Tag: Piggy
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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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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…
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‘Ted Lasso’: Brett Goldstein Picks the Muppets He’d Cast to Play Roy & Keeley
Have you ever wondered what Roy Kent and Keeley Jones would look like as Muppets? Well, Ted Lasso star and writer Brett Goldstein has your answer. As much as he’s known for his swearing — a trait that many have come to love in Roy himself — Goldstein is known as being a Muppet connoisseur,…
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New on Hulu in February 2023
With January quickly coming to a close it’s time to look ahead to February and Hulu has plenty of great titles that will be available to stream next month. Two fan-favorite Hulu series will be concluding with Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Animaniacs both premiering their third and final seasons in February, while the FX…
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‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ Director Estibaliz Urresola Teases Forqué Award Winning ‘Cuerdas’ (Exclusive)
After a heartening rally in 2022 which saw Spanish movies punch some €75 million (79.5 million) in its domestic market, after just €35 million (37.1 million) in 2021, how will 2023 shape up for Spanish cinema? One hope is for more standout feature debuts, following on this year’s “Lullaby” and “Piggy.” Here one of the…
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‘Lullaby,’ ‘Utama’ Sweep Spain’s Supersized Malaga Festival
Two hotly-favored competition frontrunners, Spain’s motherhood-focused “Lullaby” and “Utama,” shot on an awe-inspiring Bolivian Altiplano, swept the board at a historic, 25th Málaga Film Festival which said a lot about the current state of the Spanish film industry.Running March 18-26, the Festival proved a vibrant affair, galvanised by renewed interest in the Spanish cinema after…