Netflix mega-hit “The Platform” and “Rosa’s Wedding,” from top Spanish auteur Iciar Bollaín will be pitched June 21 at the Shanghai Film & TV Market during an event focused on one of the key growth axes in cutting-edge movie dealing: Remake rights.
Latido Films will present “The Platform” and Cinema Republic “Rosa’s Wedding.” They will be joined by Spain’s Begin Again Films, introducing “When You No Longer Love Me,” a genre blending murder mystery and love story and Mod Producciones (“Agora,” “The Captive”), a producer of “Two Many Chefs,” a troubled father-son set in the world of Basque haut cuisine.
The Shanghai Remakes event, organized by Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), will see each company talk up the Asian market remake potential of their titles for 10 minutes. Moderated by ICAA Senior Advisor Miriam de Miguel Ezagüi, the presentation will be followed up by a networking event with potential partners or buyers.
The remakes focus has a large logic. “In times when creating original material is proving harder and harder, to have a proven concept to elaborate makes a lot of sense,” said Antonio Saura, Latido Films managing director. Remakes represent more and more an important side of our business and good value for producers and creatives who can see income incremented exponentially,” he added, noting that Latido has remake rights almost sold on “The Platform.”
