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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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‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Adriana Paz Headlines ‘The Huntress,’ From Sundance Winner Suzanne Andrews Correa

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Emilia Pérez” star Adriana Paz, a Cannes 2024 best actress winner alongside the rest of the film’s female key cast, is headlining “The Huntress” (“La Cazadora”), where she plays a Ciudad Juárez factory worker turned vigilante who attains the status of a legend. “The Huntress” marks the first feature from U.S.-Mexican filmmaker Suzanne Andrews Correa whose film “Green” won the Short Film Jury Award for U.S.

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Ventana Sur in Montevideo: ‘Romulus’ Director Fede Álvarez and Other Industry Stars, Buzz Titles and What Uruguay Brings to the Table

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Seen from the 14th floor of its Radisson Hotel, Montevideo’s skyline, bristling with white marble high-rises and monuments, looks like a very different scenario for Ventana Sur, Latin America’s foremost film-TV co-pro forum and market, relocated from its chic Buenos Aires setting for the first time since 2009. Yet in many ways, this is the same Ventana Sur, playing to its strengths and galvanized by its context, Uruguay, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing film-TV hubs, both as a big-shoot locale and home-grown movie industry.

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Why Producers of ‘Daryl Dixon,’ ‘3 Body Problem,’ ‘The Crown’ Keep Coming Back to Spain: Crews, Locations, Service Companies

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent As “Game of Thrones’” foreign unit line producer and then producer, Duncan Muggoch leveraged some of Spain’s staggering landscapes and historical heritage sites into iconic settings for “Game of Thrones.” He returned to Spain as co-executive producer of “3 Body Problem” to create crucial early scenes in China for the Netflix banner show. Steve Squillante, an executive producer on AMC+ mega-hit “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,” served as Netflix VP of physical production for local language originals over 2018-20 as the U.S.

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Huelva Festival Awards: ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient,’ ‘Manas’ Triumph as Brazilian Movie Renaissance Builds

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Two Brazilian titles, Marcelo Gomes’ “Portrait of a Certain Orient” and Marianne Brennand’s “Manas,” swept the three biggest awards at Spain’s Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, which wrapped Saturday night in the Southern Spanish city. With Brazil’s Marcelo Caetano scooping a fourth trophy of a total seven on offer for competition titles, Huelva served to confirm the building renaissance of Brazilian cinema, already seen in Karim Aïnouz making Cannes main Competition cut two years running – with “Firebrand” and “Motel Destino” – and Walter Salles’ comeback and Brazilian Academy Award entry “I’m Still Here’s” reaping a rave review and reporting in Variety and other media, prompting Oscar buzz.

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Marrakech: Gangster Western ‘The Last Beast of Atlas’ to Be Launched by Walid Messnaoui, Caestus Films (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Having made a splash with tense and brutal petty crime caper short “No Key,” an Indie Short Fest winner that also screened at Fantastic Fest, Casablanca-born director Walid Messnaoui and fast-building Moroccan production house Caestus Films are preparing Messnaoiu’s first feature, “The Last Beast of Atlas,” described as a twilight Western and drama. “The Last Beast” rates as one of the buzzy debuts to be presented at the Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, which promises a dazzling array of titles from usually young talent from Africa and the Arab World which embrace a huge variety of genres.

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Atlas Workshops Unveil New Films From Cherien Dabis, Lina Soualem, Marwan Hamed, Brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Lina Soualem’s Spain-set family tale “Alicante,” Walid Messnaoui’s gangster Western “The Last Beast of Atlas” and Linda Lô’s search-for-identity drama “Lucky Girl” rank as buzz titles at the 7th Atlas Workshops, running Dec. 1-5 at the Marrakech Festival.

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‘Gagarine’ Star Alseni Bathily Joins Linda Lô’s Buzzy ‘Lucky Girl’ From France’s Maneki Films (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Alseni Barthily, who headed Cannes 2020 main competition breakout “Gagarine” is set to star in “Lucky Girl,” the feature debut of Linda Lö set up at France’s Maneki Films, which is shaping up as one of the buzz titles at the Marrakech Festival’s 2024 Atlas Workshops. Selected in the Workshops’ Projects in Development showcase, “Lucky Girl,” also written by Lô, begins during a vacation in Bordeaux, where Lili, 4, and her brothers, aged 9 and 20, are left to their own devices when their flamboyant mother returns without them to Gabon to run her restaurant- discotheque.

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Spanish Oscar Entry ‘Saturn Return,’ Latest Films by Iciar Bollaín and Paco Plaza Make Spanish Showcase MASS, Heading for Buenos Aires, Montevideo

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Some of the highest-profile Spanish films of 2024 – from Málaga Festival winner and now Spain’s Oscar entry “Saturn Return” to San Sebastián laureates “I Am Nevenka” and “Glimmers” – feature in MASS, a Spanish film showcase which will unspool in Buenos Aires over Nov. 28-30 and Montevideo during Dec. 2-4, running parallel with the Uruguayan capital’s Ventana Sur market.

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David Puttnam on ‘Discovering’ Alan Parker, Being Ready for Luck and James Dean’s Famous Line in ‘East of Eden’

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent For a brief period, over 1982-86, the U.K. enjoyed a remarkable film renaissance. Four films – “Chariots of Fire,” (1982) “Gandhi,” (1983) “The Killing Fields” (1985) and “The Mission” (1986) – won a total 19 Academy Awards, including Best Picture two years running.

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‘The 47,’ a Feel-Good Chronicle of How a Bus Driver Changed Barcelona, Smashes Box Office Records in Spain

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The Mediapro Studio’s “The 47,” placing star Eduard Fernández is a pole position in the Best Actor Goyas race, is breaking box office records in Spain. Directed by Marcel Barrena, who already showed in “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” his sense of broad audience appeal on movies engaging social issues, results for “The 47” will do nothing to discourage TMS as it builds its movie output as one of its key growth strategies in a more challenged market environment. Released Sept.

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Huelva’s First 50 Years: A Timeline Taking in Luis Buñuel, Maria Félix, Cantinflas and Now Paz Vega

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent From the day that Christopher Columbus set sail from Huelva to beach up in the Caribbean, the Spanish city has always had strong ties to Latin America. With Spain still laboring under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, when a group of young film buffs at Huelva’s Film Club aimed to galvanize the city’s culture, “It was logical that we looked to the richness and plenitude of culture that came from abroad,” recalls José Luis Ruíz Díaz, Huelva’s first director. “It was also logical that we had a large interest in Latin America, adds Vicente Quiroga, its longtime head of press.

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Huelva Honors ‘Sex and Lucía’ Star Paz Vega, Frames the Energies of Next Gen Latin American, Spanish Cinema

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Firmly established as one of Europe’s biggest dedicated showcases for movies from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival celebrates its 50th edition with a bang, with a high-caliber main Competition, a new showcase on Spain. Following, some highlights and trends at this year’s festival, which runs Nov. 15-23.

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Paz Vega’s Directorial Debut ‘Rita’ Closes U.K. With Signature Entertainment For Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent A Locarno world premiere this August, “Rita,” the directorial debut of Spanish star Paz Vega (“Spanglish,” “Lucia & Sex”), has clinched first key market sales, rolling off the American Film Market. Sales company Filmax has closed the U.K.

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‘The Teacher Who Promised the Sea’ Rolls Out Sales, Notable International Box Office for Filmax

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent One fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas don’t sell. Try telling that, however, to Filmax. “The Teacher Who Promised the Sea,” chronicling the tragedy of barbaric slaughter in the Spanish Civil War, has not only sold but opened in Italy and Australia to boffo box office numbers for an art film.

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‘Life and Nothing More’ Producer Aquí y Allí Backs English-Language Dramedy ‘Stay’ From Angela Paolini, Caru Basakatua (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Spain’s Aquí y Allí Films, behind Antonio Méndez Esparza’s “Life and Nothing More,” winner of the John Cassavetes Spirit Award in 2017, is preparing a new film, “Stay,” an identity dramedy set in Madrid’s queer community. In it, Sophie, a “normal” American girl who studies in Madrid is introduced to Spain’s queer community by her non-binary tutor, where she breaks free from the rules and expectations which have governed her life. Set to be presented at the Spanish Screenings on Tour Producers’ Showcase at the American Film Market, “Stay” has been penned by American writer Angela Paolini and Spain’s Caru Basakatua.

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Why Companies Shoot in Spain, From Locations to Facilities, Muscular Incentives, Shows’ Concepts, Local Talent Pools and Because the Country Features in the Screenplay

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Russell Crowe starrer “The Last Druid” must rate as one of the highest-profile projects being brought to market at this week’s American Film Market. Its partners – Range Media Partners, Spain’s Nostromo, CAA Media Finance and AGC International – are aiming to shoot in Spain. Norman Reedus, star of AMC Networks “The Walking Dead: Darryl Dixon” was besieged by fans late August as he shot Season 3 in Madrid, which looks set to double for London, double-decker red bus with signage for Trafalgar Square being caught on video cruising central Madrid streets.

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Led by ‘Julieta’ Star Emma Suárez, ‘Dismantling an Elephant,’ From ‘The Beasts’ Producer Arcadia, Brought to Market by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Spanish production-sales-distribution house Filmax has boarded “Dismantling an Elephant,” the latest film from Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, producer of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s foreign-language Cesar winner “The Beasts” and Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Robot Dreams.” Sold outside Spain by Filmax, “Dismantling an Elephant” toplines Emma Suárez, the triple Goya-winning star of Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” and Natalia de Molina, who has won two Goyas, one for David Trueba’s “Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed,”which swept the Spanish Academy 2014 Goya Awards At this week’s American Film Market, Filmax will show buyers a trailer of the film, which is currently finalising post-production. “Dismantling an Elephant” looks to offer Suárez the typically gutsy role in which she excels, playing a mother trapped by both a close bond to her daughter, which is also a source of conflict, and a day-to-day life whose elephant in the room is her own addiction, which nobody mentions, remaining a taboo.

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‘The Footballest II,’ a Live Action Family Movie Adapting the Hit Children’s Book Saga, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Looking to IP and the resilient market for live action family fare, Filmax has swooped on kids adventure caper “The Footballest II,” the second big-screen adaptation tapping into the children’s book saga created by Spain’s Roberto Santiago which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. “The Footballest and the Mystery of the Pirate Treasure” will be released in Spain by Filmax in the summer of 2025.

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South Series Festival Awards: CBS Studios’ ‘Oderbruch,’ Sophie Turner Starrer ‘Joan’ Win Major Prizes

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Oderbruch,” the second series in a first-look TV deal between CBS Studios and Berlin-based Syrreal Entertainment, triumphed at Cadiz’s 2nd South Intl. Series Festival on Thursday, scooping its best fiction series award. A brooding mystery series, it kicks in with the grisly discovery of the bodies and bones of 248 murder victims left in a pile in a field in set in the desolate marshes of Germany’s northern border with Poland.

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Royal Family Drama ‘Ena,’ Spain’s Banner Screening at Mipcom, Unpacked by Stars Kimberly Tell, Joan Amorós

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Ena – Queen Victoria Eugenia,” the screening highlight in Mipcom’s Spain Country of Honor celebrations, begins with a bang. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Victoria youngest granddaughter, marries Spain’s Alfonso XIII at Madrid’s San Jerónimo Royal Monastery on May 31, 1906. Splendid first scenes see the couple after the wedding in their carriage, Ena smiling as crowds cry her name as the royal carriage sweeps past.

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