Aya Films Snags All U.K. Rights to Dominican Republic ‘s ‘Ramona’ From Alief Ahead of Its BFI London Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Aya Films has snatched all U.K. and Ireland rights to the Dominican Republic’s “Ramona” from Paris-based film company Alief SAS ahead of its BFI London Film Fest premiere.
The docu-fiction hybrid, which had its world premiere at the 2023 Berlinale’s Generation 14Plus sidebar, will have its U.S. West Coast premiere at the AFI Latin America festival after BFI London.
Alief previously sold the U.S. rights to Grasshopper and Mexican rights to Salon de Belleza since the Berlinale, which plan to release the film in the spring.
Victoria Linares Villegas’ sophomore feature, co-written with Diego Cepeda, sheds light on the little-known fact that the Dominican Republic has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to Linares Villegas herself, who said: “It’s a great feeling to be back at the BFI with my second feature film.
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