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Filmax Celebrates 70 Years as Indie
May 18, 2023 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Celebrates 70 Years as Indie

Founded in 1953, bought by Julio Fernández in 1987 and now run by his brother Carlos Fernandez and daughter Laura Fernández, Filmax is one of its biggest true-blue independent studios in Spain, involved in film and TV pro- duction, and movie distribution,...

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Filmax Takes International Rights To Spanish-Argentinian Animated Feature ‘Robotia’ — Cannes Market
May 18, 2023 / By Zac Ntime (Deadline)
Filmax Takes International Rights To Spanish-Argentinian Animated Feature ‘Robotia’ — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish-Argentinian animated feature Robotia and will present the pic to buyers at the Cannes market.The pic is a coproduction between Argentina’s Malabar Producciones (Minimalitos) and Spain’s Dibulitoon Studio (Yoko) in association with Costa Rica’s Tropics Creative and will be...

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‘Birds Flying East:’ Filmax Swoops On European Road Movie Starring ‘The Hand Of God’ Actor Teresa Saponangelo & ‘The Beasts Luis Zahera
May 16, 2023 / By Zac Ntime (Deadline)
‘Birds Flying East:’ Filmax Swoops On European Road Movie Starring ‘The Hand Of God’ Actor Teresa Saponangelo & ‘The Beasts Luis Zahera

EXCLUSIVE: Filmax has acquired international rights to the European road movie Birds Flying East, starring Teresa Saponangelo (The Hand Of God), Luis Zahera (The Beasts), and Javier Gutierrez (The Motive).The Spanish-based company will present first-look images from the pic this week at the Cannes Market.Directed...

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Filmax Swoops on ‘Piggy’ Helmer’s ‘The Chapel’ (EXCLUSIVE)
May 16, 2023 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on ‘Piggy’ Helmer’s ‘The Chapel’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Iconic Spanish horror producer Filmax, which is behind such films as “The Machinist,” “Darkness” and “[REC],” is bringing onto the open market at Cannes one of the most anticipated Spanish smart genre films of 2023,  Carlota Pereda’s “The Chapel,” the Spanish director’s...

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NEWS Carlota Pereda ‘The Chapel,’ Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ among Cannes’ Fantastic 7 line-up
April 25, 2023 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
NEWS Carlota Pereda ‘The Chapel,’ Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ among Cannes’ Fantastic 7 line-up

Carlota Pereda’s second film The Chapel, her follow-up to Sundance hit Piggy, is among the seven films selected for Fantastic 7, the showcase of international genre projects at various stages of production to be showcased at the Cannes market this year.Fantastic 7 is...

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Benito Zambrano, Roya Sadat, Pau Calpe Films to Be Unveiled at Boundary-Breaking Spanish Screenings Goes to Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
April 19, 2023 / By John Hopewell, Pablo Sandoval (Variety)
Benito Zambrano, Roya Sadat, Pau Calpe Films to Be Unveiled at Boundary-Breaking Spanish Screenings Goes to Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

Benito Zambrano’s “Jumping the Fence” joins Roya Sadat’s “Sima’s Song,” and Pau Calpe’s “Werewolf” in the lineup of Spanish Screenings Goes to Cannes,  a selection of five pix in post which underscores the ever broadening compass – in genre, setting, protagonists, production bases...

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Filmax Acquires Spanish Mini Series ‘Dating In Barcelona’ for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
April 14, 2023 / By Emiliano Granada (Variety)
Filmax Acquires Spanish Mini Series ‘Dating In Barcelona’ for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based production-distribution-sales studio Filmax, producer of the original “The Red Band Society,” has taken on international sales on its own production “Dating in Barcelona,” which is backed by Amazon Prime Video and Catalan public network TV3. An exclusive promo of the six-episode...

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Joana and Mireia Vilapuig on Sibling Drama ‘Selftape’
March 22, 2023 / By Holly Jones (Variety)
Joana and Mireia Vilapuig on Sibling Drama ‘Selftape’

Spanish actors Joana and Mireia Vilapuig, who rose to fame with Spanish television phenomenon “The Red Band Society,” star in the drama series “Selftape,” which they co-wrote with Ivan Mercadé, Carlos Robisco and Clara Esparrach. The show plays at Series Mania this week...

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Emmy, Goya Doc Winner Àlex Lora Brings Debut Feature ‘Unicorns’ to Malaga
March 15, 2023 / By Callum McLennan (Variety)
Emmy, Goya Doc Winner Àlex Lora Brings Debut Feature ‘Unicorns’ to Malaga

Few feature debuts at Malaga are more awaited than “Unicorns,” which world premieres on March 15, sold by Filmax. It is directed by multi award winning Àlex Lora best known for his work in documentary having won Gaudis, Emmys, and a...

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Director Pablo Maqueda Talks Malaga Buzz Title ‘Girl, Unknown’: ‘I Like Stories that Navigate the Terror of Everyday Life”
March 15, 2023 / By Callum McLennan (Variety)
Director Pablo Maqueda Talks Malaga Buzz Title ‘Girl, Unknown’: ‘I Like Stories that Navigate the Terror of Everyday Life”

“Girl, Unknown,” the sophomore feature from Spanish director Pablo Maqueda (“Dear Werner”), currently ranks as one of the early buzz titles at the Málaga Film Festival, even before its world premiere.The film adapts Paco Bezerra’s stage play “Grooming.”  Maqueda, Bezerra and Haizea...

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Filmax Boards Spanish Comedy ‘One Hell of a Holiday!’ from Goya-Nominated Víctor García León (EXCLUSIVE)
March 14, 2023 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Filmax Boards Spanish Comedy ‘One Hell of a Holiday!’ from Goya-Nominated Víctor García León (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based production-distribution-sales outfit Filmax has taken on international sales on Spanish director Víctor García León’s new comedy “One Hell of a Holiday!”Filmax is presenting the trailer to international buyers at this week’s Malaga Film Festival at Mafiz’s Spanish Screenings Content, a massive industry platform where Filmax...

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Malaga’s Zonazine Player ‘Killing Crabs’ Picked Up by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
March 14, 2023 / By Emiliano De Pablos (Variety)
Malaga’s Zonazine Player ‘Killing Crabs’ Picked Up by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international sales rights to “Matar cangrejos” (”Killing Crabs”), Canarian filmmaker Omar Al Abdul Razzak’s feature fiction debut which world premieres in the Zonazine section of the Malaga Film Festival. Produced by Manuel Arango and Abdul Razzak at Tourmalet Films, in co-production...

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