Moveria Acquires 'No Money No Honey' Doc Ahead of Camden Premiere — SkimNews
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- Moveria Film acquired international sales rights to 'No Money No Honey,' with the deal negotiated by Lucas Besnard and Ceskary Avitia for Moveria and producer Daniela Camino representing Mimbre Films.
- 'No Money No Honey' is an 80-minute documentary directed by Nicole Costa and written by Costa, Daniela Camino, and Melisa Miranda; it follows Máxima Mauricio, an Argentine non-binary sex worker in New York, interweaving personal VHS tapes from 1991-2004 with post-pandemic 4K footage.
- The film is programmed in the Cinematic Vision Award competition at the Camden International Film Festival, an all-documentary festival running Sept. 17-20 in mid-coast Maine, where it will have its world premiere.
- Lucas Besnard of Moveria said the contrast between the VHS footage's 'energy, glamour, friends, and parties' and Mauricio's New York life in 2020 drew the company to the film, while Ceskary Avitia emphasized that it 'doesn't try to convince you of anything' but asks viewers to listen to Mauricio's own voice.
- Moveria Film, founded in 2025, describes itself as merging custom digital tools with traditional film distribution frameworks; the acquisition expands its slate of 'bold, auteur-driven international cinema,' according to a release.
- Producer Daniela Camino called the deal 'a turning point' for the film's international debut, citing Moveria's 'personalized approach' as what a project like this needed to reach global audiences.
Why it matters: The acquisition gives an LGBTQ+ immigrant story, told through personal VHS archival footage spanning Buenos Aires, Miami, and New York, a distribution path to international audiences while its Camden world premiere is still days away. Moveria's stated mission to back 'auteur-driven international cinema' and its combination of tech and traditional distribution now includes a film that its own executives describe as centering a community 'rarely heard on screen.'
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