Latam Film announces that this upcoming March in Bogota, Colombia (from the 8th until the 11th), Robert McKee will give a four day intense seminar about the structures and principles of narrative applied to comedy, romance, suspense and terror. Mr McKee will also attend the 52nd Cartagena Film Festival, in which a Master Class open [...]
Salma Hayek was in Berlin last week promoting her new movie at the city’s annual film festival, Berlinale. The Spanish-language film “La Chispa De La Vida,” or “As Luck Would Have It,” follows an unemployed advertising executive (Jose Mota) as he looks for work, ultimately becoming the focal point of media attention when he falls [...]
The Venice Film Festival has outlined plans for its upcoming edition, including the first official announcement of an upgraded “light market” event that will likely overlap significantly with Toronto’s international market, and a scaled down number of films in a program that will seek to increase visibility for each film. In the first major moves [...]
Today at 8:00 pm in Berlin’s Generation section will take place the world premier of “Un mundo secreto” (“A secret world”) by mexican director Gabriel Mariño at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1 (E). Also written by Marino, the film which on the last day of high school, a young woman leaves her world [...]
Marking the beginning of this weeks Berlin International Film Festival, more communtly known as the Berlinale, Latin America Film has selected “Olympia” as “Film of the week”. If you are lucky enough to be in Berlin this weekend we would strongly recommend to check this very special work by first time feature filmmaker and exceptionally [...]
Often a springboard for pics and projects from Latin America‘s up and coming helmers, Berlin also attracts talented Latino producers. Their aims at Berlin, along with those of Latin American sales agents, reveal much about the region’s potential growth as a market and as a production powerhouse. Spurred by government coin and private investors, production [...]
Two events will take place this February in New York with the latest short film productions and Documentary films from Latin America new yorkers will welcome: MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight and NewLatino Filmmakers Screening Series. From february 16th MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight will Open with Tatiana Huezo Sanchez‘s “The Tiniest Place,” who will both be in attendance [...]
Cine Latino covers, well, all things relating to Latino culture and the movies, every Friday. The long-awaited Oscar nominations were finally announced Tuesday morning and while it was no surprise to have heavyweights like Brad Pitt (Moneyball) and George Clooney (The Descendants) nominated in the best actor category, it was the unfamiliar name of Demián [...]