Movistar Plus is marking the start of Alfonso Gómez Palacio’s tenure as CEO with a restructuring of its operations, as the leading Spanish pay TV/SVOD platform launches a new content and sports framework. Gómez Palacio succeeded Daniel Domenjó, who left the post in April after just over a year as CEO of Movistar Plus. His […]

Wild Bunch has acquired German rights to “Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew” (“Balandrau, Vent Salvatge,” original Catalan title), the Spanish survival thriller sold internationally by Filmax. The deal is one of several closed by Filmax ahead of and around the Cannes Marché du Film. The film has also sold to Latin America with Star […]

France TV Distribution is bringing Romuald Boulanger’s “Mansour” back to Cannes with added production weight, as “Conclave” producer Michael Jackman boards the biopic of Iranian-born tennis player and showman Mansour Bahrami. The package has also been reinforced by casting director Constance Demontoy (“Titane,” “Stillwater”) and Paris-based Alambic Production, which has joined as an associate production […]