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Protagonizan Álvaro Cervantes, Bruna Cusí y Marc Martínez. © Filmax

Filmax ha anunciado el inicio de rodaje de Balandrau, la ópera prima de cineasta catalán Fernando Trullols basado en los hechos reales que se produjeron en el año 2000 en el Pirineo catalán.

Basada en el libro Les tres nits del torb i un cap d’any, de Jordi Cruz, y con guion de Danielle Schleif (Mediterráneo), la película se sitúa en el 30 de diciembre del 2000, cuando un grupo de amigos se disponen a ascender el Balandrau. El sol acompaña a los montañeros hasta que, en cuestión de minutos, todo cambia. Una ventisca imprevisible desencadena la peor de las tormentas de la historia de los Pirineos.

La película está protagonizada por Álvaro Cervantes (Sorda), Bruna Cusí (Citas Barcelona) y Marc Martínez (Berlín). Completan el reparto Pep Ambrós (La virgen roja), Francesc Garrido (Clanes), Ágata Roca (Hit), Anna Moliner (El cuerpo en llamas...

“The Old Young Crow,” an American/Japanese short film directed by Liam LoPinto, took top honors at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, winning the Best of the Festival Award along with a cash prize of $5,000, the festival announced Sunday.

The win makes LoPinto’s film one of five at the festival that now qualify for the 2024 Academy Awards.

Other Oscars-qualifying short films from the Palm Springs ShortFest include: Lithuania’s “Way Better,” the Best Animated Short winner from director Skirmanta Jakaitė; China’s “Will You Look at Me,” director Shuli Huang’s Best Documentary Short winner; the French entry “Sèt Lam,” directed by Vincent Fontano, won Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes; and Spain’s “Mystic Tiger,” winner of Best Live Action Short under 15 minutes by director Marc Martínez.

The winners received a total of $25,000 in prizes in categories judged by industry luminaries, festival organizers and journalists. Read on for the complete list of winners.

The Old Young Crow took home the top prize at the 2023 Palm Springs International Shortfest on Sunday. The Japanese-United States short film follows an elderly Persian man recalling the lessons he learned from an elderly Japanese woman.

The best animated short award went to Lithuania’s Way Better, which centers on a man who’s expecting the worst but hoping for the best from his upcoming medical test results. He spends his time over the course of a week waiting in a limbo of his own creation, dreading things that haven’t happened yet.

Other top awards of the festival went to China’s Will You Look At Me for documentary short, France’s Sét Lam for live-action short over 15 minutes and Spain’s Mystic Tiger for live-action short 15 minutes and under. The top five films are now eligible to submit their shorts to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.

"The time is near." Strand Releasing has unveiled an official red band trailer for the indie horror thriller titled Framed, made by Spanish filmmaker Marc Martínez. This first premiered at the 2017 Molins Film Festival in Spain, and played at other small festivals all over the world for a few years. It's finally getting a VOD release this summer in the Us. Framed is another one of these eye-roll-inducing concepts about an app that lets people stream whatever, without censorship, so of course people get violent and disgusting with it. Three "players" crash a party and force the party-goers into cruel games and tortures being broadcast live. Ugh. I'm so tired of these horror films, glorifying fame and popularity and torture. Starring Joe Manjón, Alex Maruny, Clàudia Pons, Julia Molins, and Enric Aunquer. This is definitely not for most people. Here's the official red band trailer (+ poster) for Marc Martínez's Framed,...

As Montreal genre festival Fantasia’s Frontières International Co-Production Market wrapped, it emerged that five participants have teamed up to release a series of anthologies curated from the Little Terrors short film festival in Toronto.

The series is the brainchild of Little Terrors founder Justin McConnell and Indiecan Entertainment’s Avi Federgreen.

Indiecan, Unstable Ground and Rue Morgue Magazine produce the anthologies, which will be released in the Us through a partnership between Uncork’d Entertainment and Indiecan Entertainment, while Indiecan and Raven Banner Releasing will collaborate in Canada.

The first release, Minutes Past Midnight, is set for a limited theatrical release in early October, followed by North American VOD on October 18 and DVD on February 5, 2017.

Each release will feature selections culled from the last five years of Little Terrors that played around the world. Raven Banner Entertainment will handle outstanding international sales.

Minutes Past Midnight comprises nine films directed by Robert Boocheck, Lee Cronin, [link...

The 14th annual Screamfest La film festival kicks off on October 14th, and they've now announced their "Shorts to Die For" lineup of 40 short films from all across the globe. Read on for the details!

Screamfest 2014 takes place in Los Angeles on October 14-23 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.

For more info visit the Screamfest website, "like" Screamfest on Facebook, and follow Screamfest on Twitter.

Alone (Seule) (France) - Directed by Didier Philippe - Claire, a young woman, lives alone in a large apartment. Her fear of the outside world stops her from going out and letting people in. One day, she discovers evidence revealing that a man lives in her home. The presence of that man becomes more and more apparent and eventually threatening…

3 Versos (Us) - Directed by Antonio Yee - After a violent encounter with an abusive spirit, two sisters seek the help...