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.

source: Indiewire

Camila Guzmán’s El Telón de Azúcar will be presented at the San Francisco international Film Festival that started on April 26th.

It will have three screenings on: Sundat May 6th, Tuesday May 8th and Thursday May 10th. To check showtimes and locations click here

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.

Read complete review here.

Best Fiction at the Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores in Havana (on of the pic showcases for new Cuban independent filmmakers) and Winner of the Guadalajara IFF‘ Cine en Construcción Section in last March, Alejandro Brugués’ “Personal Belongings” won the recent edition of the Gibara’s Low Budget Film Fest. The prize was the tape-to-film process to be carried out in Spain.

Still at post-production but ready for pre-sales,”Personal Belongings” will have it’s market debut at Cannes next week (check it out at Latinofusion’s office -Riviera B2)

During the recent edition of “E tudo verdade” (It’s all true) -perhaps the most important documentary film festivals in Latin America, Camila Guzman’s “The Sugar Curtain” -Cortina de Açúcar, in portuguese- got one of the most passionate and profound reviews ever by Luiz Carlos Merten, one of the top Brazilian film critics.

Read review here (in portuguese)

source: Estado de São Paulo

One of the most prestigious Argentine newspapers interviewed Camila Guzmán, director of “The Sugar Curtain” (El telón de azúcar). The doc was intensively debated during the past BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Film Festival) where it participated of the Official Competition.

Read the complete intereview (in Spanish)

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