conejo en la luna
(rabbit on the moon)

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Headgear Films are delighted to announce that leading financing and sales company, Capitol Films, have acquired CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON), written and directed by Jorge Ramirez-Suarez. It is the first ever Mexico/UK co-production and another exciting movie in the Mexican New Wave genre, following on from the international success of Amores Perros and Y Tu Mama Tambien.

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Selected by Berlin's Director, Dieter Kosslick, as part of his Berlinale Special section at this year's Festival, the film opened to rave reviews in Mexico and had its World Premiere at AFI in Los Angeles. Reforma, described it as, "Classic Hitchcock meets classic Costa-Gavras" and the LA Weekly Review(USA) called it, "A sleek and effective thriller in which the ever twisting plot ratchets up the tension to near unbearable levels."

For further information on CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) at the Berlin Film Festival please contact: Ginger Corbett, Premier PR Tel: 020 7292 8330 or in Berlin at Hotel Marriott Tel: (0)30590 051 520/21/22

For any further details please contact Phil Hunt at Headgear Films.

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) received 3 ARIEL NOMINATIONS (Mexican Academy Award) for 2005.
Carlos Cobos won Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Chubby Corona".
Also nominated were, Jorge Ramirez Suarez for Best Original Screenplay and Eduardo Gamboa for Best Original Music Score.

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) won the Prix Rail D'oc as best picture at the 17th Rencontres D'Amerique Latine, Toulouse, France, in March 2005.

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) won the Manolo Barba award for best original screenplay at the Huelva International Film Festival, Spain, in November 2005.

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) has received 8 DIOSAS DE PLATA AWARDS NOMINATIONS
(Mexican Critics and Press Award)
Best Film
Best Director: Jorge Ramírez-Suárez
Best Screenplay: Jorge Ramírez-Suárez
Best Actor: Bruno Bichir
Best Supporting Actor: Jesús Ochoa
Best Original Music: Eduardo Gamboa
Best Secondary Female Role: Jacqueline Voltaire
Best Secondary Male Role: Rodrigo Murray

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) has also been screened at:
Morelia, Mexico (Oct 04)
AFI, USA (Nov 04)
Guadalajara, Mexico (March 04)
Moscow Festival (June 05)
Athens International Film Festival, Greece (Sept 05)
Films By The Sea Festival, Holland (Sept 05)
Festival de Cine de Bogota, Colombia (Oct 05)
Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, Brasil (Oct 05)
Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brasil (Oct 05)
Cape Town World Cinema Festival (Nov 05)
Latin American Film Festival, UK (Nov 05)
Leeds International Film Festival, UK (Nov 05)
Hamburg Latin American Film Festival (Dec 05)

Having been released theatrically in most territories worldwide, CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) will open theatrically in the UK on October 6th 2006 and will play for one week at
The Genesis Cinema, Mile End Road, London http://www.genesiscinema.co.uk and at The National Museum of Photography Film & TV, Bradford.

It will also be on at the Warwick Arts Centre on November 20th and 21st and at the Mac in Birmingham on November 22nd and 23rd.

CONEJO EN LA LUNA(RABBIT ON THE MOON) will be released on DVD in the UK in February 2007.