Maya Entertainment

Maya Entertainment Group, Inc. was an independent multi-platform video distribution company. Moctesuma Esparza founded the company in Los Angeles, California in 2007.[1] Maya Entertainment procured and produced content that appealed to the new diverse American Latino and multi-cultural audiences. The company acquired a library of over 100 titles.

Maya Entertainment launched "Maya at the Movies" with Time Warner Cable.[2] They also participated in The Maya Indie Films Festival, a traveling summer film tour.[3] The festival embodied a culturally diverse cinema and attempted to promote Latino prominence and talent in the film industry and to provide an outlet for independent film exposure.[4]

Maya Entertainment recently released Sympathy for Delicious, a major motion picture starring Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, and Orlando Bloom.[5]

History

Founder Moctesuma Esparza was born and raised in Los Angeles. He received a B.A. and MFA in Theatre Arts, Motion Pictures and Television, from UCLA, and has dedicated himself to empowering and transforming the images of Latinos in Hollywood.[6]

Feature films

Theatrical films

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International film distribution

International film distribution is currently headed by Elias Axume. Maya Entertainment sells rights to its entertainment properties worldwide and has a large presence at major markets including Berlin Film Festival/European Film Market, Hong Kong FILMART, Cannes Film Festival, MIP-TV, Toronto International Film Festival, MIPCOM and AFM.[8]

Currently

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List of releases
FilmDirectorGenreRelease
La MissionN/ADrama2008
Garcia GirlsGeorgina Garcia RiedelComedy2008
FraudeLuis MandokiDocumentary2008
Talento de BarrioJosé Iván Santiago RiveraAction2008
MaldeamoresCarlitos Ruiz RuizComedy2008
AmexicanoMatthew BonifacioDrama2009
August EveningChris EskaDrama2009
Personal BelongingsAlejandro BruguesDrama2009
CoyoteBrian PetersonDrama2009
The PearlAlfred ZachariasDrama2009
MancoraRicardo de MontreuilDrama2009
Sleep DealerAlex RiveraSci-Fi2009
Fast LaneDavid BetancesAction2009
Casi DivasIssa LopezComedy2009
The LineJames CottenAction2009
Bad GuysRick JacobsonAction2009
Bajo la SalMario MuñozThriller2009
Vicious CirclePaul BoydDrama2009
The MinistersFranc. ReyesThriller2010
Once Upon a Time in RioBreno SilveiraDrama2010
Sultanes Del SurAlejandro LozanoAction2010
Cronicas ChilangasCarlos EnderleComedy2010
One Hot SummerBetty KaplanDrama2010
Mejor Es Que Gabriela No Se MueraSergio UmanskyComedy2010
Como No Te Voy A QuererVictor AvelarDrama2010
Hotel CaliforniaGeo SantiniAction2010
The War BoysRon DanielsDrama2010
Harlem HostelNestor MirandaComedy2010
Anything Goes (Vale Todo)Roberto EstrellaAction2010
Un Dia En El BancoAl BravoComedy2010
Samurai AvengerKurando MitsutakeAction2010
Chasing 3000Gregory J. LaneseyFamily2010
The Kid: ChamacoMiguel NecoecheaSport2010
Spoken WordVictor NuñezDrama2010
I Do...Knot (Recien Cazado)Rene BuenoRomantic Comedy2010
In TherapyJosé Alvarenga Jr.Comedy2010
GialloDario ArgentoThriller2010
BackyardCarlos CarreraCrime2010
The Dry LandRyan Piers WilliamsDrama2010
Rains of Injustice (Tropico De Sangre)Juan DelancerBiopic2010
Walking VengeanceAgustín Díaz YanesThriller2010
Hunter PreySandy ColloraSci-Fi2010
Across the LineR. Ellis FrazierCrime2010
All She CanAmy WendelDrama2011
Sins of My FatherNicolas EntelDocumentary2011
See You in SeptemberTamara TunieNone2011
A Kiss of ChaosRicardo Sean ThompsonCrime2011
The Zombie FarmRicardo IslasHorror2011
SpoonerDrake DoremusComedy2011
The People I've Slept WithQuentin LeeRomantic Comedy2011
Year of the CarnivoreSook-Yin LeeRomantic Comedy2011
The Speed of ThoughtEvan OppenheimerSci-Fi2011
Sympathy For DeliciousMark RuffaloDrama2011
Capadocia: Season 1Javier Patrón, Carlos Carrera, Pitipol YbarraCrime2011
Hijos Del Carnival: Seasons 1 & 2N/ADrama2011
Playing House Tom VaughanThriller2011
Alice: Season 1N/ADrama2011
MANDRAKE: Seasons 1 and 2N/ADrama2011
Epitafios: Season 2N/ADrama2011

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References
  1. from maya-entertainment.com (domain for sale as of May 2014)
  2. http://www.homemediamagazine.com/vod/time-warner-adds-'maya-movies'-22036
  3. http://mayaindieseries.com/
  4. http://filmfestivaltraveler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=869:maya-indie-film-series-&catid=43:previews&Itemid=29
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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