1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (257+ words) Italian sales company True Colours has taken world sales outside Italy on first-time director Anna Foglietta’s marriage drama “A Common Story” (“Una Storia”) starring Alba Rohrwacher, ahead of its bow in Venice and Toronto. Foglietta is an actress-turned director best-known…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (462+ words) The Paris and Beijing-based sales outfit takes worldwide rights to the four-country co-production, which bows in Locarno's Filmmakers of the Present By Emiliano de Pablos Inwave Films, the international sales company with offices in Paris and Beijing, has acquired worldwide…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) IBEROFIC founder and president Carolina Cordero attended the burgeoning Costa Rica Media Market for the first time this year to cement the organization's efforts in the region The Ibero-American Film Commission Network, a non-profit organization that brings together film commissions…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (359+ words) Madrigal's directorial debut, delving into his complicated family history, will world premiere at this year's Costa Rica Film Festival When his grandfather passed away, director Andrés Madrigal felt an urge to pick up his camera and capture every possible moment…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (536+ words) Kino Rebelde has picked up international sales rights for “September Afternoon” by writer-director Nicolaas Schmidt, which has its world premiere in the Cineasti del Presente competition section at the Locarno Film Festival. The film is described as a work that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) Pérez's queer coming-of-age recently won a film residency prize at the Desde El Centro showcase at the Costa Rica Media Market Costa Rica’s Dos de Patos has joined Páramo Films as co-producers of Luis Diego Pérez’s “The Beast Is Not…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (793+ words) J.A.Bayona will unveil doc series ‘Beyond Society’; Trueba's 'Bajañi' and Peña's 'El Castillo' screen out of competition Mikel Gurrea’s “Sants,” with “The Beloved” star Vicky Luengo, joins in San Sebastian’s main competition alongside Berto Romero’s time-loop relationship comedy “Five Minutes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) Produced by Red Collision Studios and Afro Films, the five-country co-production also stars Germany's Christine Neubauer and Chilean thesp Tamara Acosta “La Puta Vida,” a new international feature starring Colombian actor Claudio Cataño – star of Netflix’s acclaimed adaptation of Gabriel…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (727+ words) Initial campaigns include working with Netflix on a London screening of Maite Alberdi's 'A Child of My Own' and on-the-ground support for Humberto Busto on his Venice Biennale College title ‘Tijuana Todavía’ David Martínez, executive director of Raindance, and Jacky…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (248+ words) Heretic has taken on world sales for “Hearing” (“Thính Giác”), the second feature from Vietnamese director Lê Bảo, which is set to screen in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival. A clip has been unveiled. The film is…...