{"id":140647,"date":"2025-05-01T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/sxsw-london-debuts-alief-pickup-puerto-rican-sci-fi-luna-rosa\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:47:54","slug":"sxsw-london-debuts-alief-pickup-puerto-rican-sci-fi-luna-rosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/sxsw-london-debuts-alief-pickup-puerto-rican-sci-fi-luna-rosa\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW London Debuts Alief Pickup, Puerto Rican Sci Fi &#8216;Luna Rosa&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tU.Okay.-French movie firm <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/alief\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alief\" data-tag=\"alief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alief<\/a> has pounced on the worldwide gross sales rights to \u201cLuna Rosa: The 7th Ascension of Atabey,\u201d the fourth function by Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate Omar Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez, frontman for Grammy-winning band, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-mars-volta\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-mars-volta\" data-tag=\"the-mars-volta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mars Volta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis is his most cohesive, fully narrative film yet,\u201d Alief co-partner Miguel Angel Govea informed <em>Variety,<\/em> including: \u201cOmar\u00a0pulls a magic trick with his visually and aurally stunning film,\u00a0managing to pull us in with striking images.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA meld of sci-fi and dystopian genres, \u201cLuna Rosa\u201d is ready in <em>Borinquen<\/em>, the Indigenous Ta\u00edno identify for Puerto Rico. It follows Zur\u2019na (performed by Flora Sylvestre), who ventures into enemy territories managed by American colonial forces in the hunt for her lacking brother. Through her journey, Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez critiques the enduring results of American imperialism, drawing on influences from traditional Latin American cinema and cult B-movies. The result&#8217;s a pulsating world stuffed with intricate rituals, thoughts management and menacing holograms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlief has shared its teaser in exclusivity with <em>Variety.<\/em> The firm is already fielding provides from Spain, Colombia, Argentina and the U.Okay. whereas Mexico\u2019s Piano is distributing it in Mexico.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"AfbzNxE1G2o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luna Rosa: The Seventh Ascension of Atabey  (TRAILER)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AfbzNxE1G2o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/sxsw-london\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sxsw-london\" data-tag=\"sxsw-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SXSW London<\/a> will host the movie\u2019s U.Okay. premiere on June 6 as a part of its official choice. \u201cThe film is exactly the sort of intersection of sensibilities and artforms that we want to champion at the inaugural SXSW London,\u201d mentioned the competition\u2019s head of display, Anna Bogutskaya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPic was shot in black and white in Mexico and contains a rating composed by Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/red-hot-chili-peppers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_red-hot-chili-peppers\" data-tag=\"red-hot-chili-peppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a>\u2019 guitarist John Frusciante, who has contributed to a few of The Mars Volta\u2019s albums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/piano-mexico\/\" id=\"auto-tag_piano-mexico\" data-tag=\"piano-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piano Mexico<\/a>\u2019s Head of Distribution, Ester Bernal hails \u201cLuna Rosa\u201d as \u201cone of the most forward-thinking approaches to Latin American science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThrough the vision of Omar Rodr\u00edguez L\u00f3pez, the film delivers an unparalleled fantasy while unfolding a sharp and powerful social critique,\u201d she mentioned, including that distribution plans contains artwork home circuit screenings, complemented by particular screenings in various areas exterior the normal exhibition circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe German-Puerto Rican-Mexican manufacturing was financed by Germany\u2019s Clouds Hill Films, a part of the Clouds Hill Group, which incorporates the music label that handles The Mars Volta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez\u2019s Telesterion Inc. and Mexico\u2019s Kintsugi Cine, Peliculas Extra\u00f1as, MalaCOSA Cine are additionally producers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez, himself the topic of a documentary, \u201cOmar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird\u201d by Nicolas Jack Davies, is at the moment taking pictures his fifth function in Texas, this time a Western.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlief\u2019s Cannes slate contains Polish dystopian drama \u201cGlorious Summer\u201d (SXSW 2025), Indian folks horror pic \u201cBokshi\u201d (IFFR 2025), Canadian-Korean Fipresci prizewinner \u201cMongrels\u201d (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024), Colombian-French-German supernatural drama \u201cHorizonte\u201d (TIFF 2024), German-British thriller \u201cLonely Musketeer\u201d and BBC Films dramatic thriller \u201cEdge of Summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] U.Okay.-French movie firm Alief has pounced on the worldwide gross sales rights to \u201cLuna Rosa: The 7th Ascension of Atabey,\u201d the fourth function by Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate Omar Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez, frontman for Grammy-winning band, The Mars Volta. \u201cThis is his most cohesive, fully narrative film yet,\u201d Alief co-partner Miguel Angel Govea informed Variety, including: \u201cOmar\u00a0pulls 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