Fast-rising Spanish actor Catalina Sopelana is set to topline dramedy “Video Store 2001” (“Videoclub 2001”), with Spanish indie producer-distributor Sideral Cinema coming on board as a new co-producer.
Sopelana co-starred in “The Gardener,” a Netfix No.1 global chart-topper over April 7-20 last year in the Non-Engish show category. “The Crystal Cuckoo,” another crime thriller where Sopelana is the absolute star, ran for four weeks in Netflix’s global non-Engish Top 10 from a Nov. 14 bow.
The feature “Videoland 2001” is being developed by Valencia-based Los Hermanos Polo Films, run by brothers Guillermo and Javier Polo, and will be presented to potential partners at Maff, the Málaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event, which kicks off on March 10 at the Malaga Festival-Spanish Screenings in the Andalusian port city.
An expansion of the same-titled Feroz Award-winning short starring Sopelana in the same lead role, “Video Store 2001” builds on the earlier short-form version, which the filmmakers shot as a proof of concept,…
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