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Ya se ha compartido el primer teaser tráiler de Todos los lados de la cama, secuela de El otro lado de la cama y Los 2 lados de la cama, que reúne a su mítico reparto 22 años después bajo la dirección de Samantha López Speranza, que debuta en la dirección de largometrajes.

En Todos los lados de la cama, tras décadas sin verse, Javier (Ernesto Alterio) y Carlota (Pilar Castro) montan en cólera cuando descubren que sus hijos Óscar (Jan Buxaderas) y Julia (Lucía Caraballo) planean casarse. ¿Quién a su edad tiene una relación heteronormativa y exclusiva en 2025 con todo lo que les queda por experimentar? ¿Es que no les han enseñado nada como padres? Ni Paula (Natalia Verbeke), madre de Óscar; ni Rafa (Alberto San Juan), convertido en gurú contra las relaciones tóxicas; ni Pilar (María Esteve), wedding planner; ni su...

In the ever-expanding universe of streaming content, a new Spanish series arrives not with a whisper but a shriek. “Rage” sets its stage in a hyper-modern Madrid, yet its concerns are timeless, distilled into a potent, high-octane dark comedy. The central idea is simple: what happens when women, pushed past their breaking point by a thousand daily indignities, finally push back?

The show presents an ensemble of female characters whose lives are beginning to fray from the pressures of deceit, professional obsolescence, and profound disrespect. Their deep-seated frustrations erupt in ways that are as shocking as they are bitterly funny.

This is a story about revenge, but one served with such explosive energy and unpredictable consequences that it feels less like a calculated plot and more like a necessary, chaotic exorcism. It captures a distinctly contemporary feeling of being utterly fed up.

The Five Faces of Vengeance

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Una mujer y una decisión desesperada: vender hachís para salvar a su marido. La serie se titula El clan Olimpia y es una de las grandes apuestas españolas de Disney+ para este verano. Inspirada en hechos reales, esta ficción de seis episodios narra la historia de Olimpia (Zaira Romero), una mujer cuyo mundo cambia radicalmente cuando a su marido le diagnostican un cáncer. Desesperada por salvarle y mantener a su familia a flote, empieza a vender hachís en su barrio. Pero cuando decide costear un tratamiento en Estados Unidos, da un paso aún más peligroso: entra en el tráfico de cocaína. Junto a su socio, el Moreno, Olimpia ascenderá rápidamente en el mundo del narcotráfico, estrechando lazos con cárteles colombianos y la mafia napolitana.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max (soon to be called HBO Max) streaming service in July. The Max July 2025 lineup includes the feature films Sinners, A24’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Opus, and Death of a Unicorn, and Utopia’s I Love You Forever.

The schedule includes the HBO Original documentaries Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, as well as the HBO Original series Rage. You can also catch Shark Week beginning on July 20.

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Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. The cast includes Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku,...

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If you have ever heard the phrase “sex sells,” then you probably know how true that statement is, and it’s no different for the streaming king Netflix. They know that while they can make great shows with complex and entertaining stories, at the end of the day, they will also have to make some interesting erotic films and TV shows to attract more viewers and to incentivise the current audience members to stay subscribed to the streaming service. This was proved by Netflix buying the 365 Days film series, which stayed on Netflix’s Top 10 list for multiple weeks. That’s why we are here to tell you the sexiest movies and TV shows you can watch on Netflix right now.

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Olympo is Netflix’s latest steamy teen drama series. Created by Laia Foguet and Ibai Abad,...

Max’s Director for Local Original Productions in Spain has vowed the move back to the HBO Max moniker “doesn’t change the creative focus.” Instead, he predicted it would amplify the quality on the streamer.

“Many of you are asking what has happened,” Jose Maria Caro said at Conecta Fiction in Spain today about the decision, which was announced in the U.S. last month. “What does it change mean? Well, we cannot lose the value of HBO because it means many things to many people. It contributes a lot of value.”

Warner Bros Discovery announced in May it was moving away from Max and back to the HBO Max moniker that the global streamer had launched with in 2020. The rebrand is taking place this summer, and Caro said the move was a significant one.

“What’s in a name? It really matters to our editorial line,” he said,...

Una ácida sátira social dirigida por Félix Sabroso. © Max

HBO Max ha publicado el primer tráiler de su nueva serie original española Furia, creada, escrita y dirigida por Félix Sabroso (La isla interior).

En Furia, Marga (Carmen Marchi) es una artista esnob. Roberto (Alberto San Juan), su marido, directivo de televisión, está liado con Tina (Claudia Salas), la asistenta y la ha dejado embarazada. Vera (Pilar Castro), amiga de Marga, es una mediática cocinera, que tiene que cerrar su negocio por los achaques de un incisivo crítico. Nat (Candela Peña) es una dependienta de alta moda. Marga y Vera son sus clientas. Nat se ve amenazada cuando la empresa renueva plantilla contratando gente más joven. Adela (Nathalie Poza), la madre de Tina, está en paro y a punto de ser desahuciada, junto a su anciana madre por su cruel casero. Victoria (Cecilia Roth), vecina de Adela y Nat, es una...

"You young people suck!" HBO has revealed the official US trailer for the Spanish series Rage, premiering on Max for streaming starting in July this summer. Originally known as Furia, this will premiere in Spain on the exact same day, too. Five women face extreme situations like extortion, oppression, & manipulation. Their conflicts all intertwine, triggering a butterfly effect, ultimately leading to a shared catharsis. Rage, a series of eight 30-minute episodes, is created and directed by Félix Sabroso. The new series brings together five iconic actresses on screen together for the first time: Carmen Machi, Candela Peña, Cecilia Roth, Nathalie Poza, and Pilar Castro. These five women go to the limit and perpetrate revenge, but not even they are spared in this contemporary satire. Additional cast also includes Claudia Salas, Alberto San Juan, Ana Torrent, Claudia Roset, Mima Riera, Pedro Casablanc, Marilu Marini, Iván Pellicer, Francesc Garrido, Martxelo Rubio and Pepón Nieto,...

The new HBO Original series Rage (also known as “Furia”) will debut globally on the platform with two episodes on Friday, July 11, followed by new episodes weekly.

Created and directed by Félix Sabroso and produced in Spain by Producciones Mandarina, the series brings together five actresses on screen together for the first time: Carmen Machi, Candela Peña, Cecilia Roth, Nathalie Poza, and Pilar Castro.

The cast also includes Claudia Salas, Alberto San Juan, Ana Torrent, Claudia Roset, Mima Riera, Pedro Casablanc, Marilu Marini, Iván Pellicer, Francesc Garrido, Martxelo Rubio, and Pepón Nieto, among others.

Rage is a contemporary portrait of five women: five female characters who lead this surprising, realistic, and intense drama.

Five women who are ready to do anything in the face of extreme situations such as extortion, oppression, deceit, exclusion, or manipulation in a single shared universe articulated around five conflicts that will develop like a butterfly...

Andrea Ros y Patrick Criado encarnan a Sandra Sánchez y a su entrenador y pareja, Jesús del Moral. © Warner Bros

Ha terminado el rodaje en Madrid y localizaciones japonesas como Tottori y Fujinomiya de Karateka, la nueva película dirigida por Aritz Moreno (Ventajas de viajar en tren) que narra la extraordinaria trayectoria de la karateka española Sandra Sánchez.

Karateka retrata la historia real de una mujer que nunca dejó de creer y desafió todas las convenciones: de ser descartada por el sistema a convertirse en la mejor karateka de todos los tiempos. De la mano de Jesús del Moral, su entrenador y compañero de vida, Sandra se embarcó en un viaje imposible: ganar el oro olímpico a los 39 años y redefinir el significado de la perseverancia en un deporte en el que los karatecas más veteranos se retiran a los 30 años y que siempre había estado dominado por los japoneses.

Cinco mujeres al límite encabezan esta ácida sátira social dirigida por Félix Sabroso. © Max

HBO Max ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de su nueva serie original española Furia, creada, escrita y dirigida por Félix Sabroso (La isla interior).

En Furia, Marga (Carmen Marchi) es una artista esnob. Roberto (Alberto San Juan), su marido, directivo de televisión, está liado con Tina (Claudia Salas), la asistenta y la ha dejado embarazada. Vera (Pilar Castro), amiga de Marga, es una mediática cocinera, que tiene que cerrar su negocio por los achaques de un incisivo crítico. Nat (Candela Peña) es una dependienta de alta moda. Marga y Vera son sus clientas. Nat se ve amenazada cuando la empresa renueva plantilla contratando gente más joven. Adela (Nathalie Poza), la madre de Tina, está en paro y a punto de ser desahuciada, junto a su anciana madre por su cruel casero. Victoria (Cecilia Roth), vecina de Adela y Nat,...

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My Fault: London is a British romantic drama film co-directed by Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler from a screenplay by Melissa Osborne. Based on the Wattpad story Culpa mía by Mercedes Ron, the 2025 film follows Noah, a teenage girl who must leave her life behind to move to London, where he mother has married a rich man. She soon meets Nick, her new stepbrother, and while she doesn’t like his attitude in the beginning, she soon begins falling for him. My Fault: London stars Asha Banks, Matthew Broome, Eve Macklin, Ray Fearon, Sam Buchanan, and Jason Flemyng. So, if you loved the teen drama story, carefree romance, and charming characters in My Fault: London, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Spanish-Uruguayan co-production “Better Class,” directed by Víctor García León (“Selfie”), who co-wrote with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Borja Cobeaga (“One Too Many”), is now shooting and has been picked up by Spanish sales company the Film Factory. BTeam Pictures will distribute in Spain.

Featuring leading Spanish actors Márián Álvarez, Israel Elejalde, Juan Diego Botto, Natalia Reyes and Pilar Castro, it tells the story of Alicia and Gonzalo, a middle-class couple who face the dilemma of enrolling their son, Fer, in an elite secular school, unlocking opportunities for social mobility but at the cost of their own moral convictions. As a project, “Better Class” impressed at last year’s Venice Gap Financing Market.

“Better class arises from the contradictions in my own daily environment,” explained García. “When we choose our children’s school, what are we really choosing? We read a news story in 2018 about an incident that occurred at a school, and...

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My Fault is a Spanish teen romantic drama film written and directed by Domingo González. Based on the Waftpad novel of the same name by Mercedes Ron, the Prime Video film follows Noah, who is forced to leave her town, friends, and boyfriend to move into the mansion of her mother’s new husband. She soon meets and falls for Nick, her new stepbrother. My Fault stars Nicole Wallace, Gabriel Guevara, Marta Hazas, Iván Sánchez, Eva Ruiz, Victor Varona, and Fran Berenguer. So, if you loved the teen drama, steamy romance, and compelling characters in My Fault, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Through My Window is a Spanish teen romantic drama film directed by Marçal Forés from a screenplay by Eduard Sola. Based on the 2022 novel of...

“The Last Night at Tremore Beach” on Netflix follows a music composer whose life turns upside down when, one night, lightning strikes him. It is fair to say that the writers must have had the time of their lives coming up with this idea about a lightning strike for an artist, going through a creative block! Anyhow, this Spanish-language miniseries follows a psychological thriller narrative about a man coming to terms with his troubling past to pave the way for his future. Before reading further, please note that the series involves traumatizing events related to sexual abuse and trauma.

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The Last Night at Tremore Beach ‘Netflix’ Miniseries Recap: What happens in ‘The Last Night at Tremore Beach’ on Netflix?

“The Last Night at Tremore Beach” on Netflix revolves around Alex, a music composer and renowned pianist who struggles to find inspiration for his work. So, he moves to a small town,...

The Last Night at Tremore Beach has dropped on Netflix, and the show has everything it takes to become the next sensation for the streaming service. It is directed by none other than Oriol Paulo, who gained quite a reputation thanks to the 2016 blockbuster The Invisible Guest, along with The Body, (2012) Mirage, (2017) God’s Crooked Lines, (2022) and the Netflix miniseries The Innocent (2021). The man’s work speaks volumes, and it can safely be said that The Last Night at Tremore Beach pretty much justifies the hype. The series focuses on Alex, a composer who moves to a coastal town after a fatal accident to get his mojo back. Obviously, it is much more than that. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at the cast and the characters they play in the show.

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Javier Ray as Alex

Actor Javier Ray – whose most notable work so...

Oriol Paulo has made a name for himself producing complex thriller films that keep audiences guessing. His work is known for imaginative plots and ambiguities that stay with viewers long after the final scene. In The Last Night at Tremore Beach, Paulo aims to once again unsettle and intrigue through an unorthodox tale of premonitions and past trauma.

We meet the protagonist Alex, a renowned composer, as he’s endured a personally disturbing incident and retreated to the seaside town of Tremore. Here on the isolated coast, Alex hopes to find peace in his work. But strange things begin occurring in Tremore, exacerbated when a freak lightning strike hits Alex one night. He suddenly experiences unnervingly realistic visions that may foretell events.

With this set-up, the series grabs our attention through its atmospheric setting and Alex’s mystifying new “gift.” We’re left wondering if his visions are psychologically-driven or something more,...

Hulu has shared the official trailer and key art for the Spanish drama series Fleeting Lies, which will make its U.S. debut on the streaming service on Thursday, October 10. Pedro Almodóvar produces the show.

When Lucia, an executive at a high-tech beauty company, goes to work expecting a promotion and winds up accused of corporate espionage and unceremoniously fired, she goes to great lengths to hide her shame and clear her name.

Also known as Mentiras pasajeras, the series stars Elena Anaya, Pilar Castro, Hugo Silva, Quim Gutiérrez, and Susi Sánchez. The guest stars include María Botto, Pedro Casablanc, Estefanía de los Santos, and María León.

One month before her wedding and the day of her supposed big promotion, Lucía is accused of corporate espionage and fired from her job. Suddenly, Lucía’s life and future take a drastic turn for the worst, as she ponders how to tell her fiancé,...

Ernesto Alterio y Pilar Castro encabezan el reencuentro bajo la dirección de Samantha López Speranza. © Disney

Comienza el rodaje de “Todos los Lados de la Cama”, secuela de “El Otro Lado de la Cama” y “Los 2 Lados de la Cama”, que reúne a su mítico reparto 22 años después bajo la dirección de Samantha López Speranza, que debuta en la dirección de largometrajes.

En “Todos los Lados de la Cama”, tras décadas sin verse, Javier (Ernesto Alterio) y Carlota (Pilar Castro) montan en cólera cuando descubren que sus hijos Óscar (Jan Buxaderas) y Julia (Lucía Caraballo) planean casarse. ¿Quién a su edad tiene una relación heteronormativa y exclusiva en 2025 con todo lo que les queda por experimentar? ¿Es que no les han enseñado nada como padres? Ni Paula (Natalia Verbeke), madre de Óscar; ni Rafa (Alberto San Juan), convertido en gurú contra las relaciones tóxicas; ni Pilar (María Esteve), wedding planner...

The explosive ending of "Unauthorized Living" leaves Nemo's criminal empire in ruins, showcasing the tragic consequences of a life of crime. The series masterfully combines crime thriller elements with complex family drama, reminiscent of Shakespearean tragedies. Nemo's battle with Alzheimer's disease adds a compelling layer to the story, highlighting the inner struggles of the mob boss and the ultimate importance of family.

The Netflix-exclusive Spanish crime thriller Unauthorized Living concluded after two exciting seasons with an explosive ending that left Nemo's criminal empire in shambles. Debuting in 2019, the series follows Galician drug cartel leader Nemo Bandiera's (José Coronado) attempt to secure the future of his criminal enterprise after he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Complete with all the twists and turns of the most engaging crime thrillers, Unauthorized Living added the fascinating wrinkle of Bandiera's family life which presents tragedy of nearly Shakespearean proportions in every episode. Betrayals...

In the Spanish comedy drama series “Zorras,” based on the Noemí Casquet best selling novel of the same name, Andrea Ros, Mirela Balic, and Tai Fei play Alicia, Emily, and Diana, three women from very different backgrounds. They find a commonality, however, in a desire for friendship and exploration of themselves through sexual experimentation and novelty.

“Zorras” might translate as “sluts” or “tramps.” The show flips such terms and acts such as bondage on their head.

“I really think it’s about empowering ourselves through those words that have been pejorative to us throughout our existence simply by living and doing with our lives what we want to do with our lives,” Casquet told Variety.

“The term ‘sluts’ has always been very derogatory regardless of how many times we slept with someone. What this series wants to do is to turn the term around. To stop hurting us and to...

Through My Window: Across the Sea is a film directed by Marçal Forés starring Clara Galle and Julio Peña.

It is a story about teenagers and a sequel to “Through the Window,” which takes the elements that made the first movie a success, emphasizes them, and gives them (especially at the end) a touch of maturity.

However, let’s be honest, nothing will make us forget the scene of the girl licking the ice cream in the pool with a parallel montage of the boys practicing… erotic games.

Yes, you can imagine it perfectly.

Through My Window: Across the Sea About the Movie

From the beginning, the movie is clear: the first movie had it clear, that the important thing was to accentuate the “spicier” scenes to fill the rest of the script. This also happens in action movies, where if you remove the chase scenes and such, the rest...

Love at First Kiss (Eres Tú) is a romantic comedy directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa starring Álvaro Cervantes and Silvia Alonso.

Love at First Kiss is a romantic comedy with all the flaws and virtues of the genre and all its familiar, tender and charmingly repetitive stereotypes.

This time it has all the humor of literature and its jokes about writers with self-destructive tendencies who are somewhat alcoholic and that, back to the stereotypes, we find very funny.

May you enjoy it in all its predefined charm.

Movie Review Love at First Kiss

Charming, tender, romantic and funny, what is a romantic comedy with its virtues is very easy to see, and its flaws are forgotten as soon as it ends.

An entertaining joke-dispensing machine about couples and sentimental relationships that, coincidentally and due to the genre’s craft and humour, ends with that magic of giving hope to human beings who,...

Today Focus Features opens Tár, the strikingly original return of Todd Field, in four locations in NY and LA. The film premiered at Venice winning star Cate Blanchett Best Actress as musician and conductor Lydia Tár. Early this week, it seemed to mesmerize a sold-out Alice Tully Hall at the New York Film Festival.

A 97 with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadline’s review here called Field’s first film since Little Children 16 years ago, a “daring and quite comprehensive immersion in a rarified world [that] features a lead performance the likes of which doesn’t come along very often.” Field wrote the part for Blanchett but at an NYFF Q&a he said he waited to send her the script until it was done and Focus chairman Peter Kujawski “asked me, ‘Who do you have in mind?’ I said I was still thinking about it. Because I was superstitious. That she would say no.

A premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Carlota Pereda’s Piggy takes a Carrie-esque look at fighting back at bullies with a horror twist. Set in rural Spain, the film follows Sara, a teenager who is subject to ruthlessly bullying. Her day finally comes when she witnesses her tormentors being kidnapped and the story gets darker from there, to say the least. Ahead of an October release, the first trailer has now arrived.

During the sweltering summertime of rural Spain, Sara carries an extra load of teenage agony due to the perpetual bullying from her peers. She’s also an outsider at home—her parents and little brother just don’t understand her—so, feelings internalized, she’s often found buried in her headphones, drowning out her surroundings. One day, Sara’s usual solo dip at the local pool is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious stranger...

After catching a lot of positive attention from its screening at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the Spanish-language horror film Piggy will be screening at Fantastic Fest this weekend… and on October 7th, the movie will be receiving a nationwide release at Alamo Drafthouse theatres! It will then be getting a VOD release as well. In anticipation of the Alamo Drafthouse release, a trailer for Piggy has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by Carlota Pereda, Piggy has the following synopsis:

With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van.

Piggy Trailer — Carlota Pereda‘s Piggy (2022) movie trailer has been released by Magnet Releasing. The Piggy trailer stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro, Camielle Aguilar, Pilar Castro, and Claudia Salas. Crew Carlota Pereda wrote the screenplay for Piggy. Poster Piggy Movie Poster Plot Synopsis Piggy‘s plot synopsis: “With the summer sun beating down on [...]

Continue reading: Piggy (2022) Movie Trailer: A Bullied Teen is Torn Between Saving A Potential Lover & Saving His Victims...

"We're blowing this out of proportion." Magnet Releasing has finally debuted the official US trailer for an acclaimed Spanish indie horror feature title Piggy, which originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film is opening in the US starting in October, and is also opening in Spain this October after playing at the San Sebastián Film Festival this month. In this horror, an overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life. "In Carlota Pereda’s strikingly bold and ominous feature adaptation of her award-winning 2018 short film, Sara must decide whether to cooperate with the police and parents’ questioning about the kidnappings, or take her own, unbridled path—while also discovering the power of desire and belonging, and the distinction between revenge and redemption." Starring Laura Galán, Richard Holmes,...

Following its world premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Carlota Pereda’s Piggy will be released in Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas on October 7th, followed by a further theatrical and VOD release on Ocotober 14th, and we have a look at the official trailer!

Written and directed by Carlota Pereda, Piggy stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro, and Camielle Aguilar, with special collaborations by Pilar Castro & Claudia Salas.

You can watch the official trailer below, and be sure to read Heather Wixson's Sundance interview with Carlota Pereda!

Synopsis: "With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger,...

"Wait, it doesn't end there." IFC Films has finally revealed an official US trailer for Official Competition, the amusing Argentinian satire about making an indie film for film festivals. It's made by two Argentinian filmmakers, and the film co-stars the powerhouse duo Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. A wealthy businessman hires an enigmatic art-house filmmaker to help make an award-winning film based on a Nobel Prize-winning novel. She casts two superstar leads that hate each other. Alternating between exacerbating the actors' mutual antipathy and uniting in their shared discomfort with her psychologically tumultuous rehearsal techniques, Lola seeks to capture the drama of two alpha males vying for the limelight — but it won't be long before the gambit goes off the rails. Also starring Irene Escolar, Melina Matthews, Oscar Martínez, Pilar Castro, Manolo Solo, and Karina Kolokolchykova. This premiered last year at both the Venice & Toronto Film Festivals (here's the teaser...

It’s about to be film festival season again when things really kick off in May at the Cannes Film Festival, and so what better time than to release the trailer for “Official Competition,” a comedy that skewers Cannes, red carpet glitz, and the entire film festival industrial complex. One of the delightful stand outs of last year’s Venice Film Festival, “Official Competition,” the film skewers the entire business and does so with leads Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, along with Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez, Nagore Aranburu, Irene Escolar, Manolo Solo, Pilar Castro, and Koldo Olabarri.

Continue reading ‘Official Competition’ Trailer: Penélope Cruz & Antonio Banderas Skewer Cannes, Film Festivals & More at The Playlist.

The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.

Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.

“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades. Caffrey negotiated the deal with Jean-Félix Dealberto at Charades.

Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I...

The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.

Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.

“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.

Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).

As previously announced,...

The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.

Paris-based company Charades is handling international sales on the title.

“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.

Other fresh deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).

As previously announced,...

Piggy Review — Piggy (2022) Film Review from the 44th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Carlota Martinez-Pereda, starring Laura Galán, Carmen Machi, Fernando Delgado-Hierro, Julián Valcárcel, José Pastor, Claudia Salas, Pilar Castro, Camille Aguilar, and Richard Holmes. If vacationing teenaged girls were the only bullies targeting overweight Sara (Laura Galán), the daughter [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Piggy: Town Scapegoat Lifts Herself Up to Grindhouse Hero [Sundance 2022]...

"It's not the first time I've worked with an idiot." Madman Films in Australia has unveiled an official trailer for Official Competition, the kooky Argentinian satire about making an indie film to play at film festivals. It's made by two Argentinian filmmakers and co-stars the powerhouse duo Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. A wealthy businessman hires an enigmatic art-house filmmaker to help make an award-winning film based on a Nobel Prize-winning novel. She casts two superstar leads that hate each other. Alternating between exacerbating the actors' mutual antipathy and uniting them in their shared discomfort with her psychologically tumultuous rehearsal techniques, Lola seeks to capture the drama of two alpha males vying for the limelight — but it won't be long before the gambit goes off the rails. Also starring Irene Escolar, Melina Matthews, Oscar Martínez, Pilar Castro, Manolo Solo, and Karina Kolokolchykova. This premiered last year at both the Venice...

"Do you really like her?" "I don't need your help." Netflix has revealed a full trailer for a steamy romantic drama from Spain titled Through My Window, also known as A Través de mi Ventana in Spanish. Adapted from the novel by Ariana Godoy, and debuting on Netflix in February. A woman who is madly in love with her mysterious neighbor resolves to make him fall in love with her. The film features characters with godly names like Ares and Apolo and Artemis, though the lead woman is named Raquel. Clara Galle and Julio Peña star as the two extremely attractive lovers, along with Pilar Castro, Hugo Arbues, Eric Masip, Natalia Azahara, and Lucía de la Puerta. This looks like the most cliche and saucy romance they can make these days, especially with all the back 'n forth between "oh he's not available for intimacy..." Here's the full official trailer...

"You think I don't know about your obsession with me?" Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for a steamy romantic comedy film from Spain titled Through My Window, originally known as A Través de mi Ventana in Spanish. Adapted from the novel by Ariana Godoy, and arriving on Netflix in February (just in time for Valentine's Day). A woman who is madly in love with her mysterious neighbor resolves to make him fall in love with her. The film features characters with godly names like Ares and Apolo and Artemis, though the lead woman is named Raquel. Clara Galle and Julio Peña star as the two extremely attractive lovers, along with Pilar Castro, Hugo Arbues, Eric Masip, Natalia Azahara, and Lucía de la Puerta. Some intensely sultry footage in this short teaser. So maybe he really is a god? "Who's laughing now, Greek god?" Here's the first teaser trailer (+ poster...

Paris-based sales company will unveil first images for both upcoming films at Mia.

Paris-based Charades has boarded world sales on Israeli director Moshe Rosenthal’s comedy-drama Karaoke, starring Lior Ashkenazi as a charismatic bachelor who casts a strange spell on a middle-class couple in his new apartment block.

Sasson Gabay and Rita Shukrun co-star as the nondescript neighbours who become obsessed with Ashkenazi’s character, a former modelling agent with a penchant for karaoke.

Foxtrot and Valley Of Tears star Ashkenazi previously appeared in Rosenthal’s 2018 short film Our Way Back. Rosenthal’s other credits include millennial dating webseries Confess,...

Ahead of the streamer’s Oct. 26 arrival in Spain, representatives from several shows commissioned for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max assembled at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sunday to preview their shows, slated to arrive on the platform on or after its launch.

Four series were presented to an at-capacity press conference held in San Sebastian’s Kuursal conference center, the main hub for the Spanish festival.

First up was “Todo lo otro,” a release day launch for HBO Max staring multi-hyphenate Abril Zamora who writes, directs and stars in the story of a group of 30-somethings living in Madrid who have reached adulthood and found themselves living lives different from what they’d once dreamed. Playing the series’ lead protagonist, Zamora stars as Daphne, pushing middle age, recently single and with a crap job. Complicating things even more, she finds herself falling for her best friend, who himself is...

"It's not the first time I've worked with an idiot." Yes!! This is going to be amazing. An early teaser trailer has debuted for a film titled Official Competition, which is riffing on film festivals and art house films and making fun of them. The film is a satire from two Argentinian filmmakers and co-stars the powerhouse duo Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. From this first look, it could be described as The Square but for festivals, making fun of them and how ridiculous all the films are playing in the "official competition." A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to make a smash hit film. "Through a series of increasingly eccentric challenges set by Lola, Felix and Iván must face not only each other, but also their own legacies." Also starring Irene Escolar, Melina Matthews, Oscar Martínez, Pilar Castro, Manolo Solo, and Karina Kolokolchykova. Oh I am All about...

Paris-based Charades Films has boarded Carlota Pereda’s rural thriller “Piggy” (“Cerdita”), one of the most awaited feature debuts of the year from Spain.

Written and directed by Pereda, “Piggy” is produced by Morena Films and France’s Backup Media, the outfit behind “Still Alice,” “Submergence” and Ari Folman’s Cannes entry “Where Is Anne Frank.” Charades will handle world sales rights on “Piggy,” while Filmax, a frequent backer of first time directors, will distribute the film in Spain.

Starring Laura Galán, Richard Holmes and Carmen Machi, “Piggy” expands on Pereda’s short of the same title which marked her breakthrough as a film director and won 90 awards, including the Spanish Academy Goya Award for best short film in 2019, the José María Forqué Award for best fiction short and a Slamdance Russo Brothers Fellowship.

Though “Piggy” represents her feature debut, Pereda has an extensive C.V. as a director and writer.

Hollywood stars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are set to co-star in a new film titled "Competencia Oficial" (Official Competition).

The project from Madrid's The Mediapro Studio will be directed by Argentine filmmakers Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat. The actors recently starred in "Pain and Glory", although they never appeared together on screen, reports variety.com.

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The last time the Spanish actors shared a scene was in the 2013 film "I'm So Excited".

Other cast members include Spanish veteran Jose Luis Gomez, Carlos Hipolito, Irene Escolar, Koldo Olabarri, Nagore Aranburu, Pilar Castro and Juan Grandinetti.

Madrid — Spain’s two most recognizable cinematic faces, Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz, will co-star in a new film from Madrid’s The Mediapro Studio, titled “Competencia Oficial” (Official Competition), directed by Argentine filmmakers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.

The pair recently both starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Pain and Glory,” although they never appeared together on screen. Banderas went on to win best actor at the Cannes Festival, a Spanish Academy Goya Award, and is now nominated for best actor at the Oscars.

Although the two have seen plenty of each other over the past year, promoting “Pain and Glory,” the last time they shared a scene was in 2013’s “I’m So Excited.”

Cohn and Duprat have recruited one of their most popular Argentine mature leading men to join the endeavor as well in Oscar Martínez, a Venice best actor winner for his work in “The Distinguished Citizen...

Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are to topline Spanish-language feature Competencia Oficial, which is due to get underway in Spain at the end of next month. Veteran Argentine actor Oscar Martínez will also star.

The movie is co-written and co-directed by Argentine filmmaking duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. Andrés Duprat also scripted. The MediaPro Studio is producing.

Banderas and Martínez will play actors with very different track records whose methods clash during the preparation for a movie financed by a notorious and over-eager millionaire. Cruz will play the film’s prestigious but eccentric director.

Additional cast includes José Luis Gómez, Carlos Hipólito, Koldo Olabarri, Irene Escolar, Nagore Aramburu, Pilar Castro and Juan Grandinetti.

This will be The MediaPro Studio’s third co-production with Cohn and Duprat after My Masterpiece and 4×4.

Seville International said Tuesday it will sell international rights at the upcoming American Film Market to Advantages of Traveling by Train, the upcoming Spanish comedic horror pic being directed by Aritz Moreno and written by Javier Gullón (Enemy). Production is set to start in December with a cast that includes Luis Tosar, Ernesto Alterio, Pilar Castro, Belén Cuesta, Ingrid García Jonsson, Javier Botet and Gilbert Melki. The plot centers on Helga, an editor and train traveler whose seatmate, a psychiatrist and an expert in personality dysfunctions, recounts to her the worst case he’s faced: the sordid and crazy tale of an extremely dangerous paranoid man obsessed with garbage. The story leads Helga down an unpredictable path as she sets out on an investigation following her encounter. Morena Films’ Merry Colomer and Juan Gordon are producers with Sr & Sra’s Leire Apellaniz and Logical Pictures’ Frédéric Fiore.

Myriad Pictures has...

Spanish shorts director Aritz Moreno makes feature debut on mystery.

Seville International is launching sales at the Afm next week on the Spanish-language film Advantages Of Traveling By Train.

Morena Films is producing the feature and is ramping up for a production start in December and will shoot mostly in San Sebastián, Spain, with select scenes being shot in Paris, France.

Award-winning shorts director Aritz Moreno makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Enemy screenwriter Javier Gullón based on the novel by Antonio Orejudo. Advantages Of Traveling By Train follows a young editor who takes her seat on...

A selection of Basque pictures, projects and productions in 2018:

70 Big Ones

Sayaka Producciones, Pokeepsie Films, La Panda Producciones and Setenta Invisibles L.P. Aie produce the next thriller from Basque genre specialist Koldo Serra (“The Backwoods”), starring Emma Suárez, Nathalie Poza and Hugo Silva. It features a desperate woman in need of $41,000, with two muggers in her way. Filmax handles world sales.

Above 592 Metres

Maddi Barber’s latest explores the life chances left when a territory is completely altered by the construction of the Itoiz dam in the Navarrese Pyrenees. Selected by prestigious shorts program Kimuak, “Above” screens at the 9th Zinemira Basque film showcase and competes for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award.

Advantages Of Traveling By Train

Acquired by Entertainment One’s Seville International and produced by San Sebastian-based Sr. y Sra. and Madrid’s Morena Films, this film, starring Luis Tosar and Pilar Castro, marks Aritz Moreno’s feature debut,...

San Sebastian — Based in Lyon, France Logical Pictures, proud of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s “Farming,” has come on board to co-produce Aritz Moreno’s much-awaited directorial debut “Advantages of Traveling by Train,” starring Luis Tosar and Pilar Castro.

Sold internationally by Entertainment One’s Seville International, Filmax has picked up Spain’s distribution rights to “Advantages,” which is produced by Señor y Señora –an up-and-coming San Sebastian-based production house owned by Moreno and producer-director Leire Apellániz – and Madrid’s Morena Films, producer of Iciar Bollaín’s San Sebastian competitor “Yuli,” Daniel Monzón’s “Cell 211.” “Advantages” marks the first movie produced at Morena Films by Merry Colomer.

“Logical Pictures’ DNA is based on innovating and financing new forms of independent cinema. Therefore, betting on the adaptation of such a unique and quirky best selling novel, directed by a promising first-time director, sounded perfect for us,” Logical’s president Frédéric Fiore told Variety.

Spain’s Benito Zambrano, whose “Habana Blues” played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, is attached to direct “Intemperie” (Out in the Open), starring Luis Tosar (“Miami Vice”) and produced by Juan Gordon at Morena Films whose “Everybody Knows” opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Written by brothers Pablo and Daniel Remón, “Out in the Open” adapts a 2013 novel by Jesus Carrasco which took the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair by storm.

A ”visceral thriller with Western beats,” said Gordon, it is set in a dirt-poor post-Civil War Spain, narrating the building friendship between two outcasts, a boy who flees his village and a solitary shepherd.

Spanish pubcaster Rtve and pay TV operator Movistar + have both pre.bought the movie.

Gordon also confirmed a prestige cast for the Morena-produced “Advantages of Traveling By Train”: Tosar, Antonio de la Torre and Pilar Castro.

Directed by Aritz Moreno (“Colera”), and one of...