Spanish animation shows off its serious side in Cannes’ “Revelations!” showcase, dedicated to new shorts both by promising beginners and acclaimed filmmakers, such as Alberto Mielgo, who scored an Academy Award for “The Windshield Wiper.”
In June, four of the presented titles will also head to Annecy: María Lorenzo’s “Fashion Victims 2.0,” “Lost at Sea,” directed by Lucija Stojevic and Andrés Bartos, Pablo Río’s “Conej Steps Out” and Carla Pereira and Juanfran Jacinto’s “All Is Lost.”
“Animators, or just artists in general, tend to reflect on their times. Some of these films were born during the pandemic and yes, there is this melancholy to them. They are tackling multiple serious subjects,” says animation curator Carolina López Caballero.
That includes elderly suicide, like in the case of Diego Porral’s tender “Leopoldo from the Bar,” where a lonely man walks through ever-changing streets of Madrid accompanied by a massive pigeon.
In June, four of the presented titles will also head to Annecy: María Lorenzo’s “Fashion Victims 2.0,” “Lost at Sea,” directed by Lucija Stojevic and Andrés Bartos, Pablo Río’s “Conej Steps Out” and Carla Pereira and Juanfran Jacinto’s “All Is Lost.”
“Animators, or just artists in general, tend to reflect on their times. Some of these films were born during the pandemic and yes, there is this melancholy to them. They are tackling multiple serious subjects,” says animation curator Carolina López Caballero.
That includes elderly suicide, like in the case of Diego Porral’s tender “Leopoldo from the Bar,” where a lonely man walks through ever-changing streets of Madrid accompanied by a massive pigeon.
- 5/17/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jojo T. Gibbs, Javicia Leslie, Chido Nwokocha, Stephanie Shepherd (Dave) and Michael Roark have signed on to the Amazon Original film Something from Tiffany’s, based on Melissa Hill’s novel of the same name, from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios.
They join an ensemble led by Zoey Deutch, which also includes Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell, and Leah Jeffries, as previously announced.
Something from Tiffany’s watches as a woman’s life is upended, when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with. Daryl Wein is directing the holiday romantic comedy from a script adapted by Tamara Chestna. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, with Deutch exec producing. Hello Sunshine’s first studio feature will...
They join an ensemble led by Zoey Deutch, which also includes Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell, and Leah Jeffries, as previously announced.
Something from Tiffany’s watches as a woman’s life is upended, when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with. Daryl Wein is directing the holiday romantic comedy from a script adapted by Tamara Chestna. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine, with Deutch exec producing. Hello Sunshine’s first studio feature will...
- 2/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After the unexpected popularity of the new Netflix movie “A California Christmas,” the holiday romantic comedy is getting a sequel.
Ali Afshar’s Esx Entertainment, the production company behind the film, has fast tracked pre-production for the follow-up, which will be titled “California Christmas: City Lights.” Filming is expected to begin in early 2021 in various parts of northern California, including Petaluma, Sonoma County and surrounding areas.
Netflix doesn’t provide streamlined viewing metrics for its movies or television shows, but “A California Christmas” appears to be a breakout hit on the streamer’s charts. The feel-good film, which premiered on Dec. 14, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for a week and has remained in the top 10 since. According to Forbes, “A California Christmas” beat out Ryan Murphy’s musical “The Prom,” which stars Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman, as well as perennial favorites like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
Ali Afshar’s Esx Entertainment, the production company behind the film, has fast tracked pre-production for the follow-up, which will be titled “California Christmas: City Lights.” Filming is expected to begin in early 2021 in various parts of northern California, including Petaluma, Sonoma County and surrounding areas.
Netflix doesn’t provide streamlined viewing metrics for its movies or television shows, but “A California Christmas” appears to be a breakout hit on the streamer’s charts. The feel-good film, which premiered on Dec. 14, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for a week and has remained in the top 10 since. According to Forbes, “A California Christmas” beat out Ryan Murphy’s musical “The Prom,” which stars Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman, as well as perennial favorites like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
- 12/22/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. has picked up the worldwide sales rights to Esx Entertainment’s political drama series “Casa Grande,” which award-winning Argentine director Gabriela Tagliavini (“How to Break Up With Your Douchebag”) has been tapped to direct.
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will handle international sales while Warner Bros. Television Group does domestic.
Inspired by true events, the dramatic series of five one-hour episodes follows several families in the farmland of Northern California as it navigates universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
“There’s a war about race in our country taking place right now, and we decided to take the bull by the horns,” said Tagliavini, adding: “We show in provocative scenes how hate and violence are originated by fear.”
“I’m proud to be part of this political series; this controversial show will have people talking,” she asserted.
John Pyper-Ferguson (“The Last Ship”) and Christina Moore (“Claws...
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will handle international sales while Warner Bros. Television Group does domestic.
Inspired by true events, the dramatic series of five one-hour episodes follows several families in the farmland of Northern California as it navigates universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
“There’s a war about race in our country taking place right now, and we decided to take the bull by the horns,” said Tagliavini, adding: “We show in provocative scenes how hate and violence are originated by fear.”
“I’m proud to be part of this political series; this controversial show will have people talking,” she asserted.
John Pyper-Ferguson (“The Last Ship”) and Christina Moore (“Claws...
- 11/18/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
“The Baby-Sitters Club” star Xochitl Gomez has joined the cast of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Benedict Cumberbatch is set to return as the sorcerer supreme in the upcoming sequel and “Spider-Man” director Sami Raimi is set to direct.
Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to return as sorcerers Wong and Karl Mordo. Elizabeth Olsen is also reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch. Olsen’s upcoming Disney+ series “WandaVision” will premiere on the streamer in December.
Details of the film are still under wraps, but during the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said the “Doctor Strange” sequel will be “the first scary McU film.” But, Feige joked “It’s gonna be PG-13 and you’re going to like it!” Up-and-coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett wrote the latest draft...
Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to return as sorcerers Wong and Karl Mordo. Elizabeth Olsen is also reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch. Olsen’s upcoming Disney+ series “WandaVision” will premiere on the streamer in December.
Details of the film are still under wraps, but during the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said the “Doctor Strange” sequel will be “the first scary McU film.” But, Feige joked “It’s gonna be PG-13 and you’re going to like it!” Up-and-coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett wrote the latest draft...
- 10/16/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Producers earmark August production start in Belgium.
Ingenious has come on to finance First World War thriller The Last Front, which Red Sea Media has introduced to virtual Cannes buyers.
Roman Kopelevich has scheduled a presentation in the Us agency-led A Demain market on Tuesday.
Paradox House and Ingenious are financing the film, which has been earmarked for an August start in Belgium and stars Sasha Luss, Joe Anderson, and Liam Cunningham.
Julien Kerknawi directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Kate Wood, and the producers are Martin Dewitte and Virginia Hayet.
The Last Front centres on a man in...
Ingenious has come on to finance First World War thriller The Last Front, which Red Sea Media has introduced to virtual Cannes buyers.
Roman Kopelevich has scheduled a presentation in the Us agency-led A Demain market on Tuesday.
Paradox House and Ingenious are financing the film, which has been earmarked for an August start in Belgium and stars Sasha Luss, Joe Anderson, and Liam Cunningham.
Julien Kerknawi directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Kate Wood, and the producers are Martin Dewitte and Virginia Hayet.
The Last Front centres on a man in...
- 6/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
More titles expected in coming days.
Roman Kopelevich’s Los Angeles-based Red Sea Media kicks off virtual Cannes sales this week with three new titles led by Mickey Kelley starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Patrick Flanery, and Roped starring Casper Van Dien.
Rounding out the new acquisitions is Wheels Of Fortune with Matt Jones.
Mickey Kelley tells the story of a pioneering American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned Mma tournament.
In comedy Wheels Of Fortune, a race car mechanic learns he is entitled to a $40m inheritance from...
Roman Kopelevich’s Los Angeles-based Red Sea Media kicks off virtual Cannes sales this week with three new titles led by Mickey Kelley starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Patrick Flanery, and Roped starring Casper Van Dien.
Rounding out the new acquisitions is Wheels Of Fortune with Matt Jones.
Mickey Kelley tells the story of a pioneering American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned Mma tournament.
In comedy Wheels Of Fortune, a race car mechanic learns he is entitled to a $40m inheritance from...
- 6/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
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