FilmSharks has closed a handful of sales on its EFM roster led by Lucia Puenzo’s San Sebastian premiere Electrophilia (Los Impactados) and Miguel Faus’s Tallinn premiere The Quiet Maid (Calladita) presented by Steven Soderbergh.
At Entertainment has acquired Japanese rights to Puenzo’s (Xxy) Horizontes Latinos selection Electrophilia (Arg-usa-Chil), with Alebrije taking Mexico, and Estaçao Esperança acquiring Brazilian rights.
Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larrain’s Ema) stars as a woman who awakens from a coma and experiences strange side-effects after a lightning strike. The Larrain brothers’ Fabula is among the producers.
Warner Bros Discovery has picked up pay...
At Entertainment has acquired Japanese rights to Puenzo’s (Xxy) Horizontes Latinos selection Electrophilia (Arg-usa-Chil), with Alebrije taking Mexico, and Estaçao Esperança acquiring Brazilian rights.
Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larrain’s Ema) stars as a woman who awakens from a coma and experiences strange side-effects after a lightning strike. The Larrain brothers’ Fabula is among the producers.
Warner Bros Discovery has picked up pay...
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks, led by CEO Guido Rud, has pounced on world sales rights to Lucia Puenzo’s “Los Impactados” on the eve of the American Film Market (AFM) where it will kick off sales.
Delving into the theme of rebirth in the face of profound trauma, “Los Impactados” follows Ada, portrayed by Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larraín’s “Ema” ), whose unusual journey begins when she is struck by lightning, leading her on a fascinating transformation alongside a mysterious doctor, played by Germán Palacios, the lead from “El Último Hereje.” Along the way, she forms a bond with a group of fellow survivors who find themselves increasingly captivated by the power of electricity.
In an earlier interview with Variety, Puenzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lorena Ventimiglia, said she was intrigued by “the possibility that something as random as lightning could strike us with the force of a nuclear reactor,...
Delving into the theme of rebirth in the face of profound trauma, “Los Impactados” follows Ada, portrayed by Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larraín’s “Ema” ), whose unusual journey begins when she is struck by lightning, leading her on a fascinating transformation alongside a mysterious doctor, played by Germán Palacios, the lead from “El Último Hereje.” Along the way, she forms a bond with a group of fellow survivors who find themselves increasingly captivated by the power of electricity.
In an earlier interview with Variety, Puenzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lorena Ventimiglia, said she was intrigued by “the possibility that something as random as lightning could strike us with the force of a nuclear reactor,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Films by Carolina Markowicz, Isabel Coixet, Jaione Camborda and Isabel Herguera all have international potential.
Highly anticipated features from Isabel Coixet, Lucía Puenzo and Jaione Camborda are among the buzziest Spanish and Latin American titles screening across all strands of this year’s San Sebastián film festival. Here is a flavour of what festival audiences can expect.
Blondi (Argentina)
Dir: Dolores Fonzi
The debut feature from Argentinian actress Dolores Fonzi plays in the Horizontes Latinos section, which screens premieres entirely or partially produced in Latin America and not yet released in Spain. Fonzi also stars in the film which is...
Highly anticipated features from Isabel Coixet, Lucía Puenzo and Jaione Camborda are among the buzziest Spanish and Latin American titles screening across all strands of this year’s San Sebastián film festival. Here is a flavour of what festival audiences can expect.
Blondi (Argentina)
Dir: Dolores Fonzi
The debut feature from Argentinian actress Dolores Fonzi plays in the Horizontes Latinos section, which screens premieres entirely or partially produced in Latin America and not yet released in Spain. Fonzi also stars in the film which is...
- 9/26/2023
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s San Sebastian Horizontes Latinos strand, Buenos Aires-based production house Historias Cinematográficas has shared an exclusive first look at the trailer for Lucía Puenza’s energetic new film “Los Impactados,” with Variety.
The film is produced by Pepe Puenzo at Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family production house led by Academy Award winner Luis Puenzo, Academy and Emmy award-winning producer Mark Johnson and Paula Manzanedo in association with Exile Content Studio and Non Stop Studios. Co-produced by Juan de Dios and Pablo Larraín’s indie outfit Fábula, the narrative turns on a study of rebirth after severe trauma.
Written by Puenzo and Lorena Ventimiglia, the singular narrative follows Ada, played by Mariana Di Girolamo who starred opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” after she’s struck by lightning and on through to her intriguing metamorphosis alongside an enigmatic and experimental doctor,...
The film is produced by Pepe Puenzo at Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family production house led by Academy Award winner Luis Puenzo, Academy and Emmy award-winning producer Mark Johnson and Paula Manzanedo in association with Exile Content Studio and Non Stop Studios. Co-produced by Juan de Dios and Pablo Larraín’s indie outfit Fábula, the narrative turns on a study of rebirth after severe trauma.
Written by Puenzo and Lorena Ventimiglia, the singular narrative follows Ada, played by Mariana Di Girolamo who starred opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” after she’s struck by lightning and on through to her intriguing metamorphosis alongside an enigmatic and experimental doctor,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
This week's episode features:Mariana Di Girolamo (Chile), one of today’s most well-known actresses. After a successful career in television, she made her film debut in 2019 as the protagonist of Pablo Larraín's eighth feature film, Ema, which premiered in the Official Competition at Venice. Her performances have been characterized by a singular dramatic approach to physical and body work and by portraying complex and unpredictable female characters. She has also collaborated on films by director Leonardo Medel, with whom she has explored unusual narrative formats, such as video dance and virtual reality, and original stagings, such as La Verónica, which premiered in San Sebastian.Peter Lanzani (Argentina), an actor who, from a very young age, participated in very popular television productions both in his country and in Latin America. In 2015, he made his film debut as the protagonist of The Clan (El clan), Pablo Trapero's ninth feature film,...
- 9/6/2023
- MUBI
Exclusive: Vix has begun production on 7 new original titles during the second quarter of the year including 6 series and one film. They include the Sofia Vergara-led Koati: Animated Series and the Benicio del Toro-produced film Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey).
“With these 7 new productions we continue to increase our original content offerings on Vix, with stories that appeal to the diverse tastes of our audiences,” said Rodrigo Mazón, Chief Content Officer ViX for TelevisaUnivision, in a statement. “Since the launch, we have been working on a path of constant development and production that we know today strongly reflects and resonates with the audience’s preferences and generates great successes in our service,” he added.
Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey) follows Remo Manfredini, a legend in the world of turf racing whose self-destructive behavior overshadows his great talent. Abril, an up-and-coming jockey, is pregnant by Remo and...
“With these 7 new productions we continue to increase our original content offerings on Vix, with stories that appeal to the diverse tastes of our audiences,” said Rodrigo Mazón, Chief Content Officer ViX for TelevisaUnivision, in a statement. “Since the launch, we have been working on a path of constant development and production that we know today strongly reflects and resonates with the audience’s preferences and generates great successes in our service,” he added.
Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey) follows Remo Manfredini, a legend in the world of turf racing whose self-destructive behavior overshadows his great talent. Abril, an up-and-coming jockey, is pregnant by Remo and...
- 6/22/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast includes Francisco Reyes (A Fantastic Woman) and Mariana Di Girólamo (Ema).
Chile’s Clara Films has struck a co-production deal in Cannes with Canada’s December Films and Colombia’s Productora Lap on the bilingual dramedy You Tell Me to star Chilean icon Paulina Garcia from Gloria.
Jacqueline Pepall’s upcoming feature debut is based on the life of Clara Films founder Clara Larrain’s father, who lost 20 years of his memory after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
The film will use memory loss to explore the generational divide between baby boomers and their children through their perception of sexuality,...
Chile’s Clara Films has struck a co-production deal in Cannes with Canada’s December Films and Colombia’s Productora Lap on the bilingual dramedy You Tell Me to star Chilean icon Paulina Garcia from Gloria.
Jacqueline Pepall’s upcoming feature debut is based on the life of Clara Films founder Clara Larrain’s father, who lost 20 years of his memory after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
The film will use memory loss to explore the generational divide between baby boomers and their children through their perception of sexuality,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cast includes Francisco Reyes (A Fantastic Woman) and Mariana Di Girólamo (Ema).
Chile’s Clara Films has struck a co-production deal in Cannes with Canada’s December Films and Colombia’s Productora Lap on the bilingual dramedy You Tell Me to star Chilean icon Paulina Garcia from Gloria.
Jacqueline Pepall’s upcoming feature debut is based on the life of Clara Films founder Clara Larrain’s father, who lost 20 years of his memory after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
The film will use memory loss to explore the generational divide between baby boomers and their children through their perception of sexuality,...
Chile’s Clara Films has struck a co-production deal in Cannes with Canada’s December Films and Colombia’s Productora Lap on the bilingual dramedy You Tell Me to star Chilean icon Paulina Garcia from Gloria.
Jacqueline Pepall’s upcoming feature debut is based on the life of Clara Films founder Clara Larrain’s father, who lost 20 years of his memory after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
The film will use memory loss to explore the generational divide between baby boomers and their children through their perception of sexuality,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Luis Ortega has wrapped production in Argentina on “Kill the Jockey,” starring Úrsula Corberó, “Money Heist’s” Tokyo, and Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (“120 Bpm”), which is shaping up as one of the biggest upcoming movies from Latin America.
Ortega’s follow-up to 2018 Un Certain Regard hit “El Angel,” which sold worldwide and set a box office record in Argentina, “Kill the Jockey” has been snapped up for overseas sales by Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Entertainment, which also sold “El Angel.”
TelevisaUnivision VOD service ViX will roll out “Kill the Jockey” in the U.S. and Latin America. Scanbox handles distribution in Scandinavia.
“Kill the Jockey’s” top-notch cast also features Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girólamo, Daniel Fanego (“El Ángel”) and Roly Serrano (“Youth”).
It turns on Remo (Pérez Biscayart), the best jockey of his generation, whose addictions, however, have gradually cast a shadow over his glory. Like Abril (Corberó), another jockey,...
Ortega’s follow-up to 2018 Un Certain Regard hit “El Angel,” which sold worldwide and set a box office record in Argentina, “Kill the Jockey” has been snapped up for overseas sales by Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Entertainment, which also sold “El Angel.”
TelevisaUnivision VOD service ViX will roll out “Kill the Jockey” in the U.S. and Latin America. Scanbox handles distribution in Scandinavia.
“Kill the Jockey’s” top-notch cast also features Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girólamo, Daniel Fanego (“El Ángel”) and Roly Serrano (“Youth”).
It turns on Remo (Pérez Biscayart), the best jockey of his generation, whose addictions, however, have gradually cast a shadow over his glory. Like Abril (Corberó), another jockey,...
- 5/17/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Ema Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute Ema, Mubi, available now
Actress Mariana Di Girolamo is a Chilean name to watch as she brings chameleon-like qualities to roles like this and, a year later, Leonardo Medel's La Veronica. Here, she plays reggaeton dancer Ema, one half of a couple (alongside Gael Garcia Bernal's choreographer Gaston) whose adoption of a young boy has turned sour along with their relationship. Blazing with contradiction, we see Ema trying on personas for size - mother, wife, sexually liberated fly-by-night - with Di Girolamo bringing a magnetic intensity to each, as her character begins to show she wants to get the child back, no matter what the cost. Beyond the performances, the dance choreography embedded in Pablo Larrain's film and fiercely colour-coded cinematography from Sergio Armstrong are stunning.
Et: The Extra-terrestrial, 2.30pm, ITV2, Easter Monday
If you're looking for something all the family...
Actress Mariana Di Girolamo is a Chilean name to watch as she brings chameleon-like qualities to roles like this and, a year later, Leonardo Medel's La Veronica. Here, she plays reggaeton dancer Ema, one half of a couple (alongside Gael Garcia Bernal's choreographer Gaston) whose adoption of a young boy has turned sour along with their relationship. Blazing with contradiction, we see Ema trying on personas for size - mother, wife, sexually liberated fly-by-night - with Di Girolamo bringing a magnetic intensity to each, as her character begins to show she wants to get the child back, no matter what the cost. Beyond the performances, the dance choreography embedded in Pablo Larrain's film and fiercely colour-coded cinematography from Sergio Armstrong are stunning.
Et: The Extra-terrestrial, 2.30pm, ITV2, Easter Monday
If you're looking for something all the family...
- 4/10/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Los impactados
2022 was a fruitful one for Argentinean filmmaker Lucía Puenzo – she put out two features in the omnibus Tell It Like a Woman and Dive, and shot television series work in “La Jauría” and “Señorita 89” respectively. This year we’ll be seeing a Ventana Sur film co-production forum workshopped (conceived with Lorena Ventimiglia) 2019 supernatural element project see the light. Production on Los impactados began in August of ’22 with the likes of Mariana Anghileri and Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larraín’s Ema star). Esteban Puenzo, Mark Johnson and Paula P. Manzanedo produce alongside Lucía Puenzo.…...
2022 was a fruitful one for Argentinean filmmaker Lucía Puenzo – she put out two features in the omnibus Tell It Like a Woman and Dive, and shot television series work in “La Jauría” and “Señorita 89” respectively. This year we’ll be seeing a Ventana Sur film co-production forum workshopped (conceived with Lorena Ventimiglia) 2019 supernatural element project see the light. Production on Los impactados began in August of ’22 with the likes of Mariana Anghileri and Mariana Di Girólamo (Pablo Larraín’s Ema star). Esteban Puenzo, Mark Johnson and Paula P. Manzanedo produce alongside Lucía Puenzo.…...
- 1/5/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The summer is coming to an end and with it comes a number of films to have on your to-watch list. From some highly-anticipated auteur-driven films to dazzling animations to riveting documentaries to horror stand-outs, there’s a wide-ranging array of selections. Check out our picks to see below.
12. Ma Belle, My Beauty (Marion Hill)
A premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Marion Hill’s acclaimed drama Ma Belle, My Beauty explores the nuances of a polyamorous relationship. John Fink said in his review, “In some relationships it’s easier to pick up where you left off, even after years of being apart. Others, such as those at the core of Marion Hill’s impressive, nuanced feature film debut Ma Belle, My Beauty—contain more heartbreak and baggage. Screening in Sundance’s Next category, Hill’s picture navigates uncomfortable truths with perspective and lyrical emotional honestly as Lane...
12. Ma Belle, My Beauty (Marion Hill)
A premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Marion Hill’s acclaimed drama Ma Belle, My Beauty explores the nuances of a polyamorous relationship. John Fink said in his review, “In some relationships it’s easier to pick up where you left off, even after years of being apart. Others, such as those at the core of Marion Hill’s impressive, nuanced feature film debut Ma Belle, My Beauty—contain more heartbreak and baggage. Screening in Sundance’s Next category, Hill’s picture navigates uncomfortable truths with perspective and lyrical emotional honestly as Lane...
- 8/3/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Pablo Larraín is gearing up for a major second half of 2021. At long last, his dance/relationship drama Ema will arrive next month (more on that later) and the premiere of his Kristen Stewart-led Princess Diana drama Spencer has now been confirmed.
Variety reports the drama––which follows Diana as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, and decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles––will premiere at Venice Film Festival. Also starring Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, and Sean Harris, the Steven Knight-scripted drama boasts cinematographer Claire Mathon (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) and composer Jonny Greenwood as part of the crew.
Before Spencer likely arrives this fall via Neon, Music Box Films will finally get a theatrical release to Ema on August 13, following a digital release on September 14. Led by Mariana Di Girólamo and Gael García Bernal,...
Variety reports the drama––which follows Diana as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, and decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles––will premiere at Venice Film Festival. Also starring Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, and Sean Harris, the Steven Knight-scripted drama boasts cinematographer Claire Mathon (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) and composer Jonny Greenwood as part of the crew.
Before Spencer likely arrives this fall via Neon, Music Box Films will finally get a theatrical release to Ema on August 13, following a digital release on September 14. Led by Mariana Di Girólamo and Gael García Bernal,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Verónica lies at the centre of her world, a model and football Wag who carefully stage manages her life with selfies in mind. Leonardo Medel reflects this mindset with his film, with cinematographer Pedro Garcia permanently keeping Verónica (Mariana Di Girólamo) front and centre for the entire running time - the world might not revolve around her but she treats it as though it does. Nothing is more important to her than "putting on a scene", whether that means directing the exact moment for her model buddy to slap on the sunscreen or more sinister manipulations of her husband Javier (Ariel Mateluna).
Even her newborn baby Amanda plays second fiddle to her moods and it fills her with consternation that Javier will not let her be pictured with the child for her fans. Verónica happily tries on one persona after the other - whether it's giving the camera her best...
Even her newborn baby Amanda plays second fiddle to her moods and it fills her with consternation that Javier will not let her be pictured with the child for her fans. Verónica happily tries on one persona after the other - whether it's giving the camera her best...
- 12/8/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Yulene Olaizola’s “Tragic Jungle,” Natalia Meta’s “The Intruder” and Clarisa Navas’ “One in a Thousand” will compete in the San Sebastian Film Festival’s Latinos Horizontes, a showcase of standout recent movies from Latin America that this year underscores the emergence or consolidation of a new generation of female filmmakers in Latin America.
In all, women direct or co-direct seven of the nine features in Horizontes Latinos, a section which also features two world premieres: “La Verónica,” from Chile’s Leonardo Medel; and “Unlimited Edition,” co-directed by Virginia Cosín, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Santiago Loza and Romina Paula.
Certainly, this year’s San Sebastian makes no claim via its selection to women having suddenly taken over the Latin American industry: Four of the five titles from the region in other sections, including main competition (Argentine Eduardo Crespo’s “Nosotros Nunca Moriremos”) and New Directors (Brazilian João Paulo Miranda’s “Memory House”) are made by men.
In all, women direct or co-direct seven of the nine features in Horizontes Latinos, a section which also features two world premieres: “La Verónica,” from Chile’s Leonardo Medel; and “Unlimited Edition,” co-directed by Virginia Cosín, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Santiago Loza and Romina Paula.
Certainly, this year’s San Sebastian makes no claim via its selection to women having suddenly taken over the Latin American industry: Four of the five titles from the region in other sections, including main competition (Argentine Eduardo Crespo’s “Nosotros Nunca Moriremos”) and New Directors (Brazilian João Paulo Miranda’s “Memory House”) are made by men.
- 8/21/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
‘First Cow’ to open festival, which will run as a virtual event due to the virus crisis.
Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow is to open this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, which has moved online due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The virtual festival, titled Miff 68 ½, will run from August 6-23 and marks the first time Australia’s biggest film festival will not take place since its launch in 1952.
The selection comprises 74 features and 44 shorts from 56 countries. Some 49% of the titles include at least one female director. The screenings will be geo-blocked for Australia, marking the first time Melbourne titles can be viewed nationwide,...
Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow is to open this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, which has moved online due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The virtual festival, titled Miff 68 ½, will run from August 6-23 and marks the first time Australia’s biggest film festival will not take place since its launch in 1952.
The selection comprises 74 features and 44 shorts from 56 countries. Some 49% of the titles include at least one female director. The screenings will be geo-blocked for Australia, marking the first time Melbourne titles can be viewed nationwide,...
- 7/14/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” is set as the opening movie of the Melbourne International Film Festival. The event was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, before being revived online under the label Miff 68 ½. The festival will unspool virtually Aug 6-23, 2020.
“First Cow” is an unlikely story of friendship and free enterprise on the American frontier, involving a skilled cook, a Chinese immigrant and a wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. It previously played at the Telluride, New York and Berlin festivals.
In total, the festival will present 60 feature films, including 3 in a retrospective section, and 44 shorts. They hail from 56 countries and territories and 49% include at least one female director. All film screenings are geo-blocked to play only within Australia, but are available nationwide.
“Despite the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, Miff’s ‘radical act’ is to keep going and continue on our mission to bring (to audiences) the world through unforgettable screen experiences,...
“First Cow” is an unlikely story of friendship and free enterprise on the American frontier, involving a skilled cook, a Chinese immigrant and a wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. It previously played at the Telluride, New York and Berlin festivals.
In total, the festival will present 60 feature films, including 3 in a retrospective section, and 44 shorts. They hail from 56 countries and territories and 49% include at least one female director. All film screenings are geo-blocked to play only within Australia, but are available nationwide.
“Despite the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, Miff’s ‘radical act’ is to keep going and continue on our mission to bring (to audiences) the world through unforgettable screen experiences,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chile’s Leonardo Medel directs the drama starring Mariana Di Girolamo.
Berlin-based Films Boutique has picked up world sales rights to La Veronica, a new social media-themed drama directed by Chile’s Leonardo Medel, which is being introduced to buyers during the virtual Cannes market.
The film, produced by Santiago-based outfit Merced, is in post-production and led by rising Latin American star Mariana Di Girolamo, last seen in Pablo Larraín’s Venice competition title Ema.
Girolamo plays the wife of a famous football player who spends her days by the pool, at photo shoots and taking care of her Instagram account.
Berlin-based Films Boutique has picked up world sales rights to La Veronica, a new social media-themed drama directed by Chile’s Leonardo Medel, which is being introduced to buyers during the virtual Cannes market.
The film, produced by Santiago-based outfit Merced, is in post-production and led by rising Latin American star Mariana Di Girolamo, last seen in Pablo Larraín’s Venice competition title Ema.
Girolamo plays the wife of a famous football player who spends her days by the pool, at photo shoots and taking care of her Instagram account.
- 6/24/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Pablo Larraín's Ema is having a free virtual preview on Mubi in many countries on May 1, 2020. Following this preview, will be showing exclusively on Mubi in the United Kingdom, India, and other countries in May and June.Above: Pablo Larraín. Photo by Luis Poirot.Known for the incisive ways his films rework the past of Chile, and with Jackie (2016), that of the United States, Pablo Larraín now turns towards the present day. Ema is set in the cultural center of Valparaíso which lends itself perfectly to a vibrant, neon-colored, orgasmic tragedy. Melding the personal grief of a couple who have given away their adoptive child with the universal themes of loss and self-affirmation following it, the film’s emotional circuit mimics the serpentine streets of the city. Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo) is a dancer in her husband Gastón's (Gael García Bernal) company, but from the very outset a crisis seems to disrupt their life,...
- 5/4/2020
- MUBI
While drive-in theaters remain virtually the only theaters still open in the U.S. (and a good place to see a new release like haunted-tree horror “The Wretched”), distributors are getting creative about how to release indie and foreign films.
“Jackie” director Pablo Larraín’s latest, “Ema,” debuts for free on Mubi for one day, teasing a future fall theatrical release planned by Music Box. And Oscilloscope uses the emerging virtual cinema model to debut fiction-doc hybrid “The Infiltrators,” in which undocumented activists find a way to liberate deportation-bound detainees from inside a detention center. Plus, Netflix subscribers get (at least) six original features to justify the subscription.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
The Assistant (Kitty Green)
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Where to Find It: Rent on Amazon and iTunes
It’s a...
“Jackie” director Pablo Larraín’s latest, “Ema,” debuts for free on Mubi for one day, teasing a future fall theatrical release planned by Music Box. And Oscilloscope uses the emerging virtual cinema model to debut fiction-doc hybrid “The Infiltrators,” in which undocumented activists find a way to liberate deportation-bound detainees from inside a detention center. Plus, Netflix subscribers get (at least) six original features to justify the subscription.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
The Assistant (Kitty Green)
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Where to Find It: Rent on Amazon and iTunes
It’s a...
- 5/1/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Pablo Larraín's Ema is having a free virtual preview on Mubi in many countries on May 1, 2020. Following this preview, will be showing exclusively on Mubi in the United Kingdom, India, and other countries in May and June.Illustration by Elda Broglio.Halfway through Pablo Larraín’s Ema the camera frames a lamenting image of loss, picturing two adults holding onto each other in a small race car bed. No martial bed is in sight, nor is any child; this is a snapshot of grief. The man’s torso sinks into the woman’s lap, his hands wrapped around her hips. Resting her head on his back, the woman is, at the same time, supporting him and leaning on his shoulders. It is precisely this arresting shot composition that molds Ema into an unorthodox Pietà, using bodies to spell out the film’s tragic potential in a single frame. In this version,...
- 4/30/2020
- MUBI
Exclusive: Following news last week that Mubi is opting to release Pablo Larrain’s latest movie Ema directly online due to cinema closures in the UK, Ireland and India, we can reveal that the streamer has expanded its territories on the title.
The streamer has entered a deal with Nordic releaser NonStop Entertainment to partner on the film’s release in Sweden, Norway and Finland. This is an atypical arrangement in an atypical time. Cinemas are open in Sweden, so the film will go day-and-date in theaters and online May 8, with Mubi handling VOD and NonStop on theatrical. It will mark the first time the Scandi distributor has done a day-and-date release. In Norway and Finland, where cinemas are closed, the film will head directly onto Mubi on the same date.
More from DeadlinePablo Larrain's 'Ema' Heads Directly Online With Mubi In UK, Ireland & India As Cinemas Remain...
The streamer has entered a deal with Nordic releaser NonStop Entertainment to partner on the film’s release in Sweden, Norway and Finland. This is an atypical arrangement in an atypical time. Cinemas are open in Sweden, so the film will go day-and-date in theaters and online May 8, with Mubi handling VOD and NonStop on theatrical. It will mark the first time the Scandi distributor has done a day-and-date release. In Norway and Finland, where cinemas are closed, the film will head directly onto Mubi on the same date.
More from DeadlinePablo Larrain's 'Ema' Heads Directly Online With Mubi In UK, Ireland & India As Cinemas Remain...
- 4/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
This list is being updated…
Pathe has brought forward the online release of Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw starring Miss World pic Misbehaviour by three months after its theatrical play was cut short by the coronavirus shutdowns. The movie was rolled out in the UK on March 13, grossing $426,765 in its opening weekend before all cinemas in the country were shuttered. Now, it will be available across digital platforms from April 15. Jessie Buckley also stars in the feature about how a group of women activists disrupted the 1970 Miss World pageant.
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Pablo Larraín’s Ema is going to skip theatrical and debut online with streaming service Mubi from May 2 in the UK and Ireland (as well as...
Pathe has brought forward the online release of Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw starring Miss World pic Misbehaviour by three months after its theatrical play was cut short by the coronavirus shutdowns. The movie was rolled out in the UK on March 13, grossing $426,765 in its opening weekend before all cinemas in the country were shuttered. Now, it will be available across digital platforms from April 15. Jessie Buckley also stars in the feature about how a group of women activists disrupted the 1970 Miss World pageant.
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Pablo Larraín’s Ema is going to skip theatrical and debut online with streaming service Mubi from May 2 in the UK and Ireland (as well as...
- 4/6/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi has debuted a new trailer for the acclaimed filmmaker, Pablo Larrain’s ‘Ema’ featuring Gael Garcia Bernal.
Ema (Di Girolamo) is a young dancer in a reggaeton troupe: effortlessly magnetic and dangerously impulsive. Her toxic marriage to older choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal) is beyond repair, following a rash decision to hand their adopted child Polo back into the hands of the state. Racked with regret, she sets out on a mission to get her son back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
The film is anchored by a searing central performance from rising star Mariana Di Girolamo.
Also in trailers – Trailer chugs in for ‘Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula’
The film will be available to stream via Mubi on May 2nd
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Ema (Di Girolamo) is a young dancer in a reggaeton troupe: effortlessly magnetic and dangerously impulsive. Her toxic marriage to older choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal) is beyond repair, following a rash decision to hand their adopted child Polo back into the hands of the state. Racked with regret, she sets out on a mission to get her son back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
The film is anchored by a searing central performance from rising star Mariana Di Girolamo.
Also in trailers – Trailer chugs in for ‘Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula’
The film will be available to stream via Mubi on May 2nd
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- 4/6/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ema, the latest feature from Jackie filmmaker Pablo Larraín, will skip theatrical and head online on streaming service Mubi from May 2 in the UK, Ireland and India.
The pic had been planned to have a cinema rollout in the UK and Ireland but the closure of theaters due to coronavirus has made that impossible. Instead, rights holder Mubi will put the film directly on its subscription platform. No solid theatrical plans had been made for India, which is one of the newer territories for the service, but it will now be an online release there too.
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The film premiered at...
The pic had been planned to have a cinema rollout in the UK and Ireland but the closure of theaters due to coronavirus has made that impossible. Instead, rights holder Mubi will put the film directly on its subscription platform. No solid theatrical plans had been made for India, which is one of the newer territories for the service, but it will now be an online release there too.
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The film premiered at...
- 4/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexandra Codina got involved with filmmaking right after college. Following her job as a production assistant in New York, she began working with the Miami Film Festival in 2002, where she learned to further pursue a career in the filmmaking industry. Codina ran the community programming and outreach areas of the festival until 2005, when she confidently decided to fully pursue documentary production. In 2010, her first feature film, “Monica and David,” was picked up by HBO.
“Because I worked [at the Miami Film Festival], I made a lot of friendships with people in the industry so when I was ready for ‘Monica and David’ it wasn’t as frightening to go out there and to try to sell the film and to try to talk to people as peers,” she says.
This year, Codina returns to the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with her feature “Paper Children,” a drama centered on the immigration crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
“Because I worked [at the Miami Film Festival], I made a lot of friendships with people in the industry so when I was ready for ‘Monica and David’ it wasn’t as frightening to go out there and to try to sell the film and to try to talk to people as peers,” she says.
This year, Codina returns to the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with her feature “Paper Children,” a drama centered on the immigration crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
- 3/6/2020
- by Cata Balzano
- Variety Film + TV
Before the title card in Pablo Larrain's film Ema is a following shot of the platinum-blonde title character walking down the middle of an empty road lit by neon and fire. It is perhaps the only truly familiar authorial element in Larrain's latest feature. Ema marks Larrain's return to his homeland of Chile after a successful Hollywood debut in Jackie, and he also returns, for the first time since Tony Manero, to apolitical subject matter. There are no coups, riots, or assassinations in Ema; nobody even dies. Instead, a dancer couple (Mariana Di Girolamo as Ema and Gael Garcia Bernal as Gastón) spars after Ema returns their son to foster care after he immolates a family member, trying alternately to destroy and repair the atypical family. The film was co-written by playwright Guillermo Calderón, the scribe behind Neruda and The Club, and like those, it has the hallmarks of a...
- 2/3/2020
- by Forrest Cardamenis
- firstshowing.net
by Abe Fried-Tanzer
Chilean director Pablo Larraín was last at the Sundance Film Festival with frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal in 2013 for the Oscar-nominated No. Since then, he’s earned two additional bids from the Golden Globes in the foreign language category for The Club and Neruda. He even made his first film in English: Jackie. Now, Larraín is back with another Bernal film, showing in the Spotlight section after its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
Though Bernal plays a substantial role, this film is all about actress Mariana Di Girolamo. She stars as the title character, who is married to Bernal’s choreographer character...
Chilean director Pablo Larraín was last at the Sundance Film Festival with frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal in 2013 for the Oscar-nominated No. Since then, he’s earned two additional bids from the Golden Globes in the foreign language category for The Club and Neruda. He even made his first film in English: Jackie. Now, Larraín is back with another Bernal film, showing in the Spotlight section after its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
Though Bernal plays a substantial role, this film is all about actress Mariana Di Girolamo. She stars as the title character, who is married to Bernal’s choreographer character...
- 1/30/2020
- by Abe Fried-Tanzer
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Pablo Larraín’s (Jackie) Venice Film Festival drama Ema, starring newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle), and Santiago Cabrera (Big Little Lies).
Music Box plans to theatrically release the Sundance-bound drama in summer 2020. The deal was negotiated by Music Box President William Schopf and CAA Media Finance.
Ema charts a woman’s odyssey of personal liberation after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
“I feel proud and excited to be working again with Music Box Films, a wonderful company for a movie like Ema in the USA,” said feted Chilean director Larraín. “It’s truly amazing.” The distributor previously released the director’s 2015 film The Club.
“This is one of those films that you have to see to believe,” added Music Box Films’ President William Schopf. “Entirely singular,...
Music Box plans to theatrically release the Sundance-bound drama in summer 2020. The deal was negotiated by Music Box President William Schopf and CAA Media Finance.
Ema charts a woman’s odyssey of personal liberation after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
“I feel proud and excited to be working again with Music Box Films, a wonderful company for a movie like Ema in the USA,” said feted Chilean director Larraín. “It’s truly amazing.” The distributor previously released the director’s 2015 film The Club.
“This is one of those films that you have to see to believe,” added Music Box Films’ President William Schopf. “Entirely singular,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Buenos Aires — Argentina’s Lucía Puenzo, one of Latin America’s most sought-after writer-directors, is in talks with Mariana di Girolamo, star of Pablo Larraín’s “Ema,” and Marcelo Alonso for both to star in feature “Impactados.”
Both actors have expressed their interest in appearing in the film, said Puenzo, which she will pitch to potential co-producers at Ventana Sur Proyecta Forum on Dec. 4.
There, it bids fare to be one of the pitching session’s highlights given its pedigree production – Argentina’s Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family production house led by Academy Award-winning Luis Puenzo, Juan de Dios Larraín at Chile’s Fabula and Stéphane Parthenay at France’s Pyramide Productions – and Puenzo’s own caché as one of Latin America’s very few film directors whose films can open theatrically to significant box office outside Latin America.
Di Girolamo and Alonso played in the acclaimed Fabula-Fremantle-produced and Puenzo showrun TV series “La Jauría.
Both actors have expressed their interest in appearing in the film, said Puenzo, which she will pitch to potential co-producers at Ventana Sur Proyecta Forum on Dec. 4.
There, it bids fare to be one of the pitching session’s highlights given its pedigree production – Argentina’s Historias Cinematográficas, the Puenzo family production house led by Academy Award-winning Luis Puenzo, Juan de Dios Larraín at Chile’s Fabula and Stéphane Parthenay at France’s Pyramide Productions – and Puenzo’s own caché as one of Latin America’s very few film directors whose films can open theatrically to significant box office outside Latin America.
Di Girolamo and Alonso played in the acclaimed Fabula-Fremantle-produced and Puenzo showrun TV series “La Jauría.
- 12/4/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has come out on top in a competitive tustle to sign Chilean actress Mariana di Girolamo, the breakout star of Pablo Larraín’s (Jackie) Venice and Toronto drama Ema.
Spanish-language festival favorite Ema, also starring Gael Garcia Bernal, follows a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart. Di Girolamo was lauded for her lead performance.
The actress is currently attached to star in Spanish-language crime thriller series The Cliff (El Acantilado) from Mediapro and Vice Studios. She is well known in Chile for her starring role in local drama series Perdona Nuestros Pecados and Río Oscuro. Recent feature roles include Chilean comedy No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano and Hotel Zentai. She studied theater at The Catholic University of Chile.
Di Girolamo continues to be represented by Jorge Hernandez at Imc Management.
Spanish-language festival favorite Ema, also starring Gael Garcia Bernal, follows a couple dealing with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart. Di Girolamo was lauded for her lead performance.
The actress is currently attached to star in Spanish-language crime thriller series The Cliff (El Acantilado) from Mediapro and Vice Studios. She is well known in Chile for her starring role in local drama series Perdona Nuestros Pecados and Río Oscuro. Recent feature roles include Chilean comedy No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano and Hotel Zentai. She studied theater at The Catholic University of Chile.
Di Girolamo continues to be represented by Jorge Hernandez at Imc Management.
- 10/23/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Dancer drama premiered at Venice this year.
Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has taken UK and Ireland rights to Ema, Pablo Larraín’s dancer drama that premiered at Venice earlier this month. The Match Factory is handling international rights to the film.
The film stars Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo and centres on the eponymous Ema, a talented dancer who rethinks her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
It was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Larraín and produced by Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín. Paola Giannini...
Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has taken UK and Ireland rights to Ema, Pablo Larraín’s dancer drama that premiered at Venice earlier this month. The Match Factory is handling international rights to the film.
The film stars Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo and centres on the eponymous Ema, a talented dancer who rethinks her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
It was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Larraín and produced by Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín. Paola Giannini...
- 9/27/2019
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
With Ema, Chilean director Pablo Larraín moves away from the biopic and the past history of his country to turn towards its future. The film centers on Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo), a young reggaeton dancer who sees her marriage with celebrated choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal) crumble after their “failed” adoption. A simple enough story, but already in the film’s earliest scene, the surprising behaviors and reactions of the characters hint at their extremely modern identities. Ema and Gaston are unspeakably cruel to each other, but in their own way, they are incredibly […]...
- 9/19/2019
- by Elena Lazic
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
With Ema, Chilean director Pablo Larraín moves away from the biopic and the past history of his country to turn towards its future. The film centers on Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo), a young reggaeton dancer who sees her marriage with celebrated choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal) crumble after their “failed” adoption. A simple enough story, but already in the film’s earliest scene, the surprising behaviors and reactions of the characters hint at their extremely modern identities. Ema and Gaston are unspeakably cruel to each other, but in their own way, they are incredibly […]...
- 9/19/2019
- by Elena Lazic
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“Ema” is the third collaboration between filmmaker Pablo Larraín and Gael García Bernal, but the latter is hoping for many more.
“This is our third film together and I love working with him and I love his films — it’s such a pleasure,” García Bernal told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Secretly, I am always waiting for that phone call that eventually comes. It’s a great excuse to spend time together, and I’m proud of all the films we make together. This one is fantastic — I really love the exploration, the experimentation that goes on in this film. It’s something that I don’t see in cinema and it’s difficult to talk about these things.”
Larraín calls the film a “melodrama that has elements of suspense,” as well as a story about family and the contemporary world. Newcomer Mariana di Girolamo plays Ema,...
“This is our third film together and I love working with him and I love his films — it’s such a pleasure,” García Bernal told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Secretly, I am always waiting for that phone call that eventually comes. It’s a great excuse to spend time together, and I’m proud of all the films we make together. This one is fantastic — I really love the exploration, the experimentation that goes on in this film. It’s something that I don’t see in cinema and it’s difficult to talk about these things.”
Larraín calls the film a “melodrama that has elements of suspense,” as well as a story about family and the contemporary world. Newcomer Mariana di Girolamo plays Ema,...
- 9/18/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Venice Film Festival draws to a close this evening, when prizes will be handed out by Lucrecia Martel’s jury. It’s been a hot 10 days on the Lido, and not just because the mercury was stifling throughout. We expected controversy coming in, and certainly the inclusion of Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy in competition caused a stir at the outset — Martel on opening day seemed to suggest she might not give the film a fair shake, only to clarify her remarks 24 hours later.
It was relatively smooth sailing from then on, with pictures vying for the Golden Lion generally well-received. Much attention focused on Warner Bros’ Joker and Netflix’s Marriage Story which both got extended standing ovations.
It ain’t over til it’s over, however, and early this morning a protest broke out on the red carpet. About 200 people from the No Large...
It was relatively smooth sailing from then on, with pictures vying for the Golden Lion generally well-received. Much attention focused on Warner Bros’ Joker and Netflix’s Marriage Story which both got extended standing ovations.
It ain’t over til it’s over, however, and early this morning a protest broke out on the red carpet. About 200 people from the No Large...
- 9/7/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Gael Garcia Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo blame each other for quitting on their adoptive son. Is either correct? And will we ever meet him?
Pablo Larrain is the great discombobulator of modern cinema, a master of black jokes, a spinner of transgressive tales. Like Yorgos Lanthimos (his closest contemporary), he makes work that inhabits a social landscape of strangeness, where conversations jump from the candid to the downright inappropriate and characters remain a mystery, sometimes even to themselves. We wouldn’t want to live in the world Larrain shows us. But his films are so good they convince us that we do.
Over the last decade or so, the Chilean director has told stories about demented John Travolta impersonators (Tony Manero), disgraced Catholic priests (The Club) and a grief-stricken First Lady (Jackie). And while I confess that I found Ema to be a notch down on his best work,...
Pablo Larrain is the great discombobulator of modern cinema, a master of black jokes, a spinner of transgressive tales. Like Yorgos Lanthimos (his closest contemporary), he makes work that inhabits a social landscape of strangeness, where conversations jump from the candid to the downright inappropriate and characters remain a mystery, sometimes even to themselves. We wouldn’t want to live in the world Larrain shows us. But his films are so good they convince us that we do.
Over the last decade or so, the Chilean director has told stories about demented John Travolta impersonators (Tony Manero), disgraced Catholic priests (The Club) and a grief-stricken First Lady (Jackie). And while I confess that I found Ema to be a notch down on his best work,...
- 9/1/2019
- by Xan Brooks in Venice
- The Guardian - Film News
Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain likes to tread new ground with each film, but movies with women’s names, and female characters at their center, do seem to have a special appeal for him. After “Jackie,” he’s back in Venice with “Ema,” a portrait of an incendiary lady contending with tragedy in a totally different way than her husband, who is played by Gael Garcia Bernal.
Larrain spoke to Variety about how young Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo made “Ema” her own. (The interview has been edited for concision and clarity.)
“Ema” is totally different stylistically from “Jackie,” but it’s similar in that what carries the movie is the power of the central female character.
There is a point in both the movies where you become a witness. And the movie becomes a testimony of the process of being a witness to that character. In both cases, it’s very based on the actresses.
Larrain spoke to Variety about how young Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo made “Ema” her own. (The interview has been edited for concision and clarity.)
“Ema” is totally different stylistically from “Jackie,” but it’s similar in that what carries the movie is the power of the central female character.
There is a point in both the movies where you become a witness. And the movie becomes a testimony of the process of being a witness to that character. In both cases, it’s very based on the actresses.
- 9/1/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
that feels like it was born out of a three-way between “Amélie,” “Oldboy,” and Gaspar Noé before maturing into a force of nature all its own, Pablo Larraín’s “Ema” doesn’t always dance to a clear or recognizable beat, but anybody willing to get on its wavelength will be rewarded with one of the year’s most dynamic and electrifying films. Which isn’t to suggest the movie — Larraín’s first since the one-two punch of “Neruda” and “Jackie” in 2016 — doesn’t grab you from the moment it starts, only that it keeps you on your toes for a little while before you can figure out the steps, and it never lets you take the lead.
Or maybe the film’s initial veil of impenetrability would be more accurately likened to the billowing smoke that obfuscates a burning car wreck. At least the identity of the firestarter is never in doubt.
Or maybe the film’s initial veil of impenetrability would be more accurately likened to the billowing smoke that obfuscates a burning car wreck. At least the identity of the firestarter is never in doubt.
- 8/31/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
If you’re looking to meet a shock-of-the-new, beyond-punk vanguard girl who’s so out there and alienated, and maybe liberated, that you’ve never quite seen the likes of her, you could do worse than spend 102 minutes in the company of Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo), the title viper of Pablo Larraín’s new film. Ema, with her stick earrings and nose ring, her slicked-back platinum mane and big-eyed insatiable blank stare that takes in everything and gives back nothing, is a dancer who lives in the Chilean port city of Valparaíso. When she’s doing her Reggaeton dance moves, punching the air as if she owned it, she’s like Lady Gaga in the great video for “Telephone.” But this is a Gaga who’s gangsta. After hours, she takes out a flamethrower and sets fire to cars, swing sets, traffic lights. She’s the mother of an adopted son,...
- 8/31/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Chilean director Pablo Larraín had a major 2016, releasing three films in the United States with The Club, Neruda, and his English-language debut Jackie. With his post-9/11 drama The True American delayed, he embarked on a smaller feature in his native country. Ema is a dance-focused drama starring frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal and newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. The script written by Guillermo Calderon (Neruda) and Alejandro Moreno follows Bernal as a dance choreographer and Di Girolamo as his schoolteacher wife. As they face the hardships of a failed adoption, they will express themselves through dance.
Now set for a world premiere at Venice Film Festival before coming to Tiff, the first trailer has now arrived which shows off no shortage of striking choreography and imagery intertwined with a heartfelt story of self-discovery. Also starring Paola Giannini and Santiago Cabrera, see the trailer and poster below, and return for our review.
Now set for a world premiere at Venice Film Festival before coming to Tiff, the first trailer has now arrived which shows off no shortage of striking choreography and imagery intertwined with a heartfelt story of self-discovery. Also starring Paola Giannini and Santiago Cabrera, see the trailer and poster below, and return for our review.
- 8/30/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"I'm going to make sure you never forget what he told you." The Match Factory unveiled the first official promo trailer for Ema, the latest film from acclaimed, award-winning Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín. This is premiering at the Venice Film Festival this week, and then will hit the Toronto Film Festival next. Mariana Di Girolamo stars as Ema, a reggaeton dancer who "sets out on an odyssey of personal liberation" in the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart. Also starring Gael García Bernal, Paola Giannini, and Santiago Cabrera. The first poster for this is also stunning - such attention-grabbing imagery! And this trailer is splendid, setting the tone and introducing this colorful story. I'm a big fan of Larrain and can't wait to see this in Venice soon. Here's the first festival promo trailer (+ poster) for Pablo Larrain's Ema, direct from Tmf's YouTube...
- 8/29/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín never does the same thing twice, upending seemingly staid narrative concepts into fresh explorations of both humanity and cinema. His latest, “Ema,” seems poised to do the same thing, taking another well-trod idea (“a husband and wife deal with a family tragedy in very different ways”) and turning it into something very different (read: a dance film).
The new film reunites Larraín with his frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character. The duo star as a married couple, he a choreographer and she a dancer, dealing with the fallout of a horrific incident perpetrated by their young adopted son. For Ema, that includes returning to her street dancing roots, though the trailer hints at a deeper meaning that goes beyond her need to physically express herself.
Last August, Larraín...
The new film reunites Larraín with his frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character. The duo star as a married couple, he a choreographer and she a dancer, dealing with the fallout of a horrific incident perpetrated by their young adopted son. For Ema, that includes returning to her street dancing roots, though the trailer hints at a deeper meaning that goes beyond her need to physically express herself.
Last August, Larraín...
- 8/29/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
New sections include The Briefing, a Centrepiece interview and Screen Life.
Screen International has launched a redesign of its print magazine for the August-September issue, featuring new sections, a new look and new paper stock.
The redesign issue cover features Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larraín’s Ema, which is premiering in Venice’s Competition section.
The magazine now opens with a new front section called ‘The Briefing’, which features shorter, sharper pieces focusing on people, trends, topics, new talent and new productions. The new section also features comment pieces from Screen International’s senior editorial team,...
Screen International has launched a redesign of its print magazine for the August-September issue, featuring new sections, a new look and new paper stock.
The redesign issue cover features Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larraín’s Ema, which is premiering in Venice’s Competition section.
The magazine now opens with a new front section called ‘The Briefing’, which features shorter, sharper pieces focusing on people, trends, topics, new talent and new productions. The new section also features comment pieces from Screen International’s senior editorial team,...
- 8/27/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
After highlighting 50 anticipated titles confirmed to arrive in theaters this fall, we now turn our attention to the festival-bound films either without distribution or awaiting a release date. Looking over Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and New York Film Festival titles (as well as a few likely Telluride contenders), we’ve rounded up 20 movies–most of which we’ll be checking out over the next few weeks–that we can’t wait to see–and will hopefully land a U.S. release soon.
Check out our 20 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and return for our reviews.
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson) – Venice and Tiff
During the five-year wait since A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, the closing chapter of Roy Andersson’s Living trilogy, the filmmaker hasn’t exactly been resting on his laurels. Andersson began production as early as February 2017 on his newest work About Endlessness,...
Check out our 20 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and return for our reviews.
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson) – Venice and Tiff
During the five-year wait since A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, the closing chapter of Roy Andersson’s Living trilogy, the filmmaker hasn’t exactly been resting on his laurels. Andersson began production as early as February 2017 on his newest work About Endlessness,...
- 8/26/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Film will play in Competition on the Lido before heading to Toronto.
Ahead of its premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival, Pablo Larraín’s hotly anticipated dance drama Ema has been boarded by Colonge-based sales outfit The Match Factory.
Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo lead the cast of the film, which follows the titular Ema, a talented dancer who sets out on a quest to reset her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
The film was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Pablo Larraín and produced Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín.
Ahead of its premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival, Pablo Larraín’s hotly anticipated dance drama Ema has been boarded by Colonge-based sales outfit The Match Factory.
Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo lead the cast of the film, which follows the titular Ema, a talented dancer who sets out on a quest to reset her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
The film was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Pablo Larraín and produced Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín.
- 8/1/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Mediapro Chile, the Chilean arm of Spanish production powerhouse The Mediapro Studio, is launching its first TV drama project, crime thriller “El acantilado” (“The Cliff”), chosen as one of the 10 finalists at Conecta Fiction’s 3rd Pitch Copro Series.
“The Cliff” features a high-profile creative team that takes in film director Martín Hodara and writer Enrique Videla, a co-scribe on Pablo Larrain’s HBO Latin America “Fugitives” and Lucía Puenzo’s “La Jauría,” a first Fabula-Fremantle-co-production.
Argentina’s Tomas Coste, a triple Cannes Lions winning commercials, is the series creator and co-director.
Benjamín Vicuña and Mariana di Girolamo (“Ema”) are attached to the star.
Mixing classic series noir and strong protagonists with large and involved character arcs, “The Cliff” follows Miguel, a 50 year-old bus driver, played by Vicuña, who triggered a tragic accident and holds himself responsible even if he’s been absolved in a court of law.
Miguel has...
“The Cliff” features a high-profile creative team that takes in film director Martín Hodara and writer Enrique Videla, a co-scribe on Pablo Larrain’s HBO Latin America “Fugitives” and Lucía Puenzo’s “La Jauría,” a first Fabula-Fremantle-co-production.
Argentina’s Tomas Coste, a triple Cannes Lions winning commercials, is the series creator and co-director.
Benjamín Vicuña and Mariana di Girolamo (“Ema”) are attached to the star.
Mixing classic series noir and strong protagonists with large and involved character arcs, “The Cliff” follows Miguel, a 50 year-old bus driver, played by Vicuña, who triggered a tragic accident and holds himself responsible even if he’s been absolved in a court of law.
Miguel has...
- 6/18/2019
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Ema
Chilean director Pablo Larrain returns to Chile for his eighth feature, this time for his first contemporary set drama in his native country with Ema, an adoption issue melodrama which also reunites him for the third time with Gael Garcia Bernal (who starred in 2012’s No and 2016’s Neruda). Bernal is joined by a predominantly female cast which includes Mariana Di Girolamo, Paola Giannini, Santiago Cabrera, Giannina Fruttero, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paula Hofmann, and Catalina Saavedra. The project is produced by the director’s brother, Juan de Dios Larrain (who has producing his films since 2006’s Fuga through their company Fabula) while his usual Dp Sergio Armstrong is also on board.…...
Chilean director Pablo Larrain returns to Chile for his eighth feature, this time for his first contemporary set drama in his native country with Ema, an adoption issue melodrama which also reunites him for the third time with Gael Garcia Bernal (who starred in 2012’s No and 2016’s Neruda). Bernal is joined by a predominantly female cast which includes Mariana Di Girolamo, Paola Giannini, Santiago Cabrera, Giannina Fruttero, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paula Hofmann, and Catalina Saavedra. The project is produced by the director’s brother, Juan de Dios Larrain (who has producing his films since 2006’s Fuga through their company Fabula) while his usual Dp Sergio Armstrong is also on board.…...
- 1/7/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Chilean director Pablo Larraín had a major 2016, releasing three films in the United States with The Club, Neruda, and his English-language debut Jackie. It was thought he would continue working in Hollywood with his next project, the post-9/11 drama The True American starring Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Ruffalo, and Amy Adams. However, it seems like the production is being delayed to 2019 (and a new cast may become attached), so in the meantime, he’s embarked on a smaller feature in his native country.
Starting today, he’s beginning the shoot for Ema, a dance-focused drama starring frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal and newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo, Indiewire reports. Coming together fairly quickly, conceived just a few months ago, the script written by Guillermo Calderon (Neruda) and Alejandro Moreno follows Bernal as a dance choreographer and Di Girolamo as his schoolteacher wife. As they face the hardships of a failed adoption, they will express themselves through dance.
Starting today, he’s beginning the shoot for Ema, a dance-focused drama starring frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal and newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo, Indiewire reports. Coming together fairly quickly, conceived just a few months ago, the script written by Guillermo Calderon (Neruda) and Alejandro Moreno follows Bernal as a dance choreographer and Di Girolamo as his schoolteacher wife. As they face the hardships of a failed adoption, they will express themselves through dance.
- 8/6/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Pablo Larraín is back. Two years after his Jacqueline Kennedy biopic “Jackie” scored an Oscar nomination for Natalie Portman while his “Neruda” was the Chilean submission for best foreign language film, Larraín is getting behind the camera again for a secret project that came together just a few weeks ago.
With his next American project, “The True American,” pushed into 2019, Larraín has begun production on “Ema,” an original story co-written by “Neruda” screenwriter Guillermo Calderon and New York-based playwright Alejandro Moreno. The movie stars Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. Seeing an opening in his schedule, Larraín and his co-writers conceived of the project earlier this summer and plan to continue writing it throughout the six-week shoot, which commences Monday at the Chilean seaport of Valparaíso.
Read More: Why Pablo Larraín’s Films Deserve Your Attention
In “Ema,” Bernal...
With his next American project, “The True American,” pushed into 2019, Larraín has begun production on “Ema,” an original story co-written by “Neruda” screenwriter Guillermo Calderon and New York-based playwright Alejandro Moreno. The movie stars Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. Seeing an opening in his schedule, Larraín and his co-writers conceived of the project earlier this summer and plan to continue writing it throughout the six-week shoot, which commences Monday at the Chilean seaport of Valparaíso.
Read More: Why Pablo Larraín’s Films Deserve Your Attention
In “Ema,” Bernal...
- 8/5/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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