Tag: Carlota Pereda
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With Carlota Pereda’s ‘The Chapel,’ Paul Urkijo’s ‘Irati,’ Genre Cinema Gets a Boost in the Basque Country
Spain’s Basque Country, an ever-evolving film hub, continues to see a consolidation of talent driven by an animation boom alongside an increase in the production of ambitious genre cinema, marked by the colossal success of recent projects on streaming platforms and pick-ups by labs and festivals.As San Sebastian unspools, the sequel to “The Platform,” the…
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Spanish Screenings on Tour at Mia: Genre, Open Arthouse, Established Auteurs and a Slew of New Talent
Underscoring a renaissance on Spain’s genre scene, a trifecta of titles – F. Javier Gutiérrez’s “The Wait,” Daniel Calparsoro’s “All the Names of God” and Carlota Pereda’s “The Chapel” – lead the lineup of the second Spanish Screenings on Tour, which unspools at Rome’s Mia forum, taking place Oct. 9-13.A platform of market premieres, projects,…
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Hugo Ruiz’s Tribeca New Narrative Director Winner ‘One Night with Adela’ Boarded by Latido, Teaming With Con Un Pack (Exclusive)
Madrid-based sales house Latido Films and indie distributor-producer #ConUnPack are joining forces to handle international distribution rights to Tribeca Festival’s hit “One Night with Adela,” the feature debut of Spanish writer-director Hugo Ruiz snagged Tribeca’s best new narrative director award.An audacious family drama, lensed using a single-shot technique, the film marries concepts of religion and…