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September 11, 2026 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)

Filmax Takes Javier Giner’s Feature Debut ‘This Solitude’ (EXCLUSIVE)

International Emmy winner Oriol Pla and Marina Salas star in Giner’s Bilbao-set feature debut, which Filmax will introduce to buyers at TIFF.Filmax has taken international rights to “This Solitude,” the feature debut of “I, Addict” creator Javier Giner. The Spanish sales company will introduce the drama to buyers at TIFF before its premiere in San Sebastián’s New Directors section.The pickup gives Filmax the first feature from a filmmaker whose profile rose with 2024 Disney+ series “I, Addict,” the acclaimed adaptation of Giner’s own experiences.“This Solitude” reunites Giner with International Emmy-winning...

September 12, 2026 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)

Filmax Launches Mar Olid’s ‘The Wedding Hustlers’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The Spanish mini-major will show first footage at TIFF from the San Sebastián-set comedy ahead of its 2027 theatrical release.Filmax is launching Mar Olid’s romantic comedy “The Wedding Hustlers” (“Si te he visto no me acuerdo”) internationally with a first...

May 15, 2026 / Emiliano de Pablos (Variety)

Wild Bunch Takes Hit Survival Thriller ‘Balandrau’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sold by Filmax and based on the real-life 2000 Balandrau mountain tragedy in the Catalan Pyrenees, Fernando Trullols’ feature debut arrives at Cannes with more than 200,000 admissions in Spain.Wild Bunch has acquired German rights to “Balandrau: Where the Fierce...

May 12, 2026 / John Hopewell (Variety)

Filmax Gathers ‘Moss’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Having teamed on WWII Pyrenees-set ‘Frontier,’ Judith Colell and Filmax rejoin forces on ‘Moss,’ another war-set tale, here an naimted feature about the friendship between a loyal dog and a young girl.Having joined forces on WWII drama-thriller “Frontier,” a Menemsha...

May 10, 2026 / Emilio Mayorga (Screen)

Cesc Gay’s Spanish romantic comedy woos buyers for Filmax

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish director Cesc Gay’s romantic comedy My Friend Eva has sold to key territories in Cannes for Filmax.Deals have been done for Portugal (Cinemundo), Hungary (Cirko Film), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), alongside an agreement with Encore Inflight...

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...

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”),...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 –...

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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