Filling a vacuum for an international sales agent coming out of the deep movie culture of Argentina, FilmSharks brings not only Latin American but world cinema to the market. They also handle several back catalogs of some of the finest production companies such as Disney-backed Patagonik, Alta Vista, Pol-Ka , Amiguetes and Eddie Saeta. In Cannes they have announced their newest acquisition of Jorge Ramírez Suárez, the Berlin-based Mexican director and producer of Rabbit on the Moon (Distributed in North America by Capitol Films and sold in over 45 territories ), his newest crowd pleaser The Misfits ( Aka Los…...
- 5/10/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
BERLIN -- An oil man, a music-loving indie producer and an actor-turned-screenwriter all based in the United Kingdom might seem like an unlikely trio to back an up-and-coming Berlin-based Mexican director. But this triumvirate comprises London-based independent production and financing operation Head Gear, which produced Jorge Ramirez-Suarez's Rabbit on the Moon, set to unspool here Friday in a Special Screening. Run by producer Phil Hunt and multihyphenate Greg Cruttwell and backed by cash from Scotland-based oil man Compton Ross, Head Gear persuaded high-end U.K. sales and financing house Capitol Films to pitch international sales on Rabbit during the European Film Market.
- 2/16/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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