Caos Cine Launches at Morelia With 'The Huntress' Pickup — SkimNews
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- Caos Cine, founded by Regina Serratos and Eduardo Diaz Cazanova, launched at the 24th Morelia Film Festival with its debut Mexican distribution pickup, Susanne Andrews Correa's first feature "The Huntress," premiering Oct. 19 in the competition.
- "The Huntress" stars Adriana Paz, who shared the Cannes 2024 Best Actress prize for the ensemble of "Emilia Pérez," and was the only Latin American film selected for Sundance 2026, according to Serratos.
- The film is based on real events in Ciudad Juárez, where Paz plays a woman who tries to kill a serial rapist to protect her 14-year-old daughter and young factory workers; Andrews Correa spent from 2018 interviewing workers, journalists, activists and families of disappeared women to research the story.
- Serratos previously led distribution at Pimienta Films and coordinated distribution at Piano from 2015 to 2020; Diaz Cazanova also runs Peninsula Films & Entertainment, which he co-founded with his brother Gabriel.
- "The Huntress" was produced by Mexico's Zafiro Cinema (Gabriela Maire, Edher Campos) alongside U.S.-based The Population (Mynette Louie) and filmed in Ciudad Juárez and Mexico City; FICM runs through Oct. 25.
- Caos Cine positions itself as a tailored-distribution alternative, with Diaz Cazanova stating the company aims to "shake up the industry" by giving films "individual attention they deserve" outside larger centralized pipelines.
Why it matters: Caos Cine enters Mexico's indie distribution market with the country's buzziest festival pickup — a Sundance 2026 selection starring a Cannes 2024 Best Actress winner — and its founders' explicit pitch of "tailored" distribution paths positions it against larger established Mexican distributors, with Serratos bringing direct pedigree from Pimienta Films and Piano.
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