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January 23, 2023 / By Filmax
Filmmaker Agustí Villaronga dies at age 69

We are very sorry to hear that Agustí Villaronga has sadly passed away. Agustí was a ver special and personal Spanish director with whom we were fortunate enought to collaborate in movies such as IN A GLASS CAGE and THE...

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January 23, 2023 / By Filmax
Alex Brendemühl wins the Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actor for STORIES NOT TO BE TOLD

The new comedy directed by Cesc Gay has won an award by the Catalan Cinema Academy. STORIES NOT TO BE TOLD is the new film by Cesc Gay. The film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and its...

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January 23, 2023 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Filmax Brings ‘Selftape’ Series to Content Americas (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based indie studio Filmax is hailing into Content Americas selling the semi-autobiographical series “Selftape,” made by members of a new generation of women TV writers and directors now building in Spain.Described as fiction with autobiographical overtones, the series revolves around the real-life Spanish...

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January 20, 2023 / By Emilio Mayorga (Screen)
First trailer for Sundance World Cinema title ‘Mamacruz’ (exclusive)

Patricia Ortega’s feature world premieres in World Cinema Dramatic Competition.Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega’s Mamacruz, which receives its world premiere today (January 20) in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition programme.Spanish sales, distribution and production outfit Filmax...

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January 19, 2023 / By Emiliano De Pablos (Variety)
Filmax Takes Patricia Ortega’s Sundance Premiere ‘Mamacruz’ for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based sales agent Filmax has acquired international rights to Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega’s comedy “Mamacruz,” which competes in World Cinema Dramatic at the Sundance Festival, which kicks off Jan. 19.The film is produced in Spain by Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo at La Claqueta...

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December 15, 2022 / By Filmax
Filmax gets 10 nominations for the Carmen Awards and 3 nominations for the Asecan awards!

Oliver's Universe and Can't Live Without You nominated at the Carmen Awards and the Asecan Awards. The CARMEN AWARDS recognise the quality and endeavour of the latest Andalusian productions since 2022 and will be held February 4th at Auditorio Maestro Padilla de Almería.OLIVER'S UNIVERSEBest Director / Best Lead Actor (Salva...

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November 29, 2022 / By Holly Jones (Variety)
Filmax presents Alex de la Iglesia’s shook-up black comedy “Four’s a Crowd” at Argentina’s Ventana Sur

‘Four’s a Crowd’Filmax will also present Alex de la Iglesia’s shook-up black comedy “Four’s a Crowd” (“El cuarto pasajero”), a wayward romance tale that takes a dark turn, to industry peers at Argentina’s Ventana Sur this week in Buenos Aires.Screening...

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November 29, 2022 / By Holly Jones (Variety)
Impacto Cine Secures Latin America on Cesc Gay’s Filmax-Sold ‘Stories Not To Be Told” (EXCLUSIVE)

Argentina’s Impacto Cine (“Lady Di”) has swooped on all Latin American sales rights to Cesc Gay's comedy “Stories Not To Be Told” (“Historias Para No Contar”), propelling it into the territory and cementing its regional footing.International sales on the title...

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November 21, 2022 / By Filmax
"Irati" continues to be well received at Spanish Festivals

"Irati" has recently been awarded with the Audience Award, the Best Special Effects Award and the Gato Rabioso Award given by the press, at the 32nd edition of Fancine de Málaga, the Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Malaga.These three...

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November 7, 2022 / By Douglas Wilson (Variety)
Sitges Audience Award Winner ’Irati’ Slays Euro Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based studio Filmax has closed first major territory deals on writer-director Paul Urkijo “Irati,” a new addition to movies which have drawn on the history and legends of the Basque Country in the north of Spain, which have provided rich pickings...

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November 6, 2022 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Dark Star Takes North America on ‘The Elderly,’ Sold by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)

Dark star has closed North America on Spanish horror film “The Elderly” (“Los viejos”) which world premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival winning lead Zorion Eguileor best actor for what Variety called his “disturbing yet strangely affecting turn.” Directed by Raul Cerezo and Fernando González...

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November 3, 2022 / By Liza Foreman (Variety)
Filmax Swoops on Spanish Civil War Drama (EXCLUSIVE)

Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired the rights for Spain and international to “The Teacher Who Promised The Sea,” starring Laia Costa, a best actress winner at Germany’s Lola Awards for Sebastian Schipper’s bank heist thriller, “Victoria.”Directed by Goya best fiction short winner...

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