Following the presentation of exclusive footage at the European Film Market last week, highly anticipated title Official Competition – reuniting Spanish stars Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz – has seized sales to major distributors for sales agency Protagonist Pictures and producer The Mediapro Studio.

Official Competition is a comedy about the fierce rivalry between two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos.

The film is directed by Argentinian duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, whose credits include 2016 black comedy The Distinguished Citizen, which played in Venice Film Festival Official Competition.

George Hamilton, head of sales at Protagonist, said: “Official Competition has landed with amazing distribution partners all around the world and they are all just as excited as we are for the film’s launch later this year!”.

Axel Böhm, COO and Head of Acquisition, Sales & Marketing at Prorom said: „We are delighted to bring Official Competition to our audience in Central & Eastern Europe this year, and together with them we can’t wait to see the sparks fly between Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas on the screen!”.

Prorom will release Official Competition in cinemas soon.

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Source: Variety.

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, Shot Caller stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jon Bernthal, Benjamin Bratt and Lake Bell.

Shot Caller tells the story of Jacob, a mild mannered finance executive, who makes the biggest mistake of his life and winds up in prison on a manslaughter charge. He must climb the ranks of the top prison gang in order to survive, earning the nickname “Money,” but his ordeal doesn’t end there.

After being released for good behavior, he is forced by the leaders of the gang to orchestrate a major crime on the streets of Southern California… Where we learn just how far this man will go to protect his family.

The movie can be viewed on Netflix by accessing the following link: https://www.netflix.com/title/80125671

By the same director, we recommend the movie Snitch (starring Dwayne Johnson), which is also available on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70241758

Venice Calling is the adaptation of the book with the same title by Ivan Calbérac and will be release in 6 cinemas of the Happy Cinema network from Romania: Bucuresti, Buzau, Focsani, Alexandria, Bistrita, Bacau on Friday, March 5th.

Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed.

But there is one problem - his parents decide to accompany him! This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile.

This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.

Venice Calling can be seen both at the cinema and online on the Play.HappyCinema.ro platform.

For cinema program: https://happycinema.ro/happy-bucuresti/m/chemarea-venetiei-1444

For watching online: https://play.happycinema.ro/programs/chemarea-venetiei-venice-calling

Haunt will be released in 6 cinemas of the Happy Cinema network from Romania: Bucuresti, Buzau, Focsani, Alexandria, Bistrita, Bacau on Friday, February 26th.

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.

Haunt can be seen both at the cinema and online on the Play.HappyCinema.ro platform.

For cinema program: https://happycinema.ro/happy-bucuresti/m/casa-bantuita-1443

For watching online: https://play.happycinema.ro/programs/haunt

Blackbird is an English remake of the 2014 Danish film Silent Heart, and will be released in 6 cinemas of the Happy Cinema network from Romania: Bucuresti, Buzau, Focsani, Alexandria, Bistrita, Bacau on Friday, February 19th.

Lily (Sarandon) and her husband Paul (Sam Neill) invite their family to a holiday getaway at their beach house, where Lily is spending her final days, so they can say goodbye. However, the cordial gathering veers awry when unresolved issues bubble up between Lily and her two daughters, Jennifer (Kate Winslet) and Anna (Mia Wasikowska).

The film stars Academy Award® winners Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet alongside Sam Neill, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus and Anson Boon.

Blackbird is directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and written by Christian Torpe, who also penned the screenplay for Silent Heart, the Danish film on which it is based.

Blackbird can be seen both at the cinema and online on the Play.HappyCinema.ro platform.

For cinema program: https://happycinema.ro/happy-bucuresti/m/cu-inima-impacata-1437

For watching online: https://play.happycinema.ro/programs/blackbird

In The Wedding Year, a young woman's relationship with a phobia of commitments is put to the test when she and her new boyfriend have to go to no less than 7 weddings in the same year.

The comedy is directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, 21, The Ugly Truth) and stars Sarah Hyland, Tyler James Williams, Jenna Dewan, Anna Camp, Keith David, Patrick Warburton and Wanda Sykes.

The price for access to the film for 24 hours is 12 LEI (VAT included).

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