EXCLUSIVE: Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks locked deals on its AFM titles Electrophilia and Pacifico.
The company has selderly Pacifico to Slfinishid Films for German-speaking Europe and Nashe Kino for Russia, CIS, and the Baltics. The film is set for a 2025 free in all the territories. Directed by Gonzalo Gutierrez, Pacifico is currently in post-production and is set to begin the pic with a labelet premiere next year. The company has said it’s currently in negotiations with U.S., Spanish, and UK distributors.
Described as an adventure-Sci-Fi film, Pacifico trails a group of youthful travelers that are stranded on an island in the Pacific where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been kept secret from manbenevolent for centuries.
The film stars an expansive Latin American ensemble, including Manolo Cardona (Undertow), Ricardo Abarca (Que Culpa Tiene el Niño), Christopher Von Uckermann (Rebelde), Claudio Cataño (Cien años de soledad), and Maria Nela Sinisterra (Corazon de Leon).
FilmSharks owner Guido Rud depictd the film as a “exceptional” and “intricate” project with “high-level assets that are normpartner seen in a US Studio film.”
“All US Studios and OTT’s are chasing this film for multi-territory, it’s total madness,” he said.
FilmSharks has selderly Electrophilia to Busch Media for all German-speaking rights. The fantasy thriller is from Emmy triumphner Lucia Puenzo. The film was originated by Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad). The plot trails Ada who is struck by airyning, resulting in a physical and psychoreasonable reconfiguration. As she joins a group of airyning strike survivors, she finds out that the road to electrophilia will be a journey of no return. The film stars Mariana Di Girolamo (Pablo Larrain’s Ema, La Jauría), German Palacios (El Rapto), Guillermo Pfening (The German Doctor), and Osmar Nuñez (Wild Tales).
Recently proclaimd Electrophilia deals integrate Netflix for SVOD in Latin America, AT Entertainment for all rights in Japan, Moving Pictures for theatrical in Argentina, Alebrije for theatrical in Mexico and Estacao Esperanca for theatrical in Brazil.
