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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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September 20, 2024 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
‘Time of Silence and Destruction,’ About the Writer Who Dragged Spanish Novel Into the 20th Century, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

SAN SEBASTIAN — Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international sales rights to “Time of Silence and Destruction,” a bio-doc feature about Luis Martín-Santos who, along with great friend Juan Benet, revolutionized the Spanish novel, as James Joyce and William Faulkner had achieved decades before...

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August 13, 2024 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
First trailer for Paz Vega’s directing debut ‘Rita’ ahead of Locarno premiere (exclusive)

Screen can reveal the first trailer for Paz Vega’s feature directing debut Rita, ahead of its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande on August 16.Spanish actress Vega’s credits include Sex And Lucia, Talk To Her, and international titles Spanglish and Ridley Scott-produced series Netflix Kaleidoscope.The...

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July 3, 2024 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
UFC Champ Ilia Topuria Documentary ‘Matador’ Previewed in Madrid (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish sales agent Filmax unveiled its latest pickup Wednesday in Madrid, director Giampaolo Manfreda’s ultimate fighting documentary “Matador,” about Spanish-Georgian world champion MMA fighter Ilia Topuria.Produced by Señor Mono, with the support of Spanish pay TV giant Movistar+ and Filmax, “Matador” is being presented...

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May 20, 2024 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
Filmax Scoops Spanish Animated Pirate Pic ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based production, sales, and distribution company Filmax has secured global sales rights to the upcoming kids and family animated feature “The Treasure of Barracuda,” and is presenting the film to potential buyers at the Marché du Film.Having pitched at several international animation project events,...

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May 17, 2024 / By Jaime Lang (Variety)
Filmax Nabs Global Rights to ‘The Light of Aisha,’ a CG Family Feature Showcasing Spain’s Rich Arab History (EXCLUSIVE)

Spanish sales, distribution, and production company Filmax has picked up international rights to the upcoming kids and family animated feature “The Light of Aisha” and is sharing the project with buyers at this year’s Marché du Film.The CG-animated film tells the story of...

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