Tag: The Chapel
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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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Dominique Deruddere’s ‘The Chapel’ sold to Korea and European territories (exclusive)
Picture Tree International closed a hat-trick of sales ahead of Filmart.Germany’s Picture Tree International has sold Dominique Deruddere’s Belgian drama The Chapel to a trio of territories ahead of Filmart.The film has been taken for South Korea (Happy Song), Spain (Vercine) and Bulgaria (Beta Film).The film is about a young pianist competing in the final…