U.K.-French film company Alief has boarded Cinélatino winner Victoria Linares Villegas’ upcoming horror debut “No salgas” (“Stay Quiet”) as its world sales agent and co-producer, teaming up with El Perro de Argento, the Dominican Republic-based production company founded by Linares Villegas and Carlos Marranzini.
Alief partners Brett Walker and Miguel Angel Govea are heading to Cannes with a sizzle reel to meet with potential buyers and post-production partners at the Marché du Film. Pic is slated for completion by winter 2024, in time for the festival circuit.
Currently filming in the Dominican Republic, the queer coming-of-age horror pic stars Camila Issa (Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark”) Cecile van Welie (San Sebastian’s New Directors Award winner “Carajita”) and Camila Santana (Berlinale Generation’s “Ramona”) as well as newcomer Gabriela Cortés.
In “No salgas,” van Welie portrays Liz, a college student grappling with her sexual identity. While...
Alief partners Brett Walker and Miguel Angel Govea are heading to Cannes with a sizzle reel to meet with potential buyers and post-production partners at the Marché du Film. Pic is slated for completion by winter 2024, in time for the festival circuit.
Currently filming in the Dominican Republic, the queer coming-of-age horror pic stars Camila Issa (Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark”) Cecile van Welie (San Sebastian’s New Directors Award winner “Carajita”) and Camila Santana (Berlinale Generation’s “Ramona”) as well as newcomer Gabriela Cortés.
In “No salgas,” van Welie portrays Liz, a college student grappling with her sexual identity. While...
- 5/9/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Megan Seely in Puddysticks
When I meet Megan Seely, she’s staying in a hotel room, on the verge of setting off for Brazil, a country she has never visited before. Her début feature film, Puddysticks, is screening at Fantaspoa. She wrote, directed and stars in it, as put-upon game designer Liz, a young woman who seeks refuge in a curious group of people who believe in using play to deal with the stress in their lives. Although there are definitely sinister elements to the film, it’s very positive about the potential of play in itself, and that’s something that Megan feels personally passionate about.
“I think of the classic The Shining: ‘All work and no play,’” she says. “I grew up with a dad who used to be a children's psychiatrist. The sense of play is tied to therapy and growth. And also, I was in an acting class for six.
When I meet Megan Seely, she’s staying in a hotel room, on the verge of setting off for Brazil, a country she has never visited before. Her début feature film, Puddysticks, is screening at Fantaspoa. She wrote, directed and stars in it, as put-upon game designer Liz, a young woman who seeks refuge in a curious group of people who believe in using play to deal with the stress in their lives. Although there are definitely sinister elements to the film, it’s very positive about the potential of play in itself, and that’s something that Megan feels personally passionate about.
“I think of the classic The Shining: ‘All work and no play,’” she says. “I grew up with a dad who used to be a children's psychiatrist. The sense of play is tied to therapy and growth. And also, I was in an acting class for six.
- 4/13/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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