Friday, March 2, 2012

Film Factory ink deal flurry on 'End'

MADRID -- Telemarketer Film Factory Ing. has struck a flurry of deals on first-time The spanish language helmer Jorge Torregrossa's thriller "Fin" (The Finish). France's Seven Sept and flicks Distribution have collectively acquired French distribution privileges. Nettai Museum closed Japan Quality Films required Mexico. A lot more than 15 areas were inked off last month's European Film Market in Berlin, where Film Factory demonstrated purchasers a 3-minute promo. Pic also offered to concentrate Cultural Media in China, Paradiso (Benelux), Frenetic (Europe), Premier Film (CIS and also the Baltics) and Ares Film (Poultry). A mountain cabin chiller with fantasy elements, "Finish" verifies the worldwide market appetite for greater-profile foreign-language genre movies from companies with bullish records. Created by three of Spain's top worldwide film production companies, Apaches Ing. ("The Impossible"), Mod Prods ("Biutiful") and Antena 3 Films ("Red-colored Lights"), pic is composed by "Cell 211" scribe Jorge Guerricaechevarria and Sergio G. Sanchez ("The Orphanage"). Further sales include Cineplex for Colombia and Guatemala, Cines Unidos in Venezuela and Delta Films in Peru. Film Factory has additionally licensed Latin American pay TV privileges to Leda Films and it is in advanced discussions for that U.K. and Germany, based on Film Factory founder Vicente Canales. The new sony Pictures will release "Finish" in The spanish language theaters on August. 31. Maribel Verdu ("Pan's Labyrinth"), Daniel Grao ("Julia's Eyes") and Clara Lago ("Primos") star. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com