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Impacto Cine Secures Latin America on Cesc Gay’s Filmax-Sold ‘Stories Not To Be Told” (EXCLUSIVE)
November 29, 2022 / By Holly Jones (Variety)
Impacto Cine Secures Latin America on Cesc Gay’s Filmax-Sold ‘Stories Not To Be Told” (EXCLUSIVE)

Argentina’s Impacto Cine (“Lady Di”) has swooped on all Latin American sales rights to Cesc Gay's comedy “Stories Not To Be Told” (“Historias Para No Contar”), propelling it into the territory and cementing its regional footing.International sales on the title...

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"Irati" continues to be well received at Spanish Festivals
November 21, 2022 / By Filmax
"Irati" continues to be well received at Spanish Festivals

"Irati" has recently been awarded with the Audience Award, the Best Special Effects Award and the Gato Rabioso Award given by the press, at the 32nd edition of Fancine de Málaga, the Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Malaga.These three...

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Sitges Audience Award Winner ’Irati’ Slays Euro Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)
November 7, 2022 / By Douglas Wilson (Variety)
Sitges Audience Award Winner ’Irati’ Slays Euro Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based studio Filmax has closed first major territory deals on writer-director Paul Urkijo “Irati,” a new addition to movies which have drawn on the history and legends of the Basque Country in the north of Spain, which have provided rich pickings...

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Dark Star Takes North America on ‘The Elderly,’ Sold by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
November 6, 2022 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Dark Star Takes North America on ‘The Elderly,’ Sold by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Dark star has closed North America on Spanish horror film “The Elderly” (“Los viejos”) which world premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival winning lead Zorion Eguileor best actor for what Variety called his “disturbing yet strangely affecting turn.” Directed by Raul Cerezo and Fernando González...

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Filmax Swoops on Spanish Civil War Drama (EXCLUSIVE)
November 3, 2022 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on Spanish Civil War Drama (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired the rights for Spain and international to “The Teacher Who Promised The Sea,” starring Laia Costa, a best actress winner at Germany’s Lola Awards for Sebastian Schipper’s bank heist thriller, “Victoria.”Directed by Goya best fiction short winner...

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Filmax takes worldwide rights to Benito Zambrano’s ‘Jumping The Fence’ (exclusive)
November 3, 2022 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
Filmax takes worldwide rights to Benito Zambrano’s ‘Jumping The Fence’ (exclusive)

Barcelona-based Filmax will handle world sales for Benito Zambrano’s next feature Jumping The Fence, a co-production between Spain’s Cine 365 and Castelao Productions, and France’s Noodles.Jumping The Fence tracks Ibrahim who, years ago, migrated from Guinea to Spain where he now has...

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Filmax acquires international rights to Enrique Otero’s ‘Honeymoon’ (exclusive)
November 1, 2022 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
Filmax acquires international rights to Enrique Otero’s ‘Honeymoon’ (exclusive)

Spanish sales, distribution and production outfit Filmax has picked up international rights to the second directorial effort of Enrique Otero, whose debut Crebinsky took the best new screenwriter prize for Otero and actor-writer Miguel de Lira at Málaga film festival in 2011.Honeymoon is...

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Karra Elejalde and Ivan Barnev, Best Actor Award "ex aequo" in SEMINCI for their work on "VASIL"
October 29, 2022 / By Filmax
Karra Elejalde and Ivan Barnev, Best Actor Award "ex aequo" in SEMINCI for their work on "VASIL"

Karra Elejalde and Ivan Barnev win Best Actor Award "ex aequo" in SEMINCI for their work on "VASIL".The movie has received the following reviews: “A subtle, silent and seemingly gentle comedy, which talks about friendship, solidarity, the search for our place in the...

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[REC] Horror Without Pause Premiere and Special Events
October 28, 2022 / By Filmax
[REC] Horror Without Pause Premiere and Special Events

This week the documentary [REC] Horror Without Pause the documentary about the origin of the most "profitable" horror franchise in Spanish cinema will premiere at cinemas, with special events to celebrate the REC Saga...

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The 10 Best Found Footage Horror Movies of All Time, From ‘The Blair Witch Project’ to ‘Host’
October 21, 2022 / By William Earl
The 10 Best Found Footage Horror Movies of All Time, From ‘The Blair Witch Project’ to ‘Host’

[EXCERPT]This October, Variety enlisted some our favorite spooky content creators to share their scary movie essentials. Joseph and Vanessa Winter, whose film “Deadstream” made a splash on the festival circuit and earned rave reviews from critics, shared their picks for the best found footage films...

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Filmax acquires international rights to horror ‘The Elderly’ (exclusive)
May 22, 2022 / By Elisabet Cabeza (Screen)
Filmax acquires international rights to horror ‘The Elderly’ (exclusive)

Filmax has acquired international rights to Raul Cerezo and Fernando Gonzalez Gomez’s horror title The Elderly and is introducing it to buyers in the Marche.Zorion Eguileor, best known for Sitges audience winner The Platform, stars as an octogenarian who enters into a state...

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Alex de la Iglesia’s ‘Four’s a Crowd’ Pounced On by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
May 18, 2022 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Alex de la Iglesia’s ‘Four’s a Crowd’ Pounced On by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Alex de la Iglesia’s latest production, feature “Four’s a Crowd,” is being brought onto the Cannes Film Market by Filmax, which has acquired international sales rights.Described by Filmax as a “wild romantic comedy,” “Four’s a Crowd” turns on Julian, a...

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