Ventana Sur E-Show Daily Number Five

TOP STORIES: Producer Alex Garcia to Launch AG Networks (EXCLUSIVE); Ventana Sur Registers Furth...

Ventana Sur eSHOW DAILY NUMBER FIVE 12.06.14

TOP STORIES Producer Alex Garcia to Launch AG Networks (EXCLUSIVE) By Anna Marie de la Fuente L.A.-based Mexican producer Alex Garcia of AG Studios is launching multiplatform service AG Networks next year. Aimed at the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets, AG Networks will first launch fantasy/horror-themed Morbido TV in late 201... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Ventana Sur Registers Further Consolidation By John Hopewell BUENOS AIRES –Film Factory’s “Spanish Affair,” FilmSharks’ “Americano 3D,” Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s “Scherzo Diabolico” and Rhayuela’s “Alias Maria,” were four of ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'California,' 'Honeymoon,' 'Similars' Top Primer Corte, Blood Window By John Hopewell BUENOS AIRES –In a show of Mexico’s strength in depth in young genre pic talent, Isaac Ezban’s “The Similars” and Diego Cohen’s “Honeymoon,” won two prizes a piece at Ventana Sur’s Bloody... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Wild Tales' Spun From Cry of Frustration By Anna Marie de la Fuente Damian Szifron, whose “Wild Tales” is repping Argentina in the Oscar foreign-language race, is no stranger to rousing success. His first project, the darkly comic 2002-03 TV series “Los Simuladores” (The Pretenders), ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Carlos Martinez's 'Pajaros Rojos' Takes Flight By Anna Marie de la Fuente BUENOS AIRES -- Kevin Williams of KWA Spain is snagging worldwide sales rights to “Pajaros Rojos” (Red Birds), the upcoming pic by Argentine helmer-scribe Carlos Martinez. KWA has also been handling sales of Martinez’s 2013... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Alias Maria,' '4 Rios' Lead Interactuar Awards By Emiliano De Pablos Jose Luis Rugeles' “Alias Maria” and Elder Tobar's “4 Rios,” two features related to the Colombian inhuman armed conflict, topped the first edition of the Interactuar awards, Ventana Sur's New Latin Transmedia Platfor... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'The Return' Makes Impact at Ventana Sur By Jordyn Holman Gorki Glaser-Muller’s sophomore helmer “The Return” was featured in the sixth Puentes Europe-Latin America Producers Workshops at the Ventana Sur. Aligning with other Hispanic-themed scripts at the festival, “The Retu... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Q&A: 'Thirst' Director Joe Houlberg Talks First Time Directing, Latin America Thrillers By Kevin Noonan A graduate of the University of San Francisco Quito, Ecuadorian director Joe Houlberg makes the jump from directing short films and producing to directing a feature of his own with “Thirst,” or “Sed” in his native ton... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Lemon Films' Producer Alexis Fridman Talks Up 'The Shore' By Jordyn Holman The second edition of Ventana Sur’s Blood Window drew Latin Americans filmmakers and companies to Buenos Aires this past week. Ventana Sur, which ended on Friday, highlighted the growth and youth of the Latin American film production s... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Dynamo's Cristian Conti on Latin America's Growing Movie Maturity By John Hopewell Launching in 2006, Colombia’s Dynamo has rapidly grown into the biggest and best known of Colombian film-TV production, financing and services companies, the go-to company of choice for both Participant Media, with which it teamed to l... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Argentina's Fernando Cricenti Unveils 'Veredas' By John Hopewell MAR DEL PLATA – Is Latin American cinema shifting mainstream? Art pics remain of course. Indeed, three standouts at Mar del Plata’s voluminous 22-title Work in Progress, which unspooled Thursday and Friday at the seaside resort&n... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Todo el Tiempo del Mundo' Taps Teen Talent By Anna Marie de la Fuente MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina – Cordoba-based helmer-scribe Rosendo Ruiz, whose 2010 debut feature “De Caravana” (Clubbing) heralded the launch of a burgeoning film industry in Cordoba, Argentina, presented on Thursday his third... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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