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November 18, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)

Julio Fernández, Filmax Founder, Fantastic Factory Co-Creator, Dies at 78

Julio Fernández, the pioneering founder of Barcelona studio Filmax and co-architect of itsFantastic Factory which galvanised Spain’s auteur genre production, died Nov. 17. in Miami. He was 78.Born in rural Galicia, in A Fonsagrada in the province of Lugo, Fernández was typical of a region which emigrated for larger opportunities in Spain’s fast building cities. Few, however, had Fernández’s ambitions and eye for the main chance. If genre and animation are two of the current international market’s going concerns, Fernández anticipated this getting on for 30 years ago. In 1987,...

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December 2, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Looking for Michael,’ a Parkinson’s-Themed Comedy, Brought to Ventana Sur by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

In the new Spanish feature, Sonia, diagnosed with Parkinson’s, sets out to meet Michael J. Fox.BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Strengthening the comedy quotient of this year’s Ventana Sur, already on the rise in the market’s centrepiece industry sections, Barcelona-based studio...

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November 15, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Cairo Festival Competition Title ‘A Son’, Starring Macarena García, Swooped on by Filmax for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

The live-action directorial debut of respected producer Nacho la Casa, ‘A Son’ toplines Macarena García, a standout in Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s ‘La Mesías’ Barcelona-based studio Filmax, behind a brace of new titles at the American Film Market –...

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November 13, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Another League,’ a Feel-Good Spanish Women’s Soccer Origins Romp, Brought to the AFM by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain now has a World Cup, Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati. A true-invents inspired fiction feature, ‘Another League’ charts how it all began.A year before the soccer FIFA World Cup will be held in the U.S. and Mexico, and ahead...

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November 12, 2025 /
Berto Romero’s ‘Five More Minutes,’ From Movistar Plus+, The Mediapro Studio, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Headlining Romero, ‘Talk to Her’ star Javier Cámara and Goya winner Belén Cuesta, ‘Five More Minutes’ will be introduced to buyers at the AFM Berto Romero’s “Five More Minutes,” a Movistar Plus+ original produced by The Mediapro Studio’s El Terrat...

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November 7, 2025 / Anna Marie De La Fuente (Variety)
Spain’s Filmax Nabs AFM-Bound ‘Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew,’ Described as a ‘Real-Life Tragedy That Impacted a Whole Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain’s Filmax has pounced on the international sales rights to true survival tale “Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew,” in the run-up to the AFM.Drama is inspired by actual events that took place in the Catalan Pyrenees and is based...

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October 24, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
‘Elisa K.’ Director Judith Colell on ‘Frontier,’ a WWII Jewish Refugee Thriller, Acquired for North America by Menemsha Film

On the eve of Spain’s Valladolid Festival, the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize winner unpacks a new refugee story, of those who help, those who denounce and the many who look away.When Filmax introduced Judith Colell’s “Frontier” (“Frontera”) to buyers...

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September 24, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
Filmax Boards International Sales on Basque-Language Thriller Series ‘Mouths of Sky,’ Premiering at San Sebastián (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has taken international rights to “Mouths of Sky” (“Zeru Ahoak”), the four-part detective mystery that bows in the Official Selection at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival. A sequel to “Mouths of Sand,” the Basque-language series is directed by Koldo Almandoz (“Mouths...

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September 22, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
Filmax Acquires Sales on Basque Exile Drama ‘Karmele,’ Whose Director Asier Altuna Praises ‘Art as a Form of Resistance’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has picked up international sales on “Karmele,” directed by Basque Asier Altuna and produced by Marian Fernández Pascal at San Sebastián-based Txintxua Films and Esnatzeko Ordua Films. Inspired by Kirmen Uribe’s fact based novel “La hora de despertarnos juntos,” the Basque  drama retraces the life of a real-life...

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September 20, 2025 / Rafa Sales Ross (Variety)
Goya-Winning ‘Nocturna’ Director Adrià García Returns With First Animated Feature in Almost Two Decades in ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’

Almost 18 years after his debut feature “Nocturna” won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film, Adrià Garcia is back to animation with “The Treasure of Barracuda.” Sold by Filmax, the film, which has its world premiere at the San Sebastián Film...

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September 8, 2025 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)
Menemsha Films Takes North America to WWII Thriller ‘Frontier’ From Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

U.S. distributor Menemsha Films has sealed a North American deal on historical thriller “Frontier” with Barcelona-based studio Filmax. Directed by Judith Colell (“Elisa K”), the WWII drama, inspired by true events, follows a Spanish customs officer who risks everything to help Jews escape Nazi-occupied...

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September 6, 2025 / Anna Maria De La Fuente (Variety)
Sex, Love & Lies in Filmax Pickup ‘Every Side of the Bed’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain’s Filmax has grabbed international rights to “Every Side of the Bed,” the third installment of the hit musical comedy franchise that first kicked off in 2002. Packing a production partner punch, “Every Side of the Bed” is produced by Telecinco Cinema, Weekend Studio,...

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September 5, 2025 / Emiliano De Pablos (Variety)
Filmax Boards Bruno Martín’s Debut Thriller ‘Luger’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has secured international sales rights to “Luger,” the feature debut of Spanish filmmaker Bruno Martín. A darkly comic, action-fuelled thriller, the film is already attracting strong attention across the international movie genre circuit. “Luger” will world premiere in the official section of...

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