In one of the keystone deals on a high-profile new Argentine title at Ventana Sur, Disney’s Buena Vista Intl. has acquired the rights to Argentina and Uruguay and also TV/VOD rights to Latin America on “Dark Buildings.”
Starz's upcoming Latino drama series Vida has just finished casting. Actors Mishel Prada, Karen Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda, and Maria Elena Laas have been cast as series regulars alongside Melissa Barrera in the new half-hour series.
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15: A Quinceañera Story, is a collection of four short documentary films, that HBO will air on Dec. 19th-22th, 2017. The short films will capture five Latina girls coming of age to celebrate their 15th birthday. These girls come from different cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds from around the U.S., and one gets an inside look at their lives and their daily struggles as a Latina while preparing for the biggest day of their lives to date. HBO and HBO Latino will air these short docs on consecutive nights, starting December 19th. The shorts address gender identity and the constant fear of having a loved one deported. This show is just what the country needs, for people, outside of the Latino community, to see for themselves how some people are affected by the political climate of the country. It is a harsh reality, but a story that needs to be told.
Read the full article HERE.
Courtesy of Hollywood Reporter
15: A Quinceañera Story, is a collection of four short documentary films, that HBO will air on Dec. 19th-22th, 2017. The short films will capture five Latina girls coming of age to celebrate their 15th birthday. These girls come from different cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds from around the U.S., and one gets an inside look at their lives and their daily struggles as a Latina while preparing for the biggest day of their lives to date. HBO and HBO Latino will air these short docs on consecutive nights, starting December 19th. The shorts address gender identity and the constant fear of having a loved one deported. This show is just what the country needs, for people, outside of the Latino community, to see for themselves how some people are affected by the political climate of the country. It is a harsh reality, but a story that needs to be told.
Read the full article HERE.
Taken at the 2017 Latino Media Fest
If you attended the 2017 Latino Media Fest, hosted by NALIP, this past September, you probably got a chance to experience ‘Son of Jaguar’ in VR. If you weren't able to attend, here's your chance to experience Jorge Gutierrez’s ‘Son of Jaguar’. It was released for the HTC Vive VR headset this past Monday. You can now experience this in the comfort of your home, on a flight, or where ever you choose to use your VR headset.
Telemundo is creating a new bilingual digital production studio called Fluency Plus. Fluency Plus’s vision is to create a mixture of Spanish and English content to tap into what marketers called the “200-percenters”, which are 100 percent Latino and 100 percent American.
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Congratulations to our NALIPsters who will be screening their films this Saturday at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) in Los Angeles, taking place in the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood.
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Elisa Lleras (co-producer) and Pau Brunet (producer) will be screening "Nobody's Watching" (Nadie Nos Mira).
Elisa Lleras has extensive experience both as a creative and line producer in scripted content. Having graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Producing, Elisa has line produced features such as Frankenstein, , Camino, and the upcoming We Are Boats. Elisa has produced for La Panda Productions and Spectrevision / Company X.
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Are you a student and an aspiring filmmaker? AT&T wants you to participate in its AT&T Film Awards. Take advantage of this amazing opportunity! The best part is that there is no entry fee. This will be the 3rd edition of the AT&T Film Awards, focusing on students, ranging from 13-18 years of age and college students.
At this year’s Latino Media Fest which took place September 26th, NALIP, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, is proud to have hosted Sierra Ornelas and Vanessa Ramos, who are two Latina writers from the hit show Superstore starring and directed by America Ferrera. NALIP’s mission is to discover, promote and inspire Latino content creators and serve the needs of diverse content creators including, producers, performers, writers, directors, and industry professionals. If you would like to know more about our membership opportunities visit: http://www.nalip.org/become_a_member
Below are some exciting Film Festivals coming up in the next few weeks!