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Tribeca Festival Lisboa Dazzles With Meg Ryan, Kim Cattrall, Giancarlo Esposito and On-the-Rise Portuguese Talent

Tribeca Festival Lisboa wrapped its second edition on Saturday after hosting a bevy of U.S. talent, led by Meg Ryan, Kim Cattrall, Edie Falco, Giancarlo Esposito, Ed Westwick and Daniela Ruah...

LaZona Pictures Secures Spain on ‘Chopin, Chopin!’ From Playtime (EXCLUSIVE)

LaZona Pictures, the distribution label of Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson’s Madrid-based LaZona group, has acquired Spanish rights to lavish Polish biopic “Chopin, Chopin!” (“Chopin, a Sonata in Paris”), handled for international sales by...

Rafael Cobos, a Canneseries Winner, World Premieres His Feature Debut ‘Golpes,’ Capturing a Spain ‘Unable to Settle Its Score With the Past’  

Rafael Cobos, whose “The Left-Handed Son” won Canneseries short form top prize in 2022, has just world premiered “Golpes,” his feature film debut which looks likely to consecrate him as one...

Merci Valladolid Becomes Spain’s Go-To Market for Independent Film

After just four editions, Merci Valladolid has emerged as Spain’s go-to market for indie film, driving the circulation of arthouse titles from distributors to exhibitors, programmers and platforms. Running Oct. 29–31...

Valladolid Film Festival Marks 70 Years With a Bold Director-Driven Focus, Including Kristen Stewart, Kelly Reichardt, Chloé Zhao

As it turns 70, Spain’s Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid — the Seminci — refuses to look back. Instead, the country’s second-oldest film festival, running Oct. 24–Nov. 1, is very...

From an Andalusia-Set Caper and Tales of the Broken Hearted, 10 Spanish Titles to Keep on the Radar at Valladolid

Opening with Isabel Coixet’s well-reviewed Italian drama “Three Goodbyes,” closing with “Always Winter,” the latest from Goya best picture winner David Trueba, and regaled by works by two of Spain’s fast-emerging...

FilmSharks Secures Rights to Political Action Thriller Project ‘Insurrección,’ Teams With ‘El Capo”s Marlon Moreno (EXCLUSIVE)

Guido Rud‘s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has secured all rights — including derivative IP — to “Insurrección,” a provocative and politically charged action-thriller film project, teaming with acclaimed Colombian actor-producer Marlon Moreno...

Sean Penn Talks PTA, Brian de Palma, Terrence Malick and Above All His Love of Cinema at Lumière Film Festival

Sean Penn may be one of Hollywood’s most intense performers, but at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, where he is this year’s guest of honor, he appeared relaxed, funny and...

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