Cannes’ Marché du Film is the biggest event in the international film industry and a unique opportunity to further projects. This year it runs for nine days (from May 11 to 20, 2011) as part of the most important film festival in the world.

After all the buzz created by the extensive coverage by all big global news outlets, this year Latinofusion will land in Cannes with Juan of the Dead, Cuba’s first feature-length horror film in half a century. Two private market screenings have already been scheduled for the film due to be released in Cuba and internationally at the end of summer.

We are also presenting The kid who lies (“El chico que miente”), the first Venezuelan film ever to participate in the Berlin Film Fest. The film, directed by Peruvian filmmaker -long-time resident in Venezuela- Marité Ugás tells the story of a thirteen-year-old boy in search for his mother. Ten years ago, she was carried off by a mudslide, he says, and now he has set off to find her. The film is based on a mudslide that actually took place in 1999 on the coast of the Venezuelan state of Vargas, which constitutes the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history.

In Cannes, visit Cuban Zombieland at Riviera A9 and contact Alfredo Calvino and Estrella Araiza.

SCREENINGS:
JUAN OF THE DEAD: MAY 11, 12:00 hs RIVIERA 1 (private screening)
JUAN OF THE DEAD: MAY 15, 19:30 hs GRAY 2 (private screening)
EL CHICO QUE MIENTE: MAY 16, 12:00hs GRAY 5

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See you on May 11!

Finally, after all the buzz created by the extensive coverage by all big global news outlets, Juan of the Dead, Cuba’s first feature-length horror film in half a century, is ready.

CNN, Spain’s EL PAIS, The Guardian and even the Zombie Maximum P himself: Simon Pegg had something to say about this gore-filled black comedy which satirises social mores of Cuba’s communist era.

Juan of the Dead, will land in Cannes next week where 2 already booked private market screenings have been scheduled. The world premiere has not yet been disclosed but the film is due to be released in Cuba and internationally at the end of summer.

In Cannes, visit Cuban Zombieland at Riviera A9 and contact Alfredo Calvino and Estrella Araiza.

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Latinofusion has taken over international sales duties on the film The kid who lies (“El chico que miente”), the first Venezuelan film ever to participate in the Berlin Film Fest. The film, directed by Peruvian filmmaker -long-time resident in Venezuela- Marité Ugás tells the story of a thirteen-year-old boy in search for his mother. Ten years ago, she was carried off by a mudslide, he says, and now he has set off to find her.

The film is based on a mudslide that actually took place in 1999 on the coast of the Venezuelan state of Vargas, which constitutes the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history. Mudslides caused by heavy raining took more than 30 thousand lives including the thousands that were displaced becoming homeless or relocated to government controlled living complexes. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed and the whole country was left in shock.

“The kid who lies” is Ugas’ second feature. The film was produced by Mariana Rondón, with whom Ugás created Sudaca Films in 1991. Sudaca Films is the producing company responsible for “A la media noche y media” (1999) and “Postales de Leningrado” (2007). The first film was co-directed by both Ugás and Rondón and the second one, was directed by Rondón and produced by Ugás. Both films received international recognition in festivals worldwide. After its debut at 2011 Berlinale’s Generation, “The kid who lies” is continuing its international career with an promising future. The film is also having a record boxoffice after its domestic theatrical release.

Latinofusion will be promoting the film at the Marché in Cannes. A market screening is already scheduled for May 16th @ 12:00 – Gray 5.

The kid who lies (El chico que miente) Official website: http://elchicoquemiente.com/

MARITÉ UGÁS (Director/Writer/Editor). Born in Lima, Peru. After a Degree on Communications from University of Lima, she joins the first generation of EICTV, Cuba, were she directs BELEN NEIGHBOURHOOD, documentary film about Havana’s harbor, awarded in Helsinki, Paris and Rome.

Her first short films already show a personal rhythm style, such as SOMETHING FALLING INTO SILENCE and COTIDIANO, awarded in New York, Bilbao, Maryland and Rome.

In 1991 she creates her company Sudaca Films, established in Caracas, where she works as director, producer, editor and writer. Her first feature film, AT MIDNIGHT AND A HALF (co-director with Rondón), was shown in more than 40 International Film Festivals, such as Tokyo, Rotterdam or Seattle, receiving several Opera Prima Awards.

As producer and Editor, she released in 2007 POSTCARDS FROM LENINGRAD, with 23 international awards. Her second film, THE KID WHO LIES, is supported by CNAC (Venezuela) Ibermedia, EDD- Germany and will be released in 2011.

SUDACA FILMS
www.sudacafilms.com

SUDACA FILMS Independent film company founded in 1991 by Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás, for the purpose of producing Art House films, with worldwide commercial interest.

Its productions have received national and international awards and contributions from Foundations such as the Hubert Bals Fund- Rotterdam, Fonds Sud Cinema- France, EZEF- Germany; and institutions, such as the Programa Ibermedia, CNAC in Venezuela and Conacine in Perú.

In 2007 releases POSTALES DE LENINGRADO (Postcards from Leningrad), which has received 23 international awards, including the FIPRESCI and Best Director awards in Kerala, the Golden Embrace award at Biarritz, and the Best New Director award at São Paulo. It has been shown in theaters in Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and France and is currently being aired in Premium channels worldwide and being released in DVD.

It is currently preparing the release of EL CHICO QUE MIENTE (The Kid Who Lies), directed by Marité Ugás, which will debut in early 2011, and in the pre-production stage of its next feature film, PELO MALO (Bad Hair), to be directed by Mariana Rondón.

Marité Ugás
fiction, 35mm, color, 99min, 2011
Venezuela/Peru

A 13-year old KID leaves his home and starts a journey along the Venezuelan coast. In order to survive, he captivates people by telling them anecdotes from the Mudslide Tragedy. Sometimes he is rescued by his mother, who sacrifices herself to save him; some other times it’s his father who dies. These stories, however, reveal some of the truth, and his past becomes clearer.

Ten years ago, a mudslide tore his world apart. Many disappeared, his mother among them. Now the memories, carefully threaded by his father, contradict each other and push him to search for his own story.

He has a difficult road ahead of him, where he will also find his own universe of affections and feelings. While crossing the desert, the KID doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but the crack in his soul is starting to heal.

DIRECTOR: Marité Ugás
SCREENPLAY: Marité Ugás, Mariana Rondón
PRODUCTION: Mariana Rondón
CINEMATPGRAPHY: Micaela Cajahuaringa
SOUND DESIGN: Lena Esquenazi
SOUND: Franklin Hernández
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Diego Guerrero
ART DIRECTION: Matías Tikas
EDITING: Marité Ugás
MUSIC: Camilo Froideval
POSTPRODUCTION: Nacho Gorfinkiel
CASTING: Beto Benites
PRODUCTION COMPANY: SUDACA FILMS
CO-PRODUCTION: Imagen Latina (Perú) y SF Artefactos (Venezuela)
Con apoyo de CNAC, IBERMEDIA y EDD, Alemania

CAST:
Iker Fernández, Francisco Denis, Maria Fernanda Ferro, Aldri Sterling, Beatriz Vásquez

OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE: http://www.elchicoquemiente.com/

World Premiere: Generation. Berlinale 2011. Official Competition: Guadalajara Film Festival

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The film, directed by Colombian William Gonzalez’s takez on the consequences of local armed conflict. Co-written by Gonzalez, “Matacho” begins in 1948 Colombia where a young Rosalba Velasco witnesses the murder of her husband by local police.

Suffering deep trauma, she abandons her family, and any sense of femininity or maternal instinct, despite bearing children by various bandit leaders, and hell-bent on revenge, becomes a killing machine.

Latinofusion’s Award consists of $20,000 minimum guarantee against international sales rights. Beside Latinofusion’s, “Matacho” also won prizes from Churubusco Studios, covering transfer to positive print, Newart Sound, for 50 hours of THX-certified sound-mix, plus subtitling from Titra California.

Version seen at Guadalajara ran two and a half hours. Gonzalez said he could bring in a 1 hour, 40 minute final cut by May/June.

Official Web site: http://www.lasargentomatacho.com/
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Once again Latinofusion will attend Berlin’s European Film Market (Feb 10 to 18, 2011), where it will present its latest productions.

Latinofusion will be located at booth 121 (Martin Gropius Bau) together with INCA (Argentina’s Film Institute) and IMCINE (Mexican Film Institute).

if you would like to schedule a meeting, Latinofusion CEO, Alfredo Calvino and Sales&Acq Exec Estrella Araiza will be in Berlin.

Market Screenings:
Las Buenas Hierbas Feb 10 – 15:30 CinemaxX16
El Ultimo Comandante Feb 10 – 17:00 CinemaxX17
Las Buenas Hierbas Feb 11 – 11:15 CinemaxX16

Latinofusion has scheduled the first official Promo Reel Screenings of Juan of the Dead during the EFM. There will be 2 Screenings. Each screening was divided into THREE SLOTS so there are 6 possible SLOTS to choose from (there will be a five-minute break between each slot)

JUAN OF THE DEAD – PRIVATE PROMO REEL SCREENINGS:
FEBRUARY 14TH MARRIOT 3 – 30 SEATS
SLOT 1 – 18: 00 TO 18:15
SLOT 2 – 18:20 TO 18:35
SLOT 3 – 18:40 TO 18:55

FEBRUARY 16TH CINEMAXX 18 – 48 SEATS
SLOT 1 – 9:30 TO 9:45
SLOT 2 – 9:50 TO 10:05
SLOT 3 – 10:10 TO 10:25

Please note that these are PRIVATE Scrennings, upon invitation only.

If you are interested in attending, please contact us: acalvino@latinofusion.com.mx

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The 32nd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema will be held in Havana from December 2-12 this year. As in each of these events, the countries with the most works competing are Argentina and Brazil, although on this occasion Mexico’s presence will be hard to miss with its four feature films, five shorts and four debuting works.

As always, Latinofusion will be present in Havana, this year with 5 films, showcasing the best of its recent production.

In the Official Competition with “Las buenas hierbas” (“The Good Herbs”, by Mexican director Maria Novaro. The three female performers won Best Actress awards at this year’s International Festival of Cinema in Rome and at the Amazonas Film Fest where it also won the Best Screenplay Award.

“Los labios” (“The lips”) is a Argentinean fiction film that narrates the story of three women who come to a forgotten place in a province where they cure, conduct research, treat and help out in a hospital in ruins. At Cannes, this film also won an important award this year for a performance by a female actor.

Also in competition, but on the First Feature’s section the highlights are the Colombian “Retratos en un mar de mentiras” (“Portraits in a sea of lies”) and the co-production Costa Rica-Colombia “Del Amor y de otros demonios” (“Of love and other demons”)

In the Documentary Competition, we’ll present the Venezuelan film “Story of a day”.

Alfredo Calvino, director of Latinofusion, will be in Havana as a panlelist at the Iberoamerican Films Crossing Borders Industry Meeting until December 8th.

The market devoted to Latin American cinema is organised by the Instituto Nacional De Cine Y Artes Audiovisuales in partnership with the Cannes Marche. The EC’s Media Mundus programme provides backing.

More than 300 buyers and sellers are expected to attend this year, where the plan is to present more than 400 Latin American films produced during the last 12 months, including 120 world premieres, during the four-day event at Cinemark Puerto Madero.

The facilities include 8 screening rooms and a video library. Also at the video library, festival programmers will offer their picks of films with the greatest international box-office potential.

Screenings:
Las buenas Hierbas (The Good Herbs) -Dec 3, 9:30 am- Cinemark 4
Los labios (The lips) -Dic 4, 11:30 am- Cinemark 4
Te extraño (I miss you) – Dic 4, 15:00 pm- Cinemark 8
El último comandante (The last Comandante) – Dic 3, 15:00 pm- Cinemark 7

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The filmmaker, director of the only Latin-American film in competition in the official section, picked up the award on behalf of the actresses and thanked them for “their complicity and their dedication in the years that have been necessary to shoot the movie.”

“The good herb” is the fifth film by the Mexican director and bears the stamp of Novaro, proud that she set this up as “obviously female and obviously Mexican.”, said Novaro in a press conference after the ceremony.

Úrsula Pruneda, one of the awarded actresses, found out about it while she was on her way to Manaus (Brasil) where she represented the film at the Amazonas Film Festival (Nov 5 -11, 2010)

There, the jury awarded Mexican director Maria Novaro‘s The Good Herbs both Best Actress (also to the the ensemble female cast) and Best Screenplay. The Good Herbs was the only film in competition to receive two trophys. In the selection there was gems such as “Winter’s bone” (2010 Sundance’s winner, which last week got the Gotham Award)

The Good Herbs is gathering excellent reviews by the international press and after a stopover in Huelva, where it was also in competition, is now heading for the Havana Film Fest, opening December 2nd.

Finally, after all the buzz created by the extensive coverage by all big global news outlets, Juan of the Dead, Cuba’s first feature-length horror film in half a century, is ready.

The irreverent Cuban feature film is co-produced by Spain’s La Zanfoña Producciones and Cuba’s independent la Quinta Avenida producciones de Cuba. It has also funding from the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficas (Cuba), Canal Sur (Spain) y Televisión Española, the Junta de Andalucía, Ibermedia and Cinergia Fund

“Juan of the Dead” (Juan de los Muertos), at a budgeted euro 1.3 million ($1.65 million) the most expensive recent feature film made on the island, has an ironic take on contemporary Cuba. In Alejandro Brugues’ film, an everyday Cuban protagonist, played by Alexis Díaz de Villegas, is trying to make money off an invasion of flesh-eating zombies, while the communist government insists all this is a plot backed by the United States to destabilize the country.

The horror comedy promotes that “50 years later, a new revolution has begun”) provoked a big buzz during the past edition of the Marché du Film, in Cannes, when the project was presented internationally. Repporters from around the globe interviewed Burgués and it received the blessing of the zombie-pope himself. Simon Pegg’s twittered that “”Yes we are aware of the new Cuban zombie movie, Juan of the Dead and wish it all the best. In a time of crisis. A hero must rise. Etc … ” and “I sense a Shaun/Juan team up movie called Havana Dead Good Time in London. Cohibas & cricket bats. As another dead basher might saay, groovy!” Thanks Simon! Tell me where to send those Cohibas!!”

AP correspondent Will Weissert gives Juan of the Dead “a real chance at global success.”

This is the second feature-length movie of Brugues, 34. “Personal Belongings”, released in 2007, received acclaim at the international film festivals of Miami and Malaga and was distributed worldwide by Latinofusion.

CNN, Spain’s EL PAIS, The Guardian and even the Zombie Maximum pope:Simon Pegg himself had something to say about this gore-filled black comedy which satirises social mores of Cuba’s communist era.

Juan of the Dead, will land in Cannes Market 2011 where 2 already booked private market screenings have been scheduled. The world premiere has not yet been disclosed but the film is due to be released in Cuba and internationally at the end of summer.

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More info can also be found at the film’s official web site.

Finally, on October 25th “Juan of the Dead” (Juan de los Muertos) shooting kicks off.

The irreverent Cuban feature film is co-produced by Spain’s La Zanfoña Producciones and Cuba’s independent la Quinta Avenida producciones de Cuba. It has also funding from the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficas (Cuba), Canal Sur (Spain) y Televisión Española, the Junta de Andalucía, Ibermedia and Cinergia Fund

“Juan of the Dead” (Juan de los Muertos), at a budgeted euro 1.3 million ($1.65 million) the most expensive recent feature film made on the island, has an ironic take on contemporary Cuba. In Alejandro Brugues’ film, an everyday Cuban protagonist, played by Alexis Díaz de Villegas, is trying to make money off an invasion of flesh-eating zombies, while the communist government insists all this is a plot backed by the United States to destabilize the country.

The horror comedy promotes that “50 years later, a new revolution has begun”) provoked a big buzz during the past edition of the Marché du Film, in Cannes, when the project was presented internationally. Repporters from around the globe interviewed Burgués and it received the blessing of the zombie-pope himself. Simon Pegg’s twittered that “”Yes we are aware of the new Cuban zombie movie, Juan of the Dead and wish it all the best. In a time of crisis. A hero must rise. Etc … ” and “I sense a Shaun/Juan team up movie called Havana Dead Good Time in London. Cohibas & cricket bats. As another dead basher might saay, groovy!” Thanks Simon! Tell me where to send those Cohibas!!”

AP correspondent Will Weissert gives Juan of the Dead “a real chance at global success.”

This is the second feature-length movie of Brugues, 34. “Personal Belongings”, released in 2007, received acclaim at the international film festivals of Miami and Malaga and was distributed worldwide by Latinofusion.

Follow Juan de los Muertos @ Facebook