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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 |accessdateaccess-date=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 creative, 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 José de Sucre|Antonio Jose de Sucre]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica |first=The |date=January 30, 2022 |title=Antonio José de Sucre |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Jose-de-Sucre |access-date=March 23, 2022 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> 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 ([[Mexico]]). 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>

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themighty.com/2021/05/reelabilities-film-review-especial-down-syndrome/|title=This New Film Highlights the Joys and Challenges of Young Adulthood With Down Syndrome|website=The Mighty}}</ref> ''Especial'' won the award "Best Fiction Film" at The Venezuelan Film Festival in July, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-02|title=Entrega de premios en el Festival del Cine Venezolano es "Especial"|url=http://academiavenezolanadecine.com/premios-festival-del-cine-venezolano-2021/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Academia de las Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas de Venezuela|language=es}}</ref> and also the Silver Hugo award in the New Directors category in the [[Chicago International Film Festival]].