Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, Spain’s Isabel Coixet and Chile’s Bernardita Ojeda, director of “Petit,” feature among the first recipients of funding from Ibermedia Next, a pioneering attempting to fund development on pioneering new IPs which yoke large artistic ambition and cutting edge tech.
García Bernal and Luna’s Mexico-based label La Corriente del Golfo co-produces one of the 14 winning submissions, “El Origen De La Experiencia,” which offers a VR immersive experience of Mexican mysticism and trance culture. Both will also voice characters.
Coixet is set to direct “Sophia (Sofía),” with Milena Smit, star of Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers.”
Bernardita Ojeda, director on milestone Chilean toon series such as “Petit,” the International Emmy-nominated and Quirino Awards winner, produces two titles.
Also in the mix is Portugal’s David Doutel, whose shimmering, mottled social realist mood piece “Garrano,” proved a standout at Annecy and Sundance, and UniKo,...
García Bernal and Luna’s Mexico-based label La Corriente del Golfo co-produces one of the 14 winning submissions, “El Origen De La Experiencia,” which offers a VR immersive experience of Mexican mysticism and trance culture. Both will also voice characters.
Coixet is set to direct “Sophia (Sofía),” with Milena Smit, star of Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers.”
Bernardita Ojeda, director on milestone Chilean toon series such as “Petit,” the International Emmy-nominated and Quirino Awards winner, produces two titles.
Also in the mix is Portugal’s David Doutel, whose shimmering, mottled social realist mood piece “Garrano,” proved a standout at Annecy and Sundance, and UniKo,...
- 11/29/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Ufc rising star Mackenzie Dern just revealed she's Pregnant -- but assures her fans she'll get back in the Octagon to fight again after the baby is born. The 25-year-old is 7-0 as a pro Mma fighter -- with 2 of those wins in the Ufc -- and she's been hailed as "the next Ronda Rousey" because of her dominant ground game. But, her career will be put on hold for a while because Dern --...
- 2/22/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_lxgt9yqw"]] Gabi Garcia says she's got a damn good reason for missing weight in Japan ... she literally could've killed herself if she kept droppin' sweat. "I decide not cut weight because I feeling like I almost died," said Gabi -- who insists she did Not miss weight by 27 pounds, but rather 17. The Brazilian Mma star told TMZ Sports about the scary events leading up to her weigh-in debacle ... saying her vision went dark once she started shedding pounds,...
- 1/4/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Here's women's Mma giant Gabi Garcia giving new meaning to "missing weight" -- tipping the scales at around 27 Pounds (~12 kgs) over her target. Earlier today in Japan, Gabi weighed in at 237 pounds for a Rizin Fighting Federation event in Japan ... making her a full 75 pounds heavier than her opponent, Shinobu Kandori. Kandori, who's also 21 years older than Garcia, was Pissed -- yelling at her on stage and reportedly calling her a "disgrace" in Japanese. (Fun...
- 12/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_a2t1wx3c"]] "Dancing with the Stars" just got an offer they're probably too scared to turn down ... 'cause Ufc superstar Cris Cyborg has thrown her name in the hat for Season 26! Cris talked about her new hobby with the guys on the TMZ Sports TV show ... saying her dance seshes with Gabi Garcia don't make her the next Paige VanZant (a DWTS runner-up). That said, Cyborg -- who's fighting Holly Holm at Ufc 219 -- definitely ain't closing...
- 12/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_bdmhnbex"]] Hey, WWE -- want a bigger, scarier version of Ronda Rousey? Look no further ... 'cause women's Mma giant Gabi Garcia says she's down to step inside the squared circle! "I love the show, I love watching WWE, so why not?" Gabi told us at Lax. Don't get it twisted -- the Brazilian says she's not even close to being done fighting ... but tells TMZ Sports pro wrestling is a definite possibility if Vince McMahon's interested.
- 10/7/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Here's what happens when you fight a chick that outweighs you by almost 100 pounds ... and said giant lady doesn't speak the same language as the ref. Brazilian jiu-jitsu star Gabi Garcia -- who's listed at 6'2'', 239 pounds -- just fought in her first ever Shoot boxing (Japanese kickboxing) match in Tokyo ... and landed two illegal kicks to the dome that left her Much smaller opponent seeing stars. Gabi's first head-kick on 45-year-old Megumi Yabushita...
- 7/7/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_wvwg19db"]] Meet Destanie Yarbrough ... the pro football player turned Mma Badass who's stepping up to fight the most intimidating woman in all of combat sports, Gabi Garcia. You already know Gabi ... she's Anderson Silva's protege -- and she's so terrifying she's considered fighting men because the top female fighters are just too scared to take their chances in the ring. Except one. [[tmz:video id="0_hnofu7xa"]] Yarbrough is destruction in motion on the football field as a running back...
- 8/29/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_dga5zstj"]] She's 6'2", 238 lbs and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Hall of Famer -- but Gabi Garcia says she's willing to fight a Man if she can't find a worthy female opponent. Garcia is 2-0 in the Rizin Fighting Federation -- but tells TMZ Sports her people are having a hard time finding a woman who's willing to take her on in the cage. So, Gabi (alongside her trainer, Babalu Sobral) told us they're open to a...
- 8/3/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_vfwmixtp"]] Mma powerhouse Gabi Garcia got some new chest ink in Brazil -- but they wouldn't let go under the needle without covering up her lady parts first. Check out the video of Gabi's tat artist in action ... followed by the final product. Fyi, Gabi's a fighting legend in Brazil -- she's a member of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Hall of Fame ... and she's racked up a 2-0 record in the Rizin Fighting Federation. She's...
- 5/6/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_hnofu7xa"]] Ufc superstar Anderson Silva says he's got the Future of female Mma in his gym -- Gabi Garcia -- a bone-crushing Bruiser who would Destroy any woman crazy enough to fight her. Silva and Garcia were working out together at Anderson's gym in Torrance, CA -- where the 6'2", 205 pound lady beat the living hell out of some boxing mitts while our cameras rolled. Silva told us 30-year-old Gabi is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu master who...
- 12/11/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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