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Una historia de amor entre un piloto militar y una vulcanóloga. © Beta Fiction

Beta Fiction ha desvelado el primer tráiler de Bajo un volcán, una comedia romántica de acción del director Hugo Martín Cuervo.

Cuando Mario Torres (William Levy), capitán y piloto militar, llega a Tenerife, la erupción del volcán parece haber remitido. Dani (Maggie Civantos), una experta vulcanóloga, teme una inminente y violenta reactivación. Esto le lleva a un conflicto con el comité científico del organismo encargado. Con esta amenaza cerniéndose sobre el pueblo Garachico, el amor y la pasión que nace entre ellos es tan inevitable como cualquier catástrofe natural. Una vez confirmada la amenaza, ambos deberán luchar contra el volcán y sus propios sentimientos.

La película está protagonizada por William Levy (Café con aroma de mujer) y Maggie Civantos (Vis a Vis). El reparto lo completan actores como Adriana Torrebejano (La sombra de la ley), Fabiola Guajardo...

Narra la historia real de Enric Marco, un hombre que fingió haber sido prisionero en un campo de concentración nazi. © BTeamPictures

Se ha publicado un nuevo tráiler de Marco, la película de Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño, que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia, pasó por el Festival de San Sebastián y estuvo entre las tres películas preseleccionadas para representar a España en los Oscars 2025.

Basada en una historia real, Marco sigue a Enric Marco, un deportado que nunca existió. Un hombre que durante años fue capaz de mantener, ante la opinión pública y su propia familia, una mentira difícil de imaginar: que había sido prisionero en un campo de concentración nazi. Carismático y convincente, Marco ascendió a la presidencia de la Asociación Española de Víctimas del Holocausto, donde se convirtió en una figura destacada y admirada por su supuesta valentía y sufrimiento. Hasta...

Narra la historia real de Enric Marco, un hombre que fingió haber sido prisionero en un campo de concentración nazi. © BTeamPictures

“Marco”, la película de Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño, tendrá su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia, donde competirá en la sección Orizzonti.

Basada en una historia real, “Marco” sigue a Enric Marco, un deportado que nunca existió. Un hombre que durante años fue capaz de mantener, ante la opinión pública y su propia familia, una mentira difícil de imaginar: que había sido prisionero en un campo de concentración nazi. Carismático y convincente, Marco ascendió a la presidencia de la Asociación Española de Víctimas del Holocausto, donde se convirtió en una figura destacada y admirada por su supuesta valentía y sufrimiento. Hasta que un día un historiador descubre que su relato es completamente falso.

La película está protagonizada por Eduard Fernández como Enric Marco. Completan...

Amazon hosted its annual Prime Video Presents event in Madrid this afternoon, where the streaming giant made a raft of announcements, including new theatrical features, true crime docuseries, returning drama programs and the next season of Spain’s uber-popular singing competition “Operación Triunfo.”

Ricardo Carbonero, director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, and Maria José Rodríguez, head of Amazon Studios’ Spanish Originals, were in attendance. Joining them were local stars Mario Casas (“Tres metros sobre el cielo”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In”), Malena Alterio (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), Najwa Nimri (“Money Heist”), Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”) and Maxi Iglesias (“Los artistas: primeros trazos”). Also in attendence were several of the streamer’s current filmakers, including Dani de la Torre (“La sombra de la ley”), Paula Ortiz (“La novia”), Hugo Stuven (“El desafio”) and Ginesta Guindal (“Élite”).

Prime Video Presents, Madrid

According to the streamer, the first half...

Una historia de amor entre un piloto militar y una vulcanóloga. © Beta Fiction

Comienza en Tenerife el rodaje de “Bajo un Volcán”, una comedia romántica de acción del director Hugo Martín Cuervo.

Cuando Mario Torres (William Levy), capitán y piloto militar, llega a Tenerife, la erupción del volcán parece haber remitido. Dani (Maggie Civantos), una experta vulcanóloga, teme una inminente y violenta reactivación. Esto le lleva a un conflicto con el comité científico del organismo encargado. Con esta amenaza cerniéndose sobre el pueblo Garachico, el amor y la pasión que nace entre ellos es tan inevitable como cualquier catástrofe natural. Una vez confirmada la amenaza, ambos deberán luchar contra el volcán y sus propios sentimientos.

La película está protagonizada por William Levy (“Café con Aroma de Mujer”) y Maggie Civantos (“Vis a Vis”). El reparto lo completan actores como Adriana Torrebejano (“La Sombra de la Ley”), Fabiola Guajardo (“Buscando a Frida...

When director Dani de la Torre read a news article detailing how the Spanish coastal town of Marbella became the playing ground for hundreds of international criminal organizations, he knew he had a new show on his hands. His “La Unidad” producing partners agreed and thus became Movistar Plus+ original series “Marbella,” premiering in Spain on May 2, to large media impact.

During a preview of the show at the Berlinale Series Market de la Torre remarked how the underbelly of Marbella was “unknown” in Spain when he first read an in-depth investigation into the criminal activities in the Málaga province. “More than 132 different gangs call Marbella their home turf and have their headquarters there. This was a novelty I was immediately attracted to.”

“Every day, news stories are coming out about the Marbella gangs, but these organizations have so much money that it makes it very difficult for the police to properly fight against them.

The Galician actor tops the bill of the new film by Jorge Coira, who releases the second season of his series Hierro on Friday 19 February. Proyecto Emperador will be the fourth fiction feature by Jorge Coira, following Eroski Paraíso (which he directed in tandem with Xesús Ron), 18 Meals and his feature debut, 2004’s The Year of the Tick. The Lugo-born filmmaker has also directed successful TV series of the likes of Hierro (the second season of which is released on Friday 19 February on Movistar+ – see the review and the interview) and I Know Who You Are, as well as working as an editor on the features Gun City and Retribution, for which he was given the Goya Award for Best Editor. Starring three-time Spanish Film Academy Award winner Luis Tosar, this new film – slated to be shot in April – will reflect the very recognisable...

The Spanish actors are reuniting in this countryside-set comedy directed by Jesús del Cerro, which is currently in post-production. Shot over the final two months of 2020, not only does Dos vacas y una burra (lit. “Two Cows and a She-donkey”) mark a return to Spain for Jesús del Cerro (Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime), but it also sees two popular actors, Pablo Puyol (Boystown) and Miguel Ángel Muñoz (El crack Cero), working together again, as they did more than a decade ago in the TV series Un paso adelante, which catapulted them to stardom, garnering them untold hordes of fans of both sexes. These strapping young lads are joined by Mexican thesp Esmeralda Pimentel, Catalan actors Mario Pardo and Adriana Torrebejano (Gun City), and Romania’s Codin Maticiuc (Do It or Shut Up) on the billing of this feature. With a budget of €2 million, the rural comedy...

Jorge Coira, the Spanish director of “18 Meals” and hit Spanish-French series “Hierro,” is set to helm “Project Emperor” (“Proyecto Emperador”), a timely spy thriller penned by “Cell 211” screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarria, also Alex de la Iglesia’s career-long co-scribe.

Vaca Films (“Extinction”) is producing with Sábado Películas (“A Perfect Enemy”), La Ley del Plomo Aie (“Gun City”) and Paris-based pan-European sales-production company the Playtime Group whose current slate includes Jacques Audiard’s “Paris, 13th District.”

“Project Emperor” is expected to start filming in April. Adolfo Blanco’s leading Spanish company, A Contracorriente Films, has acquired Spain’s distribution rights.

“Project Emperor” unfolds in the Spanish state espionage underworld and revolves around Juan, an agent working for the intelligence services, who also reports to a parallel unit involved in illegal activities. While his official mission is to prevent terrorist attacks, Juan is pushed to cross the red line to cover up...

The French international sales agent has added to its line-up the feature debut by Spanish director José Luis Montesinos, which will have its world premiere at Sitges. Faithful to an editorial line focused on “elevated genre,” French sales agent Reel Suspects, led by Matteo Lovadina, begins sales on Ropes from Spanish director José Luis Montesinos, which will have its world premiere in competition at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival ( 3-13 October). Recognised for his short films, such as El corredor (winner among others of the Goya 2016), Matagatos (2010) and La historia de siempre (2009), which won 132 prize worldwide, José Luis Montesinos has made his feature debut based on a script co-written with Iakes Blesa, and a cast including Paula del Río and Miguel Ángel Jenner, with the Swiss Marc Zumbach as director of photography.The story of Ropes centres on Elena, a young quadriplegic woman...

Champions, a basketball-themed comedy, and The Realm, a political thriller, emerged as the top winners in Spain’s 33rd annual Goya Awards.

Roma, which was also taking the top prize across the Atlantic at Saturday night’s DGA Awards, won a Goya for Best Iboamerican Film.

The Realm took home seven trophies, for directing, acting, supporting acting, screenwriting, sound, editing and music. Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen will also be at this month’s Oscars, as a nominee for Best Live-Action Short Film for Mother.

Champions, which was Spain’s official submission for the Best Foreign Language category at the Oscars, won for Best Film. It depicts the efforts of a pro basketball coach who is sentenced to coach a team of intellectually challenged players. Director Javier Fesser cast non-professional actors with actual disabilities to play many of the players.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Film

Champions

Best Direction...