Standout Paris-based sales outfit Luxbox (“1976”) has acquired international sales rights to the debut solo feature effort from Chilean multi-hyphenate Vinko Tomičić Salinas(“Durmiente”),“The Dog Thief” (“El Ladrón de Perros”), which bows in the international narrative competition at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, running June 5-16. The film follows an adolescent shoe shining orphan, Martín (Franklin Aro Huasco), in …
EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-focused film festival that will take place in Torun, Poland, Nov. 11-18, has announced three more films for its Main Competition: “El Conde,” “Filip” and “Ferrari.” “El Conde,” helmed by Chilean director Pablo Larraín (“Jackie,” “Spencer”), is billed as a dark comedy/horror picture that imagines a parallel universe in which Chile’s late fascistic …
From the director of Spencer and Jackie comes a new biopic, Maria. The film follows opera singer Maria Callas, played by Angelina Jolie, shown off in a first-look image. An official description states that the film, directed by Pablo Larrain, will “explore the life of the legendary, iconic, and controversial singer,
Director Pablo Larraín and cinematographer Edward Lachman take us through some of their wild film’s most gorgeous shots, riffing on decades of cinematic classics for some brutally political storytelling.