A Berlin Generation Crystal Bear winner and the first foray into film of the Fremantle-backed The Immigrant, Sofía Auza’s “Adolfo” saw its premiere Monday night in Mexico City.
With Fremantle handling international distribution, “Adolfo” has a lot to celebrate. Auza’s first feature, it also took best feature at Stockholm, screened as opening night film at last year’s TIFF Next Wave Festival and, testing home market waters, scooped best actress for Rocío de la Mañana at Mexico’s Guadalajara Festival in June.
Now, via Cinemex, Mexico’s second biggest exhibition chain, “Adolfo” will hit 12 theaters around Mexico on June 6. A platform release via Cinemex expands in its second week to another 12 locations. “Adolfo” will play upscale Premium and Platino theaters on the Cinemex circuit,
“It’s really important for a relatively small film to have a commercial release, to see the reaction of audiences. It’s not...
With Fremantle handling international distribution, “Adolfo” has a lot to celebrate. Auza’s first feature, it also took best feature at Stockholm, screened as opening night film at last year’s TIFF Next Wave Festival and, testing home market waters, scooped best actress for Rocío de la Mañana at Mexico’s Guadalajara Festival in June.
Now, via Cinemex, Mexico’s second biggest exhibition chain, “Adolfo” will hit 12 theaters around Mexico on June 6. A platform release via Cinemex expands in its second week to another 12 locations. “Adolfo” will play upscale Premium and Platino theaters on the Cinemex circuit,
“It’s really important for a relatively small film to have a commercial release, to see the reaction of audiences. It’s not...
- 5/28/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Fast-emerging Mexican auteur, delivering knowing and cross.grained takes on life in Mixtec communities, actress-turned-director Angeles Cruz’s “Valentina or the Serenity” walked off Saturday night with the top best picture award and best actress (Myriam Bravo) in a high-caliber main competition at this year’s Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
Best actor went to “Money Heist’s” Rodolfo de la Serna, for his weighty turn in Paramount Television Intl. Studios’ “The Rescue.”
The Rescue
Cruz’s win underscored the focus and value of Huelva. Despite funding challenges, Latin America’s big three – Mexico, Brazil and Argentina – alone produced 660 features in 2022. It is simply impossible for the media to pay sufficient attention to all but a highly select clutch of top titles.
“Ibero-American cinema is constantly evolving. Now, it is very easy to find great films, if not in budgetary terms, then in artistic ambitions,” Huelva director Manuel H. Martin told...
Best actor went to “Money Heist’s” Rodolfo de la Serna, for his weighty turn in Paramount Television Intl. Studios’ “The Rescue.”
The Rescue
Cruz’s win underscored the focus and value of Huelva. Despite funding challenges, Latin America’s big three – Mexico, Brazil and Argentina – alone produced 660 features in 2022. It is simply impossible for the media to pay sufficient attention to all but a highly select clutch of top titles.
“Ibero-American cinema is constantly evolving. Now, it is very easy to find great films, if not in budgetary terms, then in artistic ambitions,” Huelva director Manuel H. Martin told...
- 11/19/2023
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
There’s “an enormous amount of fresh talent coming through, and those new voices, that for the most part don’t come from the U.S.,” CAA Media Finance’s said at San Sebastian’s Creative Investors Conference this September.
Getting noticed ia another matter. Global content spend has near doubled in a decade, from $136 billion in 2013 to $250 billion this year, according to Ampere Analysis.
The same cannot be seen of media coverage of new movies. Quite the reverse: At most outlets, it has radically declined.
Enter Huelva. They also often announce undoubted new talent to track, as Latin America has built film schools and passed film laws, creating a seemingly bottomless well of new talent.
Also taking in Luis Mandoki’s 17th fiction feature, Daniela Goggi’s fourth the second and third respectively from Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza, Huelva’s 12 competition movies have very often won significant prizes at prominent festivals,...
Getting noticed ia another matter. Global content spend has near doubled in a decade, from $136 billion in 2013 to $250 billion this year, according to Ampere Analysis.
The same cannot be seen of media coverage of new movies. Quite the reverse: At most outlets, it has radically declined.
Enter Huelva. They also often announce undoubted new talent to track, as Latin America has built film schools and passed film laws, creating a seemingly bottomless well of new talent.
Also taking in Luis Mandoki’s 17th fiction feature, Daniela Goggi’s fourth the second and third respectively from Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza, Huelva’s 12 competition movies have very often won significant prizes at prominent festivals,...
- 11/10/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: TelevisaUnivision streamer ViX+ has ordered a relationship drama about two mothers fighting the urge to be together.
We can reveal Latinx producer The Immigrant is working on Todo lo Que Fuimos, starring Esmeralda Pimentel, Fátima Molina, Michel Brown and Margarita Muñoz.
The story follows two women with a secret past, with themes touching on relationships, Lgbtia+ issues and family. Shooting took place in Mexico and New York and production wrapped last week.
Here’s the synopsis: “Natalia and Gala are two mothers who don’t seem to have anything in common, except their children go to the same school. Natalia is the perfect Mexican mom, married to Bruno, the perfect husband and father. Gala is a Chicana from New York who just moved to Mexico with Isa, her wife. But Natalia and Gala keep a secret: years ago, they had a relationship that changed their lives. Now they try...
We can reveal Latinx producer The Immigrant is working on Todo lo Que Fuimos, starring Esmeralda Pimentel, Fátima Molina, Michel Brown and Margarita Muñoz.
The story follows two women with a secret past, with themes touching on relationships, Lgbtia+ issues and family. Shooting took place in Mexico and New York and production wrapped last week.
Here’s the synopsis: “Natalia and Gala are two mothers who don’t seem to have anything in common, except their children go to the same school. Natalia is the perfect Mexican mom, married to Bruno, the perfect husband and father. Gala is a Chicana from New York who just moved to Mexico with Isa, her wife. But Natalia and Gala keep a secret: years ago, they had a relationship that changed their lives. Now they try...
- 10/18/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle has released the first teaser, a clip from part of a key scene, for Sofía Auza’s “Adolfo,” produced by The Immigrant. Recently presented at MipCancun, the U.S.-Mexican feature will soon celebrate its world premiere at the Generation 14plus section of February’s Berlin Film Festival.
“My dream has always been to make movies, but it was also something I thought might never actually happen. The fact that ‘Adolfo’ got produced was already amazing, and finding out that we will premiere at Berlin feels like an absolute dream come true,” said the director.
“Berlin was always our main target. We think the film will play beautifully there,” added Camila Jiménez-Villa, The Immigrant’s co-founder and CEO, and company co-founder Silvana Aguirre,.
“Sofia paints a world where pain very much exists but is mitigated by the warmth of human connection. It’s a hopeful and universal message, and...
“My dream has always been to make movies, but it was also something I thought might never actually happen. The fact that ‘Adolfo’ got produced was already amazing, and finding out that we will premiere at Berlin feels like an absolute dream come true,” said the director.
“Berlin was always our main target. We think the film will play beautifully there,” added Camila Jiménez-Villa, The Immigrant’s co-founder and CEO, and company co-founder Silvana Aguirre,.
“Sofia paints a world where pain very much exists but is mitigated by the warmth of human connection. It’s a hopeful and universal message, and...
- 12/20/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
After Madrid’s Iberseries and Mipcom in Cannes, who on earth would want to make another long trek to a third TV forum in less than two months?
Well, rather a lot of people. Two weeks out from 2022’s MipCancun, which runs Nov. 13-16, its organization confirmed an over 800 delegate attendance, which marks a return to pre-pandemic levels. Why is another matter. 10 takes on this year’s edition:
MipCancun’s Boom
Reasons for the attendance rebound cut several ways. “Europe and Latin America are no longer aligned. While Europe’s outlook is quite gloomy when it comes to developing scripted series with platforms, the boom in Latin America is still going on,” said Caroline Servy, The Wit managing director who will present at MipCancun overviews of both scripted and non-scripted trends across Spanish-speaking markets. “Our business is still thriving, especially in Brazil and Mexico, which are huge markets,” added Manuel Marti,...
Well, rather a lot of people. Two weeks out from 2022’s MipCancun, which runs Nov. 13-16, its organization confirmed an over 800 delegate attendance, which marks a return to pre-pandemic levels. Why is another matter. 10 takes on this year’s edition:
MipCancun’s Boom
Reasons for the attendance rebound cut several ways. “Europe and Latin America are no longer aligned. While Europe’s outlook is quite gloomy when it comes to developing scripted series with platforms, the boom in Latin America is still going on,” said Caroline Servy, The Wit managing director who will present at MipCancun overviews of both scripted and non-scripted trends across Spanish-speaking markets. “Our business is still thriving, especially in Brazil and Mexico, which are huge markets,” added Manuel Marti,...
- 11/11/2022
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Mexican filmmaker Sofía Auza revisits her 2019 short in debut feature “Adolfo,” produced by The Immigrant, and about to be introduced to buyers at MipCancun.
Starring Juan Daniel García Treviño – also spotted in Netflix’s “I’m No Longer Here” – and Rocío de la Mañana, it sees two strangers meeting at a bus stop on the worst, or maybe the best night of their lives.
Hugo is on the way to his father’s funeral, Momo just got out of rehab. Together, they set out on a surprising adventure, with one goal in mind: fFinding a new home for a cactus named Adolfo.
“Adolfo is the most important part of the story!’,” Auza tells Variety.
“It’s the one thing Hugo has left from his dad. It’s not a flower, it’s not exactly beautiful. He describes it as the ugliest plant in the world, but he’s not ready to let go of it.
Starring Juan Daniel García Treviño – also spotted in Netflix’s “I’m No Longer Here” – and Rocío de la Mañana, it sees two strangers meeting at a bus stop on the worst, or maybe the best night of their lives.
Hugo is on the way to his father’s funeral, Momo just got out of rehab. Together, they set out on a surprising adventure, with one goal in mind: fFinding a new home for a cactus named Adolfo.
“Adolfo is the most important part of the story!’,” Auza tells Variety.
“It’s the one thing Hugo has left from his dad. It’s not a flower, it’s not exactly beautiful. He describes it as the ugliest plant in the world, but he’s not ready to let go of it.
- 11/11/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Starzplay has cast Tessa Ía (De Brutas), Martín Saracho (Who Killed Sara?), and Lizeth Selene (Rebelde) as the leads for the Spanish-language dramedy series Yellow (w/t). Production officially kicked off on the project in Mexico City on Thursday.
Ía will portray “Dan” who is described as someone who is extremely competitive and who thinks winning by cheating is worth twice as much. Dan finds “Nico”, played by Selene, to be her impossible love. Nico is described as sincere to the point of being abrasive, someone who has the heart of a child, and who lives without constraints.
Saracho will play Richie, a failed former Formula 1 driver whose promising career ended after a catastrophic accident forced him to stop racing and is now a taxi driver.
From Sofía Auza and Silviana Aguirre, Yellow tells the story of Dan and Nico, two female fugitives who steal a stick-shift taxi to escape from the authorities.
Ía will portray “Dan” who is described as someone who is extremely competitive and who thinks winning by cheating is worth twice as much. Dan finds “Nico”, played by Selene, to be her impossible love. Nico is described as sincere to the point of being abrasive, someone who has the heart of a child, and who lives without constraints.
Saracho will play Richie, a failed former Formula 1 driver whose promising career ended after a catastrophic accident forced him to stop racing and is now a taxi driver.
From Sofía Auza and Silviana Aguirre, Yellow tells the story of Dan and Nico, two female fugitives who steal a stick-shift taxi to escape from the authorities.
- 6/30/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Films can take years to finance, but for the filmmaking team behind the documentary feature “Bull Run,” the production was fully financed within 24 hours of launching the idea to a group of private investors.
Then the money landed in their crypto currency wallet. Filming proper begins on Monday.
“We did the presentation on the Thursday. We gave the information to the people. On the Monday, there was the sale. Within two hours, we had half of the budget. And less than one day later it was sold out,” explained co-producer Juanjo Moscardó Rius of Spain’s Cosabona Films.
Los Angeles-based The Immigrant is producing. Camila Jiménez Villa and Silvana Aguirre’s shingle is backed by Fremantle.
Shooting starts in Valencia with plans to film in Madrid and in several Spanish-speaking countries, including Venezuela, Argentina and El Salvador, director Ana Ramón Rubio told Variety.
It all began, she said, when she...
Then the money landed in their crypto currency wallet. Filming proper begins on Monday.
“We did the presentation on the Thursday. We gave the information to the people. On the Monday, there was the sale. Within two hours, we had half of the budget. And less than one day later it was sold out,” explained co-producer Juanjo Moscardó Rius of Spain’s Cosabona Films.
Los Angeles-based The Immigrant is producing. Camila Jiménez Villa and Silvana Aguirre’s shingle is backed by Fremantle.
Shooting starts in Valencia with plans to film in Madrid and in several Spanish-speaking countries, including Venezuela, Argentina and El Salvador, director Ana Ramón Rubio told Variety.
It all began, she said, when she...
- 10/15/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Damián Alcázar and Tamara Vallarta (Paquita la del Barrio) are heading the cast of upcoming original drama Tijuana, a co-production of Netflix and Univision-owned Story House Entertainment.
The show is billed as an unvarnished look at what journalists in Mexico face every day in the pursuit of the truth. As with other series in the companies’ long-term partnership, Tijuana will premiere in the U.S. on Univision later this year, followed by its global rollout on Netflix.
Alcázar plays Antonio Borja, co-founder and director of the renowned newspaper Frente Tijuana, and Vallarta plays Gabriela Cisneros, an idealistic young reporter fighting her way into his newsroom.
When the gubernatorial front-runner is shot in the street, the reporters of Frente Tijuana race to cover the story, but the facts they uncover run much deeper than the assassination—insidious corruption has been allowed to grow in the shadows.
The show is billed as an unvarnished look at what journalists in Mexico face every day in the pursuit of the truth. As with other series in the companies’ long-term partnership, Tijuana will premiere in the U.S. on Univision later this year, followed by its global rollout on Netflix.
Alcázar plays Antonio Borja, co-founder and director of the renowned newspaper Frente Tijuana, and Vallarta plays Gabriela Cisneros, an idealistic young reporter fighting her way into his newsroom.
When the gubernatorial front-runner is shot in the street, the reporters of Frente Tijuana race to cover the story, but the facts they uncover run much deeper than the assassination—insidious corruption has been allowed to grow in the shadows.
- 6/7/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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