Colombia’s Dia-fragma and Argentina’s Magma Cine are boarding Panamanian family drama “Wake up, Mom!” (“Despierta Mama”), Arianne Marie Benedetti’s follow-up to her feature debut “Beyond Brotherhood” (“Mas Que Hermanos”). They join producers Regina Barletta of VFXPanamá and Benedetti’s Treehouse Panama.
Magma Cine also co-produced “Beyond Brotherhood,” which repped Panama at the Foreign-language Oscar race this year and became the biggest local box office hit the country has had in the past nine years.
Global Genesis Group (Ggg) is releasing “Brotherhood” in the U.S. as well as handling its international sales. Benedetti is in advanced talks with Ggg to also co-produce and manage the worldwide sales and distribution of “Wake up Mom!”
“We’re tapping Colombia’s and Argentina’s incentives as well as the Ibermedia Fund,” said Benedetti.
“The movie already has 50% of its the budget secure, and we will be applying for the Panamanian...
Magma Cine also co-produced “Beyond Brotherhood,” which repped Panama at the Foreign-language Oscar race this year and became the biggest local box office hit the country has had in the past nine years.
Global Genesis Group (Ggg) is releasing “Brotherhood” in the U.S. as well as handling its international sales. Benedetti is in advanced talks with Ggg to also co-produce and manage the worldwide sales and distribution of “Wake up Mom!”
“We’re tapping Colombia’s and Argentina’s incentives as well as the Ibermedia Fund,” said Benedetti.
“The movie already has 50% of its the budget secure, and we will be applying for the Panamanian...
- 4/6/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Panama once again recorded the fastest-growing box office in Central America in 2017, driven by the opening of new multiplexes, and some of the region’s biggest local hits.
Central America consolidated its region-wide box office growth in 2017 with 3% growth, again due primarily to new theater openings, but the exponential growth curve recorded since 2012 now seems to be plateau-ing.
Total box office for the region in 2017 was $144.34 million – 50% higher than in 2012, but growth in 2017 was lower than in previous years, such as an 8.3% growth in 2016.
Unlike some Latin American countries, where inflation is rampant, Central America maintains very low inflation rates, rising prosperity, and an increasingly stable middle class, which has fueled cinema-going habits.
15 new cinema theaters, with a total of 69 screens, bowed in the region in 2017. Almost half of the news screens opened in Panama, with six new cinemas, and 31 screens. Guatemala saw four new cinemas, with 18 screens, and Costa Rica two new cinemas,...
Central America consolidated its region-wide box office growth in 2017 with 3% growth, again due primarily to new theater openings, but the exponential growth curve recorded since 2012 now seems to be plateau-ing.
Total box office for the region in 2017 was $144.34 million – 50% higher than in 2012, but growth in 2017 was lower than in previous years, such as an 8.3% growth in 2016.
Unlike some Latin American countries, where inflation is rampant, Central America maintains very low inflation rates, rising prosperity, and an increasingly stable middle class, which has fueled cinema-going habits.
15 new cinema theaters, with a total of 69 screens, bowed in the region in 2017. Almost half of the news screens opened in Panama, with six new cinemas, and 31 screens. Guatemala saw four new cinemas, with 18 screens, and Costa Rica two new cinemas,...
- 4/6/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Mas que hermanos (Beyond Brotherhood), is the story of two siblings who end up living in the streets after the unexpected death of their parents. This story of the life of sister and brother, Mia and Joshua Bedi and their fight to survive takes many twists and turns before coming full circle to its unexpected turn of hope in the end. As the author of their story comes to his finale, one understands how life has so much to offer, in spite of its trials and tribulations.
Watch the trailer here.
Offering wonderful views of Panama, its coast, Cinta Costera and Casco Antiguo, the original old town, much the same as its 17th century original (and a Unesco World Heritage Site) this film will make you want to visit there.
The writer-director, Arianne M. Benedetti, has a long association with the city of her birth and knows how to show...
Watch the trailer here.
Offering wonderful views of Panama, its coast, Cinta Costera and Casco Antiguo, the original old town, much the same as its 17th century original (and a Unesco World Heritage Site) this film will make you want to visit there.
The writer-director, Arianne M. Benedetti, has a long association with the city of her birth and knows how to show...
- 12/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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