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'''SOMOS Films''' LLC is a [[Miami]] based company that produces [[feature films]] in Spanish for [[theatrical]], television, internet and other distribution means. SOMOS Films is part of the SOMOS Group<ref>{{cite web |title=SOMOS Group Home |url=https://www.somosgroup.com/ |website=SOMOS Group |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>([[SomosTV|SOMOSTV]], SOMOS Productions, [[Somos Distribution|SOMOS Distribution]], SOMOS Next and SOMOS Films).<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOMOS Films launches {{!}} HispanicAd.com|url=http://www.hispanicad.com/agency/creative/somos-films-launches|website=www.hispanicad.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> SOMOS Films produces its own projects and participates in [[Co-production (media)|co-production]] with international partnering companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nace SOMOS Films, compañía miembro de Somos Group|url=https://www.newslinereport.com/latinoamerica/nota/nace-somos-films-compaa-miembro-de-somos-group|website=Newsline Report|language=es|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>. In its coproduction projects the company works with local talent at both technical and artistic levels.

== History ==

In 2018, Somos Films produced its first film ''[[Muerte en Berruecos]]'', a movie about the assassination of South America's independence hero [[Antonio Jose de Sucre]],{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} together with Digivision Producciones, premiered in [[Venezuela]] in the month of April.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title="Muerte en Berruecos", cine policial de época sobre la muerte del General Antonio José de Sucre|url=https://albaciudad.org/2016/03/muerte-en-berruecos/|website=Alba Ciudad 96.3 FM|language=es|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>. Muerte en Berruecos was nominated to the [[Goya Awards]] for Best Ibero-American Film at the 35th edition. In 2019, The company produced ''Voy Por Ti'', which depicts [[bullying]] in schools, co-produced with Cnac, Xenon Films and Zona Filmica, which premiered at the [[Miami International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title="THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING" to Open MDC's 36th Miami Film Festival; Patricia Clarkson to Receive PRECIOUS GEM AWARD; Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley & Aaron Stewart-Ahn Attend for New Program "KNIGHT HEROES"|url=https://miamifilmfestival.com/press/this-changes-everything-to-open-mdcs-36th-miami-film-festival-patricia-clarkson-to-receive-precious-gem-award-barry-jenkins-boots-riley-aaron-stewart-ahn-attend-for/|last=Emmanuelle|website=Miami Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> and winner of Special Jury Award at the [[Trieste Film Festival|Festival del Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinelatinotrieste.org/festival2020/scheda/56/voy-por-ti|title=Voy por ti di Carmen La Roche - CineLatinoTrieste 2020|website=Festival del Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste}}</ref>

The company has completed the production of ''Especial'' (starred by Ruper Vásquez and Greyber Rengifo), a story about a child with [[Down Syndrome]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noticierovenevision.net/noticias/entretenimiento/largometraje-venezolano-especial-tendra-su-estreno-mundial-en-la-edicion-56-del-festival-internacional-de-cine-de-chicago|title=Largometraje venezolano "Especial" tendrá su estreno mundial en la edición 56 del Festival Internacional de Cine de Chicago|website=www.noticierovenevision.net}}</ref> in co-production with El Dorado Films and Divarte Cine and El Paraiso de La Serpiente, with Biznaga Films, Cine Provincia, Bibi Film and La Maroma Producciones. Both films are participating in international [[film festivals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planocritico.com/critica-o-paraiso-da-serpente/|title=Crítica &#124; O Paraíso da Serpente (2019)|date=October 30, 2020}}</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/director-spotlight-ignacio-marquez-on-the-special/|title=Director Spotlight: Ignacio Márquez on THE SPECIAL|date=October 15, 2020}}</ref>