FilmSharks has bowed the first trailer for “Death of a Comedian” (“La Muerte de un Comediante”), the directorial debut of Argentine actor Diego Peretti. The film, which Peretti also wrote and headlines, wrapped post-production last week and is now headed to market with worldwide sales handled by FilmSharks.
It would be normal to list producers but this project has 10,190, individual investors brought together by the Orsai Community. It makes “Death of a Comedian” as one of the more novel Argentine productions in recent memory. The film is produced by author, journalist and cultural entrepreneur Hernán Casciari’s Orsai, which finances all its projects through its massive community-driven crowdfunding model totalling over 15,000 micro investors.
The film follows Juan Debré (Peretti), an actor who’s spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, he embarks on a surreal journey to Belgium,...
It would be normal to list producers but this project has 10,190, individual investors brought together by the Orsai Community. It makes “Death of a Comedian” as one of the more novel Argentine productions in recent memory. The film is produced by author, journalist and cultural entrepreneur Hernán Casciari’s Orsai, which finances all its projects through its massive community-driven crowdfunding model totalling over 15,000 micro investors.
The film follows Juan Debré (Peretti), an actor who’s spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, he embarks on a surreal journey to Belgium,...
- 5/12/2025
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Film Movement has acquired of U.S. distribution rights to the non-linear foreign horror movie The Wailing (known as El llanto in Spanish).
Variety reports that the Spain-Argentina co-production will receive a U.S. theatrical release later this year, followed by digital and home entertainment.
In the film, three young women separated by decades and thousands of miles are terrorized by the same ethereal threat that nobody — not even they — can properly see. The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal. In each case, when the women attempt to confront the presence, they hear the same horrific wailing.
Produced by Madrid’s Caballo Films, Pedro Martín-Calero makes his feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Isabel Peña (The Beasts).
Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier, and Malena Villa star.
“For his first feature-length film, Pedro really turns the horror genre on its head, creating something that is wholly original,...
Variety reports that the Spain-Argentina co-production will receive a U.S. theatrical release later this year, followed by digital and home entertainment.
In the film, three young women separated by decades and thousands of miles are terrorized by the same ethereal threat that nobody — not even they — can properly see. The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal. In each case, when the women attempt to confront the presence, they hear the same horrific wailing.
Produced by Madrid’s Caballo Films, Pedro Martín-Calero makes his feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Isabel Peña (The Beasts).
Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier, and Malena Villa star.
“For his first feature-length film, Pedro really turns the horror genre on its head, creating something that is wholly original,...
- 3/5/2025
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Isabel Peña y Sorogoyen firman el guion de esta original de Movistar Plus+. © Movistar Plus+
Ya está en marcha el rodaje de El ser querido, una película dirigida por Rodrigo Sorogoyen con guion del propio Sorogoyen e Isabel Peña. Esta producción original de Movistar Plus+ se rodará a lo largo de diez semanas en localizaciones de Fuerteventura y Madrid, para luego estrenarse en cines de la mano de A Contracorriente Films, antes de aterrizar en la plataforma.
En El ser querido un prestigioso director de cine y su hija, una actriz sin éxito, ruedan juntos una película tras años de distanciamiento y un pasado difícil del que ninguno de los dos ha querido hablar.
La película está encabezada por Javier Bardem (Dune: Parte dos) y Victoria Luengo (Reina roja). Completan el reparto Raúl Arévalo (El caso asunta), Marina Foïs (As Bestas), Mourad Ouani (Nos vemos en otra vida), Raúl Prieto...
Ya está en marcha el rodaje de El ser querido, una película dirigida por Rodrigo Sorogoyen con guion del propio Sorogoyen e Isabel Peña. Esta producción original de Movistar Plus+ se rodará a lo largo de diez semanas en localizaciones de Fuerteventura y Madrid, para luego estrenarse en cines de la mano de A Contracorriente Films, antes de aterrizar en la plataforma.
En El ser querido un prestigioso director de cine y su hija, una actriz sin éxito, ruedan juntos una película tras años de distanciamiento y un pasado difícil del que ninguno de los dos ha querido hablar.
La película está encabezada por Javier Bardem (Dune: Parte dos) y Victoria Luengo (Reina roja). Completan el reparto Raúl Arévalo (El caso asunta), Marina Foïs (As Bestas), Mourad Ouani (Nos vemos en otra vida), Raúl Prieto...
- 2/12/2025
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Leading Chilean producer Florencia Larrea (“My Tender Matador”), formerly with Forastero, has launched a new all-female company, 500 Cinema, based in the coastal town of Viña del Mar, where she and her partners are based. “Chile is too vast and beautiful a country for everything to be centered in Santiago,” Larrea remarked.
500 Cinema serves as the film production branch of 500 Nanómetros – an innovation-focused media agency founded by Antonia Valenzuela and Valentina Ripamonti.
“After leaving Forastero, I started as creative director at 500 Nanómetros, a company with a long history in new media and immersive projects that always seeks to challenge the limits of creativity. Antonia and Valentina also saw in the type of cinema I had been making, a space to continue developing innovative narrative projects. I saw in them great professionals and people with whom I could embark on a new adventure. So, naturally, I brought my catalog, and they brought...
500 Cinema serves as the film production branch of 500 Nanómetros – an innovation-focused media agency founded by Antonia Valenzuela and Valentina Ripamonti.
“After leaving Forastero, I started as creative director at 500 Nanómetros, a company with a long history in new media and immersive projects that always seeks to challenge the limits of creativity. Antonia and Valentina also saw in the type of cinema I had been making, a space to continue developing innovative narrative projects. I saw in them great professionals and people with whom I could embark on a new adventure. So, naturally, I brought my catalog, and they brought...
- 10/5/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Scheduled for release in 2025, “Death of a Comedian” (“La Muerte de un Comediante”), renowned Argentine actor Diego Peretti’s first feature film as director, has been acquired for world sales by FilmSharks.
Breaking out in TV series “The Pretenders” (2001-04), directed by Damián Szifrón, Peretti won most immediate notice for comedy, such as “It’s Not You, But Me,” though he can be highly effective in drama or Lucía Puenzo’s “The German Doctor” or humour-laced thrillers like “The Heist of the Century.”
Peretti has directed alongside Javier Beltramino, a respected figure on Argentina’s animation scene (“Rice and Matchsticks”) and a former Telefonica Studios production manager.
Now in post-production, the film stars Peretti as Juan Debré, an actor who has played the hero of a TV series for his entire career, oblivious to his true self. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, he flees to Belgium, the land of his...
Breaking out in TV series “The Pretenders” (2001-04), directed by Damián Szifrón, Peretti won most immediate notice for comedy, such as “It’s Not You, But Me,” though he can be highly effective in drama or Lucía Puenzo’s “The German Doctor” or humour-laced thrillers like “The Heist of the Century.”
Peretti has directed alongside Javier Beltramino, a respected figure on Argentina’s animation scene (“Rice and Matchsticks”) and a former Telefonica Studios production manager.
Now in post-production, the film stars Peretti as Juan Debré, an actor who has played the hero of a TV series for his entire career, oblivious to his true self. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, he flees to Belgium, the land of his...
- 10/1/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spain has a long and fruitful tradition of producing horror films that elevate the genre and become enduring classics domestically and abroad – think Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s “[Rec],” J.A. Bayona’s “El Orphanage” or Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar nominee “Pan’s Labyrinth.” This year’s San Sebastian Film Festival is debuting a new candidate to join that prestigious list of modern classics, Pedro Martín-Calero’s “The Wailing.”
In the film, three young women separated by decades and thousands of miles are terrorized by the same ethereal threat that nobody, not even they, can properly see. The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal. In each case, when the women attempt to confront the presence, they hear the same horrific wailing.
During a mid-morning press conference ahead of the film’s Wednesday night world premiere in San Sebastian main competition, debut feature director Martín-Calero and his co-writer Isabel Peña,...
In the film, three young women separated by decades and thousands of miles are terrorized by the same ethereal threat that nobody, not even they, can properly see. The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal. In each case, when the women attempt to confront the presence, they hear the same horrific wailing.
During a mid-morning press conference ahead of the film’s Wednesday night world premiere in San Sebastian main competition, debut feature director Martín-Calero and his co-writer Isabel Peña,...
- 9/26/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
¿Te atreves a escuchar el llanto? © Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “El Llanto”, una película hispano-franco-argentina, que tendrá su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine Internacional de San Sebastián, donde competirá por la Concha de Oro. La película es el retrato de tres mujeres que, en momentos distintos del tiempo y conectadas sin saberlo, se enfrentan a una amenaza que las trasciende.
En “El Llanto”, algo acecha a Andrea, pero nadie, ni siquiera ella misma, puede verlo a simple vista. Hace veinte años, a diez mil kilómetros, la misma presencia aterrorizaba a Marie. Camila fue la única persona que pudo entender lo que le ocurría, pero nadie las creyó. Al enfrentarse a esa amenaza opresiva, las tres escuchan el mismo sonido sobrecogedor. Un llanto.
“El Llanto” está protagonizada por Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier y Malena Villa. Completan el reparto Àlex Monner, Sonia Almarcha y Tomás Del Estal.
Universal Pictures ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “El Llanto”, una película hispano-franco-argentina, que tendrá su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine Internacional de San Sebastián, donde competirá por la Concha de Oro. La película es el retrato de tres mujeres que, en momentos distintos del tiempo y conectadas sin saberlo, se enfrentan a una amenaza que las trasciende.
En “El Llanto”, algo acecha a Andrea, pero nadie, ni siquiera ella misma, puede verlo a simple vista. Hace veinte años, a diez mil kilómetros, la misma presencia aterrorizaba a Marie. Camila fue la única persona que pudo entender lo que le ocurría, pero nadie las creyó. Al enfrentarse a esa amenaza opresiva, las tres escuchan el mismo sonido sobrecogedor. Un llanto.
“El Llanto” está protagonizada por Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier y Malena Villa. Completan el reparto Àlex Monner, Sonia Almarcha y Tomás Del Estal.
- 7/23/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Cuatro películas españolas en la competición.
Hoy se han dado a conocer las películas españolas que formarán parte de la programación de la 72ª edición del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián, que se celebrará del 20 al 28 de septiembre.
Cuatro películas españolas formarán parte de la competición por la Concha de Oro del Festival: “Soy Nevenka”, “El Llanto”, “Los Destellos” y “Tardes de Soledad”.
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Icíar Bollaín, conocida por su película “Maixabel”, presentará “Soy Nevenka”, que será su quinta participación en la Sección Oficial. Protagonizada por Mireia Oriol y Urko Olazabal, se basa en la historia real de Nevenka Fernández, una concejala que pagó un alto precio por atreverse a denunciar el acoso del alcalde de Ponferrada. Una historia que convirtió a su protagonista en una pionera del movimiento #metoo al llevar por primera vez a un político influyente ante los tribunales por acoso sexual y laboral.
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En su ópera prima,...
Hoy se han dado a conocer las películas españolas que formarán parte de la programación de la 72ª edición del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián, que se celebrará del 20 al 28 de septiembre.
Cuatro películas españolas formarán parte de la competición por la Concha de Oro del Festival: “Soy Nevenka”, “El Llanto”, “Los Destellos” y “Tardes de Soledad”.
© 72Ssiff
Icíar Bollaín, conocida por su película “Maixabel”, presentará “Soy Nevenka”, que será su quinta participación en la Sección Oficial. Protagonizada por Mireia Oriol y Urko Olazabal, se basa en la historia real de Nevenka Fernández, una concejala que pagó un alto precio por atreverse a denunciar el acoso del alcalde de Ponferrada. Una historia que convirtió a su protagonista en una pionera del movimiento #metoo al llevar por primera vez a un político influyente ante los tribunales por acoso sexual y laboral.
© 72Ssiff
En su ópera prima,...
- 7/12/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
¿Te atreves a escuchar el llanto? © Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures ha publicado el primer teaser tráiler y póster oficial de “El Llanto”, una película hispano-franco-argentina. Rodada en Madrid, Buenos Aires y La Plata, la película es el retrato de tres mujeres que, en momentos distintos del tiempo y conectadas sin saberlo, se enfrentan a una amenaza que las trasciende.
En “El Llanto”, algo acecha a Andrea, pero nadie, ni siquiera ella misma, puede verlo a simple vista. Hace veinte años, a diez mil kilómetros, la misma presencia aterrorizaba a Marie. Camila fue la única persona que pudo entender lo que le ocurría, pero nadie las creyó. Al enfrentarse a esa amenaza opresiva, las tres escuchan el mismo sonido sobrecogedor. Un llanto.
“El Llanto” está protagonizada por Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier y Malena Villa. Completan el reparto Àlex Monner, Sonia Almarcha y Tomás Del Estal.
La película marca la ópera prima de Pedro Martín-Calero,...
Universal Pictures ha publicado el primer teaser tráiler y póster oficial de “El Llanto”, una película hispano-franco-argentina. Rodada en Madrid, Buenos Aires y La Plata, la película es el retrato de tres mujeres que, en momentos distintos del tiempo y conectadas sin saberlo, se enfrentan a una amenaza que las trasciende.
En “El Llanto”, algo acecha a Andrea, pero nadie, ni siquiera ella misma, puede verlo a simple vista. Hace veinte años, a diez mil kilómetros, la misma presencia aterrorizaba a Marie. Camila fue la única persona que pudo entender lo que le ocurría, pero nadie las creyó. Al enfrentarse a esa amenaza opresiva, las tres escuchan el mismo sonido sobrecogedor. Un llanto.
“El Llanto” está protagonizada por Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier y Malena Villa. Completan el reparto Àlex Monner, Sonia Almarcha y Tomás Del Estal.
La película marca la ópera prima de Pedro Martín-Calero,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
West Hollywood-based indie distribution outfit Indican Pictures (“Gossamer Folds”) has secured North American rights for Santiago Fillol’s political thriller “Matadero” (“Slaughterhouse”).
The debut fiction feature from the Argentine director saw its world premiere in competition at Locarno in 2022, with further festival bows at Mar Del Plata and Seville before December theatrical runs in Argentina and Spain via Cinetren and Begin Again Films, respectively.
Negotiations were handled by Randolph Kret of Indican Pictures alongside Brett Walker and partner Miguel Angel Govea at Alief (“Driving Mum”), who handle world sales on behalf of the filmmakers outside of Argentina, France, Spain and Switzerland.
“Indican Pictures is pleased to acquire the Argentinian film “Matadero”– it’s a compelling story that will have viewers on the edge of their seat,” Indican co-founder Randolph Kret told Variety.
Set up in the Argentine pampas, 1970, the narrative nods to the shocking, hyper-realistic cinema of the era and follows U.
The debut fiction feature from the Argentine director saw its world premiere in competition at Locarno in 2022, with further festival bows at Mar Del Plata and Seville before December theatrical runs in Argentina and Spain via Cinetren and Begin Again Films, respectively.
Negotiations were handled by Randolph Kret of Indican Pictures alongside Brett Walker and partner Miguel Angel Govea at Alief (“Driving Mum”), who handle world sales on behalf of the filmmakers outside of Argentina, France, Spain and Switzerland.
“Indican Pictures is pleased to acquire the Argentinian film “Matadero”– it’s a compelling story that will have viewers on the edge of their seat,” Indican co-founder Randolph Kret told Variety.
Set up in the Argentine pampas, 1970, the narrative nods to the shocking, hyper-realistic cinema of the era and follows U.
- 11/5/2023
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Ester Expósito, one of the stars of Netflix global hit “Elite,” is attached to star “The Wailing” (“El Llanto”), co-written by Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s regular co-scribe Isabel Peña (“The Beasts”) and directed by talent-to-track Pedro Martín-Calero (“Secrets”). It’s one of the most powerful Spanish-language packages being brought onto Berlin’s European Film Market.
The auteur genre movie has gone into production, shooting in Madrid, Buenos Aires and La Plata.
Film Factory Entertainment has acquired international rights. “The Wailing” is lead produced by on-the-rise Madrid production house Caballo Films, behind Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s films, including “The Beasts,” a best picture Goya on Feb. 11.
The feature debut of Spain’s Pedro Martín-Calero, “The Wailing” turns on a seemingly invisible evil. “No one can see it with the naked eye, but its presence has always been there. 20 years ago he stalked Camila and Marie. Now, 10,000 kilometers away, Andrea has begun to hear the wailing,...
The auteur genre movie has gone into production, shooting in Madrid, Buenos Aires and La Plata.
Film Factory Entertainment has acquired international rights. “The Wailing” is lead produced by on-the-rise Madrid production house Caballo Films, behind Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s films, including “The Beasts,” a best picture Goya on Feb. 11.
The feature debut of Spain’s Pedro Martín-Calero, “The Wailing” turns on a seemingly invisible evil. “No one can see it with the naked eye, but its presence has always been there. 20 years ago he stalked Camila and Marie. Now, 10,000 kilometers away, Andrea has begun to hear the wailing,...
- 2/17/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
On the heels of its world premiere at Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente and coinciding with upcoming festival bows at Seville and Mar del Plata, auteur-focused distribution house Alief has shared in exclusivity with Variety the trailer and key art for Santiago Fillol’s first solo feature, “Matadero.”
An ode to class struggle and unflinching ego, the film simultaneously enters international competition in Spain and Argentina this week alongside French director Alice Diop’s buzzy “Saint Omer” and “Tres Hermanos,” filmmaker Francisco J. Paparella’s absorbing follow-up to debut feature “Zanjas.”
Begin Again films handles Spanish distribution on “Matadero” with Alief handling international sales rights.
‘It’s a real joy to see the crossover of arthouse cinema, now also being recognised as an elevated horror genre. “Matadero” is able to voice a visual that’s both visceral and tender, that speaks to both arthouse and genre audiences,’ relayed Brett Walker,...
An ode to class struggle and unflinching ego, the film simultaneously enters international competition in Spain and Argentina this week alongside French director Alice Diop’s buzzy “Saint Omer” and “Tres Hermanos,” filmmaker Francisco J. Paparella’s absorbing follow-up to debut feature “Zanjas.”
Begin Again films handles Spanish distribution on “Matadero” with Alief handling international sales rights.
‘It’s a real joy to see the crossover of arthouse cinema, now also being recognised as an elevated horror genre. “Matadero” is able to voice a visual that’s both visceral and tender, that speaks to both arthouse and genre audiences,’ relayed Brett Walker,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Matadero Review — Matadero (2022) Film Review from the 75th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Santiago Fillol, written by Edgadro Dobry, Santiago Fillol and Lucas Vermal and starring Julio Perillan, Malena Villa, Ailin Salas, Rafael Federman, Lina Gorbaneva, Ernestina Gatti, David Szechtman and Gustavo Javier Rodriguez. Argentine filmmaker Santiago Fillol’s new picture, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Matadero: A Chilling Portrait of an Obsessed Filmmaker That is Disturbingly Intriguing [Locarno 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Matadero: A Chilling Portrait of an Obsessed Filmmaker That is Disturbingly Intriguing [Locarno 2022]...
- 8/11/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Paris-based sales company Alief has swooped on international sales rights to horror-political thriller “Matadero” (“Slaughterhouse”), the awaited fiction feature debut of Argentina’s Santiago Fillol, co-scribe on Oliver Laxe’s Cannes winners “Mimosa” and “Fire Will Come.”
Co-written by Fillol, “Matadero” world premieres this week in Locarno’s main International Competition.
The film takes a stark look at a historic tale through the maniacal lens of U.S. filmmaker Jared (Julio Perillán), as he shoots a big-screen version of a 19th-century text by Argentine writer Estaban Echeverría, exploiting the times and their trappings to create a piece of cinema meant to dig itself into the collective consciousness.
Taking on tensions that boil over between landowners and laborers, Jared’s lofty vision for his adaptation will push the cast and crew to the brink. As his plot advances, ego and deception reign.
Fillol’s rendition takes place in 1970s rural Argentina,...
Co-written by Fillol, “Matadero” world premieres this week in Locarno’s main International Competition.
The film takes a stark look at a historic tale through the maniacal lens of U.S. filmmaker Jared (Julio Perillán), as he shoots a big-screen version of a 19th-century text by Argentine writer Estaban Echeverría, exploiting the times and their trappings to create a piece of cinema meant to dig itself into the collective consciousness.
Taking on tensions that boil over between landowners and laborers, Jared’s lofty vision for his adaptation will push the cast and crew to the brink. As his plot advances, ego and deception reign.
Fillol’s rendition takes place in 1970s rural Argentina,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
After a multi-year hiatus, Pablo Stoll, who broke out with directing partner Juan Pablo Rebella on such hits as “25 Watts” and “Whisky,” is back in the director’s seat, albeit on his own, with “Summer Hit” (“El Tema del Verano”), a zombie pic now shooting on the beaches of Uruguay.
Presented at last year’s Cannes Producers Network, film is co-produced by Temperamento Films (Uruguay), Ice End Content (Chile) and La Unión de los Ríos (Argentina) in association with Nadador Cine (Uruguay).
Ice End Content is the new production shingle formed by Chile’s Florencia Larrea, producer of “My Tender Matador,” and Rodrigo Susarte, director of “The Monster Within,” who are pitching their dark comedy series, “Frankie,” at Sanfic Industria.
Stoll’s fifth feature film starts out as a post-pandemic summer romantic comedy but transforms into a scam film and finally one about the living dead. “Is it possible to...
Presented at last year’s Cannes Producers Network, film is co-produced by Temperamento Films (Uruguay), Ice End Content (Chile) and La Unión de los Ríos (Argentina) in association with Nadador Cine (Uruguay).
Ice End Content is the new production shingle formed by Chile’s Florencia Larrea, producer of “My Tender Matador,” and Rodrigo Susarte, director of “The Monster Within,” who are pitching their dark comedy series, “Frankie,” at Sanfic Industria.
Stoll’s fifth feature film starts out as a post-pandemic summer romantic comedy but transforms into a scam film and finally one about the living dead. “Is it possible to...
- 10/27/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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