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Callum McLennan The unique joy of friendship is at the fore in helmers Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge’s “Don’t You Let Me Go.” Produced by Uruguay-based Agustina Chiarino’s Bocacha Films, the feature clinched the Noah Ephron Award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. It marks Guevara and Jorge’s third collaboration with Bocacha, a production company at the forefront of pan-regional co-productions. Paris-based Alpha Violet is handling international sales.The film opens at a wake.

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Oscar-Winning ‘Flow’ Embraced by Moviegoers Worldwide, Grossing More Than $36 Million (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” the dialogue-free survival tale of a solitary cat’s journey that won both the Oscar and Golden Globe for best animated feature earlier this year, has been embraced by moviegoers around the world. Budgeted at $3.4 million and sold internationally by Charades, “Flow” has grossed, as of March 17, more than $36 million worldwide.

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Uruguay’s U Films Boards Macarena García-Starrer ‘Perseidas,’ Shooting Later This Year

Jamie Lang Uruguayan production company U Films has boarded Ignacio Lasierra Pinto‘s debut feature, “Perseidas.” The film made waves after a successful pitch at last November’s Ventana Sur when it unveiled an all-star cast led by Spanish Academy Goya-winning actor Macarena García (“Blancanieves,” “La mesías”). Today, at the Málaga Film Festival, a co-production agreement was signed between U Films and the previously established Spanish producers of “Perceidas,” Lago&Laporta and Imval Producciones.

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Director Carl Rinsch Indicted on Charges of Defrauding $11 Million From Netflix

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Director Carl Erik Rinsch has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $11 million from Netflix and spending it on luxury cars, antique furniture and mattresses. Rinsch demanded the funds in order to finish “White Horse,” a science fiction TV series that was never completed, according to the indictment. Instead, he allegedly used the money to make “extremely risky investments,” to pay for stays at the Four Seasons and for other lavish purchases, and to hire lawyers to sue Netflix.

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‘La Favorita 1922,’ From Studiocanal-Backed Bambú, Clinches 20+ Territory Pre-Sales for Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “La Favorita 1922” has pre-sold 20-plus territories in Europe and the Americas, including a pick-up by PBS streaming service Walter Presents for U.S. and Canada, Spain’s Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group announced Monday.

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Sales Boon for Mr Miyagi’s David Matamoros First Solo Outing ‘Who Wants to Marry an Astronaut?’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Callum McLennan Barcelona-based Mr. Miyagi Films has clinched a series of territory deals for David Matamoros’ buoyant queer rom-com “Who Wants to Marry an Astronaut?” (“¿Quién quiere casarse con un astronauta?”). TLA acquired rights for North America, the U.K.

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Paula Martel’s Buzzy Malaga-Bound Teen Western ‘First We Take Anillaco’ Builds Eye-Catching Four-Way Co-Production Alliance (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In a sign of a potentially potent Latin American movie project, “First We Take Anillaco,” a teen Western set in Argentina’s direst of crises in 2001, has forged an eye-catching four-way alliance between Argentina’s Colectivo Rutemberg, Chile’s Color Haus, Brazil’s Filmes Sem Sapato and Uruguay’s Circular Media. Subject of a bold pitch by writer-director Paula Martel at Mar del Plata’s Film.Ar in 2017 where she pulled out a (mock) revolver to illustrate the film’s climax, “First We Take Anillaco” will now hit this week’s 2025 Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF) as one of its buzz projects.

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‘The Maid’ Star Catalina Saavedra, Madre Board Malaga Buzz Project ‘A Decorous Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Chile’s Catalina Saavedra, a Sundance Acting Special Jury Prize winner for “The Maid,” and a Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for “Rotting in the Sun,” is attached to star in Natalia Luque’s “A Decorous Woman” (“Señorita de Buena Presencia”), lead produced by Chile’s Parina Films and one of the highest profile projects to be showcased at next week’s 2025 Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF). In further news, “A Decorous Woman,” set up at Parina Films, represented by Rodrigo Díaz, and France’s Tomsa Films (France), headed by Thomas Lambert, has just been boarded by Madre Content.

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Local Talent, Schooled on International Shoots, Boosts Uruguay’s Film Industry

Uruguay has benefited from a growing influx of international productions, with local talent and crew gaining invaluable on-set experience. National production has increased to nearly pre-pandemic levels, 33 features in 2023, on a par with 2019, and 30 features in 2024, way up on 2016’s 11 features produced. Uruguay’s film industry has also grown in diversity in terms of genres and co-productions.

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Is ‘Yellowjackets’ based on a true story? Everything to know about the plane crash that inspired the series

Here’s what to know about the influence behind the series.“Yellowjackets” was partly inspired by the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had the Uruguayan amateur rugby team on board when it went down in the Andes mountains.On Oct. 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed with 40 passengers and five crew members. The plane was scheduled to take the team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for a game (similar to the “Yellowjackets” soccer team).

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‘I’m Still Here’ Gets More International Release Dates After Oscar Nominations

Carolyn Giardina “I’m Still Here,” the Brazilian political drama that is nominated for three Academy Awards including best picture, is getting additional international release dates, Sony Pictures Classics announced on Tuesday. Newly-announced Latin American and European release dates include: Feb. 6 for Mexico, Chile, Venezuela and Bolivia; Feb.

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EO Media-Sold ‘Sumergidos’ Makes Pan-Latin America Pay TV Debut on A&E Jan. 27

Anna Marie de la Fuente Eze Olzanski’s Buenos Aires-based EO Media has confirmed the Jan. 27 A&E Latin America debut for Argentine-Brazil series “Sumergidos” as it descends on Content Americas. This follows a raft of various new movie deals that the production and distribution company sealed at Mip Cancun with the likes of Paramount, NBC Universal, Globo and MVS.

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More ‘Moana’ Moola! Sequel Crests $1B Worldwide; 3rd Disney Release Of 2024 To Milestone As Studio Now Counts 32 Billion-Dollar Global Grossers

Refresh for latest…: With this weekend’s business, Disney’s Moana 2 has topped $1B in global box office, becoming the third release of 2024 to reach the mark. This new milestone means Disney scored a hat trick of $1B worldwide grossers from 2024; the only studio with movies released during the year that crossed the coveted threshold.

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Adam McKay Says ‘Don’t Look Up’ Was ‘Hated’ by ‘Critics and Cultural Gatekeepers’ but Seen by an Estimated ‘400 Million to Half a Billion’ People on Netflix

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Adam McKay said in an interview with NME that his satirical comedy “Don’t Look Up” was seen by an estimated “400 million to half a billion” people on Netflix despite being “hated” by “the critics and the cultural gatekeepers.” The director was talking about the L.A. fires and climate change when the topic of “Don’t Look Up” came up, as McKay and his star-studded cast, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, were outspoken during the film’s 2021 release about it being a metaphor for climate change. “In the face of these dramatic catastrophes that keep happening, a movie seems really small and ridiculous.

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Álvaro Brechner to Direct Folk Metal Band Saga ‘Mägo de Oz, La Película’: ‘What Attracts Me Most Is Its Characters’ (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Madrid-based Álvaro Brechner, “one of the leading South American screen talents to emerge in the last decade,” Variety wrote in a review of his Venice-selected “A Twelve-Year Night,” is attached to direct “Mägo de Oz, La Película” a big-scale bio of the Spanish folk metal band. Behind Cannes Critics’ Week player “Bad Day to Go Fishing,” sales hit “Mr Kaplan” and the Venice-selected “A Twelve-Year Night,” all Oscar entries from Uruguay, Brechner will initiate principal photography on March 17.

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Saudi Arabia To Host 2034 Soccer World Cup

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as host of the 2034 soccer World Cup.

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Ventana Sur: 10 Takeaways, from Breakout Female Directors to Fede Alvarez and Having Fun, Market Hits and Buzz Titles

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — “As a meeting place, Ventana Sur was fantastic, the sales agent presence was good, focused on companies which really do buy, and the organization was impecable, run by highly dedicated and nice people,” said Antonio Saura, at Madrid-based sales agency Latido Films. Most other attendees would buy into that.

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Alvarez Charms Hometown Crowd With the Story of His Career in Ventana Sur Masterclass

Jamie Lang Hollywood heavyweight director Fede Alvarez returned to his home country of Uruguay this week to host a masterclass at the Ventana Sur market, held in Montevideo for the first time this year. Eliciting loads of laughs and several enthusiastic rounds of applause, Alvarez reflected on his personal journey from a teenage filmmaker shooting superhero movies with his friends to helming one of Hollywood’s most iconic sci-fi franchises with this year’s “Alien: Romulus,” which grossed $351 million at the global box office.

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One Man United star told he got 'lucky' after bombshell Ineos decision which cost millions

Manuel Ugarte has been called "lucky" after Ruben Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag at Manchester United last month.

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‘Small Town,’ the Awaited Comeback of Animation Legend Walter Tournier, Swooped on by Latido for International (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent One of the most active of sales agents at this week’s Ventana Sur, Madrid-based Latido Films has closed international rights on adventure-comedy “Small Town” (“Pueblo Chico”) a parable of greed and instance of the building scale and ambition of Latin American animation co-production whether regional or reaching out to Spain. The subject of a Ventana Sur panel on Wednesday, “Small Town,” long in the works, marks the comeback of Uruguay’s Walter Tournier (“Selkirk”), one of the most veteran of Latin American animation directors whose career stretches back to 1972’s cut-out animated short “In the Forest There Is Much to Do” and takes in Uruguay’s first animated feature, “Selkirk.” In “Small Town,” a winner at Ventana Sur’s 2017’s Animation! which segued to a 2018 Animation! Focus at Annecy’s Mifa’s market, Tournier co-directs with another acknowledged Latin American master of stop-motion animation, Brazil’s Quirino winner Cesar Cabral (“Angeli the Killer,” “Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People”).

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Cities of São Paulo, Montevideo Clinch Pioneering Framework Deal

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Anticipating the shape of things to come in Latin America, with cross-border collaboration a burgeoning mantra, the cities of São Paulo and Montevideo has signed a wide-ranging framework accord, facilitating collaboration across a broad front of channels. The pact was announced Tuesday at this week’s Ventana Sur, Latin America’s highest-profile film-TV market and forum hosted by Cannes Marché du Film and ACAU audiovisual agency in Uruguay and its counterpart INCAA agency in Argentina.

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Empatia Cine’s Alvaro Olmos Torrico Centers Quechua Midwives in Ventana Sur Title ‘The Condor Daughter’

Holly Jones With an eye on indigenous communities and the women that dutifully anchor them, Bolivian multi-hyphenate Álvaro Olmos Torrico brings his introspective second feature, “The Condor Daughter” (“La hija cóndor”), to Montevideo for Ventana Sur’s Copia Final showcase, touting the fiction prodction at this year’s market, which runs Dec. 2-6.

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