Dale gas, released on Netflix March 16th.
Dale Gas, Season 1 is available on March 16. The series stars Benny Emmanuel as racing driver Kike Guerrero, Renata Vaca and Gerardo Taracena.
After participating in a tragic car race, Kike and his friend Noche escape to Mexico City to rebuild their lives and (hopefully) stay out of harm's way.
David Figueroa García was the head writer and is an Associate Producer on the show.
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Sony TVs Diverse Directors Program names its class of 2022 with Mauro Mueller being one of its helmers for the next class of its Diverse Directors Program.
Running through May 6 this year, the initiative is part of the SPT’s overall strategy to identify and cultivate an expanding pool of emerging talent from a wide range of backgrounds. .
As of January, the Diverse Directors Program’s alumni have directed 159 episodes of television, working across all studios, networks and streamers. Among them are Moonlight Oscar winner and three-time nominee Barry Jenkins — who was part of the inaugural class — Aneesh Chaganty (Searching), Pete Chatmon (Black-ish, Insecure, Atypical), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (The Gilded Age, Underground), Sharat Raju (The Good Doctor), Laura Belsey (Preacher) and Daniel Willis (The Blacklist).
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Cosmic Dawn is out. A Fidelio Films production. Limited theatrical release in the US and Canada and available On-demand in North America wherever you buy/rent movies!
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Capital Roar (Ruido Capital) has received 3 nominations for the 12TH ANNUAL INDIE SERIES AWARDS. Including ; Best drama series, Best international series and Best directing - Drama for Mauricio Leiva Cock and Pablo Stoll.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 7, 2022.
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'Picadero', a fiction series from the Spanish company Amor y Lujo continues its development with its selection at the 2022 Berlinale Co-Production Market.
The project in which the Colombian production company Fidelio Films and the Spanish company Zeta Studios participate is the only Spanish show in the Co-Pro Series in Berlin, a program that will be held online on February 15 and 16.
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Mauricio Leiva Cock is on the list of the 50 most influential fiction creators in Ibero-America. We couldn't be more proud of you. And this is just the beginning... #Top50Originals. Thank you todotvnews.
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Fourth and final season of Swiss hit series WILDER released in Switzerland on Tuesday, January 4th on SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen and Play Suisse. Mauro Mueller co-directed the entire season of the mystery crime thriller.
The series is starring Sarah Spale, Marcus Signer, Andreas Matti, László Kish, Jonathan Loosli, Annina Euling, Sabine Timoteo, Dimitri Stapfer, Nicolas Rosat and Sebastian Rudolph.
Season 4 had a market share of incredibly 31.2% when it aired in January 2022.
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Having forged strategic co-production alliances for film and TV with Gaumont, Spain’s Planeta and Amor y Lujo, Colombia’s Fidelio, one of the quickest growing production houses in Latin America, has launched development on a Mexico and Romania-set crime drama.
Fidelio has initiated development on a series that calls for one in Latin America and another in Eastern Europe. Based on exhaustive research and publication, the show, whose development is being lead by Mauricio Leiva Cock, screenwriter of “Capital Roar” and scribe-helmer of movie “The Night of the Beast” has found an unusual partner: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Rather than optioning the rights for its report, the companies have pacted longer-term synergies whereby the Project is actively involved in development of a scripted drama which will offer constant insight on the complexities of the organized crime world.
The yet-to-be-titled rambunctious story of the Riviera Maya Gang loks set to serve as a reminder to the viewer that life is often stranger than fiction.
Its story spans across the globe from Romania to the beaches of Mexico, involving family clans, betrayal, ATM fraud, and a lot of journalistic investigation. The series’ complexity underscores Fidelio’s growing ambitions.
“We know that this could potentially be a big show in the sense of scale. Our partners at the OCCRP want to make it trans-continental, for the story to be told from different perspectives,” Leiva-Cock told Variety.
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Production has begun on La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta, a new action-packed Amazon Original series, co-created by Mauricio Leiva-Cock and episodes written by David Figueroa García, Associate Produced by Fidelio.
The series is a Western set along the Mexico-US border in 1851, “a period fueled by greed, anger, and xenophobia when an all-out war is waged,” as Amazon described in a statement to the press. The show will follow the adventures of Joaquín Murrieta, a notorious and legendary outlaw hailing from Sonora, Mexico who is often referred to as the Robin Hood of the West, and the character of Carrillo, as they unite to face a common enemy.
“For a long time we have wanted to make a Western told from our Latin American perspective, and the fact that Amazon Prime Video has bet on this series and has joined us on this adventure is a dream come true,” said Leiva-Cock in a joint statement with series co-creator Ramírez Schrempp of Dynamo. Leiva-Cock and Schrempp typify the series as “a story of Mexican identity where current issues of migration, race, and discrimination are explored, under a genre that has seldom been explored in our region.”
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M-Appeal has closed a deal for “The Night of the Beast” from Mauricio Leiva Cock to HBO in Eastern Europe.
“‘The Night Of The Beast’ encapsulates Iron Maiden’s appeal, featuring some of their most famous tracks, such as ‘Aces High’ and ‘The Trooper.’ The band continues to resonate with fans as their new album ‘Senjustsu,’ their first in six years, received universal acclaim,” said M-Appeal founder Maren Kroymann.
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The sci-fi feature AWAKE / Disomnia (netflix/eOne) starring Gina Rodriguez, Shamier Anderson and Jennifer Jason Leigh was #1 on Netflix in 90 out of 93 countries. 60 million people watched it in its entirety in the first 28 days!
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It will be directed by Isabel Coixet. Zeta Studios boarded the project
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“The Night of the Beast” will have its firsts international screenings at the Nashville Film Festival and the Guanajuato International Films Festival.
Variety writes: ‘Narcos’ producer Gaumont is returning to Colombia. Having shot early seasons of Netflix’s milestone “Narcos” there, the French film-TV studio has signed a multi-title development deal with Colombia’s Fidelio Films, which will kick off with “Somos Monstruos” (“We Are Monsters”), created by Fidelio founder-partner Mauricio Leiva Cock.
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In its latest international collaboration, Fidelio partner Mauricio Leiva Cock is partnering with Esra Saydam, founder of Karlakum Film, to adapt Murat Menteş’ best seller “Double’s Dilemma” into an eight-episode TV series.
The show follows an albino orphan named Nuh Tufan who confidently moves through Istanbul’s underworld as the leader of the small, yet successful criminal organization known as Black M-Agency. When his best friend invents a machine that can print hyper realistic masks that allow the wearer to look like anyone they want, the eyes of the mafia and the streets of Istanbul will start paying attention to what the two friends can do with such revolutionary tech.
This high-end concept thriller looks set to drive into dark comedy and sci-fi, always maintaining a social commentary in the line of “Mr. Robot” or “Money Heist.” The complex structure of Menteş’ novel allows the co-creators to add flair with Gondry-esque imagery and expand on its rich lore for following seasons.
Above all else, the alliance marks a meeting of independent productions from southern regions of the world that stress the great value that lies in collaboration, both in terms of production and in introducing new voices to the international market.
“With other developing countries there is a thematic affinity and we can together improve our narratives” said Leiva-Cock
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Variety writes: Colombia’s Fidelio, one of the fastest growing companies in Latin America, has made its third big unveil at Spain’s Conecta Fiction, revealing this time round a multi-title co-development alliance for Spain and Latin America with Barcelona-based Amor y Lujo, headed by Andrea H. Catalá, Javi Ferreiro y Almudena Monzú.
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Variety Writes: Bursting onto the Latin American film-TV scene in the second half of last decade, Colombia’s Fidelio Films has struck a development and co-production deal with Stories, the burgeoning film-TV arm of Spain-based publishing giant Editorial Planeta.
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Esta es la primera serie producida por Fidelio.
We are happy to announce that Fernando Lopez Cardona´s film “MEMENTO MORI” won a Production Stimulus from the Film Development Fund - Proimagenes Colombia (FDC) in the "First Movie" category.
Mauricio Leiva Cock co-created and was head writer for the upcoming Netflix original series “Greeen Frontier”.
Deep in the Amazon, on the border between Brazil and Colombia, a series of bizarre deaths are investigated by a young Bogotá-based detective, Helena (Juana del Río). Soon it becomes clear that the murders are not the biggest mystery. She uncovers magic, Nazis and her own true origins, and soon discovers there are some secrets that are better kept in the jungle.
“In 2019, the local Fidelio Films also produced Rudio Capital, which follows two teens in ‘90s-era Bogotá and is the first original Latin American series for Telefónica Movistar” states the Hollywood Reporter in its recent piece exposing the potential of the Latin American film industry.
NALIP has chosen Mauro Muller as one of this year's Latino Media Market Fellows! These creators will be given the opportunity to pitch their projects directly to executives at the 2019 NALIP Media Summit. Mueller was accepted with his feature A FEW DAYS IN THE SUN co created Mueller was accepted with his feature A FEW DAYS IN THE SUN " co-created by David Figueroa García and produced by Doro Bachrach, Leslie Holleran and David Figueroa García.
IFP Announces Ten Projects Selected for 2019 IFP Episodic Lab
Our horror show Tenebris created by David Figueroa García and Mauricio Leiva Cock and executive produced by Juan Diego Villegas and Mauro Mueller is part of IFP episodic lab in NYC.
The project already has been a Filmarket Hub TV Pitchbox participant.
We are happy to announce that Mauricio Leiva Cock's "The Life and Death of Espiritu Perdomo" has been selected for the FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajaral co-production market.
The project was awarded the CINEMA226 and the El Taller awards, which together amount to up to $320,000 USD in support to the project. A great kickstart to this unique story!
Mauricio Leiva’s The Night of the Beast has been selected to participate in the Tribeca Network and the Work in Progress Screenings of the Tribeca Film Festival!
A year ago our team of adventurers where getting ready to embark on a journey to the end of the world in order to shoot our documentary “Time WIndow”, alongside our allies Spacenative and Galaxia 311.
Telefonica has unveiled its first premium original series projects in Latin America.
First up is Colombian coming-of-age series “Ruido Capital,” with Mauricio Leiva Cock as showrunner, a head writer on Netflix original “Frontera Verde,” and writer on its “Tijuana” and “Wild District,” plus “Falco,” acquired by Amazon. Cock’s Fidelio Films partner David Figueroa serves as head writer.
A six half-hour series, “Ruido Capital” follows two 13-year-olds dealing with the trepidations of young teens in ‘90s Bogota. It starts shooting in June, with the aim of starting streaming on Movistar Play by October.
Our animation short Mariposas directed by Mauricio Leiva Cock and Andrés Gomez Isaza wins the Prix de la Ville d'Annecy/City of Annecy Award. The carefully crafted animation deals with a woman being diagnosed with cancer and her finding understanding through the metamorphosis process of butterflies
Netflix Original Distrito Salvaje (Wild District), story edited by Fidelio’s founder Mauricio Leiva Cock, premiered on Netflix with great success.
Mauricio Leiva Cock’s first feature was shot entirely in Bogota and tells the story of two young dreamers who coast through Bogota’s alleys on the day of Iron Maiden’s first ever concert in Colombia. But as it goes, the tickets to see their favorite band are stolen and their friendship put to a test.
Jhonny Hendrix third feature won Venice Days (Giornate degli autori), the independent section of the Venice International Film Festival in 2017.
The Cuba-set tragicomedy is about a couple whose life takes a surprising turn the day they find a Hi8 camcorder and revive their romance.
Dear Chickens is the story of two unlikely people who are thrown together through no choice of their own. The film has been selected for festivals around the world including the Zurich Film Festival, Shorts Mexico and Los Angeles International Film Festival where Philip Baker Hall won best actor.
Our series Tenebris has been chosen as one of the participants, this is a Colombia-Mexico project written by David Figueroa and Mauricio Leiva Cock. In the series, a washed-up paranormal TV presenter name Gabriel receives an offer from Maria, who is convinced her daughter is possessed. Upon arrival a series of horrific events lead Gabriel to believe that there may be something truly evil rotting away within the young girls of the area.
Also, Mauro Mueller’s Tiburon Island has received one of the ten speacial mentions, these projects will not participate in the event, but Filmarket Hub will include their information in the program that will be handed to the attendee companies, they will also promote them to their entire international network through Filmarket Hub’s online market.
Our sister company Jaguar Bite has wrapped it’s commercial shoot alongside RSA Films and director Jake Scott.
We’ve just wrapped the writer's room week in Mexico for an upcoming series. More news soon!
Mark Raso’s first feature film Copenhagen made some waves on the festival circuit, winning the jury prize at Florida International Film Festival and the audience prize at its premiere at Slamdance.
