Sales Agents Pitch Cinema From Spain at Marché du Film

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: [REC], the 2007 Spanish found-footage horror that grossed $32.5M off a minimal budget, is getting a special re-release in the country in the 4DX format, becoming the first Spanish non-CGI title to be adapted into the technology.4DX, originally developed by South Korean company CJ, augments a film experience with practical effects such as motion seats, wind, strobe light, and scents.

Liverpool Echo about what it’s actually like to go on holiday in the current climate - and is already wishing to go again.

Ryanair planes are departing to Malaga, Pisa, Faro, Ibiza, Tenerife, Alicante, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Murcia and Rome. The airline said yesterday the Ayrshire flights are “filling up" despite travel restrictions.

Ayrshire, no new cases have been reported for three consecutive days now and the total remains at 1,257.There remain fewer than five patients, within the health board's region, in intensive care with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.Meanwhile, the number of people in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight also stands at fewer than five.The symptoms of coronavirus are:But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness.The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much

Spain is among the countries on the government's list of quarantine-free places British holidaymakers can visit.And with major airlines now operating their flight programmes again as lockdown was eased, anyone looking for a getaway has been given a bit more hope.As well as that, from 4 July, Spain became exempt from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office' advice against all nonessential international travel which has been based on the current assessment of coronavirus risk.So as well as not having

Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival unveiled its first six competition titles for its 68th edition, including movies from Naomi Kawase, François Ozon and Thomas Vinterberg. Most of the movies arefrom the Cannes Film Festival's "Cannes 2020" selection, which is made up of films that carry the Cannes brand to the screen at other events around the world.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentVariety published this week a digital Spanish Cinema Spotlight, looking at one of Europe’s fastest-growing content production scenes, galvanized by new rebates, the huge Spanish-language market and a thirst for streaming hits along the lines of “The Platform.”Below is the Spotlight, with its take on Spain’s burgeoning production hub, rebate revolution, evolving sales sector, multi-laureled animation scene, key titles and more….To read more, please

Jamie Lang A jury at Cannes Film Market has selected Cinema From Spain, a Spanish cinema promotion organization backed by support from the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and the Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), as the winner of this year’s award for Best Pavilion Design.In the context of an entirely digital market, participating organizations had to rethink everything when it came to promoting themselves in a democratic, online space where the

Jamie Lang Backed by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and the Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), 10 promising Spanish projects participated in a marathon day of speed meetings through the day on Thursday at Cannes’ Marché du Film.Below, summaries of the hopeful projects:“A Thousand Lives,” (Marina Seresesky)Meridional Producciones and Wandermoon Finance partner on Goya-nominated filmmaker Marina Seresesky’s latest psychological drama “A Thousand Lives.” Four

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentKey members of the team that shepherded hit biopic “Born a King,” about Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, talked about the experience of “witnessing the birth of a film industry” in Saudi, as Spanish director Agustí Villaronga put it, during a Cannes Virtual Market panel. They also announced that they will be making a sequel. “Born a King” is a Spain-U.K.

festival announced Thursday.The romantic comedy, written and directed by Allen, stars Elena Anaya (“Wonder Woman”), Louis Garrel (“An Officer and a Spy”), Gina Gershon (“The Insider”), Sergi López (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), Wallace Shawn (“Marriage Story”) and Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”).Allen shot the film last summer in and around San Sebastian, a town located in the mountainous Basque region of northern Spain.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSolveig Langeland’s Stuttgart-based sales agency Sola Media has sold CGI animated feature film “Moonbound” to multiple territories.The film, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi on a production budget of around $9 million, will be released in Germany and Austria by Little Dreams and Warner Bros.

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based production and services company Babieka Films is joining forces with Spanish filmmaker Josué Ramos (“Bajo la rosa”) on helmer’s sophomore feature, mystery thriller “La ciudad dormida.”Ramos made waves on the festival circuit with his first film, psychological thriller “Bajo la rosa,” whose U.S.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMadrid-based Aqui y Alli, producer of two of last decade’s most admired Spanish movies – 2014’s San Sebastian winner “Magical Girl”; 2018’s “Life and Nothing More,” a Variety Top 10 film of the year – has pacted for “[REC]”’s Filmax to handle international sales on “Counting Sheep,” one of the most anticipated Spanish feature debuts of 2020.Filmax, which has acquired international sales rights, will also handled “Counting Sheep’s” theatrical

Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, organizers unveiled on Monday. The star will present his directorial debut Falling, for which he also wrote the screenplay, during the festival.

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based Latido Films has picked up international sales rights to omnibus feature “Relatos Con-fin-a-dos” (“Tales of the Lockdown”), produced by Spanish film and TV house Morena Films.Scheduled for a July 3 release in Spain via Amazon Prime Video, “Tales” is making its world market premiere at Cannes Marché du Film Online.Filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown in Spain, the five self-contained stories range from a romantic comedy to a drama and a thriller, as well as terror