Anna Marie De La Fuente

4 weeks ago | variety.com | Anna Marie De La Fuente

Spain’s Tamar Novas, star of Netflix’s top non-English pic “Nowhere” in 2023, leads a top-tier cast that includes Marina Salas, Iván Marcos and Annick Weerts in Rubén Pérez Barrena’s upcoming debut feature “The Devil Within.” The rural thriller is produced by Beatriz Bodegas at La Canica Films who won a Goya for the 2016 thriller “The Fury of a Patient Man” (“Tarde para la ira”).

4 weeks ago | variety.com | Anna Marie De La Fuente

Rio de Janeiro-based Habanero Film Sales has snagged worldwide rights to “This Island” (“Esta isla”), the feature debut of Lorraine Jones Molina and Cristian Carretero ahead of its world premiere in the U.S. Narrative Competition of the Tribeca Film Festival. The New York City-based festival founded by Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff runs June 4 -15 this year.

1 month ago | variety.com | Anna Marie De La Fuente

Panamanian Félix “Trillo” Guardia’s debut feature documentary “The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson” (“El Brujo”), which had its world premiere at IFF Panama, snagged the festival’s prestigious audience award, beating high profile contenders that included Berlinale winner “Pepe,” Mexico’s “Sujo” and Venice winner “Kill the Jockey.” Produced by Tomás Cortés of Cine Animal and supported by Panama’s Ministry of Culture, the film weaves animation, archival footage and interviews to trace Guardia’s...

1 month ago | variety.com | Anna Marie De La Fuente

At the Panama Int’l Film Festival (IFF Panama) to present his latest film “Rita” and give a masterclass, Guatemala’s acclaimed filmmaker Jayro Bustamante sat down with Variety to discuss his upcoming projects, “Mountains of Fire” (“Cordillera de Fuego”) which has just completed post-production, and his first comedy, the adaptation of 1998 Spanish romcom “Nada en la nevera” (roughly translated to “Nothing in the Fridge”).

1 month ago | variety.com | Anna Marie De La Fuente

The Panama Int’l Film Festival (IFF Panama) presented a brief opening ceremony April 4, where IFF Panama board president Pituka Ortega-Heilbron heralded the return of documentary filmmaker Ana Endara to the festival with her fiction feature debut “Beloved Tropic.” (“Querido trópico”).