MEXICO Production Listings - May 2 2003

Copyright: Screen International

ANIMA SOLITARIA (working title)
(Media Pro) Budget: $1.5m. Backer: Melodrama. Drama. The 1913 Mexican revolution: a heroine fights against her destiny in search of her true love. Prod: Jorge Castillo. Dir: Ernesto Medina. Scr: Carmen Limon. Ed: Castillo, Medina.
Contact: Media Pro, (52) 55 5662 1624

AMAPOLA
(Altavista Films) Co-prod: Ivania Films. Drama. A man takes his father's body to be buried in his hometown in Mexico and uncovers his sinister ties to the drugs trade. Prods: Francisco Goncalez Compean, Miguel Arturo Necoechea Gracia. Scr: Vicente Lenero.
Contact: (52) 55 5616 3996

CARDINA 10/30
(Alpha Star) Co-prod: NuFilms. Budget: $1.2m. Backers: Gobierno Del Estado de Zacatecas, Imcine, Melodrama, Drama. Two sisters confront past conflicts. Exec prod: Georgina Balzaretti. Prod: Georgina Teran. Dir: Miguel Mora. Scr: Mora, Oscar Montero, Angelica Cortazar. DoP: Javier Moron. Ed: Samuel Larzon. Prod des: Miguel Angel 'Dode' Alvarez. Costume des: Carola Larosa. Cast: Juan Carlos Colombo.
Contact: Miguel Mora Prods, (52) 55 5277 9970

CHILANGO BLUES (el marlboro y el cucu)
(Argos Comm) Co-prod: Videocine, Plural. Backer: Imcine. Thriller. Two brothers reunited after one of them leaves jail get involved in a series of adventures. Prods: Carlos Payan, Epigmenio Ibarra, Inna Payan. Dir: Javier Patron. Scr: Vicente Lenero. DoP: Patrick Murguia. To shoot in Mexico City in July.
Contact: Argos Communicacion, (52) 55 5286 2429

CONEJO EN LA LUNA
(Beanca Films) Co-prods: Calle Cruzada (Sp), Pandora Film (Ger) Budget: $3.18m. Backer: Fidecine. Thriller-drama. A global noir with techno-salsa velocity. Exec prod: Karl Baumgartner. Prods: Jose Luis Escolar, Jorge Ramirez-Suarez. Co-prod: Raimond Goebel. Dir/scr: Ramirez-Suarez. DoP: Javier Aguirresarobe. Ed: Pablo Zumarraga. Prod des: Salvador Parra. Costume des: Sabine Daigeler. Main cast: Nadja Uhl, Diego Luna, Jesus Ochoa, Jurgen Vogel, Emilio Echevarria. Shooting in Mexico City and Germany from July 7 to Sept 5.
Contact: Beanca Films, (49) 2244 918 567

EL LEGADO
(New Face Cinema). Co-prod: Indifilms. Budget: $1m. Horror. A family is terrorised after it inherits a haunted house. Dist: Indifilms (Latin Am). Prods: Mitzuko Villanueva, Rodrigo Fernandez. Dir/scr: Juan Carlos Blanco. Prod des: Blanco & Asociados. Costume des: Enriqueta Solano. DoP: Toni Kuhn. Cast: Eric del Castillo, Angelica Aragon, Ignacio Guadalupe, Aleida, Dino Garcia. Shooting from June 15 to Aug 25, 2003.
Contact: Juan Carlos Blanco/Mitzuko Villanueva, (52) 55 5548 2997/(52) 55 5548 2998

EMPIRE OF THE GODS (el imperio de los dioses) (working title)
(Sin Destino Films) Co-prod: Juan Blanco. Budget: $4m. A 3D-animated epic adventure about the fall and conquest of the Aztec empire. Prods: Roberto Trujillo, Manuel Guijoza, Leopoldo Laborde. Dir/scr: Laborde. DoP: Carlos Aguilera. Ed: Laborde. Prod des: Arturo Lazcano. In production from autumn 2003 to spring 2005.
Contact: Roberto Trujillo, Sin Destino Films, (52) 5571 4631/55 2679 3000

LA NOCHE DEL PIRATA
(New Face Cinema) Co-prod: Indifilms. Budget: $2.5m. Children's adventure. A nine-year-old boy befriends an old Irish sailor who operates the lighthouse. Dist: Indifilms (Lat Am). Prod: Mitzuko Villanueva. Dir/scr: Juan Carlos Blanco. Prod des: Blanco & Asociados. Costume des: Enriqueta Solano. DoP: Jorge Lopez. Cast: Jorge de la Vega, Antonio Marros, Daniel Martinez, Carmen Perkins, Reynaldo Rosendo. Shooting from Feb 10, 2004 to Apr 20, 2004.
Contact: Juan Carlos Blanco/Mitzuko Villanueva, (52) 55 5548 2997/(52) 55 5548 2998

MALVERDE
(New Face Cinema) Co-prod: Indifilms. Budget: $2.8m. Adventure. A fisherman pulls out the bullet-ridden body of a drug lord's son and mistakes him for the patron saint of drug dealers. Dist: Indifilms (Lat Am). Prods: Mitzuko Villanueva, Rodrigo Fernandez. Dir/scr: Juan Carlos Blanco. Prod des: Blanco & Asociados. Costume des: Enriqueta Solano. DoP: Jorge Lopez. Cast: Bruno Bichir, Julio Mannino, Eugenia Cauduro. Shooting from Oct 10 to Dec 20, 2003.
Contact: Juan Carlos Blanco/Mitzuko Villanueva, (52) 55 5548 2997/(52) 55 5548 2998

EL MAGO
(Cuec Film School) Backer: Foprocine (Imcine). Exec prod: Mitl Valdes. Prod: Amparo Romero. Dir: Jaime Aparicio. Scr: Aparicio, Enrique Renteria. To shoot in Mexico in early summer 2003.
Contact: Amparo Romero,(52) 55 5543 8993/5687 3862

PLACIDO
(Titan Producciones) Musical. Reality turns into a musical for a young funeral parlour worker. Prods: Matthias Ehrenberg, Christian Valdelievre. Dir: Carlos and Jeronimo Hagerman. Scr: Hagermans, Jorge Villalobos. DoP: Enrique Chediak. Prod des: Jeronimo Hagerman, Brigitte Broch.
Contact: Titan Producciones,(52) 55 5574 3816

ROSARIO TIJERAS
(Mano Prods) Drama. Based on novel by Jorge Franco Ramos about a woman who seeks revenge on those who abused her as a child. Prod: Matthias Ehrenberg. Dir: Emilio Maille. Scr: Marcelo Figueras. To shoot in Colombia and Mexico.
Contact: Mano Prods, (52) 55 5574 3816

SECUESTRO EXPRESS
(Tragaluz Prods) Budget: $1.4m. Co-prods: Videocine, Warner. Prods: Maryse Sistach, Eckehardt Von Damm. Dir: Jose Buil.
Contact: Tragaluz Prods, (52) 55 50 62 93

THE SONS OF EL TOPO (los hijos del topo)
(Titan Prods) Adventure-fantasy. Poetic hi-tech adventure about a cursed son. Dir/scr: Alexandro Jodorowsky.
Contact: Titan Producciones,(52) 55 5574 3816

UN DIA SIN MEXICANOS
(Jose & Friends) Budget: $2.2m. Co-prods: Altavista, Videocine, Plural, Cinepolis Prods. Prods: Eckehardt von Damm, Isaac Artenstein. Dir: Sergio Arau. Scr: Yareli Arizmendi, Arau. Based on award-winning mockumentary short. California wakes up one morning to find that all the Latinos have disappeared. Main cast: Arizmendi, Michael White, Brian Brofy, Eduardo Palomo, Fernando Arau. To shoot in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco from May 12 for six to seven weeks.
Contact: Jose & Friends,(1) 323 935 0634

VIVA FRANKENSTEIN!
(Gruener Films) Co-prod: Titan Producciones. Budget: $3.5m. Backers: Fidecine. Fantasy-horror. After a dreadful accident, a man seeks his mother but finds himself caught up in a world of passion, violence and horror. Exec prods: Matthias Ehrenberg, Dulce Kuri. Prods: Gruener, Ehrenberg. Dir: Gruener. Scr: Gabriel Contreras, Gabriel Gonzalez Melendez, Gruener. Prod des: Jose Luis Aguilar. To shoot in the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco.
Contact: Daniel Gruener, (52) 55 5849 0383/(52) 55 5400 3727 /(Mobi) (52) 5662 0804

PUNOS ROSAS (pink fists)
(Videocine) Co-prod: Plural Entertainment (Sp). Backer: Fidecine. Budget: $1.6m. Int'l sales: Mineko Mori, Televisa Cine. Black comedy. Exec prod: Eckehardt Von Damm. Prod: Avelino Rodriguez. Dir: Beto Gomez. Scr: Gomez, Alfonso Suarez Romero. DoP: Hector Osuna. Ed: Jorge Garcia. Prod des: Hania Robledo. Costume des: Josefina Echeverria. Hair/make-up: Alfredo Mora, Felipe Salazar, Isabel Amezcua. Cast: Jose Yenque, Rodrigo Oviedo, Roberto Espejo, Cecilia Suarez. Randy Vasquez. Shooting in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico in May.
Contact: Videocine, (52) 55 5339 3000

CORAZON DE MELON
(Chile Films) Co-prods: Signos Post SC, Andres Bustamante. Backer: FidecineBudget: $1.5m. Int'l sales: Videocine/Televisa Corporacion. Dist: Videocine (worldwide). Romantic comedy. A chef concocts her finest dishes in order to gain the affection of her love interest. Exec prod: Rossana Arau. Prods: Arau & Luis Velez. Dir: Luis Velez. Scr: Ana Rebuelta. DoP: Oscar Palacios. Ed: Sigfrido Garcia. Prod des: Claudio Pache Contreras. Costume des: Mariestela Fernandez. Hair/make-up: Rodolfo Menchaca. Cast: Daniel Martinez, Christina Pastor, Ludwika Paleta, Aldonza Velez, Juan Carlos Colombo.
Contact: Rossana Arau, Chile Films, (52) 55 5585 0232

LADIES' NIGHT
(Miravista) Co-prods: Argos Communicacion, Videocine, Admira (Sp). Budget: $1.5m. Int'l sales: BVI. Romantic comedy. The friendship between two women, set against the backdrop of a Mexican society where machismo is on the wane. Dir: Gabriela Tagliavini. Scr: Issa Lopez. DoP: Javier Zarco. Prod des: Miguel Angel Alvarez. Costume des: Gabriela Diaque Lases. Cast: Ana Claudia Talancon, Luis Roberto Guzman, Ana De La Reguera, Fabian Corres, Sofia Alvarez, Hugo Silva.
Contact: Columbia TriStar/BVI Mexico, (52) 55 5258 2717

MALACHANCE
(Titan Prods, Perro Negro Prods) Budget: $1.8m. Teen drama. English-Spanish story about three young hoodlums growing up on the back streets of New Orleans. Prods: Matthias Ehrenberg, Gerardo Naranjo. Dir/scr: Naranjo. Ed: Jonathan Alberts.
Contact: Titan Prods,(52) 55 5574 3816

NICOTINA
(Cacerola Films) Co-prods: Altavista Films, Videocine, Arca Difusion (Arg), Oberon Cinematografica (Spain). Dark comedy. A young computer nerd wreaks havoc while trying to thwart the love life of his beautiful neighbour. Exec prods: Monica Lozano, Laura Imperiale, Federico Gonzalez Compean, Eckehart Von Damm. Prods: Imperiale, Martha Sosa. Co-prods: Liliana Mazure, Antonio Chavarrias. Dir: Hugo Rodriguez. Scr: Martin Salinas. DoP: Marcelo Iaccarino. Ed: Alberto de Toro. Prod des: Sandra Cabriada, Dario Ramos. Costume des: Alejandra Dorantes. Cast: Diego Luna, Jesus Ochoa, Marta Belaustegui, Norman Sotolongo, Rosa Maria Bianchi.
Contact: Cacerola Films, (52) 55 5322 4541

SEX, SHAME & TEARS (sexo, pudor y lagrimas)
(Titan Producciones, Total Films [Braz]) Romantic comedy. Brazilian remake of the all time top grossing Mexican hit, a battle-of-the-sexes ensemble comedy. Prods: Matthias Ehrenberg, Christian Valdelievre. Scr: Antonio Serrano. Cast: Giovanna Antonelli, Reynaldo Gianecchini.
Contact: Titan Producciones, (52) 55 5574 3816