Exclusive: The largest genre film festival in South America, Fantaspoa, has unveiled the first half of its program for its seventeenth edition, running April 9-18. Scroll down for the full list.
Like last year, the fest has been forced to run online due to the ongoing pandemic. It will be held completely free of charge with films available to stream in Brazil via a renewed partnership with Brazilian horror streaming service Darkflix. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 viewers. While the films are geo-locked, and limited to 3,000 viewers per screening, Q&As and workshops will be available to view anywhere in the world.
There are 25 feature films confirmed to date, including three world premieres, five international premieres, and 10 Latin American premieres. Titles arrive from previous fests including San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Toronto.
This year’s fest has been supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is...
Like last year, the fest has been forced to run online due to the ongoing pandemic. It will be held completely free of charge with films available to stream in Brazil via a renewed partnership with Brazilian horror streaming service Darkflix. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 viewers. While the films are geo-locked, and limited to 3,000 viewers per screening, Q&As and workshops will be available to view anywhere in the world.
There are 25 feature films confirmed to date, including three world premieres, five international premieres, and 10 Latin American premieres. Titles arrive from previous fests including San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Toronto.
This year’s fest has been supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is...
- 3/8/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based sales outfit Jinga Films has announced deals on a raft of Latin American genre titles during the American Film Market, securing sales across Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Sales come in the run-up to next week’s Ventana Sur market where genre is one of its main focuses, thanks to a dedicated Blood Window genre co-production and sales market at Ventana Sur.
Post-apocalyptic and pandemic titles were among those to be snapped up, with Munich-based distributor Donau acquiring the rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Luciana Garraza and Eric Fleitas’ “Scavenger,” a post-apocalyptic Argentinian sci-fi offering.
“Scavenger” – the story of a female organ dealer seeking revenge on the cartel that murdered her family – has also been acquired by
Cleopatra Entertainment for the U.S. in a pre-market deal.
Donau has also acquired Jinga’s erotic thriller from Argentina, focusing on sexual transgression, Lucia Vassallo’s “Exquisite Corpse.
Sales come in the run-up to next week’s Ventana Sur market where genre is one of its main focuses, thanks to a dedicated Blood Window genre co-production and sales market at Ventana Sur.
Post-apocalyptic and pandemic titles were among those to be snapped up, with Munich-based distributor Donau acquiring the rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Luciana Garraza and Eric Fleitas’ “Scavenger,” a post-apocalyptic Argentinian sci-fi offering.
“Scavenger” – the story of a female organ dealer seeking revenge on the cartel that murdered her family – has also been acquired by
Cleopatra Entertainment for the U.S. in a pre-market deal.
Donau has also acquired Jinga’s erotic thriller from Argentina, focusing on sexual transgression, Lucia Vassallo’s “Exquisite Corpse.
- 11/27/2020
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
New additions include ‘Ten Minutes To Midnight’.
UK-based genre specialist Jinga Films has added five titles to its slate ahead of next week’s virtual Cannes week (June 22-26).
They include Erik Bloomquist’s black comedy horror Ten Minutes To Midnight, a Us title about a punk rock DJ who is bitten by a vampire bat on the night of her final broadcast. Caroline Williams leads the cast alongside Nicole Kang, Nicholas Tucci, and Alice Kremelberg.
Bloomquist wrote the film with his brother Carson, with the pair producing with Adam Weppler for Mainframe Pictures.
Luciana Garraza and Eric Fleitas’ post-apocalyptic...
UK-based genre specialist Jinga Films has added five titles to its slate ahead of next week’s virtual Cannes week (June 22-26).
They include Erik Bloomquist’s black comedy horror Ten Minutes To Midnight, a Us title about a punk rock DJ who is bitten by a vampire bat on the night of her final broadcast. Caroline Williams leads the cast alongside Nicole Kang, Nicholas Tucci, and Alice Kremelberg.
Bloomquist wrote the film with his brother Carson, with the pair producing with Adam Weppler for Mainframe Pictures.
Luciana Garraza and Eric Fleitas’ post-apocalyptic...
- 6/16/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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