‘Looking for Michael,’ a Parkinson’s-Themed Comedy, Brought to Ventana Sur by Filmax (Exclusive)

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Strengthening the comedy quotient of this year’s Ventana Sur, already on the rise in the market’s centrepiece industry sections, Barcelona-based studio Filmax is bringing onto the market “Looking for Michael,” produced by Kiko Martinez, who backed Alex de la Iglesia’s “Perfect Strangers.”

International buyers will be able to see the first images of the film at the Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires.

Filmax will be handling the international sales of “Looking For Michael.” It will introduce first images of the film at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film-tv market.

The latest from Juana Macías, whose acerbic screwball family comedy “Just One Small Favor” was also picked up by Filmax, “Looking for Michael” sums up several market trends: It’s an uplifting take on a serious subject, and a eye-opening comedy of substance

Penned by Marta Libertad, a writer on Rafael Azcona adaptation “The Europeans,…