Entertainment
19 October 2023
Link copied to clipboardSOCIETY OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE ON NETFLIX ON JANUARY 4 AFTER ITS THEATRICAL RELEASE ON DECEMBER 15
THE FILM IS SPAIN’S OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL OSCARⓇ
AFTER CLOSING THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, SOCIETY OF THE SNOW HAS BEEN AWARDED THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Netflix unveiled today a new official trailer for Society of snow, the new film by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, El Orfanato) that will arrive on Netflix on January 4, after its theatrical release on December 15.
The film, which will represent Spain at the 96th edition of the Oscar Awards, was the closing film of the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival, as well as winner of the Audience Award at the 71st edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Audience Award in the ¡Viva el cine! section.
Society of the Snow is produced by Belén Atienza, Sandra Hermida and J.A. Bayona. Starring Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt, Agustín Pardella, Esteban Kukuriczka and Tomas Wolf, with a screenplay by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolás Casariego from the novel by Pablo Vierci.
The film is based on the book Society of the Snow by Pablo Vierci. Filming took place in Sierra Nevada (Andalusia), Montevideo (Uruguay) and in different locations in the Andes (both in Chile and Argentina) including El Valle de las Lágrimas, the real location where the story took place.
About Society of the Snow
In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survive the crash. Trapped in one of the most inaccessible and hostile environments on the planet, they are forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.
About J.A Bayona
Internationally renowned Spanish filmmaker, J.A. Bayona made his directorial debut with The Orphanage (2007) at Cannes, winning numerous awards including seven Goyas. His follow-up, The Impossible (2012) saw him enter English-language cinema winning five Goyas including Best Director. Additional credits include A Monster Calls (2016), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Executive producer of Marrowbone (2017) and I Hate New York (2018). A prominent figure in television, Bayona’s also directed episodes of Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022). Society of the Snow is his fifth feature film, and his first to be shot in Spanish in sixteen years.