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Oscar Alonso Joins Spain’s Lazona Pictures as Head of Distribution
The former Latido Films exec will now look at Lazona to buy films for Spain from ‘filmmakers with a voice but always an audience in mind.’
“Oscar has worked in the past with both consecrated directors such as Carlos Saura, Javier Fesser, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Juan José Campanella as well as helping new directors getting known in international markets, whether Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, David Pérez Sañudo or Alauda Ruiz de Azua,” said Lazona CEO Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson. First year buys will be predominated by “dramas (which can be uplifting and bring some light after the conflict, not those which are deeply harrowing ones) and psychological thrillers, mainly European,” he added. So we’re looking to help fill in with titles that have filmmakers with a voice but always an audience in mind, which can both entertain and tell stories that stay with you once you leave the cinema,” Alonso said.
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