Ashé Ventures, co-founded by Viola Davis, an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner, has joined forces with Brazil's Maria Farinha Filmes to co-produce "The Girl Who Could Fly." The partnershi…
Richard Hunter's feature "Foul Evil Deeds" is one of the more European of British first features, taking its inspiration from continental art house names rather than the more usual luminarie…
Ãlvaro Morte, immortalized by his performance as the Professor in "Money Heist," has inked a multi-year producing deal with Sony Pictures Television through his Madrid-based production co…
Dogwoof has shared with Variety the trailer of "Theatre of Violence," nominated in main competition at CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, one of Europe's …
Barcelona-based sales shingle Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish thriller "Ellipsis," directed and co-written by Goya-nominated David Marqués ("The Unemployment Club," …
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Antonio Banderas are teaming to create a joint company Amigos Para Siempre (APS) aimed at producing musicals, stage plays and live entertainment for major markets in …
Disney Plus has acquired Latin American broadcast rights to animated musical "Turu and the Wackies," a 26-episode CGI spin-off series from the hit 2019 toon movie "Turu, the Wacky Hen," a Sp…
TORONTO"Who is telling whose stories in the world of documentary filmmaking today? Why are they telling those stories, and to what audience? And why do those questions matter? Those are some…
The EnergaCamerimage fest's main lineup, its competition for best cinematographer, covers a vast range of styles, and honors several fresh visual stylists along with many legends in the fiel…
A band of young street performers and pickpockets in Athens find an unlikely refuge in an abandoned shopping mall. But when their former leader is released from prison, his return threatens …
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Originally announced as a movie re-teaming, post "Southpaw," Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal’s "The Man Who Made It Snow" is now set up at Epix as a limi…
Award-Winning actress Elisabeth Moss ("The Handmaid's Tale") is set to star for director Ritesh Batra ("The Lunchbox," "The Sense of an Ending," "Our Souls at Night") in his upcoming feature…
Moroccan-French writer-director Nabil Ayouch, one of the most prominent film voices in the Arab World, is set to direct "Positive School," a hybrid, realistically-shot hip hop musical which …
For any fanboy in Latin America working in genre filmmaking, Ventana Sur’s Blood Window is one of the main highlights of any year. It bodes well then for Cristoph Behl and the team beh…
BUENOS AIRES — In one of the keystone deals on a high-profile new Argentine title at Ventana Sur, Disney's Buena Vista Intl. has acquired the rights to Argentina and Uruguay and also T…
A week after "Coco," Disney/Pixar's Day of the Dead-themed toon, marks its world premiere at the Morelia Int'l Film Festival on Oct. 20, it rolls out across Mexico to coincide with the count…
CANNES — Ricardo Darin and Mercedes Moran ("Neruda," "La Cienaga”) are attached to star in "Amor a ultima Vista" (Love at Last Sight"), directed by Patagonik producer-screenw…
CANNES — Walt Disney International Chairman Any Bird announced Monday morning that Mark Endemaño will be taking on an expanded role as Senior VP of Media Distribution for the compan…
SAN SEBASTIAN — Suggesting the pull of major documentaries on extreme sports legends, London-based Film Constellation has rolled out Rory Kennedy's weighty "Take Every Wave: the Life o…
Disney, one of Argentina's most decisive movie players, has acquired rights to Argentina and the rest of Latin America to Constanza Novick's "El futuro que viene" (The Future Ahead), produce…
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Grounded in an only-half fantasy Sao Paulo of Pharaonic high-rises tower rearing into the sky, gigantic malls and aseptic homes, but awash with the palette of fa…
Disney, the most dominant of all Hollywood studios last year in Latin America, has another Argentine hit on its hands: Ariel Winograd's "Mamá se fue de viaje" ("10 Days Without Mom") whic…
ANNECY, France — "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Disney executives aren't that well known for phrasing verities in French, so Disney Television Animation's Eric Colem…
ANNECY, France — Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Disney Channel France, Disney Channels EMEA used France's Annecy Festival to unveil three brand new series: Disney heritage series …
CANNES —Â More than anything else, the Disney Media Distribution showcase at the first MipTV Pre-L.A Screenings gave a tantalizing glimpse of mouth-watering series, though often no …