EXCLUSIVE: Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks locked deals on its AFM titles Electrophilia and Pacifico. The company has sold Pacifico to Slendid Films for German-speaking Europe and Nashe Kino for Russia, CIS, and the Baltics.
The film is set for a 2025 release in all the territories. Directed by Gonzalo Gutierrez, Pacifico is currently in post-production and is set to launch the pic with a market premiere next year.
The company has said it’s currently in negotiations with U.S., Spanish, and UK distributors. Described as an adventure-Sci-Fi film, Pacifico follows a group of young travelers that are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been kept hidden from mankind for centuries.
The film stars an expansive Latin American ensemble, including Manolo Cardona (Undertow), Ricardo Abarca (Que Culpa Tiene el Niño), Christopher Von Uckermann (Rebelde), Claudio Cataño (Cien años de soledad), and Maria Nela Sinisterra (Corazon de Leon).
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