Previewing the annual Latin American sales jamboree
Glance at the current profile of foreign-language Oscar contenders and the winners’ roster at major international festivals this year and the march of Latin American cinema in 2015 is clear for all to see.
César Augusto Acevedo’s Land And Shade and Ciro Guerra’s The Embrace Of The Serpent, the newly minted Indie Spirit nominee, earned four awards in Cannes, while Jayro Bustamante’s Guatemala-France drama Ixcanul took honours in Berlin.
Add to that list El Clan, the Argentinian thriller that earned Pablo Trapero a Silver Lion in Venice, and producers, sale agents and festival programmers heading to Buenos Aires for Ventana Sur (November 30-December 4) have reason to be cheerful.
“What we have seen is more and more attention for Latin American films,” says Jerome Paillard, executive co-director of Ventana Sur, a collaboration between Argentina’s Incaa film promotion body and Cannes (Paillard also serves as executive director of the...
Glance at the current profile of foreign-language Oscar contenders and the winners’ roster at major international festivals this year and the march of Latin American cinema in 2015 is clear for all to see.
César Augusto Acevedo’s Land And Shade and Ciro Guerra’s The Embrace Of The Serpent, the newly minted Indie Spirit nominee, earned four awards in Cannes, while Jayro Bustamante’s Guatemala-France drama Ixcanul took honours in Berlin.
Add to that list El Clan, the Argentinian thriller that earned Pablo Trapero a Silver Lion in Venice, and producers, sale agents and festival programmers heading to Buenos Aires for Ventana Sur (November 30-December 4) have reason to be cheerful.
“What we have seen is more and more attention for Latin American films,” says Jerome Paillard, executive co-director of Ventana Sur, a collaboration between Argentina’s Incaa film promotion body and Cannes (Paillard also serves as executive director of the...
- 11/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Organisers at the Buenos Aires-based genre sidebar have announced the Bloody Work In Progress entrants.
The filmmakers and their projects chosen by San Sebastian director-general José Luis Rebordinos are: Terror 5 (Argentina) from Sebastian Rotstein and Federico Roststien; Verónica (Mexico) from Carlos Algara and Alejandro Martinez Beltrán; A Percepçao De Medo (Uptake Fear, Brazil) from Kapel Furman and Armando Fonseca.
Rounding out the Bwip selections are Camaleón (Chamaleon, Chile) from Jorge Riquelme Serrano; La Valija De Benavidez (Argentina) from Laura Casabe; and Downhill (Chile) from Patricio Valladares.
The Ffip – Fantastic Films In Progress selections are: 3 Linea: Sanskara (Trinidad & Tobago) from Christopher Din Chong; Estrategia De Una Venganza (Colombia-Panama) from Carlo Carela; Dengue Alien – Noite De “Terror” (Mosquitoid, Brazil) from Marcos de Castro; Vida (Life, Colombia) from Carlos Santiago Amézquita Villamizar; and Ataúd Blanco (Argentina) from Daniel de la Vega.
Blood Window will run from November 30-December 4.
The filmmakers and their projects chosen by San Sebastian director-general José Luis Rebordinos are: Terror 5 (Argentina) from Sebastian Rotstein and Federico Roststien; Verónica (Mexico) from Carlos Algara and Alejandro Martinez Beltrán; A Percepçao De Medo (Uptake Fear, Brazil) from Kapel Furman and Armando Fonseca.
Rounding out the Bwip selections are Camaleón (Chamaleon, Chile) from Jorge Riquelme Serrano; La Valija De Benavidez (Argentina) from Laura Casabe; and Downhill (Chile) from Patricio Valladares.
The Ffip – Fantastic Films In Progress selections are: 3 Linea: Sanskara (Trinidad & Tobago) from Christopher Din Chong; Estrategia De Una Venganza (Colombia-Panama) from Carlo Carela; Dengue Alien – Noite De “Terror” (Mosquitoid, Brazil) from Marcos de Castro; Vida (Life, Colombia) from Carlos Santiago Amézquita Villamizar; and Ataúd Blanco (Argentina) from Daniel de la Vega.
Blood Window will run from November 30-December 4.
- 11/10/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It was just last year that the Fantaspoa Festival in Brazil took their first step in to not just screening films but producing them as well with their debut producing effort Jorge And Alberto Versus The Neoliberal Demons and with that film still doing the rounds on the international festival circuit the festival is about to unveil their second effort.Due to premiere at the festival May 31st, the directing trio of Kapel Furman, Armando Fonseca and Gurcius Gewdner team up for Uptake Fear, a descent into their own personal fears of urban living. The first trailer for the film has just arrived and we're proud to present it here. Furman has become one of the most in demand SFX artists in Brazil over the past...
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- 5/26/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Heavy metal horror, a Lovecraftian love story, party-crashing mutant wasps, and relentless New England ghosts will grace the silver screen at this year's Fantaspoa film festival in Brazil.
Press Release -- "Porto Alegre, April 27, 2015 - Brazil's Fantaspoa is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming eleventh edition, running from May 15th through the 31st. Latin America's largest genre film festival, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre, will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, next weekend.
Fourteen titles have been confirmed, aside of the previously-announced opening night film, Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm, and closing night features Uptake Fear (from Kapel Furman, Armando Fonseca and Gurcius Gewdner) and Toda La Noche (directed by Tamae Garateguy and Jimena Monteoliva).
Honored guests include Dennis Paoli, American screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon; and Italian composer Fabio Frizzi, best known for...
Press Release -- "Porto Alegre, April 27, 2015 - Brazil's Fantaspoa is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming eleventh edition, running from May 15th through the 31st. Latin America's largest genre film festival, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre, will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, next weekend.
Fourteen titles have been confirmed, aside of the previously-announced opening night film, Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm, and closing night features Uptake Fear (from Kapel Furman, Armando Fonseca and Gurcius Gewdner) and Toda La Noche (directed by Tamae Garateguy and Jimena Monteoliva).
Honored guests include Dennis Paoli, American screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon; and Italian composer Fabio Frizzi, best known for...
- 4/28/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Brazil's Fantaspoa Film Fest has revealed the first wave of films selected for their upcoming eleventh edition, running from May 15th through the 31st. Latin America's largest genre film festival, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre, will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, next weekend.
Fourteen titles have been confirmed, aside of the previously-announced opening night film, Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm, and closing night features Uptake Fear (from Kapel Furman, Armando Fonseca and Gurcius Gewdner) and Toda La Noche (directed by Tamae Garateguy and Jimena Monteoliva).
Honored guests include Dennis Paoli, American screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon; and Italian [Continued ...]...
Fourteen titles have been confirmed, aside of the previously-announced opening night film, Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm, and closing night features Uptake Fear (from Kapel Furman, Armando Fonseca and Gurcius Gewdner) and Toda La Noche (directed by Tamae Garateguy and Jimena Monteoliva).
Honored guests include Dennis Paoli, American screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon; and Italian [Continued ...]...
- 4/27/2015
- QuietEarth.us
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