Düsseldorf, Germany-based Patra Spanou Film has picked up world sales rights to “The Newcomers” (“Los nuevos”), the latest film from Mexico’s Rodrigo Plá (“The Other Tom”) in his first venture into kid-targeted films.
According to Patra Spanou, she acquired it soon after its world premiere at Locarno’s Kids Screenings. “I have been following Rodrigo Plá´s work for a while and I am delighted to start our first collaboration with ’The Newcomers,’” she told Variety.
“With his latest film, he manages to touch difficult subjects like forced displacement, migration and environmental exploitation in an accessible way for children by making a film about friendship and adventure to entertain the whole family.”
Filmed in Mexico’s striking Tabasco region by DP Ángel Jara Taboada, “The Newcomers” follows three tweens led by Mateo who sometimes breaks the fourth wall as he narrates their adventure. Tiana and her family have sought refuge in Mateo and his brother Tomas’ village but the pollution they have fled has also reached the village. Along with Tiana’s pet dog Nube, they set out to find out what is poisoning the rivers.
The Newcomers
