Paz Lázaro: Last News

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentExile Content Studio, the Los Angeles and Miami-based production house founded by former Univision chief content officer Isaac Lee, has appointed the highly regarded Berlinale programmer Paz Lázaro as content director and head of Spain.At Exile, which Lázaro joined at the beginning of January, Lázaro is overseeing development processes,  relationships with talent and buyers, intellectual property searches, and packaging in Spain. She reports to Daniel Eilemberg, Exile Content Studios president of content.Exile Content Studio launching in 2018 with a focus on acquiring and developing premium original content for audiences across the U.S.

Pablo Sandoval Producer-director Kristina Konrad’s Berlin-based Weltfilm has boarded “Amateur,” the feature debut of Spaniard Martin Gutiérrez which won the top Malaga Festival Prize for best Spanish film at this Spring’s Malaga WIP pix in post competition.Konrad, one of the jury members for Spanish titles at Malaga WIP, along with Berlin Panorama director Paz Lázaro and Gijón Film Festival programer Ricardo Apilánez, signed up to co-produce “Amateur” after the Malaga WIP showcase.Written by Gutierrez, “Amateur” also won the Abycine Prize from Spain’s  Albacete Independent Film Festival and shared the FIDBA Award, granted by the Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival, with Marta Lallana’s “Muyeres.” Described as an gesture of