![]() ![]() On August 15, 1912, Universal officially expanded its operation to the West Coast when it leased a portion of the Providencia Ranch in the San Fernando Valley. By May 20, Nestor and Champion Films had also joined Universal, and on July 12 Carl Laemmle had officially been elected President of the new venture. ![]() This new company was an alliance between Laemmle's IMP, the New York Motion Picture Company, Rex Motion Pictures, and Powers Motion Pictures. On April 30, 1912, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company was incorporated in New York. Laemmle's first production in 1909 was Hiawatha, a one-reel adaptation of Longfellow's poem. In June 1909, he formed the New York based Independent Moving Picture Company of America (IMP), not only to produce his own films, but to defy the monopolistic Motion Picture Patents Company that charged a license fee to all independent theater operators. From exhibiting short silent films in one theater, Laemmle later moved to movie distribution and production. We went ahead and took their lead by shifting our focus to the industry side of things and began to pay closer attention to the producers responsible for the indie gems that competed in the México Primero, Works in Progress, and Cabos TV sections. Here’s our list of 10 Mexican film producers you should know.Universal's rich entertainment legacy can be traced back to 1906, when 39 year-old German immigrant Carl Laemmle (pronounced LEM-lee) opened his first nickelodeon theater in Chicago. Often times at festivals, much of the fanfare and awards go to the director, but the organizers of Los Cabos make it a point to highlight others working behind the camera. ![]() While both of the awards for Best Mexican Film (awarded separately by FIPRESCI and the festival’s jury) went to Te prometo anarquía, other contenders included Katina Medina Mora’s tender, heartbreaking love story Sabrás qué hacer conmigo and Jack Zagha Kababie’s deadpan comedy Almacenados. From Las Elegidas, an intense drama on sex trafficking, to Te prometo anarquía, a film focused on the sordid world of black market blood-selling skateboarders, the stories coming from Mexican auteurs have mostly strayed from the typical drug smuggling narratives that gringo directors are currently fixated on. The México Primero competition showcased the varied themes that contemporary Mexican cinema seeks to uncover. ![]() For the fourth year in a row, the seaside fest screened movies written, directed, and produced by creatives from Mexico, the United States, and Canada, alongside a smaller selection of films from outside of North America. Through a series of roundtable sessions called Meet Your Neighbors and an enviable yacht ride, the fest fosters networking and relationship building amongst producers and filmmakers from the three countries.Īfter spending four days in Los Cabos watching the latest crop of Latin American movies that have circulated the globe – from the Cannes Film Festival in France to the Berlinale in Germany, plus stops in Venice, Buenos Aires, and Miami – it’s safe to say that Mexico is killing the indie film game. The Los Cabos International Film Festival has created a niche for itself as the only major festival that brings together North America’s film industry titans. ![]()
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