Seven years after his mesmerizing sci-fi drama on extraterrestrial sex, “The Untamed,” genre-defying Mexican auteur Amat Escalante switches gears once again to try his hand at a sharp-edged, quasi-detective story with “Lost in the Night.” His approach expectedly deviates from a straightforward whodunit. Escalante rejects both simplified villainy and stainless heroism, crafting individuals with clear motivations who never stop to consider their actions through a moral filter. The result is an at times jarring but always intriguing enigma that escapes facile classification, especially because it tends to veer into absurdism.
In just a handful of years since his breakout role in Fernando Frías de la Parra’s “I’m No Longer Here,” Juan Daniel García Treviño has become a familiar face in Mexican cinema, usually playing a member of a criminal organization. Here, Escalante pushes against such typecasting and places him on the righteous side of the fence, as Emiliano, a...
In just a handful of years since his breakout role in Fernando Frías de la Parra’s “I’m No Longer Here,” Juan Daniel García Treviño has become a familiar face in Mexican cinema, usually playing a member of a criminal organization. Here, Escalante pushes against such typecasting and places him on the righteous side of the fence, as Emiliano, a...
- 2/2/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
Since 1986 Mexico’s Guadalajara International Film Festival (Ficg) has been one of the premiere North American stops along the global festival circuit, showcasing some of the most exciting and innovative work emerging from Latin America and beyond. But we’re not here today to talk about that festival, actually. No. Today we’re here to talk about the GuadaLAjara Film Festival, Ficg’s satellite showcase in Dtla, which kicks off its 2023 edition November 1–the perfect cure for your post-Halloween hangover.
Having playfully rebranded as GuadaLAjara Film Fest four years ago, the three-day fall showcase has evolved to establish its own identity as a cultural hub between the film communities of Latin America and Los Angeles, providing a safe space for Latinx and Bipoc creators to connect and share their work–with style!–in Hollywood’s own backyard. This year offers not just a great film program but special conversations (Rodrigo Prieto!
Having playfully rebranded as GuadaLAjara Film Fest four years ago, the three-day fall showcase has evolved to establish its own identity as a cultural hub between the film communities of Latin America and Los Angeles, providing a safe space for Latinx and Bipoc creators to connect and share their work–with style!–in Hollywood’s own backyard. This year offers not just a great film program but special conversations (Rodrigo Prieto!
- 10/24/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
The film will be based on Juan Pablo Villalobos’ prestigious novel of the same name. The official trailer for the forthcoming Spanish-language film “I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me,” based on the historical novel by Mexican novelist Juan Pablo Villalobos, has been published by Netflix.
‘I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me’ Official trailer.
The teaser for the upcoming humorous crime thriller begins, “Everything I’ve put down in this novel is real — I can show it.” And I’m not expecting anyone to believe me.”
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me presents an entertaining and engaging experience, with a main protagonist discussing how his life abruptly took an odd and bizarre turn — and he’s not expecting anyone to believe him.
In the trailer, graduate student Juan Pablo is preparing to go to Barcelona for a Ph.D. in Literature.
However, just when he...
‘I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me’ Official trailer.
The teaser for the upcoming humorous crime thriller begins, “Everything I’ve put down in this novel is real — I can show it.” And I’m not expecting anyone to believe me.”
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me presents an entertaining and engaging experience, with a main protagonist discussing how his life abruptly took an odd and bizarre turn — and he’s not expecting anyone to believe him.
In the trailer, graduate student Juan Pablo is preparing to go to Barcelona for a Ph.D. in Literature.
However, just when he...
- 8/17/2023
- by Mantisha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Netflix is toasting Mexico’s National Day of Cinema on Aug. 15 with a slew of projects, many of them tapping the country’s wealth of literary classics and original storytellers. Working with some of the most prominent local filmmakers, the streaming giant is also reaffirming its $300 million commitment to Mexican cinema and series and its #QueMéxicoSeVea (“Let Mexico Be Seen”) initiative.
A teaser of its upcoming film “No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea” (“I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me”) by Fernando Frías De La Parra (“I’m No Longer Here”) debuts exclusively on Variety.
An adaptation of what award-winning author Juan Pablo Villalobos describes as an ‘autobiographical fiction,’ Frias’ latest film follows the writer as he prepares to go to Barcelona with his girlfriend to study for a doctorate in literature. But he gets caught up in a criminal network that spurs him to write the...
A teaser of its upcoming film “No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea” (“I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me”) by Fernando Frías De La Parra (“I’m No Longer Here”) debuts exclusively on Variety.
An adaptation of what award-winning author Juan Pablo Villalobos describes as an ‘autobiographical fiction,’ Frias’ latest film follows the writer as he prepares to go to Barcelona with his girlfriend to study for a doctorate in literature. But he gets caught up in a criminal network that spurs him to write the...
- 8/14/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects set for the 2023 editions of a pair of its flagship programs: the Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive.
Lab participants will include Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Sean Wang (Dìdi (弟弟)), Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Walter Thompson-Hernández (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Hadas Ayalon (In a Minute You’ll Be Gone), Bernardo Cubría, John Hibey & Joshua Penn Soskin (Kill Yr Idols), Dania Bdeir & Bane Fakih (Pigeon Wars), Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung (Ricky), Farida Zahran (The Leftover Ladies), Masami Kawai (Valley of the Tall Grass) and Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals).
Those set for the Intensive are Keisha Rae Witherspoon & Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Arc), Shireen Alihaji (Blue Veil), Spencer Cook & Parker Smith (Lame), Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Leche), Cynthia Lowen (Light Mass Energy), Rebin Zangana (Qareen), David Liu (Santa Anita), Urvashi Pathania (Skin), Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Untitled...
Lab participants will include Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Sean Wang (Dìdi (弟弟)), Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Walter Thompson-Hernández (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Hadas Ayalon (In a Minute You’ll Be Gone), Bernardo Cubría, John Hibey & Joshua Penn Soskin (Kill Yr Idols), Dania Bdeir & Bane Fakih (Pigeon Wars), Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung (Ricky), Farida Zahran (The Leftover Ladies), Masami Kawai (Valley of the Tall Grass) and Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals).
Those set for the Intensive are Keisha Rae Witherspoon & Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Arc), Shireen Alihaji (Blue Veil), Spencer Cook & Parker Smith (Lame), Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Leche), Cynthia Lowen (Light Mass Energy), Rebin Zangana (Qareen), David Liu (Santa Anita), Urvashi Pathania (Skin), Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Untitled...
- 1/13/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has reaffirmed its 300 million commitment to Mexican cinema and series, announcing a slew of new movie projects to celebrate the country’s National Day of Cinema on Aug. 15 and as part of its #QueMéxicoSeVea initiative.
The year-old initiative, which can be roughly translated to “Let Mexico Be Seen” has the mission “to make visible the work of Mexican creators, screenwriters, writers, directors, actors and people who make national cinema possible,” as well as its wealth of original stories.
Leading the pack is the widely anticipated directorial debut of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto who is helming an adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s seminal novel, “Pedro Paramo.” Produced by Redrum, the film’s crew includes Oscar-nominated production designer Eugenio Caballero and costume designer Anna Terrazas, whose notable credits include “Roma,” “Spectre” and “Bardo.”
“Our commitment to Mexican culture also includes adapting great Mexican works to the cinema, and ‘Pedro Páramo’ will...
The year-old initiative, which can be roughly translated to “Let Mexico Be Seen” has the mission “to make visible the work of Mexican creators, screenwriters, writers, directors, actors and people who make national cinema possible,” as well as its wealth of original stories.
Leading the pack is the widely anticipated directorial debut of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto who is helming an adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s seminal novel, “Pedro Paramo.” Produced by Redrum, the film’s crew includes Oscar-nominated production designer Eugenio Caballero and costume designer Anna Terrazas, whose notable credits include “Roma,” “Spectre” and “Bardo.”
“Our commitment to Mexican culture also includes adapting great Mexican works to the cinema, and ‘Pedro Páramo’ will...
- 8/11/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Fernando Frias’ I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí) had a long journey to the screen — conceived when Frias was a student at New York’s Columbia University, the project was selected by the Sundance Writers Lab in 2014, and went before cameras in 2017, ultimately hitting the festival circuit in 2019, and Netflix last year. Challenges in getting the acclaimed drama made included everything from financing hurdles to a lengthy hiatus and the lead actor being rejected for a U.S. work permit three times in a row.
The battles paid off with I’m No Longer Here scooping 10 Ariel Awards (Mexico’s Oscar equivalent) along with other prizes, and being selected as Mexico’s entry for the International Feature Oscar race. It carries a 100% fresh critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and has found support from such Mexican titans as Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron.
Frias’ drama spotlights Kolombia counterculture in Monterrey,...
The battles paid off with I’m No Longer Here scooping 10 Ariel Awards (Mexico’s Oscar equivalent) along with other prizes, and being selected as Mexico’s entry for the International Feature Oscar race. It carries a 100% fresh critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and has found support from such Mexican titans as Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron.
Frias’ drama spotlights Kolombia counterculture in Monterrey,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Fernando Frias new film, Mexican Oscar hopeful “I’m No Longer Here,” gives audiences a look into the American dream, and his deconstruction of it.
Rather than cast well-known actors, Frias relied on his casting director to find non-actors to help tell the story of Ulises, played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño who goes on a journey from Monterrey, Mexico to New York for a new life, except his American dream isn’t all it’s expected to be.
Frias teamed with cinematographer Damien Garcia to tell the story of Ulises’ journey as he yearns to connect with Mexico.
Frias and Garcia spoke with Variety about the visual language of the film, which is Mexico’s entry for international feature film at the Oscars.
What conversations did the two of you have about portraying the two worlds in the film, especially the world of Monterrey, Mexico?
Damien Garcia: He showed me a lot of music,...
Rather than cast well-known actors, Frias relied on his casting director to find non-actors to help tell the story of Ulises, played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño who goes on a journey from Monterrey, Mexico to New York for a new life, except his American dream isn’t all it’s expected to be.
Frias teamed with cinematographer Damien Garcia to tell the story of Ulises’ journey as he yearns to connect with Mexico.
Frias and Garcia spoke with Variety about the visual language of the film, which is Mexico’s entry for international feature film at the Oscars.
What conversations did the two of you have about portraying the two worlds in the film, especially the world of Monterrey, Mexico?
Damien Garcia: He showed me a lot of music,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
In I’m No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aquí), filmmaker Fernando Frias puts the spotlight on Kolombia counterculture in the region of Northern Mexico. Following the story of 17-year-old Ulises (played by breakout Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño), the film, Mexico’s submission in the International Feature Oscar race, uses his journey to present a different kind of immigrant narrative.
Set in Monterrey, Mexico, Ulises is the leader of “Los Terkos,” a street gang that has an affection and passion for slowed-down cumbia music. But it’s not just a music genre; for them it’s a culture that is shown through dance parties, their oversized wardrobe, unique hairstyles and gang alliances. After a mixup with a local cartel, Ulises is forced to migrate to the Jackson Heights, Queens, where he quickly finds himself wanting to return home.
For Frias, the music inspired Ulises’ journey. Traditionally, cumbia songs are about five minutes and festive,...
Set in Monterrey, Mexico, Ulises is the leader of “Los Terkos,” a street gang that has an affection and passion for slowed-down cumbia music. But it’s not just a music genre; for them it’s a culture that is shown through dance parties, their oversized wardrobe, unique hairstyles and gang alliances. After a mixup with a local cartel, Ulises is forced to migrate to the Jackson Heights, Queens, where he quickly finds himself wanting to return home.
For Frias, the music inspired Ulises’ journey. Traditionally, cumbia songs are about five minutes and festive,...
- 1/9/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
"That's what happens when you play bad boy." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for a Mexican drama titled I'm No Longer Here, from writer / director Fernando Frias. This premiered at the Cine Festival last year, and also played at the Mar del Plata, Tallinn Black Nights, Puerto Escondido un Oaxaca, and Göteborg Film Festivals. The film is about a teen from a young street gang in Monterrey, Mexico who is sent to live in Queens. There he struggles with the death of his brother and feelings of isolation and loneliness in his new surroundings. Starring Juan Daniel Garcia as Ulises, with other non-professional actors including Coral Puente, Leonardo Garza, Luis Leonardo Zapata "Leillo", and Fanny Tovar. This looks quite good. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Fernando Frias' I'm No Longer Here, from Netflix's YouTube: In the mountains of Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang calling themselves "Los Terkos...
- 5/12/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“I blissfully wasn’t aware that I was running a show,” Julio Torres laughs in his exclusive interview with Gold Derby (watch the video above) about “Los Espookys,” on which he is credited as a main actor, co-creator, co-executive producer and co-writer on every episode, with Ana Fabrega filling the same roles. He explains, “The show does have a showrunner and it wasn’t until we started filming the second season that I realized that’s me with Ana. We’re walking around the ‘Espookys’ offices and I see a door with two pieces of paper. One says, ‘Julio Torres, Showrunner’ and the other says ‘Ana Fabrega, Showrunner’ and I was like, ‘Oh, I see’.”
“The moon will be very important to season two,” Torres teases about the next “Los Espookys” season. Torres was a Writers Guild of America Award winner and four-time Emmy nominee for writing “Saturday Night Live...
“The moon will be very important to season two,” Torres teases about the next “Los Espookys” season. Torres was a Writers Guild of America Award winner and four-time Emmy nominee for writing “Saturday Night Live...
- 4/23/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest showcase of local and international movies in the Nordics, will kick off its 43rd edition with Maria Bäck’s “”Psychosis,” and will close with actor-turned-director Mårten Klingberg’s “My Father Mary Anne.”
Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.
Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the estival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.
In addition to opening the festival,...
Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.
Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the estival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.
In addition to opening the festival,...
- 1/7/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Other winners include ’Ghost Tropic’, ‘The Fourth Wall’ and ’A Certain Kind of Silence’.
Immigrant drama I Am No Longer Here, from Mexican director Fernando Frias, has won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Frias’ timely drama centres on a Mexican teenager forced to move to the Us after getting on the wrong side of a drugs cartel. Its young star, Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, was feted with best actor.
Also in the international competition, Belgian director Bas Devos won the Silver Pyramid for urban night-time odyssey tale Ghost Tropic.
Immigrant drama I Am No Longer Here, from Mexican director Fernando Frias, has won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Frias’ timely drama centres on a Mexican teenager forced to move to the Us after getting on the wrong side of a drugs cartel. Its young star, Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, was feted with best actor.
Also in the international competition, Belgian director Bas Devos won the Silver Pyramid for urban night-time odyssey tale Ghost Tropic.
- 12/2/2019
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Ghost Tropic and A Certain Kind of Silence were among the European movies awarded during the 41st edition of the Ciff, as the event attained Oscar-qualifying status. Before the 41st Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) announced its award winners, the event received a distinction from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences: Oscar-qualifying film-festival status. From now on, any short film that wins Cairo’s Cinema of Tomorrow competition will be eligible for consideration in two Oscar categories: Animated and Live-action Short Film. This year, the opportunity was given to Ambience by Wisam Al Jafari (Palestine), which scooped the Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film. The International Competition Jury, led by Stephen Gaghan, decided to give the top recognition, the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, to I Am No Longer Here by Fernando Frias (Mexico/USA), which revolves around a 17-year-old boy who has to leave his native Mexico.
“I’m No Longer Here,” a drama about immigration and identity by young Mexican director Fernando Frias, was the big winner at the Cairo Film Festival, which wrapped Friday.
“I’m No Longer Here,” which turns on a 17-year-old urban tribe leader forced by conflict with a cartel to leave Mexico for Queens, scooped Cairo’s top prize, the Golden Pyramid, for best film. It also took acting honors for newcomer Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, who plays Ulises Sampiero, leader of Los Terkos, who are known for their dance moves and extravagant hairstyles. In Queens, Ulises winds up either sparking hostility from other immigrants or being treated as a fashion curiosity. The pic, which launched internationally in Cairo, is generating buzz after recently scoring the top prize at the Morelia fest in Mexico.
The Cairo jury, headed by Oscar-winning U.S. writer-director Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana”), awarded the Silver Pyramid to “Ghost Tropic” by Belgian helmer Bas Devos,...
“I’m No Longer Here,” which turns on a 17-year-old urban tribe leader forced by conflict with a cartel to leave Mexico for Queens, scooped Cairo’s top prize, the Golden Pyramid, for best film. It also took acting honors for newcomer Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, who plays Ulises Sampiero, leader of Los Terkos, who are known for their dance moves and extravagant hairstyles. In Queens, Ulises winds up either sparking hostility from other immigrants or being treated as a fashion curiosity. The pic, which launched internationally in Cairo, is generating buzz after recently scoring the top prize at the Morelia fest in Mexico.
The Cairo jury, headed by Oscar-winning U.S. writer-director Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana”), awarded the Silver Pyramid to “Ghost Tropic” by Belgian helmer Bas Devos,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Morelia, Mexico – In a relatively brief ceremony, the 17th Morelia Int’l Film Festival handed out the best film Ojo Prize Thursday night to “I’m No Longer Here,” Fernando Frias’ novel take on immigration from Mexico to the U.S., cast not as a battle for integration but rather a struggle to preserve a sense of identity.
Produced by Panorama and long in development and then post-production – Variety first reported the title as a project in 2014 – “I’m No Longer Here” kicks off as a portrait of a Monterrey urban tribe called Los Terkos who spend their days listening to Cumbia and going to dance parties until their leader is forced by cartel violence to migrate to Queens. There his Cholombiano style – sheets of straight hair pulled over their cheeks and bald back of the head – and dance moves to slowed-down Cumbia – is seen as a fashion commodity.
The...
Produced by Panorama and long in development and then post-production – Variety first reported the title as a project in 2014 – “I’m No Longer Here” kicks off as a portrait of a Monterrey urban tribe called Los Terkos who spend their days listening to Cumbia and going to dance parties until their leader is forced by cartel violence to migrate to Queens. There his Cholombiano style – sheets of straight hair pulled over their cheeks and bald back of the head – and dance moves to slowed-down Cumbia – is seen as a fashion commodity.
The...
- 10/25/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has renewed Fred Armisen’s “Los Espookys” for a second season.
The six-episode Spanish-language comedy series from Armisen and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video premiered on June 14.
The half-hour comedy is “set in a strange and dreamy version of a present-day Latin American country following a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business,” according to HBO.
“Los Espookys” is created and written by Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres. Michaels executive produces along with Alice Mathias and Andrew Singer. Nate Young is a co-executive producer. Fernando Frias directed the pilot. Broadway Video produces in association with Antigravico, Mas Mejor and Fabula.
Below, read HBO’s character descriptions:
Bernardo Velasco stars as Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes.
Fred Armisen stars as Tico, Renaldo’s reliable uncle who lives in La.
The six-episode Spanish-language comedy series from Armisen and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video premiered on June 14.
The half-hour comedy is “set in a strange and dreamy version of a present-day Latin American country following a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business,” according to HBO.
“Los Espookys” is created and written by Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres. Michaels executive produces along with Alice Mathias and Andrew Singer. Nate Young is a co-executive producer. Fernando Frias directed the pilot. Broadway Video produces in association with Antigravico, Mas Mejor and Fabula.
Below, read HBO’s character descriptions:
Bernardo Velasco stars as Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes.
Fred Armisen stars as Tico, Renaldo’s reliable uncle who lives in La.
- 7/25/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Exclusive: HBO has ordered a second season of Los Espookys, its half-hour primarily Spanish-language comedy series from Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.
Created and written by Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres, the series is set in a strange and dreamy version of a present-day Latin American country and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business.
“It’s a really fun, original, delightful show,” HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline at TCA.
Fabrega and Torres star along with Cassandra Ciangherotti, Bernardo Velasco and Armisen.
Armisen, Michaels, Andrew Singer and Alice Mathias executive produce; Fabrega, Torres and Nate Young co-executive produce. Fernando Frias directed the entire first season. The series is produced by Broadway Video in association with Antigravico, Más Mejor and the Oscar-winning Chilean production company Fabula.
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Created and written by Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres, the series is set in a strange and dreamy version of a present-day Latin American country and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business.
“It’s a really fun, original, delightful show,” HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline at TCA.
Fabrega and Torres star along with Cassandra Ciangherotti, Bernardo Velasco and Armisen.
Armisen, Michaels, Andrew Singer and Alice Mathias executive produce; Fabrega, Torres and Nate Young co-executive produce. Fernando Frias directed the entire first season. The series is produced by Broadway Video in association with Antigravico, Más Mejor and the Oscar-winning Chilean production company Fabula.
‘The Righteous Gemstones’: Holy Roller Comedy Not...
- 7/25/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The headline says it all! If you can stream HBO’s film library, but wish you could sort by genre, we’ve got you covered. Assembled for your convenience, here’s everything horror and sci-fi related, arranged alphabetically. Bookmark this page and check back often for updates. Enjoy! Horror Series Los Espookys (Directed by Fernando Frias) Synopsis: A […] The post We Put Together a Comprehensive List of Everything Horror & Sci-fi on HBO! appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/30/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Los Espookys has its scaredate. HBO’s mostly Spanish-language comedy whose executive producers include Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels will premiere at 11 p.m. Friday, June 14, on the premium cabler.
The series follows a group of friends who turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life. It stars Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres along with Cassandra Ciangherotti and Bernardo Velasco as The Espookys with José Pablo Minor and recurring guest star Armisen.
Check out the first-look photos above and at the top.
Co-EPs Fabrega and Torres created Los Espookys.with Armisen, and Andrew Singer exec produces alongside Armisen and Michaels. Fernando Frias directed the pilot. The series is produced by Broadway Video in association with Antigravico, Más Mejor and the Oscar-winning Chilean production company Fabula...
The series follows a group of friends who turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life. It stars Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres along with Cassandra Ciangherotti and Bernardo Velasco as The Espookys with José Pablo Minor and recurring guest star Armisen.
Check out the first-look photos above and at the top.
Co-EPs Fabrega and Torres created Los Espookys.with Armisen, and Andrew Singer exec produces alongside Armisen and Michaels. Fernando Frias directed the pilot. The series is produced by Broadway Video in association with Antigravico, Más Mejor and the Oscar-winning Chilean production company Fabula...
- 4/16/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
I’m No Longer Here
Mexico City’s Fernando Frias has completed his sophomore feature Ya no estoy aqui (I’m No Longer Here), which was part of the 2014 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Produced by Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann of Panorama Global and Gerry Kim of Ppw Films, Frias tapped Dp Damian Garcia (of Jonas Cuaron’s Desierto and Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Berlin success Museo) to lens the feature. Frias also reteams with his Rezeta (2012) editor Yibran Asuad, who has edited features for Ruizpalacios and Gerardo Naranjo. Frias’ cast includes newcomers and nonprofessionals. Frias’ 2012 debut Rezeta premiered at the 2012 Morelia Film Festival and took home the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival.…...
Mexico City’s Fernando Frias has completed his sophomore feature Ya no estoy aqui (I’m No Longer Here), which was part of the 2014 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Produced by Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann of Panorama Global and Gerry Kim of Ppw Films, Frias tapped Dp Damian Garcia (of Jonas Cuaron’s Desierto and Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Berlin success Museo) to lens the feature. Frias also reteams with his Rezeta (2012) editor Yibran Asuad, who has edited features for Ruizpalacios and Gerardo Naranjo. Frias’ cast includes newcomers and nonprofessionals. Frias’ 2012 debut Rezeta premiered at the 2012 Morelia Film Festival and took home the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival.…...
- 1/1/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Los Cabos, Mexico — Adding to its burgeoning best picture trophies, “Genesis,” the consecration of Quebec’s Philippe Lesage, won Los Cabos Competition Award Saturday night.
“Genesis” scored at a busy Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, given star gravitas by Spike Lee, Adam Driver and Terry Gilliam and whose hard-driving industry news flow, especially from the robust young Mexican industry belied Los Cabos initial positioning as a post-afm chill out.
Following on Lesage’s debut, “The Demons,” “Genesis” marks “Another rewardingly complex reflection on the emotional trials of youth,” Variety announced in its Locarno review. Superbly acted by Théodore Pellerin and Noe Abita, the chronicle of an ebullient brother and sister’s suffering from machista disdain and aggression was always a frontrunner at Los Cabos.
Otherwise, the other big competition winner – and doing its foreign-language Oscar nomination credentials no harm at all – was Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian thriller...
“Genesis” scored at a busy Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, given star gravitas by Spike Lee, Adam Driver and Terry Gilliam and whose hard-driving industry news flow, especially from the robust young Mexican industry belied Los Cabos initial positioning as a post-afm chill out.
Following on Lesage’s debut, “The Demons,” “Genesis” marks “Another rewardingly complex reflection on the emotional trials of youth,” Variety announced in its Locarno review. Superbly acted by Théodore Pellerin and Noe Abita, the chronicle of an ebullient brother and sister’s suffering from machista disdain and aggression was always a frontrunner at Los Cabos.
Otherwise, the other big competition winner – and doing its foreign-language Oscar nomination credentials no harm at all – was Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Colombian thriller...
- 11/11/2018
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico City — There’s a sense in many Los Cabos Mexican movies this year of a nation living after a fall, yearning for a Eden-like world of childhood or adolescence, facing insoluble problems – the gulf between rich and poor, cartel violence, the need to immigrate – condemned to isolation, nostalgia, always saying ‘goodbye.’ One of the prime examples, and potential highlights of Los Cabos Festival’s Work in Progress: Fernando Frías’ “I’m No Longer Here.”
It delivers a sucker punch: a portrait of an urban tribe, Monterrey’s Cholombianos, dance fanatics with two sheets of straight hair pulled over their cheeks, a bald back of the head, hair piled up in a bun, dressed in bright knee length robes or long shirts and hairbands, who dance to slowed-down Colombian Cumbia arms held high, back bent, circling like a slowly swooping bird of prey.
But just as colonization wiped out much...
It delivers a sucker punch: a portrait of an urban tribe, Monterrey’s Cholombianos, dance fanatics with two sheets of straight hair pulled over their cheeks, a bald back of the head, hair piled up in a bun, dressed in bright knee length robes or long shirts and hairbands, who dance to slowed-down Colombian Cumbia arms held high, back bent, circling like a slowly swooping bird of prey.
But just as colonization wiped out much...
- 11/7/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
San Francisco Bay Area film festival promoters Sffilm, in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, has announced the development projects that will receive a total of $250,000 in funding in the latest round of Sffilm Rainin Grants.
The organization has backed a prominent slate of past grant winners, including current buzz films Sorry To Bother You and Blindspotting, as well as prominent alumni films Fruitvale Station and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
“Our track record of alerting the Us indie world to its most important new talent got a major shot in the arm with four-time Sffilm grant-winner Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You opening huge this past week, following in the footsteps of previous Sffilm/Rainin discoveries like Ryan Coogler with Fruitvale Station, Rei Green with Monsters and Men, and Benh Zeitlin with Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan told Deadline. “These are films we...
The organization has backed a prominent slate of past grant winners, including current buzz films Sorry To Bother You and Blindspotting, as well as prominent alumni films Fruitvale Station and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
“Our track record of alerting the Us indie world to its most important new talent got a major shot in the arm with four-time Sffilm grant-winner Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You opening huge this past week, following in the footsteps of previous Sffilm/Rainin discoveries like Ryan Coogler with Fruitvale Station, Rei Green with Monsters and Men, and Benh Zeitlin with Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan told Deadline. “These are films we...
- 7/13/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A new half-hour comedy from Fred Armisen and “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels has been ordered to series at HBO. And it’s in Spanish.
According to the logline, “Los Espookys” (working title) is set in a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business. Formerly known as “Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen,” the series is written and executive produced by Armisen.
Bernardo Velasco will play Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cell phone minutes. Cassandra Ciangherotti stars as Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all, teeth. Ana Fabrega will play Tati, Ursula’s sister and Los Espookys’ test dummy.
According to the logline, “Los Espookys” (working title) is set in a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business. Formerly known as “Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen,” the series is written and executive produced by Armisen.
Bernardo Velasco will play Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cell phone minutes. Cassandra Ciangherotti stars as Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all, teeth. Ana Fabrega will play Tati, Ursula’s sister and Los Espookys’ test dummy.
- 7/2/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
HBO has given a series order to the Spanish-language comedy “Los Espookys,” formerly known as “Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen.”
Fred Armisen is a writer and executive producer on the project and will also appear in the role of Tico. The half-hour series is set in a strange and dreamy version of present day Mexico City following a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business. The project was ordered to pilot at HBO in November.
Bernardo Velasco will star as Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s described as noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes. Cassandra Ciangherotti will play Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all, teeth. Ana Fabrega stars as Tati, Ursula’s sister and Los Espookys’ test dummy.
Fred Armisen is a writer and executive producer on the project and will also appear in the role of Tico. The half-hour series is set in a strange and dreamy version of present day Mexico City following a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business. The project was ordered to pilot at HBO in November.
Bernardo Velasco will star as Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s described as noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes. Cassandra Ciangherotti will play Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all, teeth. Ana Fabrega stars as Tati, Ursula’s sister and Los Espookys’ test dummy.
- 7/2/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has picked up to series Los Espookys (working title), its half-hour Spanish-language comedy pilot from Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.
Bernardo Velasco, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres and Armisen star in the project, fka Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen. Co-written by Armisen, Fabrega and Torres, Los Espookys is set in a strange and dreamy version of present day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business.
Velasco, an actor, acting coach and casting director, plays Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes.
Mexican actress Ciangherotti plays Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all,...
Bernardo Velasco, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres and Armisen star in the project, fka Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen. Co-written by Armisen, Fabrega and Torres, Los Espookys is set in a strange and dreamy version of present day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business.
Velasco, an actor, acting coach and casting director, plays Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes.
Mexican actress Ciangherotti plays Ursula, a calm and collected dental assistant. She provides teeth for the group’s monsters. She loves horror and her sister Tati but above all,...
- 7/2/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Six Mexican films featured at November’s Los Cabos in Progress will make the cross-Atlantic trip to participate in this year’s Cannes Film Festival Market pix-in-post initiative, Los Cabos Goes to Cannes.
The Los Cabos International Film Festival, now heading into its 7th year, aims to grow and strengthen a pan-North American cinema culture, promoting filmmakers and films from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. Los Cabos also hosts an industry platform intended to link professionals throughout the territories.
A well-rounded selection of films: Two fiction, Kyzza Terrazas’ “Bayoneta” and Fernando Frias’ “I’m No Longer Here”; two docs, Betzabé García’s “#Mickey” and Rodrigo Iturralde Álvarez and Georgina González Rodríguez’s “Finding the Werewolf”; and, notably, two animated features, “A Costume for Nicolas” from Eduardo Rivero and “Olimpia” from J. M. Cravioto, make up this year’s selected films-in-progress.
A constantly recurring theme in North American cinema, immigration...
The Los Cabos International Film Festival, now heading into its 7th year, aims to grow and strengthen a pan-North American cinema culture, promoting filmmakers and films from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. Los Cabos also hosts an industry platform intended to link professionals throughout the territories.
A well-rounded selection of films: Two fiction, Kyzza Terrazas’ “Bayoneta” and Fernando Frias’ “I’m No Longer Here”; two docs, Betzabé García’s “#Mickey” and Rodrigo Iturralde Álvarez and Georgina González Rodríguez’s “Finding the Werewolf”; and, notably, two animated features, “A Costume for Nicolas” from Eduardo Rivero and “Olimpia” from J. M. Cravioto, make up this year’s selected films-in-progress.
A constantly recurring theme in North American cinema, immigration...
- 5/13/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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