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La película, producida por J. A. Bayona, llegará en octubre. © Netflix

Netflix ha desvelado el primer tráiler de Un fantasma en la batalla, la esperada película escrita y dirigida por Agustín Díaz Yanes (Alatriste) e inspirada en la mayor operación encubierta contra Eta.

Ambientada en las décadas de 1990 y 2000, la historia sigue a Amaia (Abaitua), una joven guardia civil queque durante más de una década trabaja como agente infiltrada en la banda terrorista con el objetivo de localizar los zulos escondidos en el sur de Francia.

El thriller político, rodado en numerosas localizaciones del País Vasco español y francés, está protagonizado por Susana Abaitua (El bus de la vida), Andrés Gertrúdix...

Warner Bros’ DC flagship title Supermandominates the new releases this week in the UK and Ireland as the film lands in685 cinemas.

David Corenswet dons the red cape in James Gunn’s Superman, reimagining the hero for DC’s new cinematic universe. He is joined by Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luther and Nathan Fillion playing a member of the Green Lantern Corps.

The last time UK and Ireland audiences saw Clark Kent in a solo film was Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel (2013), which opened to £11.2m and grossed £30m. Much has changed in the...

Universal took the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office with the release of “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which opened to £12.4 million ($17 million), according to Comscore.

The Gareth Edwards-directed franchise revival, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, marked a strong return for the prehistoric juggernaut.

Holding second place was Warner Bros.’ motorsport drama “F1,” starring Brad Pitt, which added $4.1 million in its second week, lifting its total to $17.6 million. Universal’s “How To Train Your Dragon” continued its resilient run in third, pulling in $2 million for a four-week total of $24.8 million.

Sony’s dystopian thriller “28 Years Later” took fourth place with $1.9 million, bringing its cumulative haul to $16.9 million. Rounding out the top five was Disney animation “Elio,” which collected $942,496 in its third outing for a running total of $4.1 million.

In the lower half of the chart, “Lilo & Stitch” held sixth with $650,261, taking its total to $48.7 million.

La película, producida por J. A. Bayona, llegará en octubre. © Netflix

Netflix ha puesto fecha al que será –con el permiso de los otros estrenos– uno de los grandes títulos del otoño cinematográfico español: Un fantasma en la batalla, una película escrita y dirigida por Agustín Díaz Yanes (Alatriste) e inspirada en la mayor operación encubierta contra Eta.

Un fantasma en la batalla cuenta la historia de Amaia (Susana Abaitua), una joven guardia civil que permanece más de una década trabajando como agente encubierta dentro de Eta con el objetivo de localizar los zulos que la banda tenía escondidos en el sur de Francia.

El thriller político, rodado en numerosas localizaciones del País Vasco español y francés, está protagonizado por Susana Abaitua (El bus de la vida), Andrés Gertrúdix (Volveréis), Iraia Elias (Los últimos románticos), Raúl Arévalo (El caso Asunta) y Ariadna Gil (El laberinto del Fauno).

La producción corre a cargo de Belén Atienza,...

Leading Costa Rica-based indie distributor-producer Pacifica Grey, run by Marcelo Quesada and Karina Avellán, have pounced on the distribution rights to Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail,” a big winner at Berlin and Guadalajara (Ficg).

Pic had its local premiere at the 13th Costa Rica Film Festival (June 20-29) and is set to bow across Central America on Nov. 13, according to Quesada.

“While our editorial line is focused on bringing diverse cinema from all over the world, this year we set out to bring more Ibero-American films to theaters across the region. That’s why ‘The Blue Trail’ (Brazil) joins ‘Querido Trópico’ (Panama) and [Jonas Trueba’s] ‘The Other Way Around’ (Spain) as part of our 2025 releases, currently representing 50% of our lineup,” said Quesada.

In April, Pacifica Grey released the Oscar-nominated “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Its distribution slate also includes Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” starring Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”). On the production side,...

Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano y Francesco Carril encabezan esta producción italo-española. © Buenapinta Media

Hace unos días terminó en Roma el rodaje de Tre ciotole, la nueva película de Isabel Coixet, escrita por la directora catalana junto a Enrico Audenino, e inspirada en el libro homónimo póstumo y autobiográfico de Michela Murgia, reconocida intelectual italiana, activista feminista y defensora de los derechos Lgtbiq+.

En Tre ciotole, Marta (Alba Rohrwacher) y Antonio (Elio Germano) son una pareja que se separa tras lo que parece una discusión trivial. Marta reacciona a la ruptura encerrándose en sí misma. El único síntoma que no puede ignorar es su repentina falta de apetito. Mientras tanto, Antonio, un prometedor chef, es incapaz de olvidarla a pesar de ser él quien puso fin a la relación.

La película italo-española está protagonizada por Alba Rohrwacher y Elio Germano acompañados del actor madrileño Francesco Carril.

En palabras de Isabel Coixet:...

In the inaugural year of his mandate, Directors’ Fortnight (aka Quinzaine des cinéastes) Artistic Director Julien Rejl could point to Caméra d’Or Award winning Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell as his north star for his curation vision. While some critics noted a sense of status quo continuity in year two, he nonetheless curated a noteworthy handful of titles such as À son image, The Other Way Around, To a Land Unknown, Une langue universelle and the international premiere to Good One. As we look ahead, we envision Rejl once again tussling with programmer Christian Jeune (Un Certain Regard) to secure some high-profile auteur titles and hidden gems debuts or sophomore films—to round out the selection of just under two dozen feature films.…...

Exclusive: Sean Baker’s latest Anora has won Best Picture at this year’s Online Film Critics Society Awards. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Anora also won Best Actress for star Mikey Madison and Best Screenplay while Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance also took home three awards for Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley alongside a Technical Achievement Award for Makeup/Hairstyling.

Comprised of nearly 300 voting members from around the world, the Online Film Critics Society was founded in 1997. Members include writers from outlets such as Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Slant, Paste Magazine, AARP, and Sight & Sound.

In addition to the 2024 top film honors, the Online Film Critics Society hands out Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year the body honors Ava DuVernay with a Special Achievement Award for her “brilliant work and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers.” This year...

Jacques Audiard’s musical film Emilia Pérez swept the 30th edition of France’s Lumière Awards on Monday evening, winning Best Film, Director and Screenplay as well Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón and Music for Camille and Clément Ducol.

The wins add further steam to the Cannes Jury Prize winner’s awards season run following its quadruple Golden Globes triumph and European Film Awards victory, where it also clinched Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Actress for Gascón.

The movie is currently on six of the 10 announced category shortlists for the 97th the Academy Awards and nominated in 11 categories for the 2025 Baftas film awards.

Further awards seasons hopefuls also featured in the Lumière prizes, with Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey – which made it into Best International Feature Film (for Senegal) and Documentary Academy Award shortlists – won Best Documentary.

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’s Flow – which is also on...

‘La Habitación de al Lado’ no logra la nominación a Mejor Película y sorprende la ausencia de Najwa Nimri como Mejor Actriz. © Goya |A Contracorriente Films | Beta Films| BTeamPictures | El Deseo

Hoy ha tenido lugar la lectura de nominados a los Premios Goya 2025, en la que las películas El 47, La Infiltrada y Segundo Premio han conseguido el mayor número de nominaciones. Los ganadores se conocerán el 8 de febrero en Granada. Aquí os dejamos con la lista completa de nominados:

Mejor PELÍCULA

Casa en flames

El 47

La estrella azul

La infiltrada

Segundo premio

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Pedro almodóvar (La habitación de al lado)

Arantxa Echavarría (La infiltrada)

Paula Ortiz (La virgen roja)

Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño (Marco)

Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez (Segundo premio)

Mejor DIRECCIÓN Novel

Miguel Faus (Calladita)

Pedro Martín-Calero (El llanto)

Javier Macipe (La estrella azul)

Sandra Romero (Por donde pasa el silencio)

Paz Vega (Rita...

Local hits The 47 and Undercover lead the nominations for Spain’s 2025 Goya Awards, with 14 and 13 nods respectively.

Rock drama Saturn Return and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winnerThe Room Next Door are also high up on the list of nominees.

The Goya winners will be announced at a ceremony in Granada on February 8.

Marcel Barrena’s The 47, produced by The Mediapro Studio, tells the story of a working-class community in the hills of Barcelona and its struggle to get public transport and better living conditions. It has grossed €3m at the Spanish box office to date.

The 47’s 14 nominations include best film,...

The 2025 Spanish Academy Goya Award nominations were unveiled today, where the big surprise was Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” being left out of the competition’s best picture category.

Although the film won’t compete for the ceremony’s top honor, its director and both his lead actors, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, all received individual nods, Almodóvar for best director and the two performers for best actress.

Titles selected for this year’s best feature category include Marcel Barrena’s “El 47” – the most nominated with 14 nods – “La Estrella Azul” by Javier Macipe, “Saturn Return” from Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, “Unddercover” from Arantxa Echevarría and “A House on Fire” by Dani de la Orden.

In the best director category, Almodóvar will face off against Goya regulars, including “Saturn Return” co-directors Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, “Undercover’s” Arantxa Echevarría (2019 best new director winner for “Carmen y Lola...

Jacques Audiard’s musical film Emilia Pérez is the frontrunner at the nomination stage for the 30th edition of France’s Lumière awards.

The prizes, which are regarded as the French equivalent of the Golden Globes, will be voted on by members of the international press hailing from 38 countries this year.

They cover 13 categories spanning film, direction, screenplay, actress, actor, female revelation, male revelation, first film, animation, documentary, international co-production, cinematography and music.

Audiard’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Emilia Pérez has clinched six nominations, followed by Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story, which won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize this year, and Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia, with five nominations each.

Other frontrunners with four nominations each, include François Ozon’s When Fall Is Coming and Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail.

The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Forum des images in Paris on January 20, 2025.

The full...

Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez has topped the nominations for France’s Lumière Awards.

The French-made, Spanish-language film earned six nominations for best film, director, screenplay, cinematography, music and actress for Karla Sofía Gascón in her starring role as the titular transitioning Mexican drug lord.

The Lumière nominations cap a strong week for Emilia Perez, which garnered 10 nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes,and was the big winner at the European Film Awards with five prizes.

Scroll down for full list of nominees

Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story, which tracks the daily life of an undocumented Guinean asylum seeker in Paris,...

With turkeys packed in bellies and holiday gift shopping now officially underway, it’s getting to be that time of year where we look back on 2024 and reflect on what’s most important: The movies that made it all bearable. Kicking things off, the storied French film magazine Cahiers du Cinema has released its top 10, which include some selections from IndieWire’s own 2023 best-of list. Though our official 2024 list is not yet locked in, we also share some items on our 2024, so far best-of list. The list only includes movies that opened theatrically in France in 2024, hence the crossover.

Serving as the hub for the French New Wave and launching the careers of legendary talents such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, Cahiers du Cinema has been in publication since 1951 and continues to offer a bold, distinct voice in the world of film. One of its more unique choices over...

Una década en la vida de una pareja contada en 10 episodios centrados en un único momento: el cambio de año. © Movistar Plus+

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler de la serie original de Movistar Plus+ Los años nuevos, de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, que tuvo su estreno mundial en la Sección Oficial fuera de concurso, dentro de la categoría Ficción, del Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia.

Los años nuevos, compuesta por dos partes de cinco episodios cada una, sigue a Ana, que cumple 30 años el día de Año Nuevo con la vida aún por resolver: vive en un piso compartido, no le gusta su trabajo, cambia a menudo de amigos… Óscar cumple 30 años el día de Nochevieja con su vida casi resuelta: médico vocacional, amigos fieles, y una relación que va y viene. La noche en la que ambos cumplen los 30, se conocen, se enamoran, y comienzan una relación cuyas...

It is fitting that for the 30th year of the Geneva International Film Festival, artistic director Anais Emery and her team are going back to the future.

“It was very important to recall the history of the festival but not through a retrospective,” says Emery of the event that takes place in the Swiss city from November 1-10.

”We wanted to renew, to celebrate and underline Giff’s speciality and specificity.”

That means showcasing innovative storytelling delivered via the myriad audiovisual mediums available to creators, from film, TV and web content to installations, virtual reality and extended reality (Xr) works.

International awards contendersAll We Imagine As Light andThe Girl With The Needleare among the films screening as part of the international competition at the 30th anniversary edition of the Geneva International Film Festival, taking place in Switzerland from November 1-10.

Payal Kapadia’s Indian dramaAll We Imagine As Light centres on three woman living in modern-day Mumbai and was awarded the grand prix at Cannes earlier this year.

Several of the competition films are also representing their countries at the Oscars as international feature submissions includingMatthew Rankin’s Universal Languagefor Canada and Magnus von Horn’sThe Girl With The Needlefor Denmark.

Una década en la vida de una pareja contada en 10 episodios centrados en un único momento: el cambio de año. © Movistar Plus+

Ya se ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la serie original de Movistar Plus+ Los años nuevos, de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, que tuvo su estreno mundial en la Sección Oficial fuera de concurso, dentro de la categoría Ficción, del Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia.

Los años nuevos, compuesta por dos partes de cinco episodios cada una, sigue a Ana, que cumple 30 años el día de Año Nuevo con la vida aún por resolver: vive en un piso compartido, no le gusta su trabajo, cambia a menudo de amigos… Óscar cumple 30 años el día de Nochevieja con su vida casi resuelta: médico vocacional, amigos fieles, y una relación que va y viene. La noche en la que ambos cumplen los 30, se conocen, se enamoran, y comienzan una relación...

The recent fourth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria attracted Spanish- and Portuguese-language content creators and executives from Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. to Spain’s capital, Madrid.

Its market featured a range of booths, including one for the Madrid Film Office, whose mission is to promote the city as a filming destination, offer advice to TV, film, and other projects shooting in the city, and support the local industry and stimulate investment.

During Iberseries, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Raúl Torquemada, director of the Madrid Film Office, to discuss his team’s success in attracting a broad range of productions beyond the ones you may immediately think of (Netflix’s Money Heist, anyone?), breaking records, and promoting the city via such offerings as a map about “Madrid, the TV Series Capital” and one showcasing 272 locations from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar movies.

Why has Madrid been so successful...

Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist who penned “The Four Seasons,” will be portrayed in “Primavera,” the feature debut of Damiano Michieletto, a leading opera director. Memento International has boarded the film which begins shooting this month in Rome and Venice.

“Primavera” was penned by Ludovica Rampoldi, the award-winning screenwriter of movies such as “The Traitor” and “Gomorrah – the series,” among others. The script is loosely adapted from Tiziano Scarpa’s critically acclaimed novel “Stabat Mater.”

Set in 18th century Venice, “Primavera” follows Cecilia, a 20-year-old violin virtuoso who lives at the Pièta orphanage. Despite her talent, Cecilia remains confined within the orphanage, knowing that marriage is the only way out. Yet, her life takes a turn after she meets Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious composer who becomes the new violin teacher. Guided by Vivaldi and his music, Cecilia “finds the strength to challenge the destiny that once seemed inevitable,...

Paddy Duffy’s The UnHolylands starring James Nesbitt is among the world premieres at the 24th Belfast Film Festival (October 31-November 9).

Duffy’s coming-of-age comedy sees two brothers attempt one last house party before their university days are over. It also stars Ciaran McCourt, Peter Jeffries and Sean Daly.

Further world premieres include Michael Head’s comedy The Spin starring Derry Girls’ Tara Lynne O’Neill and Will McConnell’s experimental drama Beautiful And Loud And Clear.

Competition

Eight films comprise Belfast’s third annual international competition including Xiaoxuan Jiang’s To Kill A Mongolian Horse, winner of best directing and...

A restored edition of Chen Kaige’s “Yellow Earth” is one of the highlights of the selection for the 8th edition of China’s boutique Pingyao International Film Festival. The film, which helped put Chinese art-house cinema on the map overseas and signaled a new era of Chinese directors, now referred to the FIfth Generation, was originally released 40 years ago.

The festival, which runs Sept. 24-30, will open with the world premiere of Liu Juan’s “A River Without Tears.”

The festival’s Hidden Dragons section of Chinese-made films includes: the Asian premiere of Ma Lanhua’s “Hello, Spring”; the Asian premiere of Tang Yongkan’s “Stars and the Moon”; and world premieres of Wang Lina’s “Village Music”; Zhu Xin’s “A Song River”; Yang Suiyi’s “Karst”; Luka Yang Yuanyuan’s “Chinatown Cha-Cha”; Shen Tao’s “Floating Clouds Obscure the Sun”; Siu Koon-ho’s “True Love, For Once...

El remake de ‘El Cuervo’ y ‘Diabólica’ decepcionan en su debut. © Sony Pictures / Disney

El informe de la taquilla del fin de semana del 30 de agosto al 1 de septiembre no trae muchas novedades en el top 5. Según los datos provisionales de Comscore Spain, la comedia familiar Odio el verano se mantiene en el primer puesto con una recaudación estimada de 648.000 euros, lo que supone un moderado descenso del 18,5% respecto a su estreno el fin de semana anterior. Con estas cifras, la comedia de Fer García-Ruiz lleva recaudados un total de 2.3 millones de euros, situándose como la quinta película española más taquillera en lo que va de año, solo por detrás de Padre no hay más que uno 4, La familia Benetón, Menudas Piezas y Buffalo Kids.

En el segundo puesto, Romper el círculo, dirigida por Justin Baldoni, se mantiene estable con una recaudación aproximada de 531.000 euros, registrando un mínimo descenso del...

France’s Memento International has added the English-language Venice Horizons title Familiar Touch to its festival slate.

Familiar Touch is the debut feature from US filmmaker Sarah Friedland and is about a woman’s transition to assisted living and the impact it has on her identity and desires.

Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, Andy McQueen, and H. Jon Benjamin star.

“It is a coming-of-age film that reimagines the genre for an older woman,” explained Friedland. “It is both a character study and a portrait of caregiving relationships.”

Friedland wrote the script and produces with Alexandra Byer’s Rathaus Films and Matthew Thurm’s Go For Thurm.

El cine nacional brilla en la taquilla también con ‘Buffalo Kids’. © Disney / Sony Pictures

Según los datos provisionales de Comscore Spain, este fin de semana del 23 al 25 de agosto ha traído cambios significativos a la taquilla española, destacando especialmente el cine nacional con el estreno de Odio el Verano. Esta comedia familiar de Sony Pictures, dirigida por Fernando García-Ruiz, ha entrado directamente al primer puesto con una recaudación aproximada de 795.000 euros, y se posiciona así como el segundo mejor estreno español en lo que va de año, tan solo por detrás de la película familiar de Santiago Segura, Padre no hay más que uno 4.

No hay muchos cambios en los siguientes puestos del top 10 de la taquilla. Alien: Romulus, la nueva película de la icónica saga de ciencia ficción y terror, dirigida por Fede Álvarez, ha descendido al segundo lugar con una suma de 704.000 euros, lo que representa una caída del 41.3% en su recaudación.

Otros de los títulos seleccionados incluyen ‘Bird’, ‘Emilia Perez’, ‘Kinds of Kindness’ y ‘The Substance’.

La Academia de Cine Europeo ha anunciado la primera selección de títulos que optan a las nominaciones de los Premios del Cine Europeo. Se han seleccionado 29 producciones y en septiembre se ampliará la lista con una nueva tanda de títulos.

En esta primera lista se encuentran tres películas españolas: Un amor, de Isabel Coixet, con siete nominaciones a los premios Goya 2024, O Corno, de Jaione Camborda, ganadora de la Concha de Oro en el Festival de San Sebastián 2023, y Volveréis, de Jonás Trueba, premio a la Mejor Película europea en la Quincena de Realizadores de Cannes.

La ceremonia de los Premios del Cine Europeo tendrá lugar el 7 de diciembre en Lucerna (Suiza). Pueden optar a los Premios del Cine Europeo los largometrajes europeos que, entre otros criterios, hayan tenido su primera proyección oficial entre el...

The first wave of titles in contention for the 2024 European Film Awards include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness and Sundance award-winner Kneecap.

Cannes premieres feature predominantly in the 29 titles unveiled today (August 14), including Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez; Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig; Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour; Halfdan Ullmann Tønde’s Armand and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance – all of which picked up prizes on the Croisette.

Other films from Cannes include Andrea Arnold’s Bird; Emanuel Pârvu’s Three Kilometers To The End Of The World; The Count Of Monte-Cristo; and Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With The Needle.

Cannes Competition titles The Substance, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, and Emilia Perez are among the first set of titles recommended for nominations at this year’s European Film Awards.

Overall, 29 titles have been selected for the first stage of nominations by the European Film Academy Board. The selection includes films from 26 countries. In the coming weeks, the 5,000 members of the European Film Academy will start to vote on the selected films. The winners will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland, on December 7.

To be eligible for a European Film Awards, films must be European feature films which, among other criteria, had their first official screening between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024 and have a European director. The rule book states that should a film director not be European, exceptions can be made if the filmmaker is “provided they have a European refugee or similar status...

Las tres películas preseleccionadas se conocerán el 4 de septiembre.

La Academia de Cine ha fijado el 18 de septiembre como la fecha en la que se anunciará la película que representará a España en los Premios Oscar 2025.

Antes de esta selección final, los académicos participarán en una primera ronda de votación que se llevará a cabo del 27 de agosto al 2 de septiembre. Posteriormente, el 4 de septiembre, la Academia revelará los tres filmes preseleccionados por sus miembros. De estos tres candidatos, se elegirá la película final tras una segunda ronda de votación que se celebrará del 9 al 16 de septiembre.

Este año hay muchas opciones, entre ellas, “La Casa” de Álex Montoya, galardonada en el Festival de Málaga; “Segundo Premio” de Isaki Lacuesta y Fernando Navarro, ganadora de la Biznaga de Oro; “La Estrella Azul” de Javier Macipe, proyectada en el pasado Festival de San Sebastián; “Volveréis”, de Jonás Trueba, ganadora de la...

Protagonizan la película Itsaso Arana y Vito Sanz. © Elástica Films

Elástica Films ha publicado el primer tráiler del nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, que obtuvo el mayor galardón de la Quincena de Cineastas del Festival de Cannes 2024: el Europa Cinemas Cannes Label Prize a la Mejor Película Europea.

En “Volveréis”, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?

La película está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.

El director comentó lo siguiente acerca del filme : «Creo que mis películas...

Una década en la vida de una pareja contada en 10 episodios centrados en un único momento: el cambio de año. © Movistar Plus+

La serie original de Movistar Plus+ “Los Años Nuevos”, de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, participará en la Sección Oficial fuera de concurso, dentro de la categoría Ficción, del Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia, que se celebra del 28 de agosto y al 7 de septiembre.

“Los Años Nuevos”, compuesta por dos partes de cinco episodios cada una, sigue a Ana, que cumple 30 años el día de Año Nuevo con la vida aún por resolver: vive en un piso compartido, no le gusta su trabajo, cambia a menudo de amigos… Óscar cumple 30 años el día de Nochevieja con su vida casi resuelta: médico vocacional, amigos fieles, y una relación que va y viene. La noche en la que ambos cumplen los 30, se conocen, se enamoran, y comienzan una relación cuyas idas y venidas se alargarán diez años.

Memento International has sold Guillaume Nicloux’s romantic biopic The Divine Sarah Bernhardt to more than 20 territories across the globe.

The film about the life of the legendary French stage actress starring Sandrine Kiberlain in the titular role will be released by Wanted in Italy, Vercine in Spain, September Film Distribution in Benelux, Agora Films in Switzerland, Nos Lusomundo in Portugal, Rosebud.21 in Greece, Cirko in Hungary, Beta in Bulgaria, McF Megacom in Ex-Yugoslavia and HBO for Eastern Europe.

Further global sales include Eden Cinema in Israel, Imovision in Brazil, Sycomad in South Korea and O’Brien International for airlines. Negotiations continue in Poland,...

Will Seefried’s romance drama “Lilies Not for Me,” led by Fionn O’Shea (“Normal People”) and Robert Aramayo (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), has been boarded by Memento International in the run up to its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

The cast of rising actors also includes Erin Kellyman (“Willow”), Jodi Balfour and Louis Hofmann (“Dark”).

Set in 1920s England, “Lilies Not for Me” revolves around a gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse who form an unlikely friendship over a series of doctor-prescribed dates. “Through their conversations, he tells her the story of his relationship with an old friend which spiraled out of control when they turned to a risky procedure to cure themselves of their forbidden feelings for one another,” the synopsis reads.

The film hails from “Call Me by Your Name” producers Emilie Georges and Naima Abed at Paradise City, as well as Hannes Otto,...

A trio of French sales houses have made a flurry of appointments ahead of the summer break and before the autumn festival season.

Núria Palenzuela Camon has joined Paris-based Indie Sales as head of festivals and will co-run marketing alongside the company’s sales executive Constance Poubelle. She is taking over for Clement Chautant who is heading to French arthouse distributor Arizona Distribution to lead on acquisitions.

Palenzuela Camon is fresh off a four-year stint as head of festivals and marketing at sales outfit Totem Films. Salomé Rizk will take over in the same position at Totem after running the festivals team for Loco Films.

Chinese sales company Beijing Hugoeast Media has boarded Japanese director Takuro Ijichi’s feature debut Vicissitude, ahead of its world premiere in the Asian New Talent competition of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival (June 14-23).

It marks the first Japanese title for the Beijing-based company, which handles worldwide sales excluding Japan.

The Japanese drama follows two boys who grow up in a rural town in Kagoshima prefecture where they find joy in nature until they learn the absurdities of life. The film touches on the social issues of loneliness in Japanese society and high suicide rates among young generations.

Warner Bros will give documentary The Commandant’s Shadow, in which the son of Auschwitz head Rudolf Höss confronts his father’s legacy, a one-week awards-qualifying theatrical run starting on June 7.

Daniela Völker’s film received a two-day theatrical release via Fathom Events last week after premiering in New York. Now the studio is broadening the footprint into Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami and New York through a select release.

The Commandant’s Shadow follows 87-year-old Hans Jürgen Höss as he reckons with his family’s horrific past. Höss grew up in the family villa at Auschwitz, adjacent to the camp...

Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around has sold widely for Memento International, after receiving the Europa Cinemas Label award for best European Film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Wanted Cinema has snapped up the film for Italy, Piffl Medien will release it in Germany, Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih in Austria, Vedette in Benelux, Leopardo in Portugal, Rosebud in Greece, New Horizons in Poland, Hugoeast in China, Kino Pavasaris in the Baltics, Discovery for ex-Yugoslavia and Pt Falcon in Indonesia. Elastica and Filmin are handling Spanish distribution and Arizona Distribution will distribute the film in France.

Trueba’s eighth feature...

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has now concluded, with Sean Baker’s Anora taking home the Palme d’Or. While our coverage will continue with a few more reviews this week––and far beyond as we provide updates on the journey of these selections––we’ve asked our contributors on the ground to share favorites.

See their picks below, and explore all of our coverage here.

Leonardo Goi (@LeonardoGoi)

1. Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)

2. All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia)

3. Misericordia (Alain Guiraudie)

4. Anora (Sean Baker)

5. Eephus (Carson Lund)

6. Viet And Nam (Trương Minh Quý)

7. Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point (Tyler Taormina)

8. Black Dog (Guan Hu)

9. Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola)

10. Good One (India Donaldson)

Read all of Leonardo’s reviews here.

Luke Hicks (@lou_hicks)

1. Anora (Sean Baker)

2. Caught by the Tides (Jia Zhangke)

3. Oh, Canada (Paul Schrader)

4. Viet and Nam (Trương Minh Quý)

5. The Seed of the Sacred Fig...

Y más buenas noticias: llegará a los cines en verano. © Elástica Films

El nuevo largometraje de Jonás Trueba, “Volveréis”, ha conseguido el mayor galardón de la Quincena de Cineastas del Festival de Cannes 2024: el Europa Cinemas Cannes Label Prize a la Mejor Película Europea.

En la película, después de 15 años juntos, Ale y Alex tienen una idea que podría parecer absurda: organizar una fiesta para celebrar su ruptura. Este anuncio deja perplejos a sus seres queridos, pero ellos se mantienen firmes en la decisión de separarse. ¿O quizá no?

“Volveréis” está protagonizada por Itsaso Arana (“Las Chicas Están Bien”) y Vito Sanz (“Vergüenza”). Por otra parte, la dirección corre a cargo de Jonás Trueba (“Todas las Canciones Hablan de mí”) y está escrita por el director y los dos actores protagonistas.

El director ha comentado lo siguiente acerca del filme y su estreno en Cannes: «Creo que mis películas...

Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language and late French director Sophie Fillieres’ This Life Of Mine both won prizes in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.

Rankin’s second feature Universal Language took the first-ever Audience Award in the section, which came with a €7,500 cash prize sponsored by the Chantal Akerman Foundation. It is the first audience award across the major Cannes sections, with no audience prizes given in the Official Selection or Critics’ Week sections.

The Persian- and French-language film is a comedy in which various storylines intertwine, including two women trying to retrieve some frozen cash; a tour guide leading...

Universal Language from director Matthew Rankin has won the first-ever Chantal Akerman award, an audience prize presented to the best film in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes film festival.

The prize is named after the Belgian auteur, who died in 2015, director of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, which was voted the greatest film of all time by the latest Sight and Sound critics poll.

Professionals and industry attendees, as well as ordinary moviegoers, picked Rankin’s experimental drama, a surrealistic tribute to Persian cinema, as the best film in the Cannes sidebar this year. The prize comes with €7,500 ($8,100) in prize money from the Chantal Akerman Foundation. Best Friend Forever is handling sales on Universal Language.

Arthouse cinema group the Europa Cinema Label gave its top prize in the Directors’ Fortnight section to Jonas Trueba’s debut The Other Way Around, an anti-romantic comedy about a young Spanish...

Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s Persian and French-language drama Universal Language has won the inaugural Audience Award of Directors’ Fortnight.

This is the first official prize launched by Directors’ Fortnight which does not have a jury. The €7,500 cash award, is also the first audience award to be launched in Cannes, across the Official Selection and the parallel sections.

It is being sponsored by the Chantal Akerman Foundation, which preserves the legacy of the director who retained strong ties with Directors’ Fortnight throughout her career, after screening breakthrough film Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce – 1080 Brussel in the section in 1975.

Described as taking place “somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg”, Universal Language intertwines multiple characters.

Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice and try to claim it, while Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists through the monuments and historic sites of Winnipeg and Matthew quits...

The dogged pursuit of the relationship unicorn that is the good break-up informs the wit and winking wisdom of Jonás Trueba’s “The Other Way Around,” a delightful showcase for the Spanish director’s lithe, airy style, here accented with glistening strands of Madrileño meta-melancholy. A hip, popular twosome decide to call it quits after 14 years, cuing a very funny yet properly grown-up portrait of the ideal couple trying to smoothe, and even to celebrate, their transition into ideal exes. It’s the celebration aspect that will prove their undoing. If the good breakup is rare, the joyous breakup is completely mythical.

Filmmaker Ale (Itsaso Arana) and her actor boyfriend of 14 years Alex (Vito Sanz) have decided — mutually, they insist — to pack their bags for Splitsville. They lie in the dark in their still-shared bed with a poignant politeness recognizable to anyone who has similarly ended a longterm relationship prior to canceling a longterm lease.

“The Other Way Around” from Spanish director Jonás Trueba has won the Europa Cinemas Label for best European film in the Directors’ Fortnight section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The film turns on Ale (Itsaso Arana – who co-wrote the screenplay with Trueba) and Alex (Vito Sanz), who have been together for 15 years. Now, though, the duo is ready to split, but not without throwing a hell of a fiesta to celebrate their time together.

“The idea of a ‘separation party’ can be scary, but I just kept hearing about it,” Trueba told Variety in a recent interview. “I even suggested it to a friend of mine, but every time, people’s faces just drop. You can see fear creeping in. It’s crazy and silly, and at the same time, it could be something beautiful. It’s a great idea for a film, if not for real life.

Jonas Trueba’s The Other Way Around has received the Europa Cinemas Label as best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

The comedy-drama – which has the Spanish title Volveréis – was selected by a jury of four exhibitors from the Europa Cinemas network.

An eighth feature for Spanish filmmaker Trueba, The Other Way Around follows a couple who decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation after 15 years as a couple.

The jury said, “Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships. It is a pleasing beacon of positivity,...

Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around (Volveréis) has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.

This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.

“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.

“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.

Few periods on the calendar mean more to cinephiles than the two weekends in May occupied by the Cannes Film Festival. Since its founding in 1946, the French festival has been a launchpad for some of the most artistically significant films of all time. The Palme d’Or is one of the most coveted film awards on the planet, and the festival’s ability to balance subversive arthouse work with major Hollywood premieres has led many to view it as the world’s most significant celebration of cinema.

The 2024 lineup featured a mix of buzzy premieres from New Hollywood titans like Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader alongside exciting new works from emerging directors. Between the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, special screenings, and sidebars like the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, the onslaught of new films can be overwhelming for anyone who isn’t able to give the festival their 24/7 attention.

Breaking Up is Hard To Do: Trueba Reinvents Couple Goals

Gloriously reminding us that we are doomed to repeat the same existential mundane experiences, in an

amuse bouche format with winks to Danish philosopher Sören Kierkegaard and relationship woe cinema that was Ingmar Bergman, Spanish filmmaker Jonás Trueba reshuffles the deck of (tarot) cards that is couplehood in the highly creative relationship comedy concept adorned with some meta cinema references. Reworking with the very likeable screen pairing thesps of Itsaso Arana and Vito San (also featured in Trueba’s previous number The August Virgin), The Other Way Around (which goes by the title Volveréis – which means “you will return” in Spanish) is a Kinder Surprise for how life imitates art, and how the couple-hood we see on screen might just be mordant live example of what is le passé composé.…...

“Annie Hall” changed the game in being a cautionary tale about a couple that conspicuously doesn’t last, while at the same time an enduring case for the wonder and necessity of romance. “The Other Way Around” is a similarly wacky subversion of the rom-com theme in that its central couple, successful millennial director Ale (Itsaso Arana) and actor Alex (Vito Sanz), cheerfully announce to their friends and loved ones that they’re breaking up. A big party will mark the occasion and duly end the relationship — which, their friends remind them, has gone on forever (more than a decade). The only people who think this is a sane idea is Ale and Alex. Not even Ale’s father(played by director Jonás Trueba’s real-life father, Fernando) can fathom it, although it was originally his idea. The concept seems to be born out of a kind of 90s stand-up...