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Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile’s pioneering fantasy/horror filmmaker Jorge Olguin, whose latest feature “Análogos” recently won the jury prize at the 51st Curtas Festival do Imaxinario in Galicia, Spain, is venturing into series-making for the first time. Backed by CNTV, Chile’s National Television Council, the series “Kalkutún: Trial of the Witches” will be participating in Ventana Sur’s SoloSerieS and Blood Window sections, thanks to a pact between CNTV and Ventana Sur, Latin America’s most prominent film and TV event.

The world-renowned actress, philanthropist, and filmmaker Angelina Jolie found herself seated beside the talented Chilean director Pablo Larraín.Leo Messi is a Maluma fan! The beloved athlete was captured at the Colombian artist’s Miami concertÚrsula Corberó joins Madonna onstage at Barcelona concertBritney Spears dances to J Balvin’s hit song after he shared his thoughts about her memoir

Will Tizard Contributor The 30th edition of the Camerimage Film Festival, Europe’s top cinematography event, will welcome a host of stellar guests to the Gothic Polish town of Torun, including Adam Driver, Sean Penn and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer. Driver and Penn will screen their latest films, respectively, the high-octane biopic “Ferrari” and the portrait of Eastern Europe’s most remarkable wartime president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “Superpower.” As regular fest guests have learned, the calendar of film screenings is just as important to study as the schedule for panels, seminars and masterclasses.

Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s was still plenty game this weekend, crossing $100M at the international box office and $200M worldwide. The sophomore frame overseas, where this is a pure theatrical play, dipped 54% to deliver $35.6M in 74 markets for a $103.5M offshore cume and $217.1M global.

An important part of being a member of the Royal Family is being able to communicate with everybody that crosses your path whether that be by speaking another language or using an interpreter to converse with people from all over the world.

HOLA! had the opportunity to conduct an exclusive interview with Diana Silva, who will proudly represent Venezuela, a country with a long tradition and rich legacy in beauty pageants. The pageant will take place on November 18th in El Salvador and broadcast live on Telemundo.Camila Avella, Miss Colombia, is the first Miss Universe contestant with a husband and childMiss Chile reveals secret that may give her an edge at Miss UniverseMiss Universe shares favorite contestants per regionI want it to be over already.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile’s BF Distribution, among the leading distributors in Latin America, has picked up Latin American and Spanish distribution rights to “El Silencio de Marcos Tremmer” with BF Distribution partners Carlos Hansen and Matias Cardone of Invercine Chile boarding the pic as executive producers. Shot in the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Madrid, it was helmed by Spanish director Miguel García de la Calera (“Caribbean, All-Inclusive”) and is currently in post. The film stars Benjamín Vicuña (“Mienteme,” “Locked Up”), Adriana Ugarte (Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta”), Daniel Hendler (a Berlin best actor winner for “Lost Embrace”) and Felix Gomez (“La caza”).

Interpol have announced further plans to play ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ and ‘Antics’ anniversary shows in 2024.The New York band recently performed the former in full at San Francisco’s Outside Lands in August while In July, Interpol also played ‘Antics’ in full at a special gig in Paris.Now, they have taken to Instagram to announce a further four shows in South America kicking off in Chile at the Caupolicán Theatre on May 31, 2024 before wrapping up at São Paulo Audio in Brazil on June 7.Tickets go on sale over the next week starting tomorrow (November 2) and can be purchased here.A post shared by Interpol (@interpol)“Next year, we return for an exclusive string of shows to celebrate the anniversaries of Turn on The Bright Lights and Antics. We can’t wait to see you all there! More to follow very soon…” the band wrote.Speaking previously to NME in 2019, frontman Paul Banks said he “like[d] the idea” of the band hitting the road in 2024 for a special 20th-anniversary tour celebrating ‘Antics’.

Celeste Viel is this year’s Miss Chile. The winner of her country’s pageant is one of the favorites at this year’s Miss Universe pageant, which will be hosted in El Salvador this November 18th.

Kino Lorber has launched a new subscription streaming outlet, Kino Film Collection.

What to watch for Halloween: The best shows and movies on streaming platformsLatin horror films have existed since the start of cinema, it’s only know that most people are hearing about them. These movies take religious, supernatural and mythical topics in uniquely Latin directions, imbuing them with class and political commentary, all resulting in unsettling films, especially for an audience that’s acquainted with the topic that’s being discussed.If you want to try something new this Halloween, here are 5 Latin horror movies to keep on your list, with all of them streaming in the US’ most popular platforms:This 2017 film has a little bit of everything; werewolves, a queer love story, and complex family dynamics. It’s a must watch.

Holly Jones Ventana Sur’s esteemed Animation! and Blood Window forums are teaming to present a fresh competition strand, Fantasmática. Aimed at creating an industry-wide synergy between animation and genre cinema that centers short film projects in development, the initiative kicks off at this year’s Buenos Aires Ventana Sur market, held Nov.

A key part of being royal is being able to communicate with everybody that crosses your path. Whether that is by speaking the language themselves or using an interpreter, each royal is expected to converse with people from all over the world.The royal who has the least to worry about in the language department is undoubtedly the Prince of Wales as he can reportedly hold a conversation in seven different languages.

Refresh for latest…: Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s is gaming its way to an estimated $130.6M global opening, higher even than we had it yesterday as this phenom is now eyeing a $52.6M bow from 64 international box office markets. As Anthony has chronicled, the domestic $78M opening is a stunner — and amid the day-and-date Peacock bow. Overseas, the play is purely theatrical and has set a number of records.

The phenomenon that is Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s is currently looking at a global opening of $130M. Fazbear and crew are playing in 64 international box office markets where they are expected to reach $52M through Sunday.

Iron Maiden have announced a North American leg of their ‘Future Past Tour’ set to commence in autumn 2024.Kicking off on October 4, 2024, the metal veterans will play at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in San Diego, CA. From there, the band will head off to major cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Denver, Rosemont, Toronto, Quebec and Montreal.The following month, the group will take on the East Coast on November 1 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper has been transplanted to America in ViX Original Series “El Dentista” (“The Dentist”) (working title) with Oscar-nominated Demián Bichir (“A Better Life”) in the titular role. Behind-the-scenes pics of the series, now shooting in Mexico, have been exclusively shared with Variety. Based on the novel by prominent Chilean scribe Julio Rojas, creator of podcast sensation “Caso 63” and a co-writer on Pablo Fendrik’s “El Refugio,” the period thriller series is produced by Oscar-winning brothers Pablo and Juan de Dios Larrain (“A Fantastic Woman,” “Jackie,” “Spencer”) and their powerhouse shingle, Fabula, along with the top Spanish pay TV/SVOD service Movistar Plus+, which will also handle international sales.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Prominent Chilean TV producer Maria Elena Wood, a producer on “News of a Kidnapping,” “Dignity” and “Mary & Mike,” is teaming with multi-prized TV toon series director Bernardita Ojeda, helmer of two-time Intl. Emmy nominee “Petit,” to make 2D “Lucila,” both Wood and Ojeda’s first animated feature. “I am amazed at [animation’s] narrative possibilities,” Wood enthused to Variety.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Chile’s “The Devil’s Vein” and “Lucila” and Mexico’s “Ch’ulel” figure among a 14-title lineup at Animation! Pitching Sessions, part of Ventana Sur, the Cannes Festival and Marché du Film’s biggest annual event organized beyond its May event on the Riviera – in this case in Buenos Aires hand in hand with Argentina’s INCAA film agency. Among bigger names, “The Devil’s Vein” is a 2D family-targeting fantasy adventure, from the director, German Acuña, and producer, Sebastián Ruz, of “Nahuel and the Magic Book,” a 2020 Annecy standout.

Ed Meza @edmezavar J.A. Bayona’s Netflix drama “Society of the Snow” recounts the tragic story of the 1972 Uruguayan airplane crash high in the snow-covered Andes, of which 29 of the original 45 passengers initially survived, stranded on a glacier 4,000 meters above sea level aptly named the Valley of Tears. Survivors of the doomed flight, which carried a rugby team and their friends and family members from Montevideo to Santiago, managed to stay alive for two and a half months by consuming the flesh of the deceased.

Martin Scorsese‘s new epic Killers Of The Flower Moon on Apple TV+, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart.DiCaprio is joined by Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro in the new film, which is based on a series of murders in the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma.In a five-star review of the film, NME wrote: “This is among Scorsese’s most important work. Popular music from the 1920s, Native American songs and Robbie Robertson’s bluesy score help round off this remarkable Western, a film that will linger in the minds of its audience for a long time.”With the new film out now, DiCaprio has multiple new projects to work on next, including more as part of his still-fruitful relationship with Scorsese.After the release of Killers Of The Flower Moon, DiCaprio will reconnect with Scorsese for new movie The Wager.Speaking to The Times, Scorsese confirmed that this will be his next project, and is based on the novel The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann, the same author who wrote the book that Killers Of The Flower Moon is based on.There is not a great deal of information available about Scorsese’s adaptation of the book, but The Wager concerns the real-life fate of the crew of the HMS Wager, a British navy ship wrecked off the coast of Chile in the mid-1700s.Another team-up between the legendary actor and director pair will come in a Teddy Roosevelt biopic, while other DiCaprio and Scorsese projects in the works include The Devil In The White City.The latter is an adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 book which concerns H.

Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-focused film festival that will take place in Torun, Poland, Nov. 11-18, has announced three more films for its Main Competition: “El Conde,” “Filip” and “Ferrari.” “El Conde,” helmed by Chilean director Pablo Larraín (“Jackie,” “Spencer”), is billed as a dark comedy/horror picture that imagines a parallel universe in which Chile’s late fascistic dictator Augusto Pinochet is a vampire hiding away in a ruined mansion.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor SAG-AFTRA may still be on strike, but studios are, nevertheless, pushing their Oscar contenders to garner the adequate (and allowed) attention they need to land nominations. One of the main methods is getting industry voters out to screenings and making films available on the Academy Screening Room and BAFTA screening platforms.

Slash and Myles Kennedy and The Co-Conspirators have announced a 2024 world tour set to take place in January.The 32-date run titled ‘The River Is Rising – Rest of the World Tour ’24’ will see the rock icon travel across 21 countries. Kicking off on January 23 at the Pepsi Center WTC in Mexico City, they will then head to Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.

Liam Payne has been issued a ban from driving after being convicted of speeding.The ban comes after he was spotted travelling at 43mph in a 30mph zone in a Ford Ranger pick-up truck. The incident took place on the Westway flyover in Shepherd’s Bush, London back in February.The 30-year-old singer has been banned for six months and issued a fine of £293.

South American 'burglary tourists' are believed to be behind a raid on the Cheshire mansion of Little Mix star Perrie Edwards. No one has been arrested since raid on the £3.5million mansion the singer shares with footballer fiancé AlexOxlade-Chamberlain a year ago, the Mirror reports.

The wedding of the decade saw Prince William marry his university girlfriend, Catherine Middleton, in front of a global TV audience of more than 60 million people. While few fans need reminding that their romance started ten years earlier when they were both studying at St Andrews University in Scotland, the couple had a very near miss the year before as they both undertook gap years.

Miss Universe is weeks away. To get people excited and learning about the contestants, the organization has released a fan ranking of the top 10 contestants.

Angelina Jolie stars in “Maria”, the new film by Pablo Larrain. Larrain is a Chilean director who’s made his mark in the industry while making these types of films: artistic biopics centered on important female figures in our culture, like “Spencer”, which shows a fictitious portrait of Princess Diana at a pivotal point in her life, and “Jackie”, trailing Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of her husband’s death. Both films have resulted in the lead actress getting nominations for the Academy Awards.

Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín is in the sweetest of positions. He doesn’t really do one for them or one for him since all his films are artful and uncompromising, but he does have this kind of track going where he does dramas with American stars—most of them non-traditional biopics (“Jackie,” with Natalie Portman, “Spencer,” with Kristen Stewart) and then goes off and makes less commercial work that is more personal and without major stars (“No,” “El Conde,” but even the former starred Gael Garcia Bernal).

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent With the writers’ strike over, a new studio brand and new management in part of international, Paramount Global execs are attending Madrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria, Rome’s MIA market and Mipcom as they talk up their competitive assets and priorities to the international market. In one move, five months after it the launch of Paramount Television International Studios in May, Paramount Global’s Darío Turovelzky delivered a keynote on Thursday at Iberseries & Platino Industria.

The story has been told several times in the famous 1990s movie, “Alive,” the excellent documentary “Stranded,” and hell, arguably even “Yellowjackets” borrows its core premise from the story of Air Force Flight 571, which went down in the Chilean Andes mountains in 1972, filled with 45 passengers many of them who were young soccer players on their way to a match (and yes, there’s a cannibalism element to it all). Continue reading ‘Society Of The Snow’ Teaser Trailer: J.A.

Pedro Pascal has shared an amazing throwback to celebrate his sister’s birthday. Pascal took to Instagram to share a photo alongside Javiera Balmaceda, his eldest sister, showing the two when they were adorable kids.Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal star in new action film and Netflix and Amazon want to pay $100M for itPedro Almodovar says Pedro Pascal is more ‘well-rounded’ than people thinkA post shared by Pedro Pascal he/him (@pascalispunk)The photo shows Pascal and Balmaceda when they were children, with Pascal looking adorably blonde and his sister making a face for the camera. He’s wearing a colorful shirt while his sister wears a white top.

Anna Marie de la Fuente “Roma” producer Nicolas Celis’ of Pimienta Films is coming on board as lead producer of “Freeland,” the first English-language pic by “Emily in Paris” director Katina Medina Mora, Variety learned at Madrid forum Iberseries & Platino Industria. To be co-written with Chilean scribe Julio Rojas, creator of podcast sensation “Caso 63” and a co-writer on Pablo Fendrik’s “El Refugio,” the project was put together by producer Nestor Hernández, a former Sony and HBO development exec for Latin America, who attended the San Sebastian Film Festival in September to present the project.

EXCLUSIVE: The Eternal Memory, the latest film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent), has landed a series of international deals for Dogwoof and MTV Documentary Films ahead of its UK premiere this week at the London Film Festival. 

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile’s Storyboard Media is making its first foray into series production by joining forces with Chilean actor-producer Pablo Díaz del Rio of Rios Estudio and Argentina’s Juan Pablo Gugliota of MagmaCine to co-produce a historical fiction series, “Habitación 205” (“Box 205”). The deal with MagmaCine was closed during the Madrid forum Iberseries & Platino Industria on Oct.