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With rumors of a bombshell #MeToo report about the French cinema industry knocking on the door of the Cannes Film Festival, this year’s jury president Greta Gerwig on Tuesday acknowledged the wave that’s out there in a way that festival boss Thierry Frémaux didn’t want to address at his press conference…

The Cannes Film Festival has named the eight members of its main Competition jury who will join previously announced president Greta Gerwig in deciding the Palme d’Or and other key prizes at 77th edition running from May 14 to 25. They are Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, U.S…

Netflix has released information on two Spanish features it has pushed into production including the political thriller Un Fantasma en la Batalla produced by Society of Snow filmmaker J.A. Bayona.  Directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, the film stars Susana Abaitua, Andrés Gertrúdix, Iraia Elias, Raúl…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off two-time Oscar nominee and Netflix hit Society Of The Snow, J.A. Bayona is producing and presenting psychological horror Crazy Old Lady (Vieja Loca), which will star Goya, Cesar and Cannes best actress winner Carmen Maura (Volver) and Berlinale Silver Bear winner Daniel Hendler (Lost…

Who Age: 30 Enzo Vogrincic Hometown: Montevideo, Uruguay What Bringing to the screen the tragic true story of one of Latin America's most famous disasters was no easy feat. Nevertheless, the Uruguayan rising star Enzo Vogrincic took on the pressures of grueling pain, fleeting…

The Motion Picture Association will honor filmmaker J.A. Bayona with its Creator Award at a ceremony in June in Madrid. His latest film, Society of the Snow, is nominated for best international feature film as well as for makeup effects. His other credits include Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Im…

When Society of the Snow director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible; A Monster Calls) set out to tell the true story of notoriously horrific Andes plane crash, he wanted to give sensitive and authentic voice to the survivors and families of the dead. And to do that, the script needed to be in Spanish. On…

In a remarkably short period of time Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (aka J.A. Bayona) has risen to the top of his profession with an international career spanning indie movies to blockbusters and key legacy titles. Beginning in 2007 with his…

Society of the Snow, directed by Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona and Spain’s submission into the 2024 Oscar race, is based on the true story of the 1972 Andes flight disaster in which a flight carrying Uruguay's Old Christians Club rugby team for a match in Santiago, Chile, crashed on a glacier at the Valle…

In 1972, a small passenger plane crashed into a mountain in the Andes, its tail and wings ripping off in the impact. When the fuselage came to rest on the snow, it contained 33 survivors, among them the young members of a Uruguayan rugby team. Over an unimaginable 72 days, they would contend with…

Spanish director J.A. Bayona talked about the long and arduous journey to bringing air crash survival drama Society of the Snow to fruition at Deadline Contenders London. The immersive drama, which is Spain's Best International Feature Film entry for the 96th Academy Awards, revisits the experiences…