Latin American specialists Buena Onda Americas, in Toronto as a partner with Canana on Cochochi, is in pre-production on The Old Mountain, a $2.7m Brazilian story to shoot in 2008.

Producers are talking to actor Rodrigo Santoro about coming on board and Fernando Meirelles may executive produce; Ondamax will handle sales.

The film follows two childhood friends of different races and classes who meet later in life and fight for the same woman.

Also, BOA is in post on documentary Andrew Wainrib's Thunderman: The Don Aronow Story (also sold by Ondamax), about an infamous 1980s Miami boat designer who did deals with drug barons and the CIA before his murder. The company plans to develop a narrative feature on Aronow's story, and has a first script written by Paul Castro.

Puerto Rican prison documentary Oso Blanco being finished now for a potential Sundance launch.