In her feature film debut, “As Neves,” writer-director Sonia Méndez follows a group of teenagers in a Galician village struggling with the disappearance of a friend following a drug-fueled party and heavy snowfall that has cut off Internet access, complicating the search.
Speaking to Variety, Méndez says she was eager to explore a number of elements in the film, namely the youth of today, which she describes as the most hyper-connected generation, and the often violent transition to adulthood.
“As Neves” screens in competition at the Malaga Film Festival.
Having experienced adolescence in the 1990s and belonging to the last generation caught between the analog and digital worlds, Méndez was fascinated by the “coexistence of both paradigms,” particularly among teenagers who live in such isolated areas as the mountain village of As Neves but are nevertheless always online, “which is very common in Galicia.”
Méndez points out, however, that the...
Speaking to Variety, Méndez says she was eager to explore a number of elements in the film, namely the youth of today, which she describes as the most hyper-connected generation, and the often violent transition to adulthood.
“As Neves” screens in competition at the Malaga Film Festival.
Having experienced adolescence in the 1990s and belonging to the last generation caught between the analog and digital worlds, Méndez was fascinated by the “coexistence of both paradigms,” particularly among teenagers who live in such isolated areas as the mountain village of As Neves but are nevertheless always online, “which is very common in Galicia.”
Méndez points out, however, that the...
- 3/6/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Film Factory Ent. – a sales agent on “Wild Tales,” “The Clan,” “Close Your Eyes” and “The Kings of the World” – has boarded “Jokes & Cigarettes” (“Saben Aquell”), the latest movie from Spain’s David Trueba which is fast-emerging as one of Spain’s late year Goya Award contenders after a San Sebastian sneak-peek and the bow of a trailer.
“Jokes & Cigarettes” joins a Film Factory sales lineup which has included, of titles at this week’s Mia Spanish Screenings on Tour, Javier Macipe’s breakout “The Blue Star,” a hit at San Sebastian where it won the TCM Youth Award and Spanish Co-operation Award.
Trueba, also a novelist, journalist and documentarian, has directed four fiction films and four documentaries since “Living is Easy With Eyes Closed,” which swept seven Goyas in 2014 including picture, director, original screenplay, actor (Fernando Cámara and actress (Natalia de Molina).
Released in Spain on Nov.
“Jokes & Cigarettes” joins a Film Factory sales lineup which has included, of titles at this week’s Mia Spanish Screenings on Tour, Javier Macipe’s breakout “The Blue Star,” a hit at San Sebastian where it won the TCM Youth Award and Spanish Co-operation Award.
Trueba, also a novelist, journalist and documentarian, has directed four fiction films and four documentaries since “Living is Easy With Eyes Closed,” which swept seven Goyas in 2014 including picture, director, original screenplay, actor (Fernando Cámara and actress (Natalia de Molina).
Released in Spain on Nov.
- 10/11/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Photo: ‘Live is Life’ Netflix generally knocks it out of the park when it comes to many of their streaming shows. Many of their original series titles, ‘Squid Game,’ ‘The Witcher,’ and ‘Strangers Things’ to name a few, have been of stellar quality and have cemented the streaming service as a force to be reckoned with in producing and distributing top-notch multi-episode content. Their original films, on the other hand, have been far less worthy of remembrance. Once every few years, Netflix will give us a film such as ‘Okja’ or ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ but for every one of those films the streaming platform gives us fifty films like ‘The Royal Treatment.’ This leaves us wondering when Netflix subscribers might be blessed with the next ‘Beasts of No Nation’ or ‘Okja.’ Unfortunately, Netflix’s newest Spanish film ‘Live is Life’ is not that type of movie. While the film...
- 8/2/2022
- by Nader Chamas
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
“Virgin River” Season 4 has rushed to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Top 10 list for English TV shows during the week of July 18–24, with the romantic drama series garnering 105.44 million hours viewed. On the English film side, the Russo Brothers’ action flick “The Gray Man” debuted at the top, with 88.55 million hours viewed.
Based on the book series of the same name, “Virgin River” follows a nurse practitioner who moves to Northern California for a fresh start. The show hit the Top 10 in 71 countries on the English TV List. Next up for TV, the Hawkins crew held on strong with just under 75 million hours viewed for “Stranger Things 4.” In total, the Duffer Brothers’ phenomenon now sits at 1.33 billion hours viewed on the Most Popular list.
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Based on the book series of the same name, “Virgin River” follows a nurse practitioner who moves to Northern California for a fresh start. The show hit the Top 10 in 71 countries on the English TV List. Next up for TV, the Hawkins crew held on strong with just under 75 million hours viewed for “Stranger Things 4.” In total, the Duffer Brothers’ phenomenon now sits at 1.33 billion hours viewed on the Most Popular list.
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- 7/26/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
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