Film Factory Entertainment has acquired sales rights to “Blondi,” the feature debut of Argentina’s Dolores Fonzi, star of Santiago Mitre’s Cannes Critics’ Week winner “Paulina.”
Amazon’s Prime Video has licensed “Blondi” for VOD in the U.S. and Latin America. Mitre, whose “Argentina, 1985” is being talked up as an international feature Oscar frontrunner, produces “Blondi.”
The film, now in post-production, will be brought onto the market by Film Factory at this week’s American Film Market.
“We are delighted to be part of Fonzi’s first adventure as a director. The script is moving and I am sure the film will leave no one indifferent”, Film Factory’s general director Vicente Canales told Variety.
Further producers are Agustina Llambi Campbell and Santiago Carabante at La Unión de los Ríos, Mark Johnson and Tom Williams from Gran Via Productions and Fernanda del Nido at Setembro Cine (“Una Mujer...
Amazon’s Prime Video has licensed “Blondi” for VOD in the U.S. and Latin America. Mitre, whose “Argentina, 1985” is being talked up as an international feature Oscar frontrunner, produces “Blondi.”
The film, now in post-production, will be brought onto the market by Film Factory at this week’s American Film Market.
“We are delighted to be part of Fonzi’s first adventure as a director. The script is moving and I am sure the film will leave no one indifferent”, Film Factory’s general director Vicente Canales told Variety.
Further producers are Agustina Llambi Campbell and Santiago Carabante at La Unión de los Ríos, Mark Johnson and Tom Williams from Gran Via Productions and Fernanda del Nido at Setembro Cine (“Una Mujer...
- 11/1/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood Stars Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney To Be Given Welsh Award
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are to receive a special award from the people of Wales to show their support for raising the profile of the nation in Welcome to Wrexham. The pair bought the Welsh football club and showcased Wales to the world via the FX show’s first season. One episode focuses on the history and language of the nation. Welsh broadcaster S4C has partnered with the Welsh government and Football Association of Wales on the award, which will be given as part of the Wales to the World New York Concert next month taking place in Times Square. “S4C is delighted to be recognizing the contribution that Rob and Ryan have made by inspiring a whole generation to celebrate and embrace Wales to the World,” said S4C CEO Sian Doyle. “Their passion for Wrexham,...
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are to receive a special award from the people of Wales to show their support for raising the profile of the nation in Welcome to Wrexham. The pair bought the Welsh football club and showcased Wales to the world via the FX show’s first season. One episode focuses on the history and language of the nation. Welsh broadcaster S4C has partnered with the Welsh government and Football Association of Wales on the award, which will be given as part of the Wales to the World New York Concert next month taking place in Times Square. “S4C is delighted to be recognizing the contribution that Rob and Ryan have made by inspiring a whole generation to celebrate and embrace Wales to the World,” said S4C CEO Sian Doyle. “Their passion for Wrexham,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled.
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Argentina has submitted Santiago Mitre’s political drama Argentina, 1985 to the Best International Film Oscar race.
The drama, which debuted in Competition in Venice, winning the Fipresci prize, is inspired by real-life Argentinian lawyers Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo.
Best International Feature Film Oscar Winners
The David and Goliath tale follows how the pair and their young legal team daringly prosecuted members of the former military junta to bring justice to the victims of their deadly regime. Under their rule from 1976 to 1983, an estimated 30,000 people disappeared.
Award-winning actor Ricardo Darin plays Strassera alongside Peter Lanzani as Ocampo with other cast members including
Mitre wrote the screenplay with Mariano Llinás. Producers are Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi-Campbell, Darín, Mitre, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín and Victoria Alonso.
Argentina has garnered seven nominations to date for Sergio Renán’s The Truce (1974), Maria Luisa Bemberg’s Camila (1984), Luis Puenzo’s The Official...
The drama, which debuted in Competition in Venice, winning the Fipresci prize, is inspired by real-life Argentinian lawyers Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo.
Best International Feature Film Oscar Winners
The David and Goliath tale follows how the pair and their young legal team daringly prosecuted members of the former military junta to bring justice to the victims of their deadly regime. Under their rule from 1976 to 1983, an estimated 30,000 people disappeared.
Award-winning actor Ricardo Darin plays Strassera alongside Peter Lanzani as Ocampo with other cast members including
Mitre wrote the screenplay with Mariano Llinás. Producers are Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi-Campbell, Darín, Mitre, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín and Victoria Alonso.
Argentina has garnered seven nominations to date for Sergio Renán’s The Truce (1974), Maria Luisa Bemberg’s Camila (1984), Luis Puenzo’s The Official...
- 9/27/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios, La Unión de los Ríos, Kenya Films and Infinity Hill have teamed to produce Argentina’s first Amazon Original film, Santiago Mitre’s “Argentina, 1985,” which looks set to become a banner Argentine big fest title and release in 2022.
Headlining arguably the foremost Argentine stars of their generations – Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani (“The Clan”) – the feature film has just started shooting in Argentina.
It focuses on an extraordinary but real life event of which Argentineans can feel proud: the true story of how a public prosector, Julio Strassera, a young lawyer, Luis Morena Ocampo, and their inexperienced legal team dared to prosecute the heads of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time, braving bomb and death threats.
The so-called Trial of the Juntas is described as the biggest prosecution process for war crimes since the 1946 Nuremberg Trails after WWII.
“Argentina,...
Headlining arguably the foremost Argentine stars of their generations – Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani (“The Clan”) – the feature film has just started shooting in Argentina.
It focuses on an extraordinary but real life event of which Argentineans can feel proud: the true story of how a public prosector, Julio Strassera, a young lawyer, Luis Morena Ocampo, and their inexperienced legal team dared to prosecute the heads of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time, braving bomb and death threats.
The so-called Trial of the Juntas is described as the biggest prosecution process for war crimes since the 1946 Nuremberg Trails after WWII.
“Argentina,...
- 8/25/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Threatened that she has to pay off the money she owes or face the consequences, Julia, a singer, leaves the restaurant where she’s performed and drives to her former home in a leafy working class tenement block in Posadas, northern Argentina, on the sweeping Paraná river.
There she plans to reclaim the stash of money she’s made from a scam she pulled off years before in her district as well as sign a document to allow her near-17-year old daughter Clara to move from Argentina to Paraguay to live with her father.
Yet, during Julia’s years of absence, Clara has grown up, has a passion, music, friends and a stable relationship with a girlfriend and doesn’t want to move at all. But Clara will need Julia’s hidden cash if she wants to stay in Posadas….
Argentina’s Mara Pescio, a screenwriter whose credits include...
There she plans to reclaim the stash of money she’s made from a scam she pulled off years before in her district as well as sign a document to allow her near-17-year old daughter Clara to move from Argentina to Paraguay to live with her father.
Yet, during Julia’s years of absence, Clara has grown up, has a passion, music, friends and a stable relationship with a girlfriend and doesn’t want to move at all. But Clara will need Julia’s hidden cash if she wants to stay in Posadas….
Argentina’s Mara Pescio, a screenwriter whose credits include...
- 3/23/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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