U.S. HISPANIC
Three women filmmakers launch the production company Anónima Media
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 15 de julio de 2022
Anonima Media
Anónima Media was launched in Mexico, a new production company directed by three women filmmakers: journalist and producer, Bárbara Arredondo; the actress Eréndira Ibarra (Sense8), and the screenwriter and producer, Natasha Ybarra-Klor (Ingobernable). Its mission is to create content for and by women from Latin America and Spain.
Anonima Media has already signed exclusive agreements with Mexican novelist, Brenda Lozano; a Mexican actress and director. Ángeles Cruz; Argentine actress and screenwriter, Marina Glezer; Spanish director and writer, Elena Gallén, and Bolivian producer, Gabriela Maire, for their 2023 productions. Also, the new production house has established a strategic alliance with Argos Media Group, and in the future, they hope to reach partnerships with companies in Brazil and Spain, as reported by Variety.
Its first project is an adaptation of Lozano’s novel, Brujas (“Witches”) by Cruz who will also star in it alongside Ibarra and co-write with Ybarra-Klor. Also in development is a film about Mare Aviso Lírika, an aspiring Zapotec rapper from the outskirts of Oaxaca.
“Most of our projects are based in Mexico and Spain now but we aim to make a variety of local films with a strong global appeal,” said Arredondo Ayala, who added that their company aims to create spaces where women can freely tell their own stories from their diverse realities and thus strengthen the new wave of talent from Ibero-American women.
Ibarra said that they also seek real inclusion, to vindicate all the unrecognized players out there so that no one ever again remains anonymous. “We want to empower more female writers and directors, make sure they get equal pay.”
