Roberto Sneider, whose credits include “You’re Killing Me Susana” and “Dos Crímenes,” has been tapped to direct multi-generational family drama “Blood Knot,” which stars Michael Douglas and Cameron Douglas. Emmy and Tony nominated actor David Morse, Michael Stahl-David and Walker Scobell have joined the cast.
Screen Media will be presenting the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film is based on Bob Rich’s novel “Looking Through Water” and is adapted for the screen by Rowdy Herrington (“Road House”). It follows a father who, in an attempt to reconnect with his estranged son, invites him to Belize to compete in a father-son fishing competition.
Sneider replaces Howard Deutch, who was originally announced as director, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.
The film is produced by Stan Spry of Cartel. Eric Woods and Robert Mitas (“Ratched”) also serve as producers. Screen Media’s David Fannon...
Screen Media will be presenting the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film is based on Bob Rich’s novel “Looking Through Water” and is adapted for the screen by Rowdy Herrington (“Road House”). It follows a father who, in an attempt to reconnect with his estranged son, invites him to Belize to compete in a father-son fishing competition.
Sneider replaces Howard Deutch, who was originally announced as director, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.
The film is produced by Stan Spry of Cartel. Eric Woods and Robert Mitas (“Ratched”) also serve as producers. Screen Media’s David Fannon...
- 5/17/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Koblic, My Love Or My Passion among hot sellers.
FilmSharks has closed key deals with Chinese buyers on its Afm slate here, led by a sale on thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) to Lemon Tree Media.
The Argentina-Spain co-production has also gone to HBO Europe, and Caribbean Cinemas for Central America. Oscar Martinez, who won the 2016 Venice Coppa Volpi for The Distinguished Citizen, stars in Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) based on the Argentinian crime novel by Claudia Piñeiro.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud previously struck deals with Buena Vista for Latin America and HBO for the Us.
FilmSharks has closed key deals with Chinese buyers on its Afm slate here, led by a sale on thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) to Lemon Tree Media.
The Argentina-Spain co-production has also gone to HBO Europe, and Caribbean Cinemas for Central America. Oscar Martinez, who won the 2016 Venice Coppa Volpi for The Distinguished Citizen, stars in Dark Buildings (Las Grietas de Jara) based on the Argentinian crime novel by Claudia Piñeiro.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud previously struck deals with Buena Vista for Latin America and HBO for the Us.
- 11/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Roberto Sneider’s comedic drama will be released in Us by Hola Mexico Distribution.
FilmSharks has bolstered its Efm slate with international sales rights to comedic drama You’re Killing Me Susana starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
Los Angeles-based Hola Mexico Distribution holds Us rights and the Latin cinema specialist has set a February 17 theatrical release on more than 50 screens. FilmSharks and the producers will handle Us TV/VOD distribution.
Susana is based on Jose Agustin’s novel Ciudades Desiertas, about a Mexican man who reflects on his life as he undergoes a humbling trip to the snowy wastes of the northern Us in the hope of reclaiming his wife.
Bernal stars alongside Veronica Echegui, Ashley Hinshaw, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Barbara Garrick, Gabino Rodriguez and Andres Almeida.
La Banda Films produced You’re Killing Me Susana with Cuevano Films from Mexico and Canada’s Buffalo Gal Pictures. Mexican media giant Televisa’s theatrical arm Videocine...
FilmSharks has bolstered its Efm slate with international sales rights to comedic drama You’re Killing Me Susana starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
Los Angeles-based Hola Mexico Distribution holds Us rights and the Latin cinema specialist has set a February 17 theatrical release on more than 50 screens. FilmSharks and the producers will handle Us TV/VOD distribution.
Susana is based on Jose Agustin’s novel Ciudades Desiertas, about a Mexican man who reflects on his life as he undergoes a humbling trip to the snowy wastes of the northern Us in the hope of reclaiming his wife.
Bernal stars alongside Veronica Echegui, Ashley Hinshaw, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Barbara Garrick, Gabino Rodriguez and Andres Almeida.
La Banda Films produced You’re Killing Me Susana with Cuevano Films from Mexico and Canada’s Buffalo Gal Pictures. Mexican media giant Televisa’s theatrical arm Videocine...
- 2/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The International Film Festival in Guadalajara (FICG31) celebrated its 31th anniversary this year and moved to the center of town, a move toward regaining its early luster within the galaxy of younger festivals now competing for resources in México. With its myriad of activities beyond the mere programming of films, its mentoring other festivals such as Puerto Vallarta and Oaxaca, I would give it two thumbs up.
On Friday, March 11, it announced its awards and officially announced next year’s Guest of Honor, Germany, closing with the German film, Doris Dörrie’s “Fukushima Mon Amour” (Isa: The Match Factory). This film is a deeply moving homage to the spirit of humanity, recovery and love as a German clown, played by Rosalie Thomass and her clown partners, the wonderful Moshe Cohen of San Francisco and Nami Kamata, visit the people remaining at the devastated town of Fukushima and Rosalie bonds with the last geisha of Fukushima played by the beautiful Aya Irizuki. It premiered at the Panorama of the Berlinale where Doris won the C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Heiner Carow Prize.
Official Competition Winners FICG31
Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film to “Maquinaria Panamericana”/ “Panamerican Machinery”
Mezcal jury
The jury consists of 30 students from related fields from universities or major schools of Mexico, Latin American, Europe and Canada. Serving as a sort of tutor, Jose Ramon Mikelajauregui, Director of Dis was responsible for the academic program held at FICG31.
The Mezcal Award consisting of 500,000 Mexican pesos went to the director, Joaquín del Paso for “Maquinaria Panamericana”/ “Panamerican Machinery”, a portrait of an inefficient factory on the edge of Mexico City where the workers lock themselves in when the owner is found dead in the back of the warehouse and they discover he has been bankrolling the wages out of his own pocket for years.
A coproduction of Mantarraya Producciones, it also won the Fipresci Prize at its premiere in the Forum of the Berlinale. International sales agent (Isa) is the new Paris-based sales and co-production company Luxbox whose
co-ceo Fiorella Moretti was formerly head of sales at Ndm, the Mexico City-based sales company she set up with director Carlos Reygadas and producer Jaime Romandia of Mantarraya Productions in 2012 to sell “Post Tenebras Lux”.
Co-ceo Hédi Zardi previously worked in sales for Fortissimo and went on to Unifrance, the French cinema promotions agency and then to the PR and events company Le Public Systeme, where he was in charge of industry initiatives at Marrakesh and Deauville festivals.
The pair got to know one another through Gabriel Ripstein’s “600 Miles”, winner of the best first feature last year at the Berlinale, which Zardi associate produced and Moretti sold.
Special Mention went to “Margarita” directed by Bruno Santamaría Razo
Infinitum Aaward Grante dby the Public, consisting of 150,000 pesos, went to " El Charro de Toluquilla" (Isa: Imcine) by José Villalobos Romero, a doc about mariachi singer Jaime Garcia Dominguez who became fascinated by the recklessness and ladies´ man lifestyle of the classic Mexican movie characters with one difference: he´s got HIV. Jaime faces an inner maturing process as he decides between keeping this lifestyle or becoming a family man. It also won the award for Best Iberoamerican Documentary of 150,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the director.
Best Latin American Fiction Film consisting of 250,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars went to the production company of Felipe Guerrero’s film “ Oscuro animal”, about three women forced to flee their homes in a war torn region in Colombia. The film also won Best Actress Award (s) for Marleyda Soto, Luisa Galiano and Jocelyn Vides Meneses and Best Photography Award to Fernando Lockett.
A coproduction of Argentina, Greece, Netherlands, Germany and Colombia, it is being sold internationally by FiGa. It previously played in the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Tiger Competition and Ficci Cartagena 2016’s Official Dramatic Competition. At the Berlinale’s Efm 2016 it was part of the World Cinema Fund’s First Look section. Financing for the film came from Colombia’s Proimágenes, Argentina’s Incaa, Netherlands’ Hubert Bals Fund, Fundación Typa, and Germany’s Nrw and World Cinema Fund.
It also won the award for Award for Best Iberoamerican Director consisting off 150,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars, because “almost wordlessly it portrays a complex and painful situation in Colombia which is all too common in Latin America.”
Special Feature Film Jury Award Iberoamerican Fiction of 125,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars, went to the production company of “The 4th Company”/ ”La 4a Compañía” by Amir Galván Cervera and Mitzi Vanessa Arreola, based upon a true story about an underdog prison (American-style) football team that, against all odds, wins against the police force team. The jury stated that it “considers it a cinematic achievement about a shameful moment in the history of Mexico to be remembered and not to be repeated”. Adrian Thief also won for Best Actor, and he is that! There is no Isa of record, so those ISAs reading this should check it out on Cinando! It’s a seller!
Award for Best Latin American Film of 125,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars went to the superb debuting director from Puerto Rico, Angel Manuel Soto for“La Granja”/ “The Farm”. Also the first film produced independently by Tom Davia’s Cinemaven (but check out his credits!), this film is a full-circle “Crash”-style story that rivals “Gemorrah” in its look at the barrio called “The Farm” or “La Granja” in which the lives of a midwife, a young boxer, a janitor, a mute kid and a young couple collide in a story about the desperate pursuit of happiness on the mean streets of La Granja. Shot on a budget of $250,000, this film took four years to complete as the Puerto Rican government film establishment sought to block its production and release – and you can see why. It previously played in Fantastic Fest.
This is another discovery film with no Isa, and I am sure the agents have already locked their eyes upon writer-director Angel Manuel Soto. He lives in Los Angeles. “Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Son of a car salesman and a flight attendant. Studied architecture and advertising. Always loved films. Now he makes them. He is a cinephile. He travels all over the world doing it, including Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, France, USA, and Puerto Rico. He is not planning on stopping.”
Best Screenplay Award went to Marina Seresesky for “La Puerta Abierta”/ “Open Door” (pictured above). Marina also directed this first film. She has made two shorts previously. After Ficg it will play at Sofia Iff 2016 in International Competition, San Diego Latino 2016 and Chicago Latino 2016 Film Festivals.
Movies Recommended for Selection for the Golden Globes Awards 2017 are “The 4th Company” and “Ciudades Desiertas” / “Deserted Cities” by Roberto Sneider.
Documentary Jury Special Award of 100,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the director Jorge Caballero for“Patient”/ "Paciente" Isa Rise and Shine, a new company in Germany, picked up the film at its world premiere in Competition at Idfa.
Best Iberoamerican Short Film Award D of 75,000 pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the directors Miguel de Olaso and Bruno Zacharias for the 10 minute short “ Los Angeles 1991”.
Special Mention went to “Juan's Sundown”/ "El Ocaso de Juan" by Omar Deneb Vargas Juárez
Rigo Mora Award for Best Mexican Animated Short Film of 100,000 Mexican pesos went to the director Alejandro Rios for “ The Cats”/"Los Gatos."
Maguey Award for best Lgbt film went to "Theo et Hugo dans le meme bateau"/ "Paris 05:59" of France, directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
Special Mention went to “Neon Bull” of Brazil, directed by Gabriel Mascaro for its poetic and innovative illustrating of how traditional ideas of masculinity slowly have been made obsolete inviting us to question our own perspectives on gender bias.
After the Awards, Ficg gave a great closing night party. Lots of good people, new and old friends, great salsa band, danced til 3! Here’s me with my friend David Martinez of Raindance Film Festival. Coming from Guadalajara, living in London, this year he came home with Elliot Grove of Founder and Director of Raindance, and Aaron Wileman of Imaginative Exposure who gave a Master Class on Film Funds and Product Placement.
And of course I presented my own book in its abridged, Spanish language format, published by the University of Guadalajara Press, Cine Iberoamerican Industria y financiamiento por pais (Iberoamerican Cinema: Industry and Financing by Country). Read more about it here.
On Friday, March 11, it announced its awards and officially announced next year’s Guest of Honor, Germany, closing with the German film, Doris Dörrie’s “Fukushima Mon Amour” (Isa: The Match Factory). This film is a deeply moving homage to the spirit of humanity, recovery and love as a German clown, played by Rosalie Thomass and her clown partners, the wonderful Moshe Cohen of San Francisco and Nami Kamata, visit the people remaining at the devastated town of Fukushima and Rosalie bonds with the last geisha of Fukushima played by the beautiful Aya Irizuki. It premiered at the Panorama of the Berlinale where Doris won the C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Heiner Carow Prize.
Official Competition Winners FICG31
Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film to “Maquinaria Panamericana”/ “Panamerican Machinery”
Mezcal jury
The jury consists of 30 students from related fields from universities or major schools of Mexico, Latin American, Europe and Canada. Serving as a sort of tutor, Jose Ramon Mikelajauregui, Director of Dis was responsible for the academic program held at FICG31.
The Mezcal Award consisting of 500,000 Mexican pesos went to the director, Joaquín del Paso for “Maquinaria Panamericana”/ “Panamerican Machinery”, a portrait of an inefficient factory on the edge of Mexico City where the workers lock themselves in when the owner is found dead in the back of the warehouse and they discover he has been bankrolling the wages out of his own pocket for years.
A coproduction of Mantarraya Producciones, it also won the Fipresci Prize at its premiere in the Forum of the Berlinale. International sales agent (Isa) is the new Paris-based sales and co-production company Luxbox whose
co-ceo Fiorella Moretti was formerly head of sales at Ndm, the Mexico City-based sales company she set up with director Carlos Reygadas and producer Jaime Romandia of Mantarraya Productions in 2012 to sell “Post Tenebras Lux”.
Co-ceo Hédi Zardi previously worked in sales for Fortissimo and went on to Unifrance, the French cinema promotions agency and then to the PR and events company Le Public Systeme, where he was in charge of industry initiatives at Marrakesh and Deauville festivals.
The pair got to know one another through Gabriel Ripstein’s “600 Miles”, winner of the best first feature last year at the Berlinale, which Zardi associate produced and Moretti sold.
Special Mention went to “Margarita” directed by Bruno Santamaría Razo
Infinitum Aaward Grante dby the Public, consisting of 150,000 pesos, went to " El Charro de Toluquilla" (Isa: Imcine) by José Villalobos Romero, a doc about mariachi singer Jaime Garcia Dominguez who became fascinated by the recklessness and ladies´ man lifestyle of the classic Mexican movie characters with one difference: he´s got HIV. Jaime faces an inner maturing process as he decides between keeping this lifestyle or becoming a family man. It also won the award for Best Iberoamerican Documentary of 150,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the director.
Best Latin American Fiction Film consisting of 250,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars went to the production company of Felipe Guerrero’s film “ Oscuro animal”, about three women forced to flee their homes in a war torn region in Colombia. The film also won Best Actress Award (s) for Marleyda Soto, Luisa Galiano and Jocelyn Vides Meneses and Best Photography Award to Fernando Lockett.
A coproduction of Argentina, Greece, Netherlands, Germany and Colombia, it is being sold internationally by FiGa. It previously played in the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Tiger Competition and Ficci Cartagena 2016’s Official Dramatic Competition. At the Berlinale’s Efm 2016 it was part of the World Cinema Fund’s First Look section. Financing for the film came from Colombia’s Proimágenes, Argentina’s Incaa, Netherlands’ Hubert Bals Fund, Fundación Typa, and Germany’s Nrw and World Cinema Fund.
It also won the award for Award for Best Iberoamerican Director consisting off 150,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars, because “almost wordlessly it portrays a complex and painful situation in Colombia which is all too common in Latin America.”
Special Feature Film Jury Award Iberoamerican Fiction of 125,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars, went to the production company of “The 4th Company”/ ”La 4a Compañía” by Amir Galván Cervera and Mitzi Vanessa Arreola, based upon a true story about an underdog prison (American-style) football team that, against all odds, wins against the police force team. The jury stated that it “considers it a cinematic achievement about a shameful moment in the history of Mexico to be remembered and not to be repeated”. Adrian Thief also won for Best Actor, and he is that! There is no Isa of record, so those ISAs reading this should check it out on Cinando! It’s a seller!
Award for Best Latin American Film of 125,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars went to the superb debuting director from Puerto Rico, Angel Manuel Soto for“La Granja”/ “The Farm”. Also the first film produced independently by Tom Davia’s Cinemaven (but check out his credits!), this film is a full-circle “Crash”-style story that rivals “Gemorrah” in its look at the barrio called “The Farm” or “La Granja” in which the lives of a midwife, a young boxer, a janitor, a mute kid and a young couple collide in a story about the desperate pursuit of happiness on the mean streets of La Granja. Shot on a budget of $250,000, this film took four years to complete as the Puerto Rican government film establishment sought to block its production and release – and you can see why. It previously played in Fantastic Fest.
This is another discovery film with no Isa, and I am sure the agents have already locked their eyes upon writer-director Angel Manuel Soto. He lives in Los Angeles. “Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Son of a car salesman and a flight attendant. Studied architecture and advertising. Always loved films. Now he makes them. He is a cinephile. He travels all over the world doing it, including Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, France, USA, and Puerto Rico. He is not planning on stopping.”
Best Screenplay Award went to Marina Seresesky for “La Puerta Abierta”/ “Open Door” (pictured above). Marina also directed this first film. She has made two shorts previously. After Ficg it will play at Sofia Iff 2016 in International Competition, San Diego Latino 2016 and Chicago Latino 2016 Film Festivals.
Movies Recommended for Selection for the Golden Globes Awards 2017 are “The 4th Company” and “Ciudades Desiertas” / “Deserted Cities” by Roberto Sneider.
Documentary Jury Special Award of 100,000 Mexican pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the director Jorge Caballero for“Patient”/ "Paciente" Isa Rise and Shine, a new company in Germany, picked up the film at its world premiere in Competition at Idfa.
Best Iberoamerican Short Film Award D of 75,000 pesos or its equivalent in dollars to the directors Miguel de Olaso and Bruno Zacharias for the 10 minute short “ Los Angeles 1991”.
Special Mention went to “Juan's Sundown”/ "El Ocaso de Juan" by Omar Deneb Vargas Juárez
Rigo Mora Award for Best Mexican Animated Short Film of 100,000 Mexican pesos went to the director Alejandro Rios for “ The Cats”/"Los Gatos."
Maguey Award for best Lgbt film went to "Theo et Hugo dans le meme bateau"/ "Paris 05:59" of France, directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
Special Mention went to “Neon Bull” of Brazil, directed by Gabriel Mascaro for its poetic and innovative illustrating of how traditional ideas of masculinity slowly have been made obsolete inviting us to question our own perspectives on gender bias.
After the Awards, Ficg gave a great closing night party. Lots of good people, new and old friends, great salsa band, danced til 3! Here’s me with my friend David Martinez of Raindance Film Festival. Coming from Guadalajara, living in London, this year he came home with Elliot Grove of Founder and Director of Raindance, and Aaron Wileman of Imaginative Exposure who gave a Master Class on Film Funds and Product Placement.
And of course I presented my own book in its abridged, Spanish language format, published by the University of Guadalajara Press, Cine Iberoamerican Industria y financiamiento por pais (Iberoamerican Cinema: Industry and Financing by Country). Read more about it here.
- 3/17/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Guadalajara International Film Festival in Los Angeles - Ficg in La - presented by the University of Guadalajara Foundation in USA and Conaculta, with Principal Sponsors University of Guadalajara, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Institute of Cinema Mexico (Imcine) and Univision, announced the celebrities who will attend the opening night gala on Friday, September 5.
Ficg in La previously announced that Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir ("A Better Life," FX’s The Bridge), Rubén Luengas (Univision Radio), anchorwoman Gabriela Teissier (Univision TV) and Nalip (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) will be honored. Joining them at the festival will be the cast and filmmakers of the opening night film "Las horas contigo" ("The Hours with You"), Isela Vega (lead actress), María Rojo (lead actress), Cassandra Ciangherotti (lead actress), Julio Bracho (supporting actor), Arcelia Ramírez (supporting actor), Catalina Aguilar Mastretta (director), Roberto Sneider(producer), Bérénice Eveno (director of photography). The festival also announced the addition of the short film "Solidarity" starring Elpidia Carrillo, who will be in attendance with the director Dustin Brown.
Cast members and filmmakers of the Closing night film "En el último trago" ("One for the Road") are also confirmed to attend, including Eduardo Manzano (supporting actor), Jack Zagha Kababie (director), Yossy Zagha Kababie (producer).
Directors of several other films in the festival will also attend. Nicolás Echevarría (director, "Eco de la Montaña"), Ignasi Millet (subject,"Ignasi M"), Mariana Chenillo (director, "Paraíso"), Damian John Harper (director, "Los Angeles"), Horacio Alcala (director, "Grazing the Sky"), Sara Seligman (director, live-action short, "Diego"), Bernardo Britto (director, Animation Short, "Yearbook") will also be in attendance.
Ficg in La is presented by the University of Guadalajara Foundation in the United States of America and Conaculta, and Principal Sponsors, the University of Guadalajara, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Institute of Cinema Mexico (Imcine) and Univision, and Supporting Sponsors Cultura Udg, University of Guadalajara Foundation in Los Angeles, LeaLa, Channel 31.2 and the General Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles.
For tickets and more information visit Here
About Ficg
Ficg was founded in 1986 by the Mexican filmmaker Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, with the tremendous help from young film students like Guillermo del Toro, and support from the University of Guadalajara. It will celebrate its 30th edition next March 6-15, 2015.
Ficg is the lead film festival in Latin America. It is a forum for the training, education, and creative exchange among industry professionals, film critics, and film students from all over Ibero-America.
About the University of Guadalajara – Mexico
The University of Guadalajara is a network formed by three educational systems and 15 campuses distributed in all the regions of the State of Jalisco, and it is the second most important and eldest university in Mexico. The University of Guadalajara is committed to the betterment of society through higher education. It supports scientific and technological research that makes important contributions to a sustainable and inclusive society, respecting cultural diversity and honoring the principles of social justice, democracy, coexistence, and prosperity for all. The University is renowned in Mexico and abroad as a leader in the transformation of society through innovative means through social development and dissemination of knowledge.
About the Foundation of the University of Guadalajara in the U.S.
The University of Guadalajara Foundation in the United States of America is an extension of Fundación Universidad de Guadalajara, A.C., and is made up of a number of prominent academic and social leaders. The Foundation works to attain private support from individuals, foundations and corporations in order to fulfill the mission and vision of the University of Guadalajara in Los Angeles.
It seeks to improve the quality of life and social integration of migrants and hispanic nationals by increasing their access to education and enhancing their sense of belonging and identification with their environment by developing their skills and capabilities through educational services and relevant social research.
Ficg in La previously announced that Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir ("A Better Life," FX’s The Bridge), Rubén Luengas (Univision Radio), anchorwoman Gabriela Teissier (Univision TV) and Nalip (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) will be honored. Joining them at the festival will be the cast and filmmakers of the opening night film "Las horas contigo" ("The Hours with You"), Isela Vega (lead actress), María Rojo (lead actress), Cassandra Ciangherotti (lead actress), Julio Bracho (supporting actor), Arcelia Ramírez (supporting actor), Catalina Aguilar Mastretta (director), Roberto Sneider(producer), Bérénice Eveno (director of photography). The festival also announced the addition of the short film "Solidarity" starring Elpidia Carrillo, who will be in attendance with the director Dustin Brown.
Cast members and filmmakers of the Closing night film "En el último trago" ("One for the Road") are also confirmed to attend, including Eduardo Manzano (supporting actor), Jack Zagha Kababie (director), Yossy Zagha Kababie (producer).
Directors of several other films in the festival will also attend. Nicolás Echevarría (director, "Eco de la Montaña"), Ignasi Millet (subject,"Ignasi M"), Mariana Chenillo (director, "Paraíso"), Damian John Harper (director, "Los Angeles"), Horacio Alcala (director, "Grazing the Sky"), Sara Seligman (director, live-action short, "Diego"), Bernardo Britto (director, Animation Short, "Yearbook") will also be in attendance.
Ficg in La is presented by the University of Guadalajara Foundation in the United States of America and Conaculta, and Principal Sponsors, the University of Guadalajara, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Institute of Cinema Mexico (Imcine) and Univision, and Supporting Sponsors Cultura Udg, University of Guadalajara Foundation in Los Angeles, LeaLa, Channel 31.2 and the General Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles.
For tickets and more information visit Here
About Ficg
Ficg was founded in 1986 by the Mexican filmmaker Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, with the tremendous help from young film students like Guillermo del Toro, and support from the University of Guadalajara. It will celebrate its 30th edition next March 6-15, 2015.
Ficg is the lead film festival in Latin America. It is a forum for the training, education, and creative exchange among industry professionals, film critics, and film students from all over Ibero-America.
About the University of Guadalajara – Mexico
The University of Guadalajara is a network formed by three educational systems and 15 campuses distributed in all the regions of the State of Jalisco, and it is the second most important and eldest university in Mexico. The University of Guadalajara is committed to the betterment of society through higher education. It supports scientific and technological research that makes important contributions to a sustainable and inclusive society, respecting cultural diversity and honoring the principles of social justice, democracy, coexistence, and prosperity for all. The University is renowned in Mexico and abroad as a leader in the transformation of society through innovative means through social development and dissemination of knowledge.
About the Foundation of the University of Guadalajara in the U.S.
The University of Guadalajara Foundation in the United States of America is an extension of Fundación Universidad de Guadalajara, A.C., and is made up of a number of prominent academic and social leaders. The Foundation works to attain private support from individuals, foundations and corporations in order to fulfill the mission and vision of the University of Guadalajara in Los Angeles.
It seeks to improve the quality of life and social integration of migrants and hispanic nationals by increasing their access to education and enhancing their sense of belonging and identification with their environment by developing their skills and capabilities through educational services and relevant social research.
- 9/3/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Through simple coincidence or by design, the majority of Gael Garcia Bernal's impressive filmography has contained a fierce political bent -- from the revolutionary inkings of “The Motorcycle Diaries” through to Pablo Larrain's recent Cannes sensation, “No” -- and judging from the actor's latest independent project based on U.S./Mexico relations, that tendency isn't likely to change much. Variety reports that Bernal and actress Ashley Hinshaw (“Chronicle”) have begun filming on “Deserted Cities,” a comic adaptation of influential Mexican author Jose Agustin's novel, with Roberto Sneider (“Tear This Heart Out,” Mexico's 2008 Oscar submission) directing the picture. Originally set in the '80s but updated to take place in the present, the story follows a man, Eligio (Bernal), as he attempts to win back his decidedly feminist love interest (Veronica Echegui), after she leaves Mexico to attend a...
- 11/27/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Here’s an interesting project which comes from director Roberto Sneider (Tear This Heart Out). Make sure you remember this title – Deserted Cities aka Ciudades, because it’s an upcoming adaptation of Jose Agustin’s novel of the same name, which already has Gael Garcia Bernal and Ashley Hinshaw on board.
At this moment we know that Sneider’s project will follow a man named Eligio and his comic quest to regain the love of his wife Susana, a self-styled feminist who flees Mexico to an international writer’s conference held mid-winter in the chilly, foreign U.S. heartland.
But, according to the leading star Bernal, the movie will also have “a number of political angles” or as he explained:
“one is between the couple, the other is the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and another is between the archetypical Mexican macho and the contemporary feminist woman.”
He...
At this moment we know that Sneider’s project will follow a man named Eligio and his comic quest to regain the love of his wife Susana, a self-styled feminist who flees Mexico to an international writer’s conference held mid-winter in the chilly, foreign U.S. heartland.
But, according to the leading star Bernal, the movie will also have “a number of political angles” or as he explained:
“one is between the couple, the other is the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and another is between the archetypical Mexican macho and the contemporary feminist woman.”
He...
- 11/27/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
About Cherry star Ashley Hinshaw is keeping busy signing on to star in both Deserted Cities (Ciudades desiertas) and Epoch Films’ Goodbye to All That.
In Deserted Cities, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jose Agustin, she’ll be joining Gael Garcia Bernal (Zorro Reborn) who plays a Mexican husband andf his wife writer fleeing home to attend an international workshop in the U.S. leaving him behind in Mexico; Hinshaw will be playing the role of a woman who works in the writer’s workshop.
Roberto Sneider, writer/director/producer of the Mexican blockbuster Tear This Heart Ou,t is directing Cities for La Banda Films.
As for Hinshaw’s second film in a row – Goodbye to All That, Paul Schneider, Judy Greer and Kathryn Hahn have already been attached along with Melanie Lynskey, Heather Lawless, Heather Graham, Amy Sedaris, Anna Camp, and Celia Weston.
In Deserted Cities, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jose Agustin, she’ll be joining Gael Garcia Bernal (Zorro Reborn) who plays a Mexican husband andf his wife writer fleeing home to attend an international workshop in the U.S. leaving him behind in Mexico; Hinshaw will be playing the role of a woman who works in the writer’s workshop.
Roberto Sneider, writer/director/producer of the Mexican blockbuster Tear This Heart Ou,t is directing Cities for La Banda Films.
As for Hinshaw’s second film in a row – Goodbye to All That, Paul Schneider, Judy Greer and Kathryn Hahn have already been attached along with Melanie Lynskey, Heather Lawless, Heather Graham, Amy Sedaris, Anna Camp, and Celia Weston.
- 10/28/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
"Chronicle" actress Ashley Hinshaw has scored roles in Roberto Sneider's "Deserted Cities" and Angus MacLachlan's "Goodbye to All of That."
'Cities' follows a female Mexican writer fleeing her home to attend an international workshop in the U.S. leaving her husband behind in Mexico.
Hinshaw plays a women who works at the writer's workshop. The story is based on Jose Agustin's novel. Gael Garcia Bernal also stars
'Goodbye', which begins shooting shortly, revolves around a recently divorced dad who tries to start a new life with his daughter.
Paul Schneider, Judy Greer and Kathryn Hahn star.
Source: Variety...
'Cities' follows a female Mexican writer fleeing her home to attend an international workshop in the U.S. leaving her husband behind in Mexico.
Hinshaw plays a women who works at the writer's workshop. The story is based on Jose Agustin's novel. Gael Garcia Bernal also stars
'Goodbye', which begins shooting shortly, revolves around a recently divorced dad who tries to start a new life with his daughter.
Paul Schneider, Judy Greer and Kathryn Hahn star.
Source: Variety...
- 10/28/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
- Banking on the large-reach demographic of Spanish speaking moviegoers that Maya Entertainment is keen on servicing, Lionsgate (known for franchise horror films, Tyler Perry comedies) have grabbed last year's foreign-language short list nominated film from Mexico for an eventual theatrical run in theaters - perhaps sometime this year or next. Roberto Sneider's "Arrancame la vida" (Tear This Heart Out) was a major box office draw for Latin America's 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate who've made strides in the past with in this market with La mujer de mi hermano will benefit from the buzz at the south of the border. Judging by the trailer, the picture, based on a best-selling novel by Angeles Mastretta, benefitted from the type of financing who's craft services were probably more expensive than what is cost to make Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe (also a Mexican production). Set in 30s and 40s Mexico,
- 8/3/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Guadalajara, Mexico -- Mexican producer Monica Lozano has launched Alebrije Producciones, a shingle with a pair of features lined up this year.
Lozano, who also heads Mexico's Independent Producers Assn., said production will begin in several months on the Spanish- and English-language dramedy "Hombre de Piedra," the directorial debut of comedian Eugenio Derbez. Written by Guillermo Rios and Leticia Lopez Margali, the film, which will be shot in New York and Mexico, is budgeted at $5.5 million, a costly production by Mexican standards.
Also slated for production this year is the period piece "Expediente del Atentado," based on Mexican author Alvaro Uribe's book about a failed assassination attempt on former President Porfirio Diaz. Jorge Fons, helmer of the award-winning 1995 feature "Midaq Alley," is directing. Fernando Leon, a Mexican screenwriter who resides in Spain, is adapting the story.
Lozano said "Expediente" will cost $8 million, making it one of the most expensive Mexican productions to date.
Lozano, who also heads Mexico's Independent Producers Assn., said production will begin in several months on the Spanish- and English-language dramedy "Hombre de Piedra," the directorial debut of comedian Eugenio Derbez. Written by Guillermo Rios and Leticia Lopez Margali, the film, which will be shot in New York and Mexico, is budgeted at $5.5 million, a costly production by Mexican standards.
Also slated for production this year is the period piece "Expediente del Atentado," based on Mexican author Alvaro Uribe's book about a failed assassination attempt on former President Porfirio Diaz. Jorge Fons, helmer of the award-winning 1995 feature "Midaq Alley," is directing. Fernando Leon, a Mexican screenwriter who resides in Spain, is adapting the story.
Lozano said "Expediente" will cost $8 million, making it one of the most expensive Mexican productions to date.
- 3/23/2009
- by By John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their shortlist of nine foreign-language films, which will be whittled down to five Oscar nominees on January 22:
Revanche - Gotz Spielmann, Austria The Necessities of Life - Benoit Pilon, Canada The Class - Laurent Cantet, France The Baader Meinhof Complex - Uli Edel, Germany Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman, Israel Departures - Yojiro Takita, Japan Tear This Heart Out - Roberto Sneider, Mexico Everlasting Moments - Jan Troell, Sweden 3 Monkeys - Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
If you think there are a few notable omissions from this list, you’re not alone. Over at AICN, Harry Knowles decries the omission of Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In, insisting that the system is broken:
When you depend upon a host nation to offer up a film for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, you are forced to consider...
Revanche - Gotz Spielmann, Austria The Necessities of Life - Benoit Pilon, Canada The Class - Laurent Cantet, France The Baader Meinhof Complex - Uli Edel, Germany Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman, Israel Departures - Yojiro Takita, Japan Tear This Heart Out - Roberto Sneider, Mexico Everlasting Moments - Jan Troell, Sweden 3 Monkeys - Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
If you think there are a few notable omissions from this list, you’re not alone. Over at AICN, Harry Knowles decries the omission of Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In, insisting that the system is broken:
When you depend upon a host nation to offer up a film for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, you are forced to consider...
- 1/14/2009
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nine films remain in the running in the Foreign Language category for the 81st Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director; Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director; France, “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director; Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director; Israel, “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director; Japan, “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director; Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director; Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director; Turkey, “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director. The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at [...]...
- 1/14/2009
- by The Critic
- SmartCine.com
The Academy has just released the nine final films up for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards from a previous list of 65. I have listed the nine films below and placed in bold my predictions for the five nominees. Austria, Revanche, Gotz Spielmann, director Canada, The Necessities of Life, Benoit Pilon, director France, The Class, Laurent Cantet, director Germany, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Uli Edel, director Israel, Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman, director Japan, Departures, Yojiro Takita, director Mexico, Tear This Heart Out, Roberto Sneider, director Sweden, Everlasting Moments, Jan Troell, director Turkey, 3 Monkeys, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five 2008 nominees by specially selected committees in New York and Los Angeles. The committee members will spend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday viewing three of the films each day. The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday,...
- 1/13/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
(thanks to ‘Someone’ for reminding us to keep an eye out.) Austria, “Revanche” (Gotz Spielmann, director) Canada, “The Necessities of Life” (Benoit Pilon, director) France, “The Class” (Laurent Cantet, director) Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Uli Edel, director) Israel, “Waltz with Bashir” (Ari Folman, director) Japan, “Departures” (Yojiro Takita, director) Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out” (Roberto Sneider, director) Sweden, “Everlasting Moments” (Jan Troell, [...]...
- 1/13/2009
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has whittled down the list of 65 foreign-language film submissions to a shortlist of nine that will compete for the Oscar.
But while such prominent titles as the Palme d'Or winner "The Class," from France, and the Golden Globes winner "Waltz With Bashir," from Israel, made the list, a number of other acclaimed films, most prominent among them Italy's mafia tale "Gomorrah," were left out in the cold.
Along with Laurent Cantet's "Class" and Ari Folman's "Waltz," the titles that will contend for the five Oscar noms are Austria's "Revanche," directed by Gotz Spielmann; Canada's "The Necessities of Life" (Benoit Pilon); Germany's "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Uli Edel); Japan's "Departures" (Yojiro Takita); Mexico's "Tear This Heart Out" (Roberto Sneider); Sweden's "Everlasting Moments" (Jan Troell); and Turkey's "3 Monkeys" (Nuri Bilge Ceylon).
Because past omissions on the Academy's shortlist -- like the failure to include the Romanian film "4 Months,...
But while such prominent titles as the Palme d'Or winner "The Class," from France, and the Golden Globes winner "Waltz With Bashir," from Israel, made the list, a number of other acclaimed films, most prominent among them Italy's mafia tale "Gomorrah," were left out in the cold.
Along with Laurent Cantet's "Class" and Ari Folman's "Waltz," the titles that will contend for the five Oscar noms are Austria's "Revanche," directed by Gotz Spielmann; Canada's "The Necessities of Life" (Benoit Pilon); Germany's "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Uli Edel); Japan's "Departures" (Yojiro Takita); Mexico's "Tear This Heart Out" (Roberto Sneider); Sweden's "Everlasting Moments" (Jan Troell); and Turkey's "3 Monkeys" (Nuri Bilge Ceylon).
Because past omissions on the Academy's shortlist -- like the failure to include the Romanian film "4 Months,...
- 1/13/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Austria, Revanche , Gotz Spielmann, director; Canada, The Necessities of Life , Benoit Pilon, director; France, The Class , Laurent Cantet, director; Germany, The Baader Meinhof Complex , Uli Edel, director; Israel, Waltz with Bashir , Ari Folman, director; Japan, Departures , Yojiro Takita, director; Mexico, Tear This Heart Out , Roberto Sneider, director; Sweden, Everlasting Moments Jan Troell, director; Turkey, 3 Monkeys , Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director. Foreign Language Film nominations for 2008 are being determined in two...
- 1/13/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Mexico's 'Tear This Heart Out' ('Arrancame la vida'), submitted for Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language film has been a huge box office winner in Mexico and is said to be on a level of 'Like Water For Chocolate' which was the biggest U.S. grossing foreign language film released in 1993 by Miramax is also a strong contender for the Oscar. The director Roberto Sneider has a great cast with Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho and José María de Tavira.
Another favorite is 'Entre les Murs'.
Another strong contender for the Academy Award for Best Documentary is 'Man on Wire'.
Another favorite is 'Entre les Murs'.
Another strong contender for the Academy Award for Best Documentary is 'Man on Wire'.
- 12/11/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
A record 67 countries have submitted films for consideration for best foreign-language film for the 81st Academy Awards, Academy president Sid Ganis said Friday. Nominations will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 22, and the awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 22.
The complete list of foreign-language submissions follows. For more details on some of the films, visit THR.com/foreignoscars.
Afghanistan, "Opium War," Siddiq Barmak
Albania, "The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider," Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani
Algeria, "Masquerades," Lyes Salem
Argentina, "Lion's Den," Pablo Trapero
Austria, "Revanche," Gotz Spielmann
Azerbaijan, "Fortress," Shamil Nacafzada
Bangladesh, "Aha!," Enamul Karim Nirjhar
Belgium, "Eldorado," Bouli Lanners
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Snow," Aida Begic
Brazil, "Last Stop 174," Bruno Barreto
Bulgaria, "Zift," Javor Gardev
Canada, "The Necessities of Life," Benoit Pilon
Chile, "Tony Manero," Pablo Larrain
China, "Dream Weavers," Jun Gu
Colombia, "Dog Eat Dog," Carlos Moreno
Croatia, "No One's Son," Arsen Anton Ostojic
Czech Republic, "The Karamazovs," Petr Zelenka
Denmark,...
The complete list of foreign-language submissions follows. For more details on some of the films, visit THR.com/foreignoscars.
Afghanistan, "Opium War," Siddiq Barmak
Albania, "The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider," Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani
Algeria, "Masquerades," Lyes Salem
Argentina, "Lion's Den," Pablo Trapero
Austria, "Revanche," Gotz Spielmann
Azerbaijan, "Fortress," Shamil Nacafzada
Bangladesh, "Aha!," Enamul Karim Nirjhar
Belgium, "Eldorado," Bouli Lanners
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Snow," Aida Begic
Brazil, "Last Stop 174," Bruno Barreto
Bulgaria, "Zift," Javor Gardev
Canada, "The Necessities of Life," Benoit Pilon
Chile, "Tony Manero," Pablo Larrain
China, "Dream Weavers," Jun Gu
Colombia, "Dog Eat Dog," Carlos Moreno
Croatia, "No One's Son," Arsen Anton Ostojic
Czech Republic, "The Karamazovs," Petr Zelenka
Denmark,...
- 10/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- So far, about one third (35 countries to be exact) of the 96 invited to submit their entry for the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Language Picture category have done so. While tomorrow's list will beef up the finally tally, there are three pictures that first caught everyone's attention at Cannes this year that are destined to make it to the final five. After last year's fiasco (the exclusion of Persepolis and 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days), I'm hoping that this year's measures (a new voting system broken into phases) will make sure that voting members don't mess up once again and If I'd had to handicap the race this early on, I'd say The Class, Gomorra and Waltz with Bashir -- all films that are currently being showcased at the 46th Nyff, will each be considered as top tier noms. I'd also love to see Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys in
- 9/30/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Mexico City -- The Mexican film academy has selected the period piece "Arrancame la Vida" as its foreign-language Oscar submission for the 81st annual Academy Awards.
The Altavista and La Banda Films production has performed exceptionally well at the boxoffice here, grabbing the No. 1 spot in recent weeks over such Hollywood fare as "Mamma Mia!" and "Tropic Thunder." Roberto Sneider directed and co-wrote "Arrancame," which stars Ana Claudia Talancon and Daniel Jimenez Cacho. 20th Century Fox is distributing the picture in Mexico.
The academy also announced that it has chosen Fernando Eimbcke's sophomore drama "Lake Tahoe" to contend for Spain's Goya award in the foreign picture category. Winner of the Fipresci Prize at this year's edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, Paris-based sales agent Funny Balloons is handling international sales on the Cine Pantera-produced film.
The Altavista and La Banda Films production has performed exceptionally well at the boxoffice here, grabbing the No. 1 spot in recent weeks over such Hollywood fare as "Mamma Mia!" and "Tropic Thunder." Roberto Sneider directed and co-wrote "Arrancame," which stars Ana Claudia Talancon and Daniel Jimenez Cacho. 20th Century Fox is distributing the picture in Mexico.
The academy also announced that it has chosen Fernando Eimbcke's sophomore drama "Lake Tahoe" to contend for Spain's Goya award in the foreign picture category. Winner of the Fipresci Prize at this year's edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, Paris-based sales agent Funny Balloons is handling international sales on the Cine Pantera-produced film.
- 9/25/2008
- by By John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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