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February 12, 2026 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)

Filmax Boards AI-Driven 3D ‘DinoGames’ for EFM

Filmax has taken international sales rights to “DinoGames,” a 3D-animated feature directed by Goya winners Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena Ares, with the Barcelona-based company set to present first images to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market.Produced by Spain’s Dr. Platypus & Ms. Wombat alongside Belgian producer Beside, “DinoGames” is positioned as a family adventure fusing video-game wish fulfilment with a contemporary AI hook. The project has already enjoyed early market traction, surfacing on the international industry circuit at Annecy’s MIFA Pitch and across Cartoon’s flagship platforms, Cartoon Movie and...

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Filmax Boards AI-Driven 3D ‘DinoGames’ for EFM
Filmax Nabs Teen Dramedy ‘Bros,’ From the Rodríguez Colás Sisters, Directors of ‘Girlfriends’ (EXCLUSIVE)
March 10, 2026 / Ed Meza (Variety)
Filmax Nabs Teen Dramedy ‘Bros,’ From the Rodríguez Colás Sisters, Directors of ‘Girlfriends’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has picked up international rights to the latest work by sibling filmmakers Carol and Marina Rodríguez Colás, “Bros,” a dramedy about three 15-year-old working-class boys coming of age in the outskirts of Barcelona.“Bros” follows the Rodríguez Colás sisters’ acclaimed...

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Filmax Unveils Gangster Movie ‘Mallorca Confidential’ (EXCLUSIVE)
February 12, 2026 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Unveils Gangster Movie ‘Mallorca Confidential’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Produced by Valérie Delpierre, behind ’20,000 Species of Bees,’ ‘Mallorca Confidential’ weighs in as a crime thriller turning on a gypsy drug queenpinGangster thriller “Mallorca Confidential,” marking a move towards the mainstream from producer Valérie Delpierre (“20,000 Species of Bees”),...

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RAVALEAR: NOT FOR SALE available in HBO Spain soon
January 22, 2026 / Filmax
RAVALEAR: NOT FOR SALE available in HBO Spain soon

The best international series are returning in 2026But watch out, because Spain is also coming on strong with #Ravalear, coming soon to HBO Max.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Von3R7PUaxA...

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‘Looking for Michael,’ a Parkinson’s-Themed Comedy, Brought to Ventana Sur by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
December 2, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Looking for Michael,’ a Parkinson’s-Themed Comedy, Brought to Ventana Sur by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

In the new Spanish feature, Sonia, diagnosed with Parkinson’s, sets out to meet Michael J. Fox.BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Strengthening the comedy quotient of this year’s Ventana Sur, already on the rise in the market’s centrepiece industry sections, Barcelona-based studio...

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Julio Fernández, Filmax Founder, Fantastic Factory Co-Creator, Dies at 78
November 18, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Julio Fernández, Filmax Founder, Fantastic Factory Co-Creator, Dies at 78

Julio Fernández, the pioneering founder of Barcelona studio Filmax and co-architect of its Fantastic Factory which galvanised Spain’s auteur genre production, died Nov. 17. in Miami. He was 78.Born in rural Galicia, in A Fonsagrada in the province of Lugo,...

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Cairo Festival Competition Title ‘A Son’, Starring Macarena García, Swooped on by Filmax for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
November 15, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Cairo Festival Competition Title ‘A Son’, Starring Macarena García, Swooped on by Filmax for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

The live-action directorial debut of respected producer Nacho la Casa, ‘A Son’ toplines Macarena García, a standout in Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s ‘La Mesías’ Barcelona-based studio Filmax, behind a brace of new titles at the American Film Market –...

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‘Another League,’ a Feel-Good Spanish Women’s Soccer Origins Romp, Brought to the AFM by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
November 13, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Another League,’ a Feel-Good Spanish Women’s Soccer Origins Romp, Brought to the AFM by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain now has a World Cup, Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati. A true-invents inspired fiction feature, ‘Another League’ charts how it all began.A year before the soccer FIFA World Cup will be held in the U.S. and Mexico, and ahead...

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Berto Romero’s ‘Five More Minutes,’ From Movistar Plus+, The Mediapro Studio, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
November 12, 2025 /
Berto Romero’s ‘Five More Minutes,’ From Movistar Plus+, The Mediapro Studio, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Headlining Romero, ‘Talk to Her’ star Javier Cámara and Goya winner Belén Cuesta, ‘Five More Minutes’ will be introduced to buyers at the AFM Berto Romero’s “Five More Minutes,” a Movistar Plus+ original produced by The Mediapro Studio’s El Terrat...

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Spain’s Filmax Nabs AFM-Bound ‘Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew,’ Described as a ‘Real-Life Tragedy That Impacted a Whole Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)
November 7, 2025 / Anna Marie De La Fuente (Variety)
Spain’s Filmax Nabs AFM-Bound ‘Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew,’ Described as a ‘Real-Life Tragedy That Impacted a Whole Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain’s Filmax has pounced on the international sales rights to true survival tale “Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew,” in the run-up to the AFM.Drama is inspired by actual events that took place in the Catalan Pyrenees and is based...

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‘Elisa K.’ Director Judith Colell on ‘Frontier,’ a WWII Jewish Refugee Thriller, Acquired for North America by Menemsha Film
October 24, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
‘Elisa K.’ Director Judith Colell on ‘Frontier,’ a WWII Jewish Refugee Thriller, Acquired for North America by Menemsha Film

On the eve of Spain’s Valladolid Festival, the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize winner unpacks a new refugee story, of those who help, those who denounce and the many who look away.When Filmax introduced Judith Colell’s “Frontier” (“Frontera”) to buyers...

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Filmax Boards International Sales on Basque-Language Thriller Series ‘Mouths of Sky,’ Premiering at San Sebastián (EXCLUSIVE)
September 24, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
Filmax Boards International Sales on Basque-Language Thriller Series ‘Mouths of Sky,’ Premiering at San Sebastián (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has taken international rights to “Mouths of Sky” (“Zeru Ahoak”), the four-part detective mystery that bows in the Official Selection at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival. A sequel to “Mouths of Sand,” the Basque-language series is directed by Koldo Almandoz (“Mouths...

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Filmax Acquires Sales on Basque Exile Drama ‘Karmele,’ Whose Director Asier Altuna Praises ‘Art as a Form of Resistance’ (EXCLUSIVE)
September 22, 2025 / Callum McLennan (Variety)
Filmax Acquires Sales on Basque Exile Drama ‘Karmele,’ Whose Director Asier Altuna Praises ‘Art as a Form of Resistance’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has picked up international sales on “Karmele,” directed by Basque Asier Altuna and produced by Marian Fernández Pascal at San Sebastián-based Txintxua Films and Esnatzeko Ordua Films. Inspired by Kirmen Uribe’s fact based novel “La hora de despertarnos juntos,” the Basque  drama retraces the life of a real-life...

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