John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LOCARNO, Switzerland — The Dominican Republic’s Cronos Films & Production has clinched its first pre-sales deal on “Beyond the Mist,” (“Después de la Niebla”), a flagship example of the company’s drive into what is described as a “sensory cinema” which does not “shy away from the social and political struggles of the Dominican Republic.” In a first distribution deal on the title, brought to market this weekend at Locarno’s Match Me!
networking forum, the Hague-based sales-distribution company Latin Quarter has closed all-rights for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
A burgeoning force on the Latin American, Spanish and Latinx diaspora auteur pic scene, Latin Quarter has a direct distribution operation in the Netherlands, as in the U.K., Germany and Spain.
It is studying a “bigger collaboration” on the film, director Juan G. Castro told Variety. Match Me! “is generating fruitful meetings with countries in Europe and Latin America in which we intend to co-produce this project,” said Nidsbelle Guzmán, who will co-direct “Beyond the Mist” with Andrea Tudela (“Dueños del Tiempo”) and also serves as its producer alongside Homer Mora.
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