EXCLUSIVE: A celebration, many secrets and a house that knows more than it should – that's the topline for a new Netflix comedy movie out of Argentina and starring Adrián Suar alongside Griselda Siciliani. The film is based upon the play Felicidades (Congratulations) and Spanish director Álex de la…

"Belén" is famous among Argentinian women — yet very few of them know her true identity. All is explained in Belén, a powerful and sometimes infuriating political drama written, directed by and starring triple-threat Dolores Fonzi. Based on real events that occurred in 2014, it tells the story…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded sales on Emilia Cotella and John Mathis Argentinian horror The Devil Whispered My Name ahead of its U.S. premiere at Screamfest in L.A. The work stars Argentinian scream queen Clara Kovacic (The Last Zombie, The Caregiver) as a…

Dolores Fonzi's San Sebastian Competition title Belén has been submitted as Argentina's entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Academy Awards. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of a young woman who is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal…

Global film distributor and streamer Mubi has unveiled ambitious plans for its re-release of the recent 4K restoration of Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 2000 breakthrough work Amores Perros in theaters across Latin American this October. Under a schedule released today, the film will…

EXCLUSIVE: AF, the production company founded by Frank Ariza (Sorry, Baby), has acquired the rights to adapt Where Are You, Heart?, a short story from an anthology by beloved Argentinian novelist Mariana Enríquez.  Where Are You, Heart? is one of 12 short stories in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Lluís Quílez, best known for directing the buzzy Netflix crime drama Below Zero, will direct Elegido, a social thriller inspired by a set of notorious race riots in El Ejido, southern Spain, in 2000.  Produced by Frank Ariza's AF production company (Sorry, Baby), the film…

On Wednesday night the director of Saturday Night accepted an award for his film from Argentina's Mar del Plata International Film Festival, on a very special day for the South American nation. Jason Reitman received the Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Screenplay for his dramedy about the…

EXCLUSIVE: The director of The Many Deaths of Nora Dalmasso tells Deadline about the remarkable real-life connection he had to a case that is the subject of his Netflix true-crime series. "I went to Argentina as an 18 year-old on my gap year trying to learn Spanish and I ended up teaching…

The Eternaut has landed in Netflix's viewing charts and also delivered a $34M financial boost to the country's economy, figures from the streamer reveal. The apocalyptic sci-fi series was produced in Argentina and largely in and around Buenos Aires where it is set – with international…

The Eternaut, which launched this week and broke into Netflix's top 10, will get a second season. The streamer's Latin American programming boss, Francisco 'Paco' Ramos, delved into what’s to come during an interview with Deadline. Producer Matías Mosteirin from K&S Productions, meanwhile, tells us…

Pop superstars in Israel and Argentina are coming together for a global romcom series. Noa Kirel and Agustín Bernasconi are starring in NOA, a fun, playful series in which, after months of a long-distance relationship, Noa travels to Argentina to meet her boyfriend. She then meets Tomy…