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'The Silent War' wins the Special Award at the Premios Feroz 2020
January 17, 2020 / By Filmax
'The Silent War' wins the Special Award at the Premios Feroz 2020

The Feroz Awards are given every year by the Spanish Press Association (AICE - Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España) to recognise the quality and endeavour of the latest national productions.THE SILENT WARTHE CRACK: INCEPTION...

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The best Netflix originals you've missed in 2019 so far
January 15, 2020 / By Looper
The best Netflix originals you've missed in 2019 so far

The new year brings new Netflix originals, and the streaming platform has started 2019 with a bang. Several Netflix originals are already getting some serious buzz: if you've been glued to your laptop watching the addictive series You or couldn't...

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'Bikes' will have its theatrical release in Portugal this Thursday, December 5th, 2019
December 3, 2019 / By Filmax
'Bikes' will have its theatrical release in Portugal this Thursday, December 5th, 2019

Bikes...

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'The Red Band Society' becomes the most internationally adapted series of the last five years
November 11, 2019 / By Filmax
'The Red Band Society' becomes the most internationally adapted series of the last five years

THE RED BAND SOCIETY season 1THE RED BAND SOCIETY season 2...

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Filmax presents the series TURU'S MUSICAL FARM at Mipcom
October 15, 2019 / By Filmax
Filmax presents the series TURU'S MUSICAL FARM at Mipcom

This year's Mipcom sees Filmax presenting their latest series, TURU’S MUSICAL FARM. The animated series is based on the feature film TURU: THE WACKY HEN, which will be having a wide theatrical release at the beginning of next year. TURU’S...

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Filmax brings the documentary MR HAND SOLO to Mipcom
October 14, 2019 / By Filmax
Filmax brings the documentary MR HAND SOLO to Mipcom

Filmax will present MR HAND SOLO at Mipcom, a documentary based on the incredible true story of David Aguilar, a teenager with Poland Syndrome, whose passion for Lego led him to design and create his own prosthetic arm. The film, directed...

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Cesc Gay, Marta Esteban, Filmax Re-Team for ‘Sentimental’ (Exclusive)
September 27, 2019 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Cesc Gay, Marta Esteban, Filmax Re-Team for ‘Sentimental’ (Exclusive)

SAN SEBASTIAN —  Having scored a career high with “Truman” and Canneseries-selected “Felix,” director Cesc Gay, one of Spain’s most popular cross-over auteurs, is re-teaming with long-time producer Marta Esteban, as well as distributor Filmax for “Sentimental,” Gay’s first studio stage film.Gay’s producer...

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Filmax Snags International Rights to ‘Bye Bye Mr. Etxebeste!’ (Exclusive)
September 23, 2019 / By Emilio Mayorga (Variety)
Filmax Snags International Rights to ‘Bye Bye Mr. Etxebeste!’ (Exclusive)

SAN SEBASTIAN  —  Filmax is handling international rights to Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal’s “Bye Bye Mr. Etxebeste!,” produced by the Basque Country’s Irusoin, one of the main companies behind Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga’s “The Endless Trench,” a main competition contender at...

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Filmax Acquires International on ‘The Curse of the Handsome Man’ (Exclusive)
September 22, 2019 / By Emilio Mayorga (Variety)
Filmax Acquires International on ‘The Curse of the Handsome Man’ (Exclusive)

SAN SEBASTIAN  —  Barcelona-based boutique studio Filmax has acquired international rights to Argentine producer-director Beda Docampo’s “The Curse of the Handsome Man,” produced by Ibón Cormenzana’s Arcadia Motion Pictures alongside Cados Producciones and Damned Besso –based in Spain—in co-production with Cecilia Díez’s Zarlek...

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SAN SEBASTIAN – Filmax Nabs Alvaro Fernandez Armero’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’ (Exclusive)
September 20, 2019 / By Emilio Mayorga (Variety)
SAN SEBASTIAN – Filmax Nabs Alvaro Fernandez Armero’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’ (Exclusive)

SAN SEBASTIAN – Filmax has taken international rights to Álvaro Fernández Armero’s comedy “If I Were a Rich Man.”Produced by Telecinco Cinema, Think Studio and Ciskul, and backed by Mediaset España and Movistar+, “If I Were a Rich Man” is a Spanish...

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Filmax Acquires ‘The Crack: Inception’ (Exclusive)
September 6, 2019 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Acquires ‘The Crack: Inception’ (Exclusive)

Barcelona-based studio Filmax has acquired international sales rights to José Luis Garci’s “The Crack: Inception,” the third part of a film noir trilogy whose first two installments represent for many the Spanish director’s finest achievement.Introducing the new film to buyers at Toronto, Filmax will...

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The 50 best horror movies of the 21st century, definitively ranked
September 5, 2019 / By Brian Truitt (USA Today)
The 50 best horror movies of the 21st century, definitively ranked

40. 'REC' (2007)Got claustrophobia? Then maybe ease gently into this Spanish found-footage chiller. A night news crew enters a building with firefighters called in to help an old woman trapped in her apartment, she gets a little too bitey and, before you know it,...

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