SOMOS Films LLC is a

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based company that produces

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in Spanish for theatrical

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, television, internet and other distribution means. SOMOS Films is part of the SOMOS Group( SOMOSTV, SOMOS Productions, SOMOS Distribution, SOMOS Next, SOMOS Fast and SOMOS Films). SOMOS Films produces its own projects and participates in co-production with international partnering companies. In its coproduction projects the company works with local talent at creative, technical and artistic levels.

History

In 2018, Somos Films produced its first film '' Muerte en Berruecos'', a movie about the assassination of South America's independence hero Antonio Jose de Sucre, together with Digivision Producciones, premiered in

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in the month of April. Muerte en Berruecos was nominated to the

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for Best Ibero-American Film at the 35th edition. In 2019, The company produced ''Voy Por Ti'', which depicts

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in schools, co-produced with Cnac, Xenon Films and Zona Filmica, which premiered at the

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. and winner of Special Jury Award at the Festival del Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste. The company completed the production of ''Especial'' (starred by Ruper Vásquez and Greyber Rengifo), a story about a child with Down Syndrome, in co-production with El Dorado Films and Divarte Cine and ''El Paraiso de La Serpiente'', with Biznaga Films, Cine Provincia, Bibi Film and La Maroma Producciones (Mexico). Both films are participated in international

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.'' ''Especial'' won the award "Best Fiction Film" at The Venezuelan Film Festival in July, 2021. and also the Silver Hugo award in the New Directors category in the

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. In 2021, SOMOS Films finished the production of ''Hotel Providencia'', filmed in

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, together with 58 Films, Sghettisawz and Digivisión Producciones, as well as the Venezuelan production with Divarte Producciones ''Un Cupido sin puntería'' (starred by Luis Geronimo Abreu and

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) and ''"One Way"'' (filmed in

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), with Rodando Films C.A. The company also produced ''"El Quinceanero de mi abuela"'' (starred by

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, Linette Torres and

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) y ''"Al Reves"'' (with

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and

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) en la isla de

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in co-production with Pinolywood Studios. SOMOS Films and Rodando Films finished the comedy ''"Amor en el Aire"'' in

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and the company finished in 2023 the film "Julia tiene Sugar" with Divarte Films, directed by Jose Antonio Varela. More recently, in 2024, SOMOS Films and Rodando Films produced the comedy "Tres Dias para Reconquistarla" in Colombia. The comedy was directed by Carlos Daniel Malave and starred by Guillermo García (Alberto), Carolina Piedrahita (Clara), Gabriela Mezone (Julia) and Andres Castaneda (G y C)

Productions

References

External links

Official website
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