Cha Cha Cha Films

Cha Cha Cha Films

Type	Private
Industry	Film production
Founded	2007
Founder(s)	Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Products	Film

Cha Cha Cha Films (Spanish: Cha Cha Chá Producciones) is a film production company started by three of Mexico’s most successful and acclaimed directors: Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro. The first film being released under the Cha Cha Cha banner is Rudo y Cursi^[1] which the three partners produced but did not direct.

The three directors now have their pick of big-budget, studio-supported projects to take them all over the world. But that means the Three Amigos, as Hollywood has taken to calling them, don’t spend as much time with one another as they would like. So an official business relationship, with lots of phone calls and e-mail messages flying back and forth across the planet, seemed the best way to continue the conversation about cinema they have been having since they were starting out and first met here two decades ago.^[2][3]

For all the talk about the Three Amigos, their personalities, backgrounds and tastes are quite different. Mr. del Toro, for example, is a self-described nerd, renowned for his warmth and good humor, reflected in the cuddly nickname el Osito, or the Little Bear, who had to work his way up to director, starting as a makeup and special effects artist. Mr. González Iñárritu, on the other hand, has always been regarded here as something of a golden boy. Nicknamed el Negro, he has matinee idol good looks and was a successful director, of commercials and of television programs at Mexico’s leading network, before Mr. del Toro and the Cuaróns, whose careers he helped at crucial moments.^[4][5][6]

Mother and Child

Mother and Child, directed and written by Rodrigo García, was finished to production works in 2009, and premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival. It was released on May 7, 2010 in USA.^[7]

Biutiful

Biutiful, a drama film written and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2010. It premiered in competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on May 17.^[8] Also, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, and premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 2.^[9][10][11]

References

1. ^ http://www.castellolopesmultimedia.com/rudoecursi/rudoecursi_notasproducao.pdf
2. ^ "Productora Cha Cha Cha Films" (in Spanish). Biosstars International. http://www.biosstars-mx.com/c/cha_cha_cha.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
3. ^ "Mexico's 3 Amigos do the Cha Cha Cha with Universal". China Daily. 2007-05-21. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2007-05/21/content_877275.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
4. ^ "3 Mexican directors Cha Cha Cha to $100M Universal pact". CBC News. 2007-05-19. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/mexican-directors-universal.html. Retrieved 2010-12-22. 
5. ^ Nichols, Michelle (2009-01-19). "Gael Garcia Bernal does Cha Cha Cha at Sundance". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE50I2MH20090119. Retrieved 2010-12-22. 
6. ^ Rohter, Larry (2009-04-23). "The Three Amigos of Cha Cha Cha". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/movies/26roht.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
7. ^ "Mother and Child (2009) - Release dates". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121977/releaseinfo. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
8. ^ "Cannes 2010 Mini-Guide". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/features/cannes/2010/mini-guide/. Retrieved 2010-12-22. 
9. ^ "Biutiful (2009) - Release dates". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/releaseinfo. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
10. ^ "Javier Bardem joins 'Biutiful' cast". Variety. 2008-10-22. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994494.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
11. ^ http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/23/javier-bardem-cast-in-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritus-biutiful

External links

• Cha Cha Cha Films at the Internet Movie Database