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“Blanca”, the Italian-produced crime drama TV series, following a blind policewoman, is now streaming on Netflix:

“…’Blanca Ferrando’ became blind at the age of twelve, due to a fire, caused by her violent boyfriend, ‘Sebastian’, resulting in the death of Blanca’s older sister ‘Beatrice’.

“This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice…

“…to the point of pushing her to join the police. helped by her guide dog ‘Linneo’.”

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The collection "Rewind and Play: Music Documentaries" is now showing exclusively on Mubi.Cinema is a principal part of our sensory education. Its images, sounds, and music intertwine in our memory, often to the point that we can no longer separate them.In the third season of Mubi Podcast: Voci Italiane Contemporanee, the journalist, music critic, author, and sound selector Giulia Cavaliere takes us through five conversations to investigate the points of contact between what we see and what we hear.In the fourth episode, Giulia Cavaliere and Calibro 35 explore the roots and musical evolution of the band, composers of soundtracks for Blanca (2021) and Sogni di Gloria (2013).Together, they share stories and reflections on their passion for musical craftsmanship and their approach to composition: a mix of study, creativity, and experimentation.Listen to the episode at the link below or with your favorite podcast app. Subscribe to stay tuned to upcoming episodes.

“Lonely Hearts,” the highly-anticipated third feature from Brazil’s Berlinale-winner Caru Alves de Souza (“My Name Is Baghdad”), named among 10 Next Gen Talents to Track from the country by Variety in February, and a pair of additional homecoming narratives from burgeoning creatives, Uruguayan director Paula Botana’s“The Burned Women” and Dora Gomez’s “Blanca” out of Paraguay, are among the titles selected for Ventana Sur’s 2023 Punto Genero pitching sessions.

Histories unearthed and intimate interpersonal relationships are dominant themes in the remaining selections with films like Argentina-Spain co-production “Brücher. Unaudited Botanical Chronicle,” from Mariana Guzzante and Camila Menéndez,Natalia Solórzano title “She Was Covered In Sequins” and Marta María Borrás’s “The Passengers For The Last Trip.”

“This year, the juries wanted the projects to represent Latin America. We selected eight projects from Latin America, excluding the four projects from Argentina, and the juries decided on one project per country,...

“Blanca”, the Italian-produced crime drama TV series, following a blind policewoman, is now streaming on Netflix:

“…’Blanca Ferrando’ became blind at the age of twelve, due to a fire, caused by her violent boyfriend, ‘Sebastian’, resulting in the death of Blanca’s older sister ‘Beatrice’.

“This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice to the point of pushing her to join the police. helped by her guide dog ‘Linneo’.”

Click the images to enlarge…...

“Blanca”, the Italian-produced crime drama TV series, airs Season 2 October 2023 on Netflix:

“…’Blanca Ferrando’ became blind at the age of twelve, due to a fire, caused by her violent boyfriend, ‘Sebastian’, resulting in the death of Blanca’s older sister ‘Beatrice’.

“This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice to the point of pushing her to join the police. helped by her guide dog ‘Linneo’.”

Click the images to enlarge…...

MGM+ is shoring up its original content selection with the pickup of a new fantasy-adventure comedy, The Portable Door, an MGM+ original film that will be coming exclusively to the U.S. market in April.

The movie stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, and Sophie Wilde.

The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt's popular seven-book fantasy series.

"The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional," the logline reads.

"Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices,...