“Producers know the market,” says Vicente Canales. “Latin American filmmakers are used to working with limited budgets, which forces them to use their imagination and find stylish solutions,” says Latido’s Silvia Iturbe.ĭespite rising competition from other countries, such as France, with more integrated public support, Spanish sales agents remain upbeat. Latido’s line-up includes Chilean social drama, “Kite Adrift,” Uruguayan football documentary “Maracana” and Colombia’s “Seed of Silence.” Imagina is selling Toronto entry “Brazilian Western,” while 6 Sales is repping Mexico’s “Gloria Trevi.” Sales agents are keen to cherrypick Latin American auteur films and pics from other territories, such as 6 Sales’ spy thriller “Jack Strong,” which generated 1.3 million admissions in Poland. Spanish auteur films are now scarcer, but include “Wounded” (Imagina) and “Marseille” (Latido). “Very good horror still travels,” Canales says. Horror/thriller also remains a prominent genre, despite diminishing DVD sales.įilm Factory has created genre label Fear Factory, which includes the thriller “Marshland” by Alberto Rodriguez (“Unit 7”) and “Damned Friday” from Paco Plaza (“Rec”).ĭeAPlaneta is repping social-media thriller “Viral,” while Imagina has the psychological thriller “The Ignorance of Blood,” starring Paz Vega ( pictured).Īgent 6 Sales is selling Mexico’s pioneering 3D shudderfest “Darker Than Night,” signaling a fresh appetite in Spain for Latin American product. Film Factory is repping “Foosball” by Oscar winner Juan Jose Campanella and the $15 million 3D spy parody, “Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible.” Recent examples include Alejandro Amenabar’s “Regression” (FilmNation), Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s “A Perfect Day” (WestEnd Films) and Juan Antonio Bayona’s “A Monster Calls” (Lionsgate).Įnglish-language titles touted by Spain’s sales agents feature Mumbai-Barcelona pic “Traces of Sandalwood” and road movie “Night in Old Mexico,” starring Robert Duvall (both Imagina), Iran-set “Desert Dancer” (6 Sales), cryogenics drama “Project Lazarus” and sci-fi thriller “Prodigious,” the latter two handled by Dreamcatchers.Īnimation is another international gateway. In recent years, Spain has upped its high-concept English-language productions with several repped by U.S., U.K. “There’s a very clear trend, with distributors and TV stations all looking for big titles - or something original, fresh and different. “To release theatrically you need big films with bankable elements,” says Marina Fuentes of 6 Sales and Dreamcatchers. Nonetheless, sales agents consider the international theatrical market increasingly tough. Other growing markets include Russia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Latin America is generating increasing revenues for Spanish films. “Spanish producers are now making comedies that work locally and also cross borders,” Bilbao claims. “We’ve been inundated with remake inquiries, but I’m convinced the film can also work abroad because it’s not a typical Spanish comedy - it has universal appeal.”ĭeAPlaneta’s Gorka Bilbao is also enthusiastic, having sold CGI comedy “Millionaire Dog” to Latin America, France, Germany and Italy. Variety.“This is a unique phenomenon, like France’s ‘The Intouchables’ or ‘Welcome to the Sticks’,” Canales says. "Japan Box Office: 'Monster Strike,' 'Fantastic Beasts' Dispute Top Spot".
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