GLAAD, the world’s Lgbtq media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for its 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards today. Taking a strong stand for inclusivity, only two films were nominated for Outstanding Film — Wide Release, both featuring non-white gay characters: “Moonlight” and “Star Trek Beyond.”
Similarly, in the Outstanding Film — Limited Release category, three films with non-white characters were nominated: Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden,” Jay Dockendorf’s “Naz & Maalik,” and Andrew Ahn’s “Spa Night” were nominated. Chris Kelly’s “Other People” and Joey Kuhn’s “Those People” round out the bunch.
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“At a time when progress is at a critical juncture, it is imperative that Hollywood tell more Lgbtq stories that reflect the community’s rich diversity – and build understanding that brings all communities closer together,” said GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis. “This...
Similarly, in the Outstanding Film — Limited Release category, three films with non-white characters were nominated: Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden,” Jay Dockendorf’s “Naz & Maalik,” and Andrew Ahn’s “Spa Night” were nominated. Chris Kelly’s “Other People” and Joey Kuhn’s “Those People” round out the bunch.
Read More: Gay and Lesbian Critics Association Honor ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Jackie’ with Dorian Award Noms
“At a time when progress is at a critical juncture, it is imperative that Hollywood tell more Lgbtq stories that reflect the community’s rich diversity – and build understanding that brings all communities closer together,” said GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis. “This...
- 1/31/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The sales agent will introduce worldwide buyers to Alejandra Márquez Abella’s Mexican feature directorial debut ahead of its September 10 world premiere in Toronto.
Cristina Garza and her Mundial team handle world sales on the Discovery selection about a young widow who attempts to bond with her son and new boyfriend on a beach vacation. Abella wrote the screenplay.
Anajosé Aldrete, Esteban Ávila, Tenoch Huerta and Jimena Cuarón star in the co-production from Pimienta Films, Lado B Films, Itaca Films, Terminal, Cinematográfica Cr and TV Unam.
Nicolas Celis and Sebastián Celis produced Semana Santa, while the executive producer roster includes Jim Stark, Andrés Clariond Rangel, Alex García, Santiago García Galván, Joakim Ziegler and Øyvind Stiauren.
Abella directed the documentary feature Mal De Tierra and the short Perra.
Cristina Garza and her Mundial team handle world sales on the Discovery selection about a young widow who attempts to bond with her son and new boyfriend on a beach vacation. Abella wrote the screenplay.
Anajosé Aldrete, Esteban Ávila, Tenoch Huerta and Jimena Cuarón star in the co-production from Pimienta Films, Lado B Films, Itaca Films, Terminal, Cinematográfica Cr and TV Unam.
Nicolas Celis and Sebastián Celis produced Semana Santa, while the executive producer roster includes Jim Stark, Andrés Clariond Rangel, Alex García, Santiago García Galván, Joakim Ziegler and Øyvind Stiauren.
Abella directed the documentary feature Mal De Tierra and the short Perra.
- 8/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Los Cabos International Film Festival will offer, within its industry activities, a total of Usd $227,000 to support projects from Mexico, the U.S.A. and Canada.
In its Third Edition, in an effort to contribute the development and consolidation of the North American film industry, presents as part of its industry activities, the first Mexico-usa-Canada Co-production Forum .
Los Cabos Film Festival , announces the 13 participant projects in the Forum:
Afronauts by Frances Bodomo (USA). Coward by Boris Rodriguez, an Anne Marie Gélinas production (Canada). The Other Tom by Rodrigo Plá, a Sandino Saravia production (Mexico). First Match by Olivia Newman, a Veronica Nickel and Chanelle Elaine production (USA). Away from Meaning by Olivia Luengas Magaña, a Vanessa Romo Gutiérrez production (Mexico). Butterfly by Maria Saakya, a Jeff Kalousdian production (USA). Museum by Alonso Ruizpalacios, a Manuel Alcalá and Alberto Muffelman production (Mexico). Permanent by Colette Burson, a Haroula Rose and Joshua Blum production (USA). Taganga by Ciro Guerra, a Katrin Pors and Serge Noel production (Canada- Colombia). Wolverine Hotel by Patricia Chica, a Byron A. Martin production (Canada). X Quinientos by Juan Andrés Arango, a Edher Campos and Yanick Letourneau production (Canada- Mexico- Colombia). I’m No Longer Here by Fernando Frías, a Gerry Kim and Mayuran Tiruchelvam production (Mexico- USA). Yamaha 300 by Jorge Michel Grau, a Mayra Espinosa Castro production (Mexico - USA). Representatives from each project will have access to a series of one-to-one meetings with key members of the international film industry and potential co-producers.
The Co-production Forum Jury, composed of Fabien Westerhoff , Sales and Distribution Director at WestEnd Films (UK), Nick Ogiony , Sales Agent at Creative Artists Agency (USA) and Lyse Lafontaine , renowned Canadian producer, will announce the winning project at the Festival, which will receive a cash prize of Usd $8,000.
Also, the recognized studios Splendor - Omnia Mantarraya will award a prize valued at Usd$30,000 to one of the participating projects, consisting of a 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, accommodation and food for two people in Tepoztlán, Mexico.
Supporting the completion of Mexican feature or documentary films in post-production stage, Los Cabos Film Festival has announced the six films participating in the second Work In Progress Mexico :
El charro de Toluquilla by José Villalobos Romero, a Sergio Adrián Morkin and José Villalobos Romero production. Charity by Marcelino Islas Hernández, a Santiago García Galván production. Heirs by Jorge Hernández Aldana, a Michel Franco production. Light Feet by Juan Carlos Núñez, a Henry Lesperance Álvarez production. You Will Know what to Do with Me by Katina Medina Mora, a Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann production. Holy Days by Alejandra Márquez Abella, a Nicolás Celis and Sebastián Celis production.
Jaie Laplante, Director of the Miami International Film Festival (USA), Nicole Mackey, Vice President of sales agency Fortissimo Films (UK), and Nate Bolotin, Xyz Films cofounder (USA), as members of the Work In Progress Mexico Jury, will evaluate six films that compete for a cash prize of Usd$10,000 .
The TV station Fox+ will also award a prize of Usd $30,000 to one of the participating films (the equivalent to the anticipated purchase of broadcast rights for Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil through the channel’s windows). And the outstanding post-production company Chemistry will award a prize worth Usd $45,000 consisting of 80 hours of color correction, 40 hours of conform and digital mastering, and packaging in Dcp.
In addition, the two winning films of the Post-production Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund , each received from Labodigital’s Usd $52,000 in post-production services. These two films will also be part of the Work In Progress Mexico selection.
In its Third Edition, in an effort to contribute the development and consolidation of the North American film industry, presents as part of its industry activities, the first Mexico-usa-Canada Co-production Forum .
Los Cabos Film Festival , announces the 13 participant projects in the Forum:
Afronauts by Frances Bodomo (USA). Coward by Boris Rodriguez, an Anne Marie Gélinas production (Canada). The Other Tom by Rodrigo Plá, a Sandino Saravia production (Mexico). First Match by Olivia Newman, a Veronica Nickel and Chanelle Elaine production (USA). Away from Meaning by Olivia Luengas Magaña, a Vanessa Romo Gutiérrez production (Mexico). Butterfly by Maria Saakya, a Jeff Kalousdian production (USA). Museum by Alonso Ruizpalacios, a Manuel Alcalá and Alberto Muffelman production (Mexico). Permanent by Colette Burson, a Haroula Rose and Joshua Blum production (USA). Taganga by Ciro Guerra, a Katrin Pors and Serge Noel production (Canada- Colombia). Wolverine Hotel by Patricia Chica, a Byron A. Martin production (Canada). X Quinientos by Juan Andrés Arango, a Edher Campos and Yanick Letourneau production (Canada- Mexico- Colombia). I’m No Longer Here by Fernando Frías, a Gerry Kim and Mayuran Tiruchelvam production (Mexico- USA). Yamaha 300 by Jorge Michel Grau, a Mayra Espinosa Castro production (Mexico - USA). Representatives from each project will have access to a series of one-to-one meetings with key members of the international film industry and potential co-producers.
The Co-production Forum Jury, composed of Fabien Westerhoff , Sales and Distribution Director at WestEnd Films (UK), Nick Ogiony , Sales Agent at Creative Artists Agency (USA) and Lyse Lafontaine , renowned Canadian producer, will announce the winning project at the Festival, which will receive a cash prize of Usd $8,000.
Also, the recognized studios Splendor - Omnia Mantarraya will award a prize valued at Usd$30,000 to one of the participating projects, consisting of a 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, accommodation and food for two people in Tepoztlán, Mexico.
Supporting the completion of Mexican feature or documentary films in post-production stage, Los Cabos Film Festival has announced the six films participating in the second Work In Progress Mexico :
El charro de Toluquilla by José Villalobos Romero, a Sergio Adrián Morkin and José Villalobos Romero production. Charity by Marcelino Islas Hernández, a Santiago García Galván production. Heirs by Jorge Hernández Aldana, a Michel Franco production. Light Feet by Juan Carlos Núñez, a Henry Lesperance Álvarez production. You Will Know what to Do with Me by Katina Medina Mora, a Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann production. Holy Days by Alejandra Márquez Abella, a Nicolás Celis and Sebastián Celis production.
Jaie Laplante, Director of the Miami International Film Festival (USA), Nicole Mackey, Vice President of sales agency Fortissimo Films (UK), and Nate Bolotin, Xyz Films cofounder (USA), as members of the Work In Progress Mexico Jury, will evaluate six films that compete for a cash prize of Usd$10,000 .
The TV station Fox+ will also award a prize of Usd $30,000 to one of the participating films (the equivalent to the anticipated purchase of broadcast rights for Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil through the channel’s windows). And the outstanding post-production company Chemistry will award a prize worth Usd $45,000 consisting of 80 hours of color correction, 40 hours of conform and digital mastering, and packaging in Dcp.
In addition, the two winning films of the Post-production Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund , each received from Labodigital’s Usd $52,000 in post-production services. These two films will also be part of the Work In Progress Mexico selection.
- 10/23/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Im Global has confirmed it will handle international sales in Cannes on Forsaken, the thriller formerly known as Desierto that Jonás Cuarón directs.
CEO Stuart Ford and Mexican producer and financier Alex Garcia made the announcement on the eve of Cannes (13).
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a battle of wits that plays out between one of a band of immigrants on the Us border and a deranged vigilante dedicated to taking the law into his own hands.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo Garcia and produces with his father Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Garcia.
David Linde of Lava Bear Films serves as executive producer alongside Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván.
Im Global president Jonathan Deckter negotiated the deal with Linde and David Boyle on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Cuaróns are represented by UTA and attorney Henry Holmes.
CEO Stuart Ford and Mexican producer and financier Alex Garcia made the announcement on the eve of Cannes (13).
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a battle of wits that plays out between one of a band of immigrants on the Us border and a deranged vigilante dedicated to taking the law into his own hands.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo Garcia and produces with his father Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Garcia.
David Linde of Lava Bear Films serves as executive producer alongside Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván.
Im Global president Jonathan Deckter negotiated the deal with Linde and David Boyle on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Cuaróns are represented by UTA and attorney Henry Holmes.
- 5/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón to produce; Gael García Bernal to star.
Production has commenced in La Paz, Baja California, on Jonás Cuarón’s sophomore directing assignment Desierto.
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a cat-and-mouse game between an undocumented migrant worker and an American vigilante.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo García. The film marks Cuarón’s second directorial feature after Año Uña, which premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Cuarón will produce alongside his father Alfonso Cuarón, with whom he co-wrote multiple Oscar winner Gravity, as well as Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Alex García.
David Linde, Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván serve as executive producers.
Desierto is an Esperanto Kino production in association with CG Cinema, Orange Studio, Canana and Itaca Films.
Production has commenced in La Paz, Baja California, on Jonás Cuarón’s sophomore directing assignment Desierto.
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a cat-and-mouse game between an undocumented migrant worker and an American vigilante.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo García. The film marks Cuarón’s second directorial feature after Año Uña, which premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Cuarón will produce alongside his father Alfonso Cuarón, with whom he co-wrote multiple Oscar winner Gravity, as well as Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Alex García.
David Linde, Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván serve as executive producers.
Desierto is an Esperanto Kino production in association with CG Cinema, Orange Studio, Canana and Itaca Films.
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Production has commenced in La Paz, Baja California, on Jonás Cuarón’s sophomore directing assignment Desierto.
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a cat-and-mouse game between an undocumented migrant worker and an American vigilante.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo García. The film marks Cuarón’s second directorial feature after Año Uña, which premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Cuarón will produce alongside his father Alfonso Cuarón, with whom he co-wrote multiple Oscar winner Gravity, as well as Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Alex García.
David Linde, Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván serve as executive producers.
Desierto is an Esperanto Kino production in association with CG Cinema, Orange Studio, Canana and Itaca Films.
Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the story of a cat-and-mouse game between an undocumented migrant worker and an American vigilante.
Cuarón co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo García. The film marks Cuarón’s second directorial feature after Año Uña, which premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.
Cuarón will produce alongside his father Alfonso Cuarón, with whom he co-wrote multiple Oscar winner Gravity, as well as Carlos Cuarón, Charles Gillibert and Alex García.
David Linde, Bernal, Fréderique Dumas-Zajdela, Nicolás Celis and Santiago García Galván serve as executive producers.
Desierto is an Esperanto Kino production in association with CG Cinema, Orange Studio, Canana and Itaca Films.
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac and Michelle Rodriguez are in final talks to star in Paul Schrader's ensemble drama "The Jesuit" for Open Window Prods. says Variety
The story follows a wrongly imprisoned man nicknamed 'The Jesuit' who devises a dangerous plan to rescue his kidnapped son from Mexiso and avenge the murder of his murdered wife.
Paz Vega is already set to star and Paul Schrader helms the project. John Morrissey and Santiago Garcia are attached to produce.
The story follows a wrongly imprisoned man nicknamed 'The Jesuit' who devises a dangerous plan to rescue his kidnapped son from Mexiso and avenge the murder of his murdered wife.
Paz Vega is already set to star and Paul Schrader helms the project. John Morrissey and Santiago Garcia are attached to produce.
- 5/13/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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