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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Armando Espitia, who broke out as the hapless young factory worker in Amat Escalante’s Cannes winner “Heli,” is attached to star in “Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building,” a feature project being brought to San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum by Mexico’s Bruno Santamaría Raso.  Also on board is actor – and writer-producer – Sofia Espinosa, who fulfilled all three roles in Max Zunino’s “Los Bañistas” and “Bruma” and won a Mexican Academy Ariel for her tearaway performance as Gloria Trevi in “Gloria.” Written and to be directed by Santamaría, “Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building,” (“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul,”) marks his first fiction feature. He caught attention and won a Chicago Golden Hugo Golden Hugo and Golde Q Hugo for best documentary for “Things We Dare Not Do,” a movie straddling fiction in its finish, production values and narrative structures as it depicts Toño, the eldest son and second father to a swarm of siblings, living in a benighted village on marshy plains and plucking up the courage to tell his mother that he’s gay.     

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Eight of the 10 directors in the Morelia Festival’s main Mexican competition are women, led by two of the biggest Mexican fest hits of the year,“Robe of Gems,” Natalia López Gallardo’s Berlin Special Jury laureate, and “Huesera,” from Michelle Garza Cervera, a double Tribeca winner. Features with Indigenous or Black Mexican protagonists have shot up in Mexico, from 14 in 2019 to 31 in 2019, according to Imcine’s Mexican Cinema Yearbook. In 2017, Mexico’s biggest homegrown hit was Nicolas López’s “Do It Like an Hombre,” a merciless taunt of a Mexican macho’s helpless homophobia, which grossed $11.0 million in the country. 

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Thanks in part to a strong co-production drive, 13 Mexican-nationality movies play at San Sebastian this year, a major presence.  Perlak frames Alejandro G. Iñarritu Venice player “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.”  Much of the heat, in industry terms at least, will come from the the premieres and sneak peeks.   In one highlight, Natalia Beristáin will world premiere “Noise” (“Ruido”), before its Netflix November bow. In possibly another, Mexico’s Laura Pancarte (“Non-Western”) unveils “Sueño Mexicano” as a pic-in-post.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentCairo-based film marketing and distribution outfit MAD Solutions has taken an equity ownership stake in New York’s revived arthouse distributor D Street Releasing.The partnership will extend the reach of MAD Solutions’ theatrical distribution operations, giving it an inroad into the U.S. arthouse sector where so far Arab cinema has been largely reliant on festival exposure.MAD Solutions, which is a top distributor of specialty Arab cinema across the West Asia region, now plans to release between five and seven standout titles from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arabic-speaking countries to North American audiences.D Street Releasing, which has been largely dormant in recent years, is a division of D Street Media Group, the New York-based production, distribution and music publishing company with affiliate operations in the U.S., Germany, Ecuador, Argentina and South Africa.

Earth Month with a brand new collection on its platform.Titled “One World, Infinite Wonder,” the new collection features over 170 titles that focus on the environment or climate change, from stand-up sets, nature documentaries and television dramas. The collection also features artwork from California-based illustrator Leonardo Santamaria.The launch of the collection coincides with the release of “Our Great National Parks,” a new five-part documentary series executive produced and narrated by former U.S.

making an emergency landing in Costa Rica.The Boeing 757-200 plane, which was bound for Guatemala, touched down at Juan Santamaria International Airport at 10am on Thursday (April 7) after a failure in its hydraulic system.A clip shared on Twitter shows the moment the yellow aircraft skidding along the runway, taxiing and making a sharp turn, then coming to a stop.Just seconds after it stops on the runway, its fuselage appears to crumble, breaking the narrow-body airliner into separate pieces.The tail wing can be seen touching the ground as smoke billows out of the plane.The cameraman can be heard gasping and shouting as he watches the disaster unfold.Firefighters arriving at the scene quickly douse the smouldering plane with water and firefighting foam.According to Business Insider, DHL confirmed in a statement that a DHL Boeing 757-200 plane with the tail number JOS2716 had indeed "sustained damage" during its landing at the Costa Rican airport.The spokesperson said: "We are pleased to report that the crew were physically unharmed in the incident. One crew member underwent medical checks as a precaution."We are coordinating with the airport authorities on moving the aircraft from the area near the runway."To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion tweeted images showing the yellow aircraft emblazoned with DHL with its tail detached and a broken wing, being doused with firefighting foam as its lay partly in a grass field and the runway.Airport operator Aeris said the airport, on the outskirts of capital San Jose, reopened at 3:30 p.m.

terrifying emergency landing. The pilot and copilot were evacuated, airport operator Aeris said in a statement.Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion tweeted images showing the yellow aircraft emblazoned with DHL with its tail detached and a broken wing, being doused with firefighting foam as its lay partly in a grass field and the runway.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video has doubled down on its investment in Japan with six local originals greenlit and an additional foray into live boxing. At an event in Tokyo on Wednesday, Amazon revealed a reboot of “Takeshi’s Castle,” the iconic game show starring Kitano Takeshi that aired on terrestrial network TBS from 1986-1989. The reboot, with the working title “Takeshi’s Castle Project' will bow in 2023.

Michelle Keegan has the most stunning garden, and she showed it off once again on Thursday as she enjoyed a picnic outside with her close friend Emmy Clarkson.MORE: Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright's Hollywood-style garden shocks friends and fans – see picturesThe Our Girl star shared a picture of her sitting on a picnic blanket whilst posing for the camera wearing the most stunning linen outfit by Second Summer Label. WATCH: Michelle Keegan dances through the streets to launch Adidas' SS21 collection for VeryMichelle looked ethereal in the 'Mercury' linen jacket in white, available for £175, and the 'Santamaria' wide-leg trousers, which retail at £120 – and even though the star poked fun in her caption, fans loved the look.READ: Michelle

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will offer a portrait of the life of George Floyd in a two-hour “20/20” slated to air April 23 at 9 p.m. eastern.The program will feature interviews with Gianna Floyd, Floyd’s youngest daughter; friends and family of Floyd; Christopher Martin, the former store clerk who testified that he regretted taking the allegedly counterfeit $20 bill from Floyd; Maya Santamaria, the former nightclub owner who employed both Floyd and Chauvin; and Clarence Castile, uncle of Philando Castile.Many TV-news programs have responded to this week’s verdict finding police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of killing Floyd while he was in the custody of Minneapolis police last year.

Eamonn Holmes, 61, made the comment on his social media page, where he asked his one million followers why people on TV have been dropping their surnames.

Emilio Mayorga Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” won the top prize at Mexico’s Los Cabos Film Festival, adding the award to a brace of trophies dating back this year to a Silver Bear at Berlin and the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award in Sundance.Tipped as a contender in 2021’s Oscar race, teen drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” was hailed by Variety as a “quietly devastating gem,” “both of a piece with, and a significant step forward from” Hittman’s prior youth-in-crisis works “Beach Rats” and “It Felt Like Love.”Mexican writer-director Bruno Santamaría Razo’s “Things We Dare Not Do” won Los Cabos’ Cinecolor-Shalalá Award.

Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” and Lil Mosey’s “Blueberry Faygo."This got us to thinking about all the songs with fruit in their titles that have made the top 10. There are 19 in all since another watermelon song, Mongo Santamaria’s “Watermelon Man" -- originally composed by jazz great Herbie Hancock -- got this fruit-stand started in 1963.

Maddison Santamaria was just 22 when she prematurely gave birth to twin girls.

George Floyd, knew him well and had clashed with him in the past, it has been claimed.David Pinney, who once worked as a security guard alongside Chauvin and Floyd at Minneapolis nightclub El Nuevo Rodeo, said the pair knew each other well and said they didn’t get on.He told CBS News Floyd and Chauvin would regularly “bump heads”, and blamed the conflict on Chauvin’s “extremely aggressive” personality."It has a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue," Pinney said.Maya Santamaria, who owned the now-closed El Nuevo Rodeo, said she thought Chauvin was “afraid” of black people and found them intimidating.6ft 4ins nightclub bouncer Floyd was described as a "gentle giant' by

The late George Floyd reportedly worked at the same Minneapolis nightclub as Derek Chauvin, the police officer who kneeled on his neck and has now been charged with his murder.

George Floyd and the officer who knelt on his neck worked together at the same nightclub just months before his death in police custody.