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In the Alejandro Landes film Monos, armed children living in something close to a feral state run rampant in an untamed countryside. That may evoke thoughts of Lord of the Flies, but Landes revealed recently at Deadline's The Contenders New York that he had other references in mind. "The main source of inspiration is…

Two high-profile entries vying for Best International Feature Oscar nods were the jewels of Neon's slate covered at The Contenders New York event at the DGA Theater. Alejandro Landes' war drama Monos, Colombia's official entry for the 92nd Oscars, looks at a group of teenage terrorists (known as the Monos), commanded…

Alejandro Landes has had a busy year. His survivalist saga Monos debuted at Sundance in January where it won a Special Jury Award and was acquired by Neon after its world premiere there. Landes was then signed by UTA and the film went on to play Berlin as well as a host of other festivals, scooping prizes along they…

EXCLUSIVE: Imperative Entertainment has acquired rights to the next film from Alejandro Landes, whose film Monos was a buzz title at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, winning a special jury prize in the World Cinema Dramatic competition and scoring a U.S. distribution deal with Neon. Details of the new project are…

Alejandro Landes’s Sundance film Monos follows a band of rebel child soldiers with war names like Rambo (Sofia Buenaventura), Bigfoot (Moises Arias), and Smurf (Deiby Rueda) who kidnap an American engineer, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson) — something that the cast struggled with because they got along with each other so…

Neon has acquired U.S. rights to Monos, from director Alejandro Landes, which world premiered Saturday night in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance. The thriller features a score by Mica Levi, who did Under the Skin and Jackie. It will have its international premiere at the Berlinale in Panorama in…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Colombian-Ecuadorian director, writer and producer Alejandro Landes in all areas. The move comes as he readies his most recent feature film, Monos, for its world premiere at this month’s Sundance Film Festival, followed by an international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Set on a remote…