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September 2, 2023 / By Emiliano De Pablos (Variety)
Spanish Comedy King Santiago Segura’s ‘The Night My Dad Saved Christmas’ Nabbed by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based indie studio Filmax has nabbed international sales rights to Joaquín Mazón’s “The Night My Dad Saved Christmas,” starring Spain’s king of comedy Santiago Segura (”Father There Is Only One”) and Ernesto Sevilla (“I Can Quit Whenever I Want”).A Spain-Mexico co-production, the film teams...

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August 31, 2023 / By Emilio De Pablos (Variety)
Spanish Auteur Martin Cuenca’s ‘Andrea’s Love’ Embraced by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has swooped on international sales rights to “El amor de Andrea” (“Andrea’s Love”), the new feature by leading Spanish auteur Manuel Martín Cuenca, whose “The Motive” snagged a Fipresci Grand Prize at Toronto Film Festival, and was his third film selected...

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June 30, 2023 / By Filmax
SELFTAPE named one of the best series of 2023 by EL PAIS

Spain's most prestigious newspaper (EL PAIS) highlights SELFTAPE as one of the best series so far this year, along with titles such as SUCCESSION, THE LAST OF US, BARRY or HAPPY VALLEY.SELFTAPE is the story of two sisters, Joana and Mireia,...

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June 29, 2023 / By By Filmax
Julian Sands dies: 'Romasanta' actor was 65

We are very sorry to hear that Julian Sands has sadly passed away. We were fortunate enought to collaborate in movies such as ROMASANTA: THE WEREWOLF HUNT.He had over a 40-year screen career, where he displayed great versatility....

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June 28, 2023 / By Emiliano Granada (Variety)
‘I Know Who You Are’ Creator Pau Freixas on His Latest Show, Filmax’s ‘Dating in Barcelona’

“Dating in Barcelona” has left to big ratings in Spain, both on its first window debut on Catalan public network TV3 and on Amazon’s Prime Video, where it bowed to become the streaming services most watched show.Barcelona-based Filmax, the series production...

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May 22, 2023 / By Jamie Lang (Cartoon Brew)
‘The Proud Princess,’ ‘Robotia,’ ‘Norbert’ Among Animated Features On The Move At Cannes’ Marché Du Film

Several animated features are getting high-profile screenings at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including Peter Sohn’s Elemental, Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams, and Sébastien Laudenback and Chiara Malta’s Chicken for Linda.Meanwhile, at the Marché du Film, numerous upcoming animated titles are making waves. U.S....

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May 20, 2023 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
Filmax takes on sales for Paz Vega’s directorial debut ‘Rita’ (exclusive)

Spanish sales company Filmax has boarded coming of age drama Rita, the directorial debut of leading Spanish actress Paz Vega, which is currently in production.Rita is produced by Marta Velasco and Gonzalo Bendala at Aralan Films in association with Oda Films, with the...

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May 18, 2023 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Celebrates 70 Years as Indie

Founded in 1953, bought by Julio Fernández in 1987 and now run by his brother Carlos Fernandez and daughter Laura Fernández, Filmax is one of its biggest true-blue independent studios in Spain, involved in film and TV pro- duction, and movie distribution,...

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May 18, 2023 / By Zac Ntime (Deadline)
Filmax Takes International Rights To Spanish-Argentinian Animated Feature ‘Robotia’ — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish-Argentinian animated feature Robotia and will present the pic to buyers at the Cannes market.The pic is a coproduction between Argentina’s Malabar Producciones (Minimalitos) and Spain’s Dibulitoon Studio (Yoko) in association with Costa Rica’s Tropics Creative and will be...

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May 16, 2023 / By Zac Ntime (Deadline)
‘Birds Flying East:’ Filmax Swoops On European Road Movie Starring ‘The Hand Of God’ Actor Teresa Saponangelo & ‘The Beasts Luis Zahera

EXCLUSIVE: Filmax has acquired international rights to the European road movie Birds Flying East, starring Teresa Saponangelo (The Hand Of God), Luis Zahera (The Beasts), and Javier Gutierrez (The Motive).The Spanish-based company will present first-look images from the pic this week at the Cannes Market.Directed...

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May 16, 2023 / By John Hopewell (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on ‘Piggy’ Helmer’s ‘The Chapel’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Iconic Spanish horror producer Filmax, which is behind such films as “The Machinist,” “Darkness” and “[REC],” is bringing onto the open market at Cannes one of the most anticipated Spanish smart genre films of 2023,  Carlota Pereda’s “The Chapel,” the Spanish director’s...

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April 25, 2023 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
NEWS Carlota Pereda ‘The Chapel,’ Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ among Cannes’ Fantastic 7 line-up

Carlota Pereda’s second film The Chapel, her follow-up to Sundance hit Piggy, is among the seven films selected for Fantastic 7, the showcase of international genre projects at various stages of production to be showcased at the Cannes market this year.Fantastic 7 is...

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