A predominant player at the 2016 Berlin Festival, where it is selling four world premieres in competition, Michael Weber’s the Match Factory has secured international sales rights to one of Latin America’s big Cannes hopes: “Untamed”, from Cannes 2013 best director Amat Escalante, Variety reports.
“We are thrilled to work with Amat Escalante, who adds an ideal combination of passion and ambition to his films,” said Michael Weber, managing director of the Match Factory.
“We’ve been collaborating with the Match Factory for at least 10 years. We have no doubt that ‘Untamed’ is in the best hands,” said Jaime Romandia, of Mantarraya, which produced the film.
A social-sci fi drama about machismo, homophobia and the repression of women, shot in Escalante’s home town of Guanajuato, “Untamed” begins with a meteorite crashing into a mountain. In a nearby town, a young couple struggles in their relationship, but something out of this world changes their lives entirely.
“Untamed” is lead-produced by Mexico’s Mantarraya in co-production with France’s Le Pacte, Germany’s Match Factory Prods., Merfilms in Norway, Mexico’s Imcine film-TV institute and Denmark’s Snow Globe Films.
