Maya Entertainment Group, Inc. is an independent multi-platform video distribution company. Moctesuma Esparza and Jeff Valdez founded the company in Los Angeles, California in 2007.[1]Maya Entertainment procures and produces content that appeals to the new diverse American Latino and multi cultural audiences. The company has acquired a library of over 100 titles.
Over the past year, 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] Currently in its second year, the festival embodies a culturally diverse cinema and attempts to promote Latino prominence and talent in the film industry and to provide an outlet for independent film exposure.[4]
Furthermore, this year Maya will be releasing the series on Hispanic Heritage Month. The films will be available at Blockbuster and throughout other retail and rental channels.[5]
Maya Entertainment recently released Sympathy for Delicious, a major motion picture starring actors such as Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, and Orlando Bloom.[6]
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Moctesuma Esparza, the founder was born and raised in Los Angeles, Esparza 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. [7]
Theatrical Films
the Official 2010 Sundance selection
Upcoming Films
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.[9]
Currently
| Film | Director | Genre | Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mission | N/A | Drama | 2008 | |
| Garcia Girls | Georgina Garcia Riedel | Comedy | 2008 | |
| Fraude | Luis Mandoki | Documentary | 2008 | |
| Talento De Barrio | José Iván Santiago Rivera | Action | 2008 | |
| Maldeamores | Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz | Comedy | 2008 | |
| Amexicano | Matthew Bonifacio | Drama | 2009 | |
| August Evening | Chris Eska | Drama | 2009 | |
| Personal Belongings | Alejandro Brugues | Drama | 2009 | |
| Coyote | Brian Peterson | Drama | 2009 | |
| The Pearl | Alfred Zacharias | Drama | 2009 | |
| Mancora | Ricardo de Montreuil | Drama | 2009 | |
| Sleep Dealer | Alex Rivera | Sci-Fi | 2009 | |
| Fast Lane | David Betances | Action | 2009 | |
| Casi Divas | Issa Lopez | Comedy | 2009 | |
| The Line | James Cotten | Action | 2009 | |
| Bad Guys | Rick Jacobson | Action | 2009 | |
| Bajo la Sal | Mario Muñoz | Thriller | 2009 | |
| Vicious Circle | Paul Boyd | Drama | 2009 | |
| The Ministers | Franc. Reyes | Thriller | 2010 | |
| Once Upon a Time in Rio | Breno Silveira | Drama | 2010 | |
| Sultanes Del Sur | Alejandro Lozano | Action | 2010 | |
| Cronicas Chilangas | Carlos Enderle | Comedy | 2010 | |
| One Hot Summer | Betty Kaplan | Drama | 2010 | |
| Mejor Es Que Gabriela No Se Muera | Sergio Umansky | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Como No Te Voy A Querer | Victor Avelar | Drama | 2010 | |
| Hotel California | Geo Santini | Action | 2010 | |
| The War Boys | Ron Daniels | Drama | 2010 | |
| Harlem Hostel | Nestor Miranda | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Anything Goes (Vale Todo) | Roberto Froment | Action | 2010 | |
| Un Dia En El Banco | Al Bravo | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Samurai Avenger | Kurando Mitsutake | Action | 2010 | |
| Chasing 3000 | Gregory J. Lanesey | Family | 2010 | |
| The Kid: Chamaco | Miguel Necoechea | Sport | 2010 | |
| Spoken Word | Victor Nunez | Drama | 2010 | |
| I Do...Knot (Recien Cazado) | Rene Bueno | Romantic Comedy | 2010 | |
| In Therapy | José Alvarenga Jr. | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Giallo | Dario Argento | Thriller | 2010 | |
| Backyard | Carlos Carrera | Crime | 2010 | |
| The Dry Land | Ryan Piers Williams | Drama | 2010 | |
| Rains of Injustice (Tropico De Sangre) | Juan Delancer | Biopic | 2010 | |
| Walking Vengeance | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Thriller | 2010 | |
| Hunter Prey | Sandy Collora | Sci-Fi | 2010 | |
| Across tThe Line | R. Ellis Frazier | Crime | 2010 | |
| All She Can | Amy Wendel | Drama | 2011 | |
| Sins of My Father | Nicolas Entel | Documentary | 2011 | |
| See You in September | Tamara Tunie | None | 2011 | |
| A Kiss of Chaos | Ricardo Sean Thompson | Crime | 2011 | |
| The Zombie Farm | Ricardo Islas | Horror | 2011 | |
| Spooner | Drake Doremus | Comedy | 2011 | |
| The People I've Slept With | Quentin Lee | Romantic Comedy | 2011 | |
| Year of the Carnivore | Sook-Yin Lee | Romantic Comedy | 2011 | |
| The Speed of Thought | Evan Oppenheimer | Sci-Fi | 2011 | |
| Sympathy For Delicious | Mark Ruffalo | Drama | 2011 | |
| Capadocia: Season 1 | Javier Patrón, Carlos Carrera, Pitipol Ybarra | Crime | 2011 | |
| Hijos Del Carnival: Seasons 1 & 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| Playing House | Tom Vaughan | Thriller | 2011 | |
| Alice: Season 1 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| MANDRAKE: Seasons 1 and 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| Epitafios: Season 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 |