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They’re one of the most famous families in Latin America. Now, the rest of the world beckons, as the Montaner family is launching a new reality series on Disney+.

Coming to Disney+ later this year, Los Montaner is a new Disney+ original documentary series. It takes audiences inside the day-to-day life of the Montaner family’s most intimate moments including weddings, births, and celebrations, as well as, providing the audience with a behind-the-scenes look at their artistic careers.

Los Montaner follows the iconic family of the Montaners: Ricardo, Marlene, Mau, Ricky and Evaluna, and their significant others Stefi, Sara and Camilo. Ricardo, the patriarch, has been one of the most prominent figures in Latin music for the past 40 years.

More recently, Ricardo became a social media phenomenon. Ricardo and his family open up their lives, and their homes, to audiences in this series and reveal how they merge their...

In a bid to explore new avenues of distribution, Colombian-German-Italian co-production “When in Venice,” by Colombian director-producer Juan Zapata of Zapata Filmes, will bow simultaneously May 13 in theaters in at least eight countries and be available worldwide on VOD and Tvod platforms.

Shot completely in pre-pandemic Venice in 2018, the sight of mask-free crowds, of people embracing, shaking hands and nuzzling, is disorienting at first.

“When in Venice” is a love letter to the iconic Italian city as well as the story of two strangers who make a pact to visit the city together, albeit with some rather odd rules.

He’s Max, a German businessman (Peter Ketnath) in the middle of breaking up with his girlfriend and she’s Maria, a Brazilian pastry chef (Bellatrix Serra) doing research.

In the trailer that Zapata Filmes bows exclusively with Variety, Max and Maria meet at a bar and while on the train ride to Venice,...

Filmmaker-friendly platform Mowies.com, founded by Colombian producers Alejo Arango (“Al Final del Espectro”), Santiago Zapata (“Monos”) and their chief technology officer, Sergio Restrepo, has picked up the catalogs of Alebrije, LatAm Films and Morbido, along with some Anima Studios shows.

“We’re so pleased to join Mowies with some of our most notable titles like “Amar Te Duele,” “Todo el Poder,” and “Nicotina,” films that have all but defined an era of Mexican cinema,” said Alebrije’s Monica Lozano, who has produced such iconic films as “Amores Perros” and “Instructions Not Included.”

“We’re also launching the world premiere of “Sin Dios y Sin Diablo,” a documentary about the life of writer Joaquin Sabines, which we’re sure will find a great audience on the platform,” she added.

Alex Garcia of Ag Studios, the holding company of distributor LatAm Films, fantasy-horror label Morbido and pioneering Mexican animation company Anima Studios,...

Thriller screens at New Directors/New Films on Saturday.

Participant Media has come on board as Us co-distributor of Alejandro Landes’ Colombian thriller Monos ahead of the film’s presentation at the New Directors/New Films festival in New York.

Julianne Nicholson and Moisés Arias star in the story of a nameless child guerilla unit, stricken by internecine fighting, on the run from government forces.

Monos premiered in Sundance where it won the World Cinema Dramatic special jury award, and screened in Berlin Panorama, and at the Cartagena International Film Festival, where it won the audience award.

It screens at...

Participant Media has teamed with indie distributor Neon on the upcoming U.S. distribution of Monos, the Spanish-language drama directed by Alejandro Landes that Neon acquired after its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

The pic, about a young group of soldiers and rebels training on a remote mountain in Latin America with an American hostage (Julianne Nicholson), won a World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award in Park City. No theatrical release date has been set by the co-distributors, but the pic screens Saturday at the New Directors/New Films festival in New York.

Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón star in the pic, which Landes co-wrote with Alexis Dos Santos. Landes also produced with Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes.

Participant was a producer on Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix movie Roma, which just won three Oscars and was up for Best Picture.

International premiere set for Sunday (10).

Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Alejandro Landes’ buzzy Colombia-set survival thriller Monos ahead of its international premiere in Panorama on Sunday (10).

Monos recently premiered in Sundance where it earned a special jury award and Neon picked up Us rights. Moises Arias leads the mostly young cast in the story of a guerilla unit fleeing government forces through the jungle. Julianne Nicholson plays the feisty American hostage.

Landes, whose first film Porfirio screened in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2011, co-wrote the film with Alexis Dos Santos, and produced alongside Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes.

Exclusive: Here’s some anticipated first footage of Sundance buzzer Monos, which was snapped up by Neon in Park City, and this weekend gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Colombian “survivalist saga” Monos follows a young group of soldiers and guerillas training on a remote mountain in Latin America with an American hostage played by Julianne Nicholson. The teenage commandos, who have nicknames like Rambo, Smurg, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom, perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner and a conscripted dairy cow for a shadow force know only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, the mission begins to collapse.

The lauded Spanish-language feature, which won a Special Jury Award in Sundance, has a score by composer Mica Levi, known for her work on Under the Skin and Jackie. Director Alejandro Landres co-wrote the screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. Producers...

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Neon has acquired Us rights to Alejandro Landes’ Colombian thriller Monos following its world premiere Sundance on Saturday night (26) in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.

Alejandro Landes on ‘Monos’; ‘The most beautiful thing I’ve ever done.’

Monos centres on a unit of young soldiers as they flee government forces through the jungle, fight within themselves, and deal with a resourceful American hostage.

Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón are among the cast.

The film will receive its international premiere at the Berlinale in Panorama next month. Landes...

Neon has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the Latin American survival thriller “Monos,” which is screening in the World Cinema Dramatic section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

“Monos” stars Julianne Nicholson as an American hostage held by a group of young soldiers and rebels in training on a remote mountain in Latin America. After an ambush, the group is driven into the jungle, where the dynamic quickly crumbles as they struggle to survive.

Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón also star. Alejandro Landes directed the feature from a script he co-wrote with Alexis Dos Santos. Landes also produced with Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes.

“Making ‘Monos’ was a life-changing adventure for myself and the team,” said Alejandro Landes in a statement. “We could not be more excited by the reception at Sundance and the fact that Neon showed so...

Neon has acquired U.S. rights to Monos, from director Alejandro Landes, which world premiered Saturday night in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance. The thriller features a score by Mica Levi, who did Under the Skin and Jackie. It will have its international premiere at the Berlinale in Panorama in February. Monos is described as a “survivalist saga” tracking a young group of soldiers and rebels training on a remote mountain in Latin America with an American hostage played by Julianne Nicholson. The teenage commandos, who have nicklnames like Rambo, Smurg, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom, perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner and a conscripted dairy cow for a shadow force know only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, the mission begins to collapse. Landres co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. The producers are Landes & Fernando Epstein...

Neon has picked up the survivalist thriller Monos.

The thriller screened in the world cinema dramatic competition at Sundance and follows a young group of soldiers and rebels training on a remote mountain in Latin American with an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson). After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, fracturing their intricate bond, the mission begins to collapse.

Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón also star. Alejandro Landes directed the feature from a script he co-wrote with Alexis Dos Santos.

Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes produced Monos. The ...

Neon has picked up the survivalist thriller Monos.

The thriller screened in the world cinema dramatic competition at Sundance and follows a young group of soldiers and rebels training on a remote mountain in Latin American with an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson). After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, fracturing their intricate bond, the mission begins to collapse.

Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón also star. Alejandro Landes directed the feature from a script he co-wrote with Alexis Dos Santos.

Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes produced Monos. The ...