Cohen Media Group Acquires Spanish Silent Film 'Blancanieves' For The U.S.

Pablo Berger's Blancanieves is Spain's foreign language Oscar entry, making it two consecutive years in which the Academy may have a chance to honor a silent, black-and-white film. The Arcadia Pictures production is a re-telling of Snow White that's set in 1920s Spain. It recently won the Special Jury Prize in San Sebastian and a best actress nod for Macarena Garcia. Cohen Media Group has shown a predilection for European art-house fare and this title adds to its growing silent film collection. The company recently acquired the Rohauer Film Library with works of such pre-talkie talent as D.W.Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Buster Keaton. The Blancanieves deal was negotiated by CMG's Gary Rubin and Dreamcatchers co-founder Marina Fuentes.