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‘The Cry of Serankwa,’ an Indigenous Eco-Thriller and Triple Sanfic Industria Award Winner, Strikes Distribution Deal for Latin America

Films about Colombian Indigenous communities are few and far between, with perhaps Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s 2018 “Birds of Passage” among the last of the large-scale ones. For Colombian multi-hyphenate Yull Núñez, whose credits include “Birds of Passage” and Guerra’s 2009 “The Wind Journeys” where he played the lead, his sophomore feature, “The Cry […]

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Sanfic Prizes: ‘Monguen’ and ‘Narciso’ Win at Pared-Back Ceremony Due to Sudden Demise of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Director Sebastian Lelio

The unexpected demise Nov. 6 of Chile’s Oscar-winning Sebastián Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) cast a pall over the closing ceremonies of both the festival and industry section of the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), which wraps Nov. 8. The red carpet portions of the industry and festival ceremonies held Nov. 6 and 7, respectively, were cancelled. […]

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Cineplex Boards Sanfic Title ‘La Residencia’ From ‘Algo Azul’ Director Mariel García Spooner

Latin American distributor Cineplex has picked up both North and South American sales rights to “La Residencia,” Mariel Garcia Spooner’s follow up to hit “Algo Azul.” “La Resdemcia” has just participated in the Sanfic Industria’s WIP Iberoamericana section, a competition of films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal screened in post-production at the industry arm […]