San Sebastian’s pix-in-post showcases, which have launched notable movies – Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria” – and notable directors – Jayro Bustamante, introducing his debut “Ixcanul” – unspools in 2022, with the screenings of six Wip Latam titles taking place over Sept. 19 – 21. Wip Europe, with four titles, runs on Sept. 19 and 20.
In the mix is an awaited title from Chile, “Penal Cordillera,” directed by Felipe Carmona, produced by Dominga Sotomayor and Omar Zuñiga and sold by Luxbox, and “A Strange Path,” from Brazil’s Guto Parente, whose “The Cannibal Club,” acquired by Uncork’d Entertainment, made a stir by portraying a Brazil in which the rich literally eat the poor.
Also competing in Wip Latam is “A House in the Country,” from Davi Pretto whose “Rifle” – his second film, after the impressive “Castanha” – premiered at 67th Berlinale Forum and won the Grand Prize at Jeonju Intl. Film Festival.
The highest profile title in Wip Europe is “Hesitation Wound,...
In the mix is an awaited title from Chile, “Penal Cordillera,” directed by Felipe Carmona, produced by Dominga Sotomayor and Omar Zuñiga and sold by Luxbox, and “A Strange Path,” from Brazil’s Guto Parente, whose “The Cannibal Club,” acquired by Uncork’d Entertainment, made a stir by portraying a Brazil in which the rich literally eat the poor.
Also competing in Wip Latam is “A House in the Country,” from Davi Pretto whose “Rifle” – his second film, after the impressive “Castanha” – premiered at 67th Berlinale Forum and won the Grand Prize at Jeonju Intl. Film Festival.
The highest profile title in Wip Europe is “Hesitation Wound,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria, Rodrigo Capistrano, Alcântra Costa, Lc Galetto | Written and Directed by Guto Parente
Cannibal movies are normally always controversial movies. Cannibal Holocaust is probably the film genre fans instantly think of when you’re asked to name a film about people eating other people but there’s a long list of banned and gory movies. Hannibal has had a TV show and many movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has had a few highlights, while more recently the coming of age Raw and horror western Bone Tomahawk have shocked audiences. But Brazil’s The Cannibal Club is a very different thing.
It is a kind of dark comedy about sex and cannibalism, which seems a pretty odd thing. If you were unsure what route The Cannibal Club was going to take, the first ten minutes will quickly tell you. As we...
Cannibal movies are normally always controversial movies. Cannibal Holocaust is probably the film genre fans instantly think of when you’re asked to name a film about people eating other people but there’s a long list of banned and gory movies. Hannibal has had a TV show and many movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has had a few highlights, while more recently the coming of age Raw and horror western Bone Tomahawk have shocked audiences. But Brazil’s The Cannibal Club is a very different thing.
It is a kind of dark comedy about sex and cannibalism, which seems a pretty odd thing. If you were unsure what route The Cannibal Club was going to take, the first ten minutes will quickly tell you. As we...
- 1/7/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Stars: Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria, Rodrigo Capistrano, Alcântra Costa, Lc Galetto | Written and Directed by Guto Parente
Cannibal movies are normally always controversial movies. Cannibal Holocaust is probably the film genre fans instantly think of when you’re asked to name a film about people eating other people but there’s a long list of banned and gory movies. Hannibal has had a TV show and many movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has had a few highlights, while more recently the coming of age Raw and horror western Bone Tomahawk have shocked audiences. But Brazil’s The Cannibal Club is a very different thing.
It is a kind of dark comedy about sex and cannibalism, which seems a pretty odd thing. If you were unsure what route The Cannibal Club was going to take, the first ten minutes will quickly tell you. As we...
Cannibal movies are normally always controversial movies. Cannibal Holocaust is probably the film genre fans instantly think of when you’re asked to name a film about people eating other people but there’s a long list of banned and gory movies. Hannibal has had a TV show and many movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has had a few highlights, while more recently the coming of age Raw and horror western Bone Tomahawk have shocked audiences. But Brazil’s The Cannibal Club is a very different thing.
It is a kind of dark comedy about sex and cannibalism, which seems a pretty odd thing. If you were unsure what route The Cannibal Club was going to take, the first ten minutes will quickly tell you. As we...
- 3/14/2019
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Given the sharp rightward turn Brazilian politics has taken, “The Cannibal Club” can’t help but seem considerably more (ahem) biting than it did upon its premiere in the Rotterdam Film Festival a little over a year ago. Having a new president whose attitudes toward the underclasses are scarcely more enlightened than this horror-comedy’s protagonists certainly lends additional frisson to its fictive portrait of a wealthy elite literally eating the poor.
That heightened queasiness factor aside, however, Guto Parente’s eighth feature is a mixed bag: a diverting, stylish, but ultimately rather trite satire whose social critique and grand guignol aspects never quite come to a full boil. Uncork’d Entertainment is opening single-screen engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco on March 1. On-demand release follows March 5.
Otavio (Tavinho Teixeira) and Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) live in indolent luxury at their gated country home, he frying up steaks on...
That heightened queasiness factor aside, however, Guto Parente’s eighth feature is a mixed bag: a diverting, stylish, but ultimately rather trite satire whose social critique and grand guignol aspects never quite come to a full boil. Uncork’d Entertainment is opening single-screen engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco on March 1. On-demand release follows March 5.
Otavio (Tavinho Teixeira) and Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) live in indolent luxury at their gated country home, he frying up steaks on...
- 2/28/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
If the Green-Band Trailer for The Cannibal Club Made You Gag, Don’t Watch This Nsfw Red-Band Trailer
It’s been two weeks since we shared the gag-inducing trailer The Cannibal Club, a dark comedy about elite Brazilians who indulge in the most taboo of culinary practices. If you found the green-band trailer disgusting, you’ll definitely want to keep a barf-bag handy if you’re brave enough to give the Nsfw red-band trailer at the […] The post If the Green-Band Trailer for The Cannibal Club Made You Gag, Don’t Watch This Nsfw Red-Band Trailer appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/14/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
It must be hard being a vegetarian in Brazil. As anyone who’s traveled to the region can attest, the country’s national diet is almost exclusively meat. In the trailer for the upcoming Brazilian flick The Cannibal Club, however, it looks like certain members of the elite have taken their carnivorous desires to terrifying extremes! Look […] The post Join The Cannibal Club Arriving in Theaters & VOD This March appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/2/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Widely regarded as one of the goriest films in years, Brazilian horror hit The Cannibal Club, directed by Guto Parente, premieres in North America this March via Uncork'd Entertainment.
The film hits theaters March 1st and will be available On Demand March 5th.
Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.
The smartly satirical and undeniably jaw-dropping Cannibal Club premieres in theaters and On Demand in March.
The film hits theaters March 1st and will be available On Demand March 5th.
Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.
The smartly satirical and undeniably jaw-dropping Cannibal Club premieres in theaters and On Demand in March.
- 2/1/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Our friends at Uncork'd Entertainment are releasing Guto Parente's satirical horror flick The Cannibal Club (O Clube Dos Canibais) in North American cinemas on March 1st, then On Demand on March 5th. While it is sadly not a film about a club where you can smoke a fat one (waits for it...) we think that a satirical horror flick loaded with cannibalism and sexuality is a fair trade off. The trailer for the North American release is here and Screen Anarchy is pleased to debut it to you. You will find it well below the press release but if you need any other incentive to check it out pay heed to the words of our own Ard when he caught the world premiere...
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- 1/30/2019
- Screen Anarchy
M-Appeal has acquired world sales rights to “Greta,” the feature debut of Brazil’s Armando Praça which will world premiere in this year’s Berlinale Panorama section.
The Berlin-based film industry has also dropped an international trailer, to which Variety has had exclusive access.
Produced by Carnaval Filmes, whose credit include major titles by Marcelo Gomes, one of Brazil’s most prominent directors, “Greta” turns on Pedro, a 70-year-old gay hospital nurse. The film begins with his attempting to care for his best friend, Daniela, a transgender cabaret singer who refuses further treatment for terminal kidney failure.
Pedro vacates a hospital bed for Daniela by helping Jean, wounded and under arrest for manslaughter, to escape from hospital arrest. Hiding Jean in his apartment, Pedro begins an unlikely affair with the much younger man.
“Greta” begins with Pedro wiping off his mascara as he climbs into an ambulance to accompany Daniela to hospital.
The Berlin-based film industry has also dropped an international trailer, to which Variety has had exclusive access.
Produced by Carnaval Filmes, whose credit include major titles by Marcelo Gomes, one of Brazil’s most prominent directors, “Greta” turns on Pedro, a 70-year-old gay hospital nurse. The film begins with his attempting to care for his best friend, Daniela, a transgender cabaret singer who refuses further treatment for terminal kidney failure.
Pedro vacates a hospital bed for Daniela by helping Jean, wounded and under arrest for manslaughter, to escape from hospital arrest. Hiding Jean in his apartment, Pedro begins an unlikely affair with the much younger man.
“Greta” begins with Pedro wiping off his mascara as he climbs into an ambulance to accompany Daniela to hospital.
- 1/17/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based M-Appeal has closed a flurry of deals across its slate, including Ash Mayfair’s “The Third Wife” and Michal Aviad’s “Working Woman,” which were launched at Toronto.
“The Third Wife” sold to Potential Films for Australia/New Zealand and Crest International for Japan. Potential Films is planning a theatrical release next summer, while Crest International plans a rollout next fall.
The movie, which had its world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery section, is set in 19th-century rural Vietnam and follows 14-year-old May, who becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. May soon learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child.
M-Appeal previously sold “The Third Wife” to North America, the U.K., Ireland, Taiwan, Singapore, Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong and Spain.
“I was truly impressed by the beauty of the picture, by its authenticity and,...
“The Third Wife” sold to Potential Films for Australia/New Zealand and Crest International for Japan. Potential Films is planning a theatrical release next summer, while Crest International plans a rollout next fall.
The movie, which had its world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery section, is set in 19th-century rural Vietnam and follows 14-year-old May, who becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. May soon learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child.
M-Appeal previously sold “The Third Wife” to North America, the U.K., Ireland, Taiwan, Singapore, Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong and Spain.
“I was truly impressed by the beauty of the picture, by its authenticity and,...
- 12/20/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Haute couture and cannibalism have been fitting cine-bedfellows since Anthony Hopkins cracked open the Chianti and fava beans back in 1989. After the more recent Raw resulted in mass festival walk-outs, Brazilian film-maker Guto Parente strives to follow suit by slapping sangrias at sun-kissed locales with axe thrashing, limb lopping and blood spitting/secreting. All by way of flesh mastication from the rich and supercilious. Otavia (Tavinho Teixeira) and Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) are an affluent couple riding the life of Riley in a plush Brazilian beach home. But behind closed doors and phoney smiles, the pair are part of a cannibal club who meet to chow down on the remains of the hoodwinked poverty stricken, after hiring them as servants/sex slaves.
Aside from the complications that come with acquiring human flesh, there isn’t really anywhere for The Cannibal Club to go. Otavia and Gilda gazelle about protected and...
Aside from the complications that come with acquiring human flesh, there isn’t really anywhere for The Cannibal Club to go. Otavia and Gilda gazelle about protected and...
- 10/9/2018
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Singapore horror film “Zombiepura” will get its world premiere next month as the opening film of the new horror festival Scream Asia. The event launches in Singapore and plays Oct. 19-28.
Other titles will include Lars von Trier’s “The House That Jack Built,” Brazilian director Guto Parente’s “The Cannibal Club” and Korean director Yeon Sang-ho’s “The Fake.”
Selections are made by Khoo, Thomas Nam, programmer at the Naff genre film project market in Korea, and Swee Lim, who was previously a programmer at the Singapore film festival.
The lineup also includes the Asia premiere of upcoming Jj Abrams-produced film “Overlord, following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and ahead of its Nov. 9 U.S. commercial release. Director Julius Avery is expected to attend.
It will also screen two episodes of HBO Asia-backed horror anthology series “Folklore,” one directed by Joko Anwar, which premieres this...
Other titles will include Lars von Trier’s “The House That Jack Built,” Brazilian director Guto Parente’s “The Cannibal Club” and Korean director Yeon Sang-ho’s “The Fake.”
Selections are made by Khoo, Thomas Nam, programmer at the Naff genre film project market in Korea, and Swee Lim, who was previously a programmer at the Singapore film festival.
The lineup also includes the Asia premiere of upcoming Jj Abrams-produced film “Overlord, following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and ahead of its Nov. 9 U.S. commercial release. Director Julius Avery is expected to attend.
It will also screen two episodes of HBO Asia-backed horror anthology series “Folklore,” one directed by Joko Anwar, which premieres this...
- 9/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
If you want to see the next wave of independent talent in genre cinema, look no further than the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which just announced it's first wave of programming for the 3rd edition of the festival that will take place this October. We have the full announcement below, which includes new movies that have been generating buzz, such as Cam and Luz, along with other special events and retrospective screenings.
The festival takes place from October 11th - 18th and festival badges are already for sale. Individual tickets will be available, starting early September. For more information or to pick up a badge, visit:
http://brooklynhorrorfest.com/badges/
Thursday, August 16th, New York, NY - The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival returns to bring the best and most provocative of horror cinema to local screens and we’re thrilled to announce wave one of our program today! Join us...
The festival takes place from October 11th - 18th and festival badges are already for sale. Individual tickets will be available, starting early September. For more information or to pick up a badge, visit:
http://brooklynhorrorfest.com/badges/
Thursday, August 16th, New York, NY - The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival returns to bring the best and most provocative of horror cinema to local screens and we’re thrilled to announce wave one of our program today! Join us...
- 8/16/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Satire bites deep in The Cannibal Club (O clube dos canibais), a nicely nasty caricature of Brazil's ultra-decadent, ultra-wealthy from noteworthy up-and-comer Guto Parente. One of two films from the writer-director bowing at Rotterdam this year, it's in nearly every regard a world away from his tenderly scuzzy chronicle of cash-strapped low-lifes co-directed with Pedro Diogenes, My Own Private Hell.
A slickly mounted widescreen affair that looks and sounds suitably opulent throughout, The Cannibal Club seems designed not only to titillate programmers and aficionados of horror/cult-oriented festivals but also to snag possible Hollywood attention. Indeed,...
A slickly mounted widescreen affair that looks and sounds suitably opulent throughout, The Cannibal Club seems designed not only to titillate programmers and aficionados of horror/cult-oriented festivals but also to snag possible Hollywood attention. Indeed,...
- 1/31/2018
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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