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The BFI London Film Festival has revealed its 2019 winners, which include lauded Colombian co-production Monos and Mati Diop’s well-received Atlantics. Monos, the Sundance thriller about child soldiers, took home the best film award in official competition, with jury president Wash Westmoreland saying, "Monos is a…

UPDATED with adjusted weekend grosses. The specialty box office was fairly quiet this weekend, with a handful of releases and holdovers that were, at best, mild. Neon and Participant Media‘s Monos hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles on a total of five screens. Directed by Alejandro Landes, the Red Dawn-esque…

As the Toronto Film Festival comes to a close and Hollywood preps to hand out some Emmys, the Specialty box office continues to churn out some original storytelling — and this week’s theme seems to be the concept of sound. The Sound of Silence Distributor: IFC Films Michael Tyburski makes his feature film debut today…

Monos, Alejandro Landes’ Spanish-language survival thriller that Neon acquired after its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is Colombia’s selection for the International Feature Film race at the 92nd Oscars. The news comes as Neon and co-distributor Participant Media ready for Monos‘ September 13…

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…

Participant Media has teamed with indie distributor Neon on the upcoming U.S. distribution of Monos, the Spanish-language drama directed by Alejandro Landes that Neon acquired after its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The pic, about a young group of soldiers and rebels training on a remote…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some anticipated first footage of Sundance buzzer Monos, which was snapped up by Neon in Park City, and this weekend gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Colombian "survivalist saga" Monos follows a young group of soldiers and guerillas training on a remote mountain in Latin…

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…