Argentina’s Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (“120 BPM”) and Spain’s Mona Martínez (“Adios”) play pivotal roles in the international co-production, “Narciso” by Paraguay’s Marcelo Martinessi, whose feature debut “The Heiresses,” (“Las Herederas”) took home two Silver Bears and a Fipresci award at the 2018 Berlinale. Originally titled “Who Killed Narciso?,” Martinessi’s second feature was presented at the […]

Culinary Zinema, the San Sebastian Film Festival’s hugely popular food-themed sidebar, opens Sept. 23 with “Mugaritz. No Bread no Dessert,” (“Mugaritz. Sin pan ni postre”) which draws back the curtains to reveal the inner workings of the two-Michelin Star Basque restaurant, Mugaritz. Produced by Movistar Plus+ and Fonte Films, the documentary is directed by Paco […]

“Call My Agent!”’s Ophélia Kolb plays a struggling mother on the edge of society in “The Courageous” (“Les Courageux”), Swiss-American Jasmin Gordon’s first foray into narrative feature filmmaking, which stages its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) on Sept. 10. Co-produced by Maximage and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, the family drama revolves around […]

Edgar Nito, whose debut feature “The Gasoline Thieves’’ won the Best New Narrative Director award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, is taking his second feature, “A Fisherman’s Tale,” to world premiere at Spain’s most prominent genre festival, Sitges, and have its Mexican debut at the Morelia film fest, both in October.   Produced by […]

Chile’s Sebastián Freund of Rizoma Films and Argentine thesps Ernesto Alterio (“The Passenger”) and Soledad Villamil (“The Secret in Their Eyes”) have boarded the upcoming feature by Argentine filmmaker Alberto Lecchi, “A Distant Place” (“Un lugar lejano”). Rizoma Films (“Papa al rescate,” “The Same Blood”) joins lead producer Twins Latin Films of Argentina and co-producers Filmakers […]

Clara Lago, best known for her roles in hit romcom “Spanish Affair” and Andi Baiz suspense drama “The Hidden Face,” will star opposite Chile’s indefatigable Alfredo Castro in the Iberseries Co-Production Forum-bound “Queen of the Woods” (“La reina del bosque”). To be directed by Luján Loioco, the drama is produced by Loioco’s Buenos Aires-based Libre […]

Colombian rock star Juanes, winner of 26 Latin Grammys and three Grammy awards to date, is making his big screen debut in Prime Video drama “Pimpinero: Blood and Oil,” by Andrés Baiz (“Narcos,” “Griselda”), which bows its trailer exclusively in Variety ahead of its Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) world premiere. Juanes stars alongside Alberto Guerra […]

Brazil’s Fernando Coimbra marks both his return to filming in Brazil with crime drama “Carnival is Over” (“Os enforcados”) and to the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) where his acclaimed debut feature “A Wolf at the Door” had its world premiere in 2013. “Carnival” is Coimbra’s third feature which debuts its trailer exclusively in Variety in […]

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed more theatrical deals for Paraguayan horror-maestro Hugo J. Cardozo’s “Do Not Enter” (“No Entres”), which debuts its international trailer in Variety before its Asian premiere at the Busan Film Festival. Busch Media for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Brazil’s Playarte, Portugal’s Nos Lusomundo and Corazon Films for Mexico have inked theatrical […]

Madrid-based Paz Lázaro of Amore Cine, at the Venice Film Festival for “Kill the Jockey” by Luis Ortega and “Quiet Life” by Alexandros Avranas, has boarded Sergio Castro San Martín’s “A Thousand Pieces” (“Mil pedazos”), which is currently shooting in Chile. Amore Cine joins Argentina’s Bikini Films and Pan Contenidos, Spain’s Maluta Films and Castro […]