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September 8, 2025 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)

Menemsha Films Takes North America to WWII Thriller ‘Frontier’ From Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

U.S. distributor Menemsha Films has sealed a North American deal on historical thriller “Frontier” with Barcelona-based studio Filmax. Directed by Judith Colell (“Elisa K”), the WWII drama, inspired by true events, follows a Spanish customs officer who risks everything to help Jews escape Nazi-occupied France across the Pyrenees. The project was first introduced to buyers at May’s Cannes Marché du Film, where it sparked early interest. Finalized ahead of Toronto Film Festival’s first market weekend, the pact marks a significant step for Filmax as it continues to roll out one of its flagship fall titles. “Frontier”...

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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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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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September 20, 2025 / Rafa Sales Ross (Variety)
Goya-Winning ‘Nocturna’ Director Adrià García Returns With First Animated Feature in Almost Two Decades in ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’

Almost 18 years after his debut feature “Nocturna” won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film, Adrià Garcia is back to animation with “The Treasure of Barracuda.” Sold by Filmax, the film, which has its world premiere at the San Sebastián Film...

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September 6, 2025 / Anna Maria De La Fuente (Variety)
Sex, Love & Lies in Filmax Pickup ‘Every Side of the Bed’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spain’s Filmax has grabbed international rights to “Every Side of the Bed,” the third installment of the hit musical comedy franchise that first kicked off in 2002. Packing a production partner punch, “Every Side of the Bed” is produced by Telecinco Cinema, Weekend Studio,...

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September 5, 2025 / Emiliano De Pablos (Variety)
Filmax Boards Bruno Martín’s Debut Thriller ‘Luger’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has secured international sales rights to “Luger,” the feature debut of Spanish filmmaker Bruno Martín. A darkly comic, action-fuelled thriller, the film is already attracting strong attention across the international movie genre circuit. “Luger” will world premiere in the official section of...

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July 31, 2025 / Alfonso Rivera (CineEuropa)
Adrià García's The Treasure of Barracuda ready for release

The Treasure of Barracuda, the new animated feature by Adrià García (Goya winner for Nocturna [+]), offers a thrilling pirate adventure with all the hallmarks of the genre: secret maps, chases, naval battles and unique characters. Loosely inspired by the 2014 book of the...

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July 26, 2025 / Jennie Punter (Variety)
The Quebec Association of Film Critics chose Laura Casabe’s “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” for its AQCC award

The Quebec Association of Film Critics chose Laura Casabe’s “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” for its AQCC award, praising its “judicious balance between the coming-of-age story and everyday horror, for its strong symbolism linked to the crises of 21st-century...

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July 21, 2025 / Jaime Lang (Cartoon Brew)
‘The Treasure Of Barracuda,’ A 2D, Hand-Drawn Indie Pirate Adventure, Drops Its First English-Language Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish sales agent Filmax has unveiled the first English-language trailer for The Treasure of Barracuda, an animated adventure feature that will sail into Spanish cinemas on September 26, with international release plans in the works. The film, in Spanish but with a...

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June 20, 2025 / André Didyme-Dome (The Hollywod Reporter)
The 10 best Spanish-language films of 2025 (to date)

From rural Mexican drama to urban poetry in Medellín, via intimate Galicia and Mexican digital struggles, Spanish-language cinema is enjoying an exceptional year, with challenging, moving, and deeply human titles. The first half of 2025 has been particularly fruitful for Hispanic...

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June 6, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on ‘Jasmine & Jambo,’ the Feature Spin-Off From the Multi-Prized and Robustly Sold Catalan Animation Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based studio Filmax has swooped on sales rights to animated musical feature “Jasmine & Jambo,” the anticipated movie spin-off from one of the most successful of recent animated Catalan TV series, whose Seasons 1 and 2 scored the Quirino Awards for best...

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May 30, 2025 / Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe (EL PAÍS)
But how many versions of "The People Upstairs" are there?

When I told that Penélope Cruz was shooting The Invite, a Hollywood remake of Cesc Gay's Sentimental unmayder the orders of Olivia Wilde, Iván Díaz (International Director of Filmax) wrote to me and told me that the sale for rights to Sentimental...

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May 17, 2025 / Jaime Lang (Variety)
Álex de la Iglesia-Produced Dark Comedy ‘The Mortimers’ Acquired by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has acquired international rights to “The Mortimers,” a new family-friendly comedy-adventure from Telecinco Cinema and Álex de la Iglesia’s Pokeepsie Films. Combining mystery, terror and dark humor, the film tells the story of five teenagers who uncover a jewel theft...

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