SOMOS Films
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| Industry | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Key people | Luis Villanueva |
| Parent | SOMOS Group |
| Website | somosfilms |
SOMOS Films LLC is a Miami based company that produces feature films in Spanish for theatrical wide release, television, internet and other distribution means. SOMOS Films is part of the SOMOS Group[1](SOMOSTV, SOMOS Productions, SOMOS Distribution, SOMOS Next, SOMOS Fast and SOMOS Films).[2] SOMOS Films produces its own projects and participates in co-production with international partnering companies.[3] In its coproduction projects the company works with local talent at creative, technical and artistic levels.
History[edit]
In 2018, Somos Films produced its first film Muerte en Berruecos, a movie about the assassination of South America's independence hero Antonio Jose de Sucre,[4] together with Digivision Producciones, premiered in Venezuela in the month of April.[citation needed] Muerte en Berruecos was nominated to the Goya Awards for Best Ibero-American Film at the 35th edition. In 2019, The company produced Voy Por Ti, which depicts bullying in schools, co-produced with Cnac, Xenon Films and Zona Filmica, which premiered at the Miami International Film Festival.[5] and winner of Special Jury Award at the Festival del Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste.[6]
The company completed the production of Especial (starred by Ruper Vásquez and Greyber Rengifo), a story about a child with Down Syndrome,[7] in co-production with El Dorado Films and Divarte Cine and El Paraiso de La Serpiente, with Biznaga Films, Cine Provincia, Bibi Film and La Maroma Producciones (Mexico). Both films are participated in international film festivals.[8][9] [10] Especial won the award "Best Fiction Film" at The Venezuelan Film Festival in July, 2021.[11] and also the Silver Hugo award in the New Directors category in the Chicago International Film Festival.
In 2021, SOMOS Films finished the production of Hotel Providencia, filmed in Margarita Island, together with 58 Films, Sghettisawz and Digivisión Producciones,[12] as well as the Venezuelan production with Divarte Producciones Un Cupido sin puntería (starred by Luis Geronimo Abreu and Claudia La Gatta)[13] and "One Way" (filmed in Caracas),[14] with Rodando Films C.A. The company also produced "El Quinceanero de mi abuela" (starred by Mónica Pastrana, Johanna Rosaly, Linette Torres and Jorge Luis Ramos) y "Al Reves" (with Angelique Burgos and Obie Bermúdez) en la isla de Puerto Rico in co-production with Pinolywood Studios. SOMOS Films and Rodando Films finished the comedy "Amor en el Aire" in Colombia and the company is currently producing the film "Julia tiene Sugar" with Divarte Films, directed by Jose Antonio Varela.
Productions[edit]
| Year | Títle | Film Director | Genre |
| 2018 | Muerte en Berruecos | Caupolican Ovalles | History, Thriller |
| 2018 | El paraíso de la serpiente | Bernardo Arellano | Fiction |
| 2019 | Voy por ti | Carmen La Roche | Drama |
| 2019 | Especial | Ignacio Márquez | Drama |
| 2021 | Al revés | Eduardo Ortiz | Comedy |
| 2021 | Hotel Providencia | Caupolican Ovalles | Thriller |
| 2021 | Un Cupido sin puntería | José Antonio Varela | Comedy |
| 2021 | Quinceañero de mi abuela | Eduardo Ortíz | Comedy |
| 2021 | One Way | Carlos Malavé | Drama |
| 2022 | Amor en el Aire | Carlos Malavé | Comedy |
| 2022 | Angels Inc | José María Pumarino | Drama |
| 2022 | La Chica del Alquiler | Carlos Caridad Montero | Comedy |
| 2022 | Un Retiro para Enamorarse | Jesus Alvarez Betancourt | Comedy |
References[edit]
- ^ "SOMOS Group Home". SOMOS Group. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "SOMOS Films launches | HispanicAd.com". www.hispanicad.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ^ "Nace SOMOS Films, compañía miembro de Somos Group". Newsline Report (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, The (January 30, 2022). "Antonio José de Sucre". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Emmanuelle. ""THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING" to Open MDC's 36th Miami Film Festival; Patricia Clarkson to Receive PRECIOUS GEM AWARD; Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley & Aaron Stewart-Ahn Attend for New Program "KNIGHT HEROES"". Miami Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ^ "Voy por ti di Carmen La Roche - CineLatinoTrieste 2020". Festival del Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste.
- ^ "Largometraje venezolano "Especial" tendrá su estreno mundial en la edición 56 del Festival Internacional de Cine de Chicago". www.noticierovenevision.net.
- ^ "Crítica | O Paraíso da Serpente (2019)". October 30, 2020.
- ^ "Director Spotlight: Ignacio Márquez on THE SPECIAL". October 15, 2020.
- ^ "This New Film Highlights the Joys and Challenges of Young Adulthood With Down Syndrome". The Mighty.
- ^ "Entrega de premios en el Festival del Cine Venezolano es "Especial"". Academia de las Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas de Venezuela (in Spanish). 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ SOMOS FILMS, 58 FILMS, SGHETTISAWZ Y DIGIVISIÓN PRODUCEN “HOTEL PROVIDENCIA” - Señal News
- ^ "Con la comedia romántica Un Cupido sin puntería nuestro catálogo de películas originales aumenta a ocho: Luis Villanueva de SOMOS Films". PRODU.COM. February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Somos Films y la venezonala Rodando Films producen nueva película". TTV News. March 19, 2021.
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