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May 15, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Rolls Out Cesc Gay’s ‘My Friend Eva,’ Closing Italy, Germany (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based boutique studio Filmax has rolled out further pre-sales on “My Friend Eva,” from “Truman” director Cesc Gay, licensing key territories ahead of the film’s Cannes screening, closing Italy (Teodora Films) and Germany and Austria (Neue Visionen). The film was also sold after Berlin’s...

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May 15, 2025 / Elisabet Cabeza (Screen Daily)
Filmax signs up for Judith Colell’s Pyrenees-set Second World War drama ‘Frontier’

EXCLUSIVE: Barcelona-based Filmax has boarded Catalan filmmaker Judith Colell’s Frontier, a drama set in the Pyrenees during the Second World War as Jewish refugees try to flee Occupied France. It focuses on the people of a mountain village on the border between France and...

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May 12, 2025 / John Hopewell (Variety)
‘[REC]’ Producer Filmax Brings to Market ‘The Nest,’ Drops Promo (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based studio Filmax is bringing its latest production, psychological thriller “The Nest” to the Cannes market. Hugo Stuven (“Solo”) directs and Michelle Jenner (“Berlin,” “Julieta”) stars.  In a Filmax strategy employed on “Darkness,” a breakout U.S. hit for Miramax, the cast and crew...

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April 1, 2025 / By Filmax
THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE - Strong festival run

We are thrilled to announce ouf film THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE is having a fantastic festival run that started with its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival (World Dramatic Competition). In upcoming weeks, the film will be participating in four different festivals! The prestigious MOMA and FLC New Directors/New...

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March 19, 2025 / By Ed Meza (Variety)
Director Gemma Blasco Explores Dark Side of Human Nature, Tragedy, Personal Experience in ‘Fury’

Gemma Blasco makes her feature debut with Spanish drama “Fury,” the tale of a young woman trying to cope with a traumatic experience and who finds a channel for her rage on the stage.Having just premiered at South By Southwest in Austin,...

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March 18, 2025 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
Catalan Political Scandal Drama ‘Our Father, Our President’ Scooped by Filmax Ahead of Malaga’s Spanish Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax has secured international rights to “Our Father, Our President,” the latest film from celebrated Catalan filmmaker Manel Huerga (“Salvador (Puig Antich)”). The Barcelona-based sales company will host a market screening for the feature at the upcoming Spanish Screenings at the Malaga...

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March 6, 2025 / By Filmax
3Cat (TV3) to premiere “SUPERTHINGS” first season

3Cat (TV3) is going to premiere “SUPERTHINGS” first season, episodes 1 to 26, next Friday, March 7th.“SUPERTHINGS” based on the well-known toys of the company Magicbox is a co-production of Filmax, Tándem and Turanga; and has RTVE, À PUNT and 3CAT (also co-producer)...

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February 16, 2025 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
Filmax Brings Spanish Horror Pic ‘The Hanged Woman’ to the EFM (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish sales company Filmax has secured international rights to “The Hanged Woman,” the latest film from director Miguel Ángel Lamata.Known for films such as “Our Lovers” and “The Footballest,” Lamata ventures into the highly sought-after horror genre with this adaptation of Mayte...

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February 13, 2025 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Snags ‘Another Man’ From Rising Star Director David Moragas

Barcelona studio Filmax has boarded “Another Man,” a comedy-laced romantic drama marking the second feature from Spanish writer-director David Moragas who turned heads on the festival circuit with ‘A Stormy Night,’ a black and white New York-set brief encounter story. Filmax will...

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February 13, 2025 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Leo & Lou,’ From ‘Elite’s’ Zeta Studios, Acquired by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Rapidly building a packed sales slate at Berlin, Filmax has pounced on “Leo & Lou,” a feel-good road movie set against the stunning, windswept landscapes of Galicia in northern Spain and produced by Zeta Studios, producer of Netflix hit “Elite.”Filmax will...

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February 5, 2025 / By Filmax
Spanish animated series 'SuperThings' signs its first international sales in Europe

The first wave of deals marks a major milestone in the global expansion of the hit franchise.Broadcasters in France, UK, Germany, Portugal, Benelux and Eastern Europe acquired the animated series 'Superthings: Rivals of Kaboom' (52×7′), a production of Tandem Films,...

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January 23, 2025 / By Callum McLennan (Variety)
Argentina’s Past and Teen Turmoil Collide in Laura Casabe’s Supernatural-Tinged ’The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’: ‘It’s About Magic and Strange Forces Weaving Into the Fabric of the Everyday’

“The Virgin of the Quarry Lake,” the latest feature from “The Returned” helmer Laura Casabé, sets Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse against a mix of adolescent angst, unbridled desire and supernatural forces. Written by Argentinean filmmaker Benjamín Naishtat (“Rojo,” “Puan”) and drawn from...

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