Mexico’s Yalitza Aparicio, Oscar nominated for her career-launching turn in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” and Infinity Hill, producers of the Oscar-nominated Argentine drama “Argentina 1985,” have boarded sweatshop thriller “City of Dreams” (previously titled “Dreamer”) as executive producers.
The drama features a stellar cast that includes Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (“Babylon”), Chile’s Alfredo Castro (“From Afar”), Mexico’s Paulina Gaitán (“Narcos”) and Jason Patric (“The Lost Boys”).
The directorial feature debut of helmer-scribe Mohit Ramchandani, “City of Dreams” is produced by Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki (“Innocent Voices), Jon Graham (“The Vault”) and Kyle Stroud (“In Full Bloom”).
Drama will have its world premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival where it closes the event on Sunday, March 5.
Inspired by the 1995 El Monte California sweatshop raid, “…Dreams” follows a young Mexican boy who aspires to become a soccer star. His dreams are upended when he’s smuggled across the...
The drama features a stellar cast that includes Golden Globe nominee Diego Calva (“Babylon”), Chile’s Alfredo Castro (“From Afar”), Mexico’s Paulina Gaitán (“Narcos”) and Jason Patric (“The Lost Boys”).
The directorial feature debut of helmer-scribe Mohit Ramchandani, “City of Dreams” is produced by Mexican filmmaker Luis Mandoki (“Innocent Voices), Jon Graham (“The Vault”) and Kyle Stroud (“In Full Bloom”).
Drama will have its world premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival where it closes the event on Sunday, March 5.
Inspired by the 1995 El Monte California sweatshop raid, “…Dreams” follows a young Mexican boy who aspires to become a soccer star. His dreams are upended when he’s smuggled across the...
- 2/22/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Morelia, Mexico – “Chivas – the Movie,” the first full-length feature documentary about Mexico’s 112-year old Chivas soccer team held its world premiere Thursday, Oct. 25, at the 16th Morelia Int’l Film Festival. Chivas fans, some wearing the iconic red and white striped Chivas jerseys, crowded the Cinepolis theatre complex in downtown Morelia to cheer their heroes on the red carpet.
Co-directed by Ivan Lopez-Barba and Ruben R. Bañuelos, “Chivas” bows Nov. 23 on 150 screens via Cinepolis’ specialized content label +Quecine, which releases docus, music, cultural and sporting events on select screens across Mexico.
“Chivas de Guadalajara is the most popular soccer team in Mexico and because of its history and its wins, being a team comprised of solely Mexican players makes it emblematic of our times,” said Marco Garcia, manager of +QueCine, Latin America. “It’s an inspiring film, with great motivational power,” he added.
“Chivas – The Movie” is the first producing gig of Amaury Vergara,...
Co-directed by Ivan Lopez-Barba and Ruben R. Bañuelos, “Chivas” bows Nov. 23 on 150 screens via Cinepolis’ specialized content label +Quecine, which releases docus, music, cultural and sporting events on select screens across Mexico.
“Chivas de Guadalajara is the most popular soccer team in Mexico and because of its history and its wins, being a team comprised of solely Mexican players makes it emblematic of our times,” said Marco Garcia, manager of +QueCine, Latin America. “It’s an inspiring film, with great motivational power,” he added.
“Chivas – The Movie” is the first producing gig of Amaury Vergara,...
- 10/26/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
NEW YORK -- Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures banner has acquired North American and Caribbean rights to Ecuadorian-born writer-helmer Sebastian Cordero's Spanish-language crime thriller Cronicas. The film, which screened at this year's Festival de Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, was produced by Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Jorge Vergara through the Anhelo Prods. banner. Bertha Navarro and Isabel Davalos also produced, with Frida Torresblanco executive producing. Cronicas, which Palm plans to release next year, follows a Miami reporter (John Leguizamo) who travels to a small Ecuadorian village to cover a series of brutal murders and get the biggest story of his career, tracking a possible serial killer dubbed the Monster of Babahoyo.
NEW YORK -- Indie distributor ThinkFilm sealed a deal Monday to acquire the Sean Penn-Naomi Watts starrer The Assassination of Richard Nixon two weeks before the film is slated to make its North American premiere Sept. 13 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Also starring Don Cheadle and Jack Thompson, Nixon is based on the true story of Samuel Bicke (Penn), a bitter man who blames the president for the unraveling of his own American dream and hatches a terrorist plot. Nixon was directed by Niels Mueller, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Kennedy. Alfonso Cuaron and Jorge Vergara produced through their Anhelo Prods. Leonardo DiCaprio, Alexander Payne, Frida Torresblanco and Kennedy executive produced.
- 8/31/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jessy Terrero, who made his directorial debut on the upcoming urban comedy Soul Plane for MGM, has struck a deal with Y Tu Mama Tambien producer Jorge Vergara and executive producer Sergio Aguero to adapt his Sundance award-winning short film The Clinic to a full-length feature. The feature -- developed at Fox Searchlight's Searchlab and now being referred to as the Untitled Jamaica Queens Project -- is described as a Latin-flavored Friday centering on 24 hours in the life of one character in Jamaica Queens and the cast of characters that surrounds him.
- 11/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran actor Michael Wincott has been added to the cast of the indie drama The Assassination of Richard Nixon for director Niels Mueller. Set during the 1970s, Nixon centers on the true story of Philadelphia furniture salesman Sam Byck (Sean Penn), who hatches a plot to kill Richard Nixon after Byck's attempts to live out the American dream are dashed. Byck had planned to hijack a commuter flight in Atlanta and crash the airliner into the White House. Wincott will star as the older brother of Penn's character. Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle round out the cast. Mueller and Kevin Kennedy penned the screenplay. The project is being produced through Jason Kliot and Joana Vicente's New York-based Open City Films banner, with Monsoon Entertainment -- headed by Alfonso Cuaron, Jorge Vergara and Arnaud Duteil -- financing. Wincott is repped by Brillstein-Grey's Danny Sussman and Jai Khanna. His other credits include The Count of Monte Cristo, Along Came a Spider, Before Night Falls, Hidden Agenda and Alien: Resurrection.
- 7/11/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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