Pacifica Grey Snaps Up ‘Beloved Tropic’ Starring Berlinale Silver Bear Winner Paulina Garcia (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Miami-based FiGa Films has sold “Beloved Tropic” (“Querido Tropico”), the debut fiction feature of Panamanian documentary filmmaker Ana Endara, to Costa Rica-based Pacifica Grey ahead of its market debut at Ventana Sur.
Starring Chile’s Paulina Garcia, who clinched a Berlinale Best Actress Silver Bear for her turn in Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria,” the drama was pounced on by Spain’s Vitrine prior to its debut at the San Sebastian Film Festival in September.
Said FiGa founder-CEO Sandro Fiorin: “I’m honored to be collaborating with Ana Endara, who I’ve admired for years. She’s a real talent, with a precise director’s touch.
Ana is definitely going places, we’re lucky to have her as part of our family.” For Pacifica Grey founder Marcelo Quesada, whose company acquired the rights to the drama for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize and the Dominican Republic, “Beloved Tropic” “continues to showcase the rising power of Central American storytelling.” “We believe it’s essential that these stories are seen within our own region by local audiences,” he asserted.
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