Next June, Latinofusion will be present at two key Brazilian Festivals that focus on Ibero-American productions: CineCeará (based in Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil) and CineSul (in Rio).
CineCeará’s opening night will be with the world première (hors concurs) of El Cayo de la Muerte, by Wolney Oliveira, who is also the Festival Director. Together with other 7 titles in competition from Brazil, Spain, Cuba, Guatemala and Argentina, is Francisco Lombardi’s Mariposa Negra (a Perú/Spain co-production). Latinofusion’s Sales and Acquisition Exc Estrella Araiza and Francisco Lombardi will be in Fortaleza during the event starting June 1st.
Both El Cayo de la Muerte and Mariposa Negra are in Latinofusion’s catalog for world sales.
Alfredo Calvino, Latinofusion’s CEO is heading to Rio de Janeiro in mid-June invited by the directors of CineSul. Four Latinofusion titles are at the festival’s showcase: Tania Hermida’s Que tan lejos, Francisco Lombardi’s Mariposa Negra, Beto Gomez’ Hasta el úlitmo trago corazón and Ozcar Ramírez Gonzáles’ Atrás de las sombras.
Most buyers and sellers attending Cannes have been either setting up their stands or just networking since Monday; nevertheless the Marché du Film officially kicked off on Thursday night with a beach party at the Majestic Hotel.
Latinofusion’s CEO Alfredo Calvino and Sales & Acquisition Exc Estrella Araiza are among the 10,000 registered films buyers and sellers present at world’s largest film market.
The 2007 Latin American Film Festival at Utrech, Holand, was, with almost 7000 visitors, an overwhelming success. Among the features and documentaries screened during the event that took place between May 9 to 16, were 3 Latinofusion films: Francisco Lombardi’s Mariposa Negra, Camila Guzmán’s El Telón de Azúcar and Itzel Martínez’ Que suene la calle.
The winner of the Angel Awards 2007 is the feature film Madrigal by Fernando Peréz.
Latinofusion has already arrived in Cannes to join other company excs and workers as they place signage, banners and large movie billboards along the Croisette in time for Wednesday’s opening night.
Check here fot Latinofusion contact info in Cannes.
The photo of the Palais des Festivals is Brian Brooks’ for indieWIRE.
Curious about “El asaltante” (The Mugger)? Here’s the trailer if you want to check it out. But don’t miss the movie’s screenings at Cannes! Here’s the schedule:
Tania Hermida’s “Que tan lejos” (world sales by Latinofusion) in among the tight selection of 22 films from 20 countries participating in the inaugural International Emerging Talent Film Festival (May 13 - 15) in the Principality of Monaco, ushering in an event that has been touted since Cannes ‘06. All features are by first time directors and none have distribution.
“Que tan lejos” will share honors with “3 Needles” which will open the festival at it’s European debut. Paul Freedman’s film on the travesty in Darfur, “Sand and Sorrow” narrated by George Clooney will close the fest.
A tremendous, largely wordless perf by Arturo Goetz is at the heart of the intense and intimate “The Mugger,” an urgent, real-time study of a man in search of unusual kicks. Following a 60-year-old around Buenos Aires, docu-style, as he robs a couple of people may not sound like the most thrilling premise. But Goetz and lenser Cobi Migliora bring it dramatically to life, with the pic ending as a kind of “Pickpocket”-style entertainment combining existentialism with excitement. Festival auds should warm to this edgy, offbeat offering, which exploits limited dramatic resources to the max.