Maya takes int'l privileges to 'Mosquita y Mari'

'Mosquita y Mari'Maya Intl., the sales and distribution arm of L.A.-based indie Maya Entertainment founded by executive co-chair Moctesuma Esparza, reaches Sundance handling worldwide privileges to Next Film selection "Mosquita y Mari," Aurora Guerrero's helming debut. The approaching-of-age tale is all about two 15-year-old Latinas visiting grips using the sexual undercurrent within their friendship. Pic is really a co-production between Chad Burris' Indion Entertainment and Maya Intl., that will manage foreign sales. The Film Collaborative handles domestic sales from the pic at Sundance. Pic has additionally been recognized for that Sundance Chooses selection at Berlin's European Film Market, which Maya Intl. prexy Elias Axume will attend."Mosquita y Mari" was lately granted this year's SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant as well as an LG Cinema three dimensional Fellowship. Guerrero is really a former Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation Film Fellow and was lately named a period Warner Fellow. Maya Intl. is selling privileges to photos including Indion Entertainment's "Ass Backwards," starring Alicia Silverstone "It is a Disaster," toplined by Julia Stiles and America Ferrara "Coffee shop," starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy and "Without Males," brought by Avoi Longoria Parker, Christian Slater and Oscar Nunez. Axume may also be searching to get worldwide privileges to new game titles at Sundance. Parent company Maya Entertainment Group, Corporation. is really a multi-platform content and distribution company which has built a library in excess of 100 game titles targeted at American Latino in addition to global auds. Brought by Esparza, whose credits include "Selena" and HBO's "Walkout," and prexy Shaun Valdez (founding father of SiTV, now nuvoTV), Maya continues to be growing its achieve via changing distribution technologies. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com