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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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Goya-Winning ‘Nocturna’ Director Adrià García Returns With First Animated Feature in Almost Two Decades in ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’
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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Menemsha Films Takes North America to WWII Thriller ‘Frontier’ From Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
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...

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Sex, Love & Lies in Filmax Pickup ‘Every Side of the Bed’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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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Filmax Boards Bruno Martín’s Debut Thriller ‘Luger’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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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Adrià García's The Treasure of Barracuda ready for release
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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The Quebec Association of Film Critics chose Laura Casabe’s “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” for its AQCC award
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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‘The Treasure Of Barracuda,’ A 2D, Hand-Drawn Indie Pirate Adventure, Drops Its First English-Language Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
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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