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January 22, 2025 / By C21Media
Max, 3Cat greenlight thriller Ravalear as Filmax acquires int’l distribution rights

CONTENT AMERICAS: Streamer Max and Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat have greenlit a six-episode crime thriller produced by Arcadia in Spain and to be distributed internationally by Barcelona-based Filmax.Filmax is here at Content Americas this week presenting Ravalear (6×45′) to the...

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January 16, 2025 / By Toyworld Mag
New TV series based on Magicbox Superthings characters coming to ITVX

The new 3D series on ITVX will deliver all the fun of the beloved Superthings brand with episodes that are filled with comedy, adventure and superheroes.Magicbox has announced a collaboration with ITVX for the first 3D animated TV series of the...

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December 28, 2024 / By Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe (EL PAÍS)
Best of 2024 by Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe (EL PAÍS)

Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe from EL PAÍS names NINA one of the 20 best films of 2024, in his own words:Today I'm here to talk about my book. Actually, today I'm here to drop - yes, me too - the best...

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December 19, 2024 / By Filmax
The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards recognize the directorial debut of Paz Vega and the acting work of Óscar Lasarte

RITA and MAY I SPEAK WITH THE ENEMY have been recognized with nominations at the Goya Awards 2025 granted by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony will take place next Saturday, February 8 in...

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November 27, 2024 / By Filmax
The Teacher Who Promised The Sea winner of a Sapiens Award

On november 26th the III Sàpiens Awards, the third edition of The Night of History, were held at the Petit Palau del Palau de la Música Catalana, in Barcelona.Among the winners, the film THE TEACHER WHO PROMISED THE SEA won the...

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November 10, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Paz Vega’s Directorial Debut ‘Rita’ Closes U.K. With Signature Entertainment For Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

A Locarno world premiere this August, “Rita,” the directorial debut of Spanish star Paz Vega (“Spanglish,” “Lucia & Sex”), has clinched first key market sales, rolling off the American Film Market.Sales company Filmax has closed the U.K. and Ireland with Signature Entertainment, whose recent and...

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November 7, 2024 / By Elisabet Cabeza (Screen Daily)
Filmax boards Spanish comedy ‘From Good To The Hood’ for AFM (exclusive)

Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish comedy From Good To The Hood, starring Quim Gutiérrez and Sara Sálamo.The film is based on the 2019 French film New Biz In The Hood, starring Gilles Lelouche and directed by Mohamed Hamidi. It tells the...

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November 7, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
‘The Teacher Who Promised the Sea’ Rolls Out Sales, Notable International Box Office for Filmax

One fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas don’t sell.Try telling that, however, to Filmax. “The Teacher Who Promised the Sea,” chronicling the tragedy of barbaric slaughter  in the Spanish Civil...

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November 3, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
‘The Footballest II,’ a Live Action Family Movie Adapting the Hit Children’s Book Saga, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Looking to IP and the resilient market for live action family fare, Filmax has swooped on kids adventure caper “The Footballest II,” the second big-screen adaptation tapping into the children’s book saga created by Spain’s Roberto Santiago which has sold over 5 million copies...

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November 3, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Led by ‘Julieta’ Star Emma Suárez, ‘Dismantling an Elephant,’ From ‘The Beasts’ Producer Arcadia, Brought to Market by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish production-sales-distribution house Filmax has boarded “Dismantling an Elephant,” the latest film from Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, producer of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s foreign-language Cesar winner “The Beasts” and Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Robot Dreams.”Sold outside Spain by Filmax, “Dismantling an Elephant” toplines Emma Suárez,...

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October 6, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on ‘Irati’ Director Paul Urkijo’s Next, ’Gaua’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmax, still a byword for genre from Spain, has swooped on international rights to “Gaua,” the new film from Paul Urkijo, whose “Irati,” a Basque sword and mace epic beginning in 778 and sluiced by local legends, won Sitges’ main...

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September 21, 2024 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
Filmax Takes Global Rights to Raucous Spanish Comedy ‘Hotel Bitcoin’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leading Spanish sales agent Filmax has picked up global rights to the local comedy “Hotel Bitcoin,” which will get its market premiere screening at the American Film Market in November.The “Hotel Bitcoin” synopsis reads: “‘Hotel Bitcoin’ is the story of four friends,...

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