Prime Video has pounced on Mexican comedy “Tequila Repasado” by Gabriela Tagliavini., which it premieres worldwide on Dec. 20.
Co-produced by Sony Pictures Int’l Prods and Mexico-based Itaca Films and Feel Good Films, the comedy was originally written in English by Judd Pilot (“Coach”) and Gerald B. Fillmore (“Muertos S.L.”) to be later adapted for the Spanish-language market by Joan Vives, Ilse Apellaniz and Ricardo Avilés.
Said Tagliavini: “I loved the script. It was weird and hilarious yet also spiritual. And it allowed me to use interesting VFX and create original visuals, which is always a fun challenge!”
“Tequila Repasado” revolves around a workaholic who finds himself repeatedly transported back in time by a mystical tequila, forcing him to outsmart his multiplying selves as he struggles to mend his relationships with his family.
The title, which roughly means Tequila Reviewed, is a play on the term Tequila Reposado, which...
Co-produced by Sony Pictures Int’l Prods and Mexico-based Itaca Films and Feel Good Films, the comedy was originally written in English by Judd Pilot (“Coach”) and Gerald B. Fillmore (“Muertos S.L.”) to be later adapted for the Spanish-language market by Joan Vives, Ilse Apellaniz and Ricardo Avilés.
Said Tagliavini: “I loved the script. It was weird and hilarious yet also spiritual. And it allowed me to use interesting VFX and create original visuals, which is always a fun challenge!”
“Tequila Repasado” revolves around a workaholic who finds himself repeatedly transported back in time by a mystical tequila, forcing him to outsmart his multiplying selves as he struggles to mend his relationships with his family.
The title, which roughly means Tequila Reviewed, is a play on the term Tequila Reposado, which...
- 11/27/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A raft of Latin American creatives including director Chava Cartas and writer Juan Camillo Ferrand will now have representation in the U.S. after Wilmer Valderrama and John Pollak’s Allied Management Group struck a partnership with Monica Gil and Carolina Aymerich’s CRE84U Entertainment.
The deal will see CRE84U’s writers, directors and showrunners repped for the general U.S. market as the demand for authentic Latino storytelling increases Stateside.
In addition to Cartas, who directed the Mexican adaptation of Gossip Girl, and Ferrand, who wrote Caracol’s Escobar: El Patron del Mal, the client list includes writer/director Noè Santillàn Lòpez (Mama Para Rato), writers Ricardo Avilès (La Divina Gula), Hector Orbegoso Rivera (Todo Por Lucy), Veronica Angeles Franco (Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres), Rene Herrera (Emboscada), writer/director/actor Gerald Fillmore (Pequeñas Coincidencias), actor/producer Jaime Aymerich (Los Garcia) and showrunner/writer Mariano Calasso (El Señor de los Cielos...
The deal will see CRE84U’s writers, directors and showrunners repped for the general U.S. market as the demand for authentic Latino storytelling increases Stateside.
In addition to Cartas, who directed the Mexican adaptation of Gossip Girl, and Ferrand, who wrote Caracol’s Escobar: El Patron del Mal, the client list includes writer/director Noè Santillàn Lòpez (Mama Para Rato), writers Ricardo Avilès (La Divina Gula), Hector Orbegoso Rivera (Todo Por Lucy), Veronica Angeles Franco (Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres), Rene Herrera (Emboscada), writer/director/actor Gerald Fillmore (Pequeñas Coincidencias), actor/producer Jaime Aymerich (Los Garcia) and showrunner/writer Mariano Calasso (El Señor de los Cielos...
- 11/15/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mexican superstar Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida series & Pokemon Detective Pikachu) has been set for the lead role in Tequila Re-Pasado, an original comedy from Sony Pictures International Productions.
Spanish director María Ripoll is helming the pic, re-teaming with Sony after recently wrapping Guerra de Likes in Mexico for the studio. The new film is adapted from an original script by Judd Pillot and Gerald B. Fillmore, which follows a workaholic who must outwit his multiplying clones after a magical tequila travels him back in time – again and again – in order to make things right with his family.
The film will be produced by J. Fernando Pérez Gavilán at Born Free and Santiago García Galván at García Tagliavini Productions, with Sandra Condito and Raymundo Díaz-González overseeing for Sony. Chaparro will also act as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Mexico spring 2021.
Chaparro was the star of Spanish-language...
Spanish director María Ripoll is helming the pic, re-teaming with Sony after recently wrapping Guerra de Likes in Mexico for the studio. The new film is adapted from an original script by Judd Pillot and Gerald B. Fillmore, which follows a workaholic who must outwit his multiplying clones after a magical tequila travels him back in time – again and again – in order to make things right with his family.
The film will be produced by J. Fernando Pérez Gavilán at Born Free and Santiago García Galván at García Tagliavini Productions, with Sandra Condito and Raymundo Díaz-González overseeing for Sony. Chaparro will also act as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Mexico spring 2021.
Chaparro was the star of Spanish-language...
- 8/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past 25 years The American Pavilion has offered opportunities in Cannes to film students from around the world. The 2014 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase will provide an opportunity for young filmmakers to have their works seen by Cannes Festival and Film Market attendees. Prizes have been awarded to winning filmmakers in each category and the top twenty-one films will be screened in a special “Emerging Filmmaker” showcase at The American Pavilion in Cannes.
Winners Announced!
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Documentary
Forest Man directed by William Douglas McMaster
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Short Film
Tuesday directed by Oscar Lalo
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Best Student Documentary
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred
Directed by Elena Gaby (Vassar College)
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Student Film
Still Life directed by Martin Sharpe, (Aie Melbourne)
Here is the full list of finalist in all categories
Student Films
The Wild Wild Test
Trailer | Website
A senile old man has to re-take his driving test, but he thinks he is in a western film the whole time.
2013, 4 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Jeff Bryson
Stranded
Trailer | Website
A stranded man and a silly seagull engage in a chase that lands them both in an unexpected place.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Donia Liechti, Vicky Penzes
Solidarity
Trailer
Two undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, dealing with loss, unknowingly connect through collective action.
2013, 20 min., USA, Drama, Santa Monica City College
Writer/Director: Dustin Brown
Producer: Dustin Brown, Mantas Valantiejus
Cast: Mantas Valantiejus, Elpidia Carrillo
Carry On
Trailer | Website
In 1944 Japanese occupied China, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter during the war. When the Japanese troop loots the village, the father stuffs his daughter into a large bag disguised as food, but a Japanese army officer spots his secret.
2014, 16 min., USA/China, Drama, Rochester Institute of Technology
Producer/Writer/Director: Yatao Li
Cast: Cheng Chang, Miura Kenichi
1893
Trailer | Website
Environment modeling of the old St. Pancras Midland Station in London.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Director: Ryan Chong
Spacebound
Trailer | Website
A young astronaut and his dog embark on one last adventure together through space.
2013, 3 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Ellen Su, Kyle Moy
Sinking
Trailer | Facebook
One seven year-old recalls the day she hid in a sink cabinet from a gunman who entered her school.
2014, 7 min., USA, Drama, New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Writer/Director: Joseph Scott Rodriguez
Producer: Molly Castro
Cast: Mandy Goodwin, Dominique Prokapus, Carson Grant
Wini + George
Trailer | Website
An unlikely friendship changes one young boy’s life forever. When a shy 9-year-old outcast, first meets his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he’s immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.
2013, 12 min., USA, Drama, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Writer/Director: Benjamin Monie
Producer: Connor Flanagan, Jenny Koreny, Lindsey Villarreal
Cast: Will Babbitt, Katharine Ross
Still Life (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A bored and weary security guard does his nightly rounds of a dark and deserted art gallery when strange things start to happen..
2014, 6 min., Australia, Animation, Aie Melbourne (Australian Institute of Interactive Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Martin Sharpe Producers: Martin Sharpe, Pablo Tochez Anderson, Will Lovett, Jeremy Weppner, Brennan Merett
Emerging Filmmaker Short Films
The Corner Table
Trailer | Website | Facebook
A mysterious old foreigner visits India after 25 long years and becomes a regular at a charming town cafe. The conversations at the corner table with the gentleman and a young café waitress reveals a mystery on how strangers can sometimes become friends in the most unexpected way!
2013, 24 min., India, Drama
Writer/Director: Manjari Makijany
Producer: Manjari Makijany, Emmanuel Pappas
Cast: Tom Alter, Vinati Makijany, Pushtiie Shakti, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reuben Karkaria, Bhavna Pani, Vikrant Makijany
Sincerity (Sinceridad)
Trailer | Website
A young man decides to tell his parents a secret he’s been keeping to himself.
2014, 3 min., Spain, Subtitled, Dramedy
Director: Andrea Casaseca Ferrer
Writer: Maria Rodriguez Mora
Producer: Idoia Kareaga
Cast: Gerald B. Fillmore, Javier Laorden, Kiti Manver
Ups & Downs
Trailer | Facebook
Harry is embarrassed and ashamed of his brother Josh who suffers from Down’s Syndrome. At Harry’s 18th birthday party, Josh is told to stay away from Harry’s friends, but as Harry’s heavy drinking results in danger, only his brother can help.
2013, 9 min., United Kingdom, Drama
Director: Stuart Fryer
Writer: Adam Cohen
Producer: Charlotte Woodhead
Cast: Bobby Lockwood, Otto Baxter, Edward Ashley, Sophie Coward, Vanessa Bailey
The Usual
Trailer | Facebook
Set in the 1930s, a privileged couple learns, through a series of events, the meaning of pay-it-forward, when they unexpectedly find themselves the ones in need.
2014, 10 min., USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Dawn Higginbotham
Producer: Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru, Claire Risoli, Sharen Davis and Renee O’Connor
Cast: Renee O’Connor, Mackenzie Astin, Russell Sams, Raymond O’Connor, Dustin Quick, Robert Pullman
Tuesday (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A man who takes an unexpected turn, struggles to keep all the pieces of his life together.
2013, 7 min., Switzerland/USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Oscar Lalo
Producer: Laura Bunbury, Lisa Bunbury
Cast: Oscar Lalo, Liv Southard
What’s On Your Mind?
Trailer | Facebook
What happens when one man decides to embellish his online status?
2014, 3 min., Norway, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Director: Shaun Higton
Producer: Andrew Adam Higton
Cast: Espen Alknes, Benedicte Westby
Today’s The Day
Trailer | Website
With the clock ticking away, Cloud Walker, a self-doubting intern at the most respected dance agency in La must ask the boss for his consent to attend the biggest the audition of the year. Struggling with his inner fears, Cloud’s dreams are quickly slipping away. It’s up to him to follow his heart or live the rest of his life in regret.
2013, 13 min., USA, Musical
Director: Daniel Campos
Writer: Daniel Campos, Tamara Levinson
Producer: Spencer Susser, Tova Dann
Cast: Daniel Campos, Danny DeVito
Emerging Student Documentaries
Eviction
Trailer | Website
In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.
2013, 21 min., Subtitled, USA/Cambodia, Documentary, Boise State University/New York University – Tisch Asia
Director: Garret Atlakson
Producer: Philip Atlakson, Mony Rath
Cast: Nget Khun
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred (Winner)
Trailer | Facebook
Four undocumented teenagers in Hudson Valley, NY, struggle to rise above their legal status and make the transition from high school to college.
2013, 25 min., USA, Documentary, Vassar College
Writer/Director: Elena Gaby
Producer: Ashlei Hardenburg
Emerging Documentaries
Being Different If You’re A Weddell Seal In Antarctica
Trailer | Website
Being different can mean a matter of life or death if you’re a Weddell seal pup in Antarctica. Ecologists from Montana State University return every year to study this iconic Antarctic marine predator, the southernmost mammal on Earth.
2013, 13 min., USA/Antarctica, Documentary
Writer/Director: Mary Lynn Price
Humanexus
Trailer | Website
Humanexus is a reflection on mankind’s long search for ways to connect each other, from cave drawings to tweeting.
2013, 11 min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Director: Ying-Fang Shen
Producer: Katy Borner
Forest Man (Winner)
Trailer | Website
The incredible story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.
2013, 18 min., Canada/India, Documentary
Writer/Director: William Douglas McMaster
Producer: William Douglas McMaster, Mike Ritchie...
Winners Announced!
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Documentary
Forest Man directed by William Douglas McMaster
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Short Film
Tuesday directed by Oscar Lalo
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Best Student Documentary
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred
Directed by Elena Gaby (Vassar College)
Emerging Filmmaker Showcase – Best Student Film
Still Life directed by Martin Sharpe, (Aie Melbourne)
Here is the full list of finalist in all categories
Student Films
The Wild Wild Test
Trailer | Website
A senile old man has to re-take his driving test, but he thinks he is in a western film the whole time.
2013, 4 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Jeff Bryson
Stranded
Trailer | Website
A stranded man and a silly seagull engage in a chase that lands them both in an unexpected place.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Donia Liechti, Vicky Penzes
Solidarity
Trailer
Two undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, dealing with loss, unknowingly connect through collective action.
2013, 20 min., USA, Drama, Santa Monica City College
Writer/Director: Dustin Brown
Producer: Dustin Brown, Mantas Valantiejus
Cast: Mantas Valantiejus, Elpidia Carrillo
Carry On
Trailer | Website
In 1944 Japanese occupied China, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter during the war. When the Japanese troop loots the village, the father stuffs his daughter into a large bag disguised as food, but a Japanese army officer spots his secret.
2014, 16 min., USA/China, Drama, Rochester Institute of Technology
Producer/Writer/Director: Yatao Li
Cast: Cheng Chang, Miura Kenichi
1893
Trailer | Website
Environment modeling of the old St. Pancras Midland Station in London.
2013, 2 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Director: Ryan Chong
Spacebound
Trailer | Website
A young astronaut and his dog embark on one last adventure together through space.
2013, 3 min., USA, Animation, The School of Visual Arts
Writer/Director: Ellen Su, Kyle Moy
Sinking
Trailer | Facebook
One seven year-old recalls the day she hid in a sink cabinet from a gunman who entered her school.
2014, 7 min., USA, Drama, New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Writer/Director: Joseph Scott Rodriguez
Producer: Molly Castro
Cast: Mandy Goodwin, Dominique Prokapus, Carson Grant
Wini + George
Trailer | Website
An unlikely friendship changes one young boy’s life forever. When a shy 9-year-old outcast, first meets his 75-year-old reclusive neighbor, he’s immediately frightened by her. But soon enough, these two realize that they have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of the world.
2013, 12 min., USA, Drama, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Writer/Director: Benjamin Monie
Producer: Connor Flanagan, Jenny Koreny, Lindsey Villarreal
Cast: Will Babbitt, Katharine Ross
Still Life (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A bored and weary security guard does his nightly rounds of a dark and deserted art gallery when strange things start to happen..
2014, 6 min., Australia, Animation, Aie Melbourne (Australian Institute of Interactive Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Martin Sharpe Producers: Martin Sharpe, Pablo Tochez Anderson, Will Lovett, Jeremy Weppner, Brennan Merett
Emerging Filmmaker Short Films
The Corner Table
Trailer | Website | Facebook
A mysterious old foreigner visits India after 25 long years and becomes a regular at a charming town cafe. The conversations at the corner table with the gentleman and a young café waitress reveals a mystery on how strangers can sometimes become friends in the most unexpected way!
2013, 24 min., India, Drama
Writer/Director: Manjari Makijany
Producer: Manjari Makijany, Emmanuel Pappas
Cast: Tom Alter, Vinati Makijany, Pushtiie Shakti, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reuben Karkaria, Bhavna Pani, Vikrant Makijany
Sincerity (Sinceridad)
Trailer | Website
A young man decides to tell his parents a secret he’s been keeping to himself.
2014, 3 min., Spain, Subtitled, Dramedy
Director: Andrea Casaseca Ferrer
Writer: Maria Rodriguez Mora
Producer: Idoia Kareaga
Cast: Gerald B. Fillmore, Javier Laorden, Kiti Manver
Ups & Downs
Trailer | Facebook
Harry is embarrassed and ashamed of his brother Josh who suffers from Down’s Syndrome. At Harry’s 18th birthday party, Josh is told to stay away from Harry’s friends, but as Harry’s heavy drinking results in danger, only his brother can help.
2013, 9 min., United Kingdom, Drama
Director: Stuart Fryer
Writer: Adam Cohen
Producer: Charlotte Woodhead
Cast: Bobby Lockwood, Otto Baxter, Edward Ashley, Sophie Coward, Vanessa Bailey
The Usual
Trailer | Facebook
Set in the 1930s, a privileged couple learns, through a series of events, the meaning of pay-it-forward, when they unexpectedly find themselves the ones in need.
2014, 10 min., USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Dawn Higginbotham
Producer: Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru, Claire Risoli, Sharen Davis and Renee O’Connor
Cast: Renee O’Connor, Mackenzie Astin, Russell Sams, Raymond O’Connor, Dustin Quick, Robert Pullman
Tuesday (Winner)
Trailer | Website
A man who takes an unexpected turn, struggles to keep all the pieces of his life together.
2013, 7 min., Switzerland/USA, Drama
Writer/Director: Oscar Lalo
Producer: Laura Bunbury, Lisa Bunbury
Cast: Oscar Lalo, Liv Southard
What’s On Your Mind?
Trailer | Facebook
What happens when one man decides to embellish his online status?
2014, 3 min., Norway, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Director: Shaun Higton
Producer: Andrew Adam Higton
Cast: Espen Alknes, Benedicte Westby
Today’s The Day
Trailer | Website
With the clock ticking away, Cloud Walker, a self-doubting intern at the most respected dance agency in La must ask the boss for his consent to attend the biggest the audition of the year. Struggling with his inner fears, Cloud’s dreams are quickly slipping away. It’s up to him to follow his heart or live the rest of his life in regret.
2013, 13 min., USA, Musical
Director: Daniel Campos
Writer: Daniel Campos, Tamara Levinson
Producer: Spencer Susser, Tova Dann
Cast: Daniel Campos, Danny DeVito
Emerging Student Documentaries
Eviction
Trailer | Website
In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.
2013, 21 min., Subtitled, USA/Cambodia, Documentary, Boise State University/New York University – Tisch Asia
Director: Garret Atlakson
Producer: Philip Atlakson, Mony Rath
Cast: Nget Khun
Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred (Winner)
Trailer | Facebook
Four undocumented teenagers in Hudson Valley, NY, struggle to rise above their legal status and make the transition from high school to college.
2013, 25 min., USA, Documentary, Vassar College
Writer/Director: Elena Gaby
Producer: Ashlei Hardenburg
Emerging Documentaries
Being Different If You’re A Weddell Seal In Antarctica
Trailer | Website
Being different can mean a matter of life or death if you’re a Weddell seal pup in Antarctica. Ecologists from Montana State University return every year to study this iconic Antarctic marine predator, the southernmost mammal on Earth.
2013, 13 min., USA/Antarctica, Documentary
Writer/Director: Mary Lynn Price
Humanexus
Trailer | Website
Humanexus is a reflection on mankind’s long search for ways to connect each other, from cave drawings to tweeting.
2013, 11 min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Director: Ying-Fang Shen
Producer: Katy Borner
Forest Man (Winner)
Trailer | Website
The incredible story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.
2013, 18 min., Canada/India, Documentary
Writer/Director: William Douglas McMaster
Producer: William Douglas McMaster, Mike Ritchie...
- 5/23/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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