European distributor Newen Connect has boarded “All in Favor,” a bigscreen adaptation of Santiago Requejo’s award-winning short film “Votamos.”
“All in Favor” is set at a downtown Madrid building where an ordinary meeting of neighbors to vote on the change of elevator escalates into a full-blown conflict after the unexpected announcement that a new tenant with mental health issues will rent an apartment.
Requejo is writing and director the feature film with an ensemble cast including Clara Lago (“Spanish Affair”), Gonzalo de Castro, Tito Valverde, Raúl Fernández de Pablo, Neus Sanz (“Volver”), Charo Reina, Christian Checa (“On the Fringe”) and Pepe Carrasco (“Way Down”).
The filmmaker said he believed in the universal themes of “All in Favor,” because it tells a story that “can reach, entertain, and move people from many countries.”
Requejo’s short came out in 2021 and went on to win more than 100 international awards, earned a nomination at the Goya Awards,...
“All in Favor” is set at a downtown Madrid building where an ordinary meeting of neighbors to vote on the change of elevator escalates into a full-blown conflict after the unexpected announcement that a new tenant with mental health issues will rent an apartment.
Requejo is writing and director the feature film with an ensemble cast including Clara Lago (“Spanish Affair”), Gonzalo de Castro, Tito Valverde, Raúl Fernández de Pablo, Neus Sanz (“Volver”), Charo Reina, Christian Checa (“On the Fringe”) and Pepe Carrasco (“Way Down”).
The filmmaker said he believed in the universal themes of “All in Favor,” because it tells a story that “can reach, entertain, and move people from many countries.”
Requejo’s short came out in 2021 and went on to win more than 100 international awards, earned a nomination at the Goya Awards,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Santiago Requejo has not only turned his hit short, “All in Favor,” into a theatrical play set to premiere in Buenos Aires in April, he’s also working on a feature film version.
The award-winning work, which was shortlisted for this year’s live-action short film Oscar, sets the scene with a friendly meeting of apartment owners discussing a new elevator that becomes increasingly tense when they find out one of the neighbors has rented his flat to a work colleague with mental health issues.
The stage adaptation, which Requejo co-wrote with Javier Lorenzo and Raul Barranco, expands the story depicted in the short film. The play (titled “Votemos” in Argentina rather than “Votamos” as in Spain) premieres April 6 at the Teatro Metropolitan in Buenos Aires.
“I’m also writing the feature film,” Requejo adds. “I think the short has had a lot of resonance, a lot of impact. Many...
The award-winning work, which was shortlisted for this year’s live-action short film Oscar, sets the scene with a friendly meeting of apartment owners discussing a new elevator that becomes increasingly tense when they find out one of the neighbors has rented his flat to a work colleague with mental health issues.
The stage adaptation, which Requejo co-wrote with Javier Lorenzo and Raul Barranco, expands the story depicted in the short film. The play (titled “Votemos” in Argentina rather than “Votamos” as in Spain) premieres April 6 at the Teatro Metropolitan in Buenos Aires.
“I’m also writing the feature film,” Requejo adds. “I think the short has had a lot of resonance, a lot of impact. Many...
- 3/14/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Denver-based distributor Fathom Events and Spain’s Bosco Films are teaming to release this September in 700 U.S. theaters the Spanish documentary “Libres” (“Free”).
Portraying the cloistered life of 12 monasteries in Spain, “Free” will be the fourth feature both partners jointly release stateside.
Their distribution relationship kicked-off last year, with the U.S. release of faith-based doc “Vivo” (“Alive”), which scored $352,000 on its April 24 launch, entering into the domestic box office Top Ten.
Further recent Fathom-Bosco releases include Spanish biopic “Esclavos y reyes” (“Claret”) and French pilgrimage documentary “Lourdes.”
For “Free’s” Latin American and Mexican bows, scheduled for Sept. 21, Madrid-based Bosco Films has inked deals with key exhibition chains such as Cinemex, Cinemark and Cinépolis.
Bosco opens “Free” in Spanish theaters on April 21.
Directed by Santos Blanco and written by Javier Lorenzo, “Free” is a journey into the interior of men through the lives of those people who have...
Portraying the cloistered life of 12 monasteries in Spain, “Free” will be the fourth feature both partners jointly release stateside.
Their distribution relationship kicked-off last year, with the U.S. release of faith-based doc “Vivo” (“Alive”), which scored $352,000 on its April 24 launch, entering into the domestic box office Top Ten.
Further recent Fathom-Bosco releases include Spanish biopic “Esclavos y reyes” (“Claret”) and French pilgrimage documentary “Lourdes.”
For “Free’s” Latin American and Mexican bows, scheduled for Sept. 21, Madrid-based Bosco Films has inked deals with key exhibition chains such as Cinemex, Cinemark and Cinépolis.
Bosco opens “Free” in Spanish theaters on April 21.
Directed by Santos Blanco and written by Javier Lorenzo, “Free” is a journey into the interior of men through the lives of those people who have...
- 3/14/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
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