Larraín
Director Pablo Larraín's follow-up to his global success and Oscar-nominated "No," (starring Gael Garcia Bernal), is a tough, scathing and psychologically sobering indictment on the Catholic Church's handling of moral failings within the institution.
5. "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente) (Colombia), directed by Ciro Guerra *Winner of the Top Directors' Fortnight Award at Cannes 2015
Guerra’s previous film, "The Wind Journeys" (2009), was an international hit and one of the 2010 Festival's most popular films in Miami. For his new film, Guerra travels deep into the wilds of the Amazon jungle, and into the dangerous territory of the historical past. This is an epic and thrilling journey, capped with velvety, rich black & white cinematography, confirming Guerra's status as one of Latin America's most confident talents.
6. "Havana Motor Club" (USA / Cuba), directed by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
One of the most fascinating events of Miami International Film Festival in 2014 was filmmaker Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt's special presentation on his creative process in constructing his portrait of Cuba's top underground drag racers of classic American cars. A year later, the film is now complete, and Gems is delighted to bring Perlmutt back to Miami to share the finished work.
7. "It’s Now or Never" (Ahora o nunca) (Spain), directed by Maria Ripoll
This summer's biggest homegrown box office hit in Spain, It's Now or Never pairs Spain's newest film star, Dani Rovira, whose charms help propel "Spanish Affair" (Ocho apellidos vascos) to become Spain's all-time box office champion, with the luminous Goya winner María Valverde, who gets a rare opportunity to demonstrate her comedic gifts. The result is a frothy, frisky comedy of first-class creative power, expertly timed and filled with joyous performances, from the leads to the delightful character actors found in even the smallest roles. Clara Largo and Alicia Rubio co-star in this comedy that once again proves no one does inspired silliness quite like the Spanish.
8. "Krisha" (USA), directed by Trey Edward Shults
Winner of both the Grand Jury Price and the Audience Award at SXSW earlier this year, Trey Edward Shults’ highly personal and compelling hypnotic drama was also selected at this year’s Critics Week in Cannes. Shults has already drawn comparisons to the work of legendary American independent director John Cassavetes for their use of family members in the cast and also their maverick avant-garde style of shooting favoring characters and scenes that envelop the viewer in both observation and emotion.
9. "Mia Madre" (Italy), directed by Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti’s "Mia Madre" is possibly his most personal film, and a master class on autobiographical cinema. It displays without question why Moretti is considered one of the most skilled living filmmakers to create powerful universal drama out of our smallest little big tragedies. John Turturro co-stars.
10. "My Golden Days" (France), directed by Arnaud Desplechin *Winner of Directors Fortnight Award at Cannes 2015
After years working abroad, anthropologist Paul Dedalus (Mathieu Amalric) returns to France to find an explosive emotional time bomb awaits him. This epic coming of age tale portrays first love as a candid, sensual and unique experience that his alter-ego discovers could leave a mark that will last as long as life itself.
11. "A Perfect Day" (Spain), directed by Fernando León de Aranoa.
Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa makes his first English language film with this Cannes-debuting tale of 24 hours in the lives of two veteran humanitarian aid workers in the waning days of the 1995 Balkan War. Veteran Hollywood stars Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins are in fine form as the leads, who hold on to their boyish charms even as they age with graceful wisdom.
12. "Trash" (U.K. / Brazil), directed by Stephen Daldry. *Special Gems Preview Night on October 5, 2015.
Three-time Best Director Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry ("Billy Elliott," "The Hours," "The Reader") delivers the soaring triumphs of his earlier successes, while shining a spotlight on the sobering challenges facing one of the world's most closely-watched cities, Rio de Janeiro. The high-powered cast includes Brazilian superstars Wagner Moura ("Elite Squad") and Selton Mello ("Jean Charles," "The Clown"), as well as Martin Sheen and Rooney Mara.
13. "Yona" (Israel), directed by Nir Bergman
Like a "living thunderbolt", the bold and nonconformist Yona Wallach stormed through Tel-Aviv's male-dominated political and poetry circles in the 1960s. Yona’s work eventually became recognized in the most prominent literary books and magazines of her time, and she was honored with the Israeli Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 1978. Director Nir Bergman’s biopic vividly captures Yona’s highs, lows and her brave rebellion against a chauvinistic society with her unique voice.
14. "Youth" (Italy), directed by Paolo Sorrentino
The space (and communion) between the generations is the subject of Paolo Sorrentino's newest Fellini-tinged masterpiece. Coming off his 2014 Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Great Beauty," the Italian auteur is on a roll, orchestrating grand themes around life's wisdom with a phenomenal cast of actors including Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda.
In addition to Gems slate of premieres, the festival will be hosting a heartfelt special Master Class Tribute to the late James Horner. Known as Hollywood’s ultimate movie composer, he passed away in an aircraft accident this past June, not long after completing what would turn out to be one of his final great scores – the music for Patricia Riggen’s "The 33." On the eve of the premiere of the film Miami-based feature film composer Carlos Rafael Rivera ( "A Walk Among The Tombstones," 2014) will take an in-depth look at Horner’s work and career, using cues to demonstrate the powerful, yet often subtle, creative influence Horner brought to specific scenes and entire films.
Tickets will go on sale to Miami Film Society members exclusively on Friday, September 25, 2015 and to the general public on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Tickets: 1-844-565-6433(Miff) or www.miamifilmfestival.com/Gems.
- 9/3/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Anna Soler-Pont has run the Pontas Literary Agency in Barcelona since 1992. She was one of the early adopters of an attempt that is still being made to establish a market for books which become films. She has brokered deals with her writers to make movie deals many times but, through Pontas Films (a much newer company), this is the first time she has decided to produce a film based on a script she wrote herself (adapting a novel she co-wrote with Asha Miró), directed by Maria Ripoll, starring Nandita Das and Aina Clotet. Imagina International Sales is in charge of international sales.
Before meeting her in Berlin, she wrote us:
Here´s the official note: we have finished the shooting of Traces of Sandalwood between Mumbai and Barcelona!!! Our first fiction feature film produced by Pontas Films!! At last! By the way, the title is now a working title… we´ve decided to change it!
It´s been very hard, difficult, challenging… but also very interesting and I´ve learned so much! Today we have started the complex journey through post-production. And our wish is to be able to have the final cut totally edited by mid-April. Our dream would be to premiere September this year, in Toronto and or/be at the official selection in San Sebastian. We´ll see!
Here you can find the entire collection of making of video clips (one minute each): http://vimeo.com/user11463217/videos
Hug from Barcelona,
Anna
When we met in Berlin she showed us the new promotion and discussed her strategy for entering the world market. It has been an honor that she has kept up with us over the last four years that it has been since she has been working on this film. We are looking forward now to following its arc from debut to accomplishing international sales.
Before meeting her in Berlin, she wrote us:
Here´s the official note: we have finished the shooting of Traces of Sandalwood between Mumbai and Barcelona!!! Our first fiction feature film produced by Pontas Films!! At last! By the way, the title is now a working title… we´ve decided to change it!
It´s been very hard, difficult, challenging… but also very interesting and I´ve learned so much! Today we have started the complex journey through post-production. And our wish is to be able to have the final cut totally edited by mid-April. Our dream would be to premiere September this year, in Toronto and or/be at the official selection in San Sebastian. We´ll see!
Here you can find the entire collection of making of video clips (one minute each): http://vimeo.com/user11463217/videos
Hug from Barcelona,
Anna
When we met in Berlin she showed us the new promotion and discussed her strategy for entering the world market. It has been an honor that she has kept up with us over the last four years that it has been since she has been working on this film. We are looking forward now to following its arc from debut to accomplishing international sales.
- 2/13/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
To continue with the fast paced array of news and incidents that sparked the Berlinale for us this year, we had our habitual meeting with Barcelona based Anna Soler-Pont, the woman behind Pontas Literary and Film Agency whose blog of her Berlinale experiences is also enlightening and inspires great interest in films based on novels.
We met Anna Soler-Pont years ago when we were thinking of creating a new database on Books-To-Film. Anna Soler-Pont understood the need and created her own business based on this idea. She is an agent for fiction writers selling international publishing rights Plus she packages, writes scripts and finds production financing for the films. She represents only 89 to 100 authors.
Her current project, now finding financing, is Traces of Sandalwood, based on the novel Rastes de sandal (Traces of Sandalwood) by Asha Miro and Anna Soler-Pont. It takes place in Mumbai, India and in Barcelona and spans the 1980s to today, interweaving the stories of Muna and Sita, two Indian orphan sisters with very different fates, although their paths cross and eventually come together in the end. It's mainly in English and Catalan. The co-writer with Anna is Coral Cruz, a script editor fluent in Catalan, Spanish and English. The director is Maria Ripoll (Tortilla Soup), born in Barcelona and educated at UCLA Film School. The stars Nandita Das is a famous Indian star. Christina Brondo (Her film, Penumbra, was acquired by IFC), the Spanish star knows India well and can easily pass for the Indian sister of Naina Daz. Ajay Jethi, the Indian male lead speaks Catalan.
We met Anna Soler-Pont years ago when we were thinking of creating a new database on Books-To-Film. Anna Soler-Pont understood the need and created her own business based on this idea. She is an agent for fiction writers selling international publishing rights Plus she packages, writes scripts and finds production financing for the films. She represents only 89 to 100 authors.
Her current project, now finding financing, is Traces of Sandalwood, based on the novel Rastes de sandal (Traces of Sandalwood) by Asha Miro and Anna Soler-Pont. It takes place in Mumbai, India and in Barcelona and spans the 1980s to today, interweaving the stories of Muna and Sita, two Indian orphan sisters with very different fates, although their paths cross and eventually come together in the end. It's mainly in English and Catalan. The co-writer with Anna is Coral Cruz, a script editor fluent in Catalan, Spanish and English. The director is Maria Ripoll (Tortilla Soup), born in Barcelona and educated at UCLA Film School. The stars Nandita Das is a famous Indian star. Christina Brondo (Her film, Penumbra, was acquired by IFC), the Spanish star knows India well and can easily pass for the Indian sister of Naina Daz. Ajay Jethi, the Indian male lead speaks Catalan.
- 2/24/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The 2011 Sitges Film Festival has concluded its competition portion and announced awards in more categories than we've seen at any other fest. The biggest winners are Kevin Smith's Red State and Joe Cornish's Attack the Block, but several other films we've been closely watching here on Dread scored victories as well, including Kill List, Livid, The Divide, The Woman, Bellflower, Hell, and Detention.
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
- 10/15/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
And a drum roll, please, because here are the winners from the 2010 Sitges Festival.
Oficial FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ Sitges 43
Jurat / Jurado / Jury
Francesco Barilli, Jaume Collet-Serra, Colin Geddes, Jan Harlan & Elena Manrique
Millor Curtmetratge / Mejor Cortometraje / Best Short Film
The Legend Of Beaver Damm de Jérôme Sable
Menció Especial pel seu original homenatge a una indiscutible obra mestra del cinema fantàstic / Mención Especial por su original homenaje a una indiscutible obra maestra del cine fantástico / Special Mention for its original tribute to one of the undisputed masterworks of the fantastic cinema
Vicenta de Sam Millor
Disseny de Producció / Mejor Diseño de Producción / Best Production Design
Yuji Hayashida per Thirteen Assassins
Millors Efectes de Maquillatge / Mejores Efectos de Maquillaje / Best Make Up FX
Vitaya Deerattakul & Andrew Lin per Dream Home
Millors Efectes Especials / Mejores Efectos Especiales / Best Special Effects
Gareth Edwards per Monsters
Millor Banda Sonora Original / Mejor Banda Sonora Original / Best Original Soundtrack
Seppuku Paradigm,...
Oficial FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ Sitges 43
Jurat / Jurado / Jury
Francesco Barilli, Jaume Collet-Serra, Colin Geddes, Jan Harlan & Elena Manrique
Millor Curtmetratge / Mejor Cortometraje / Best Short Film
The Legend Of Beaver Damm de Jérôme Sable
Menció Especial pel seu original homenatge a una indiscutible obra mestra del cinema fantàstic / Mención Especial por su original homenaje a una indiscutible obra maestra del cine fantástico / Special Mention for its original tribute to one of the undisputed masterworks of the fantastic cinema
Vicenta de Sam Millor
Disseny de Producció / Mejor Diseño de Producción / Best Production Design
Yuji Hayashida per Thirteen Assassins
Millors Efectes de Maquillatge / Mejores Efectos de Maquillaje / Best Make Up FX
Vitaya Deerattakul & Andrew Lin per Dream Home
Millors Efectes Especials / Mejores Efectos Especiales / Best Special Effects
Gareth Edwards per Monsters
Millor Banda Sonora Original / Mejor Banda Sonora Original / Best Original Soundtrack
Seppuku Paradigm,...
- 10/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The first stills from Robert Redford's Lincoln assassination drama The Conspirator, the first photos from Diane Lane horseracing drama Secretariat, right photos from The A-Team, and shots of the vampire newborns in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Posters for Buried, The A-Team, Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, Winter's Bone and Get Him to the Greek.
Pixar has launched a clever viral campaign for "Toy Story 3" by doing both an 80's style Japanese and American commercial for the 'Lots-of-Huggin' Bear' character.
A Lego shot-for-shot recreation of the "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" trailer is up at MTV.
"The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has announced that Ricky Gervais will return for a second year to host the Golden Globes, which will take place January 16th 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and be broadcast on NBC..." (full details)
""The Daily Show" correspondent Rob Riggle has scored a role in Universal's...
Posters for Buried, The A-Team, Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, Winter's Bone and Get Him to the Greek.
Pixar has launched a clever viral campaign for "Toy Story 3" by doing both an 80's style Japanese and American commercial for the 'Lots-of-Huggin' Bear' character.
A Lego shot-for-shot recreation of the "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" trailer is up at MTV.
"The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has announced that Ricky Gervais will return for a second year to host the Golden Globes, which will take place January 16th 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and be broadcast on NBC..." (full details)
""The Daily Show" correspondent Rob Riggle has scored a role in Universal's...
- 4/28/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Madrid -- Spanish actress Angela Molina, former Spanish Film Institute chief Fernando Lara, directors Imanol Uribe and Maria Ripoll, writer Juan Bonilla, actress Lucia Jimenez and film historian Josean Fernandez will make up the jury for the official competition at the 13th Malaga Spanish Film Festival, which runs April 17-24, organizers announced Thursday.
- 3/18/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Run Lola star Franka Potente is getting a different dramatic chance to shine. She is going to be a part of a new lost at sea film called Wave. She will be joined by Dougray Scott and Marianne Faithful.
Based on Louise Longo’ Let Me Survive, the film will focus on an English family. They set out for a three week cruise on the Bay of Biscay. But a storm rushes in as they are just 40 miles from the Spanish coast, and the family decides that they would be safer in the life raft, waiting to be rescued. But Bernard is injured getting into the liferaft and dies, as does the young girl. The interesting part is that it is not the end of the story. After being rescued two weeks later, “she is alleged to have killed her husband.”
Maria Ripoll will...
(more...)...
Based on Louise Longo’ Let Me Survive, the film will focus on an English family. They set out for a three week cruise on the Bay of Biscay. But a storm rushes in as they are just 40 miles from the Spanish coast, and the family decides that they would be safer in the life raft, waiting to be rescued. But Bernard is injured getting into the liferaft and dies, as does the young girl. The interesting part is that it is not the end of the story. After being rescued two weeks later, “she is alleged to have killed her husband.”
Maria Ripoll will...
(more...)...
- 11/6/2008
- by John
- ReelSuave.com
Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals, Scripts
She might not get the chance to shine as Pope Joan, but it looks like Run Lola Run star Franka Potente is getting a different dramatic chance to shine. Variety reports that she is going to headline a new lost-at-sea film called Wave -- joining the likes of Dougray Scott and Marianne Faithful.
Based on Louise Longo's Let Me Survive, the film will focus on an English family -- mom (Potente) plus husband and 5-year-old daughter -- who set out for a three-week cruise on the Bay of Biscay. But a storm rushes in as they're just 40 miles from the Spanish coast, and the family decide that they'd be safer in the life raft, waiting to be rescued. But Bernard is injured getting into the liferaft and dies, as does the young girl. And that's not the end of the story -- after being rescued two weeks later,...
She might not get the chance to shine as Pope Joan, but it looks like Run Lola Run star Franka Potente is getting a different dramatic chance to shine. Variety reports that she is going to headline a new lost-at-sea film called Wave -- joining the likes of Dougray Scott and Marianne Faithful.
Based on Louise Longo's Let Me Survive, the film will focus on an English family -- mom (Potente) plus husband and 5-year-old daughter -- who set out for a three-week cruise on the Bay of Biscay. But a storm rushes in as they're just 40 miles from the Spanish coast, and the family decide that they'd be safer in the life raft, waiting to be rescued. But Bernard is injured getting into the liferaft and dies, as does the young girl. And that's not the end of the story -- after being rescued two weeks later,...
- 11/5/2008
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Franka Potente, who kicked major ass in Run Lola Run and starred opposite Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity, has signed on to star in Wave, a lost-at-sea tragedy being directed by Maria Ripoll (Tortilla Soup). Based on true events, Wave recounts the story of an English family of three adrift at sea without water or food for two weeks. Only the mother (Potente) survives. But she’s then alleged to have killed her husband. Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II, Hitman) is also in talks to join the film. Wave was written by Marie-Laure Bertehlin and Greg Latter, it’s based on the Louise Longo’s novel Let Me Survive. Jean Luc Van Damme (Goodbye Bafana) is producing for Banana Films in Belgium. The flick looks to be among the first films to use the new water tank at Spain’s Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante. Filming begins in February.
- 11/4/2008
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
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