Film production company based in Mexico City founded by Salomón Askenazi & Isaac Cherem. Currently developing a 4 movie investment project which jump started with the most successful crowdfunding project on fondeadora. Fosforescente produces films for a wide audience with fresh and original content. Our mission is to change the narrative and perspective of international audiences on mexican cinema.
Finished films
Title
Leona
Production company
Fosforescente
Co-produced by
Terminal
LA Film Boutique
Year
2018
Genre
Drama
Length
94 mins
Director
Isaac Cherem
Writers
Isaac Cherem
Naian González Norvind
Producer
Salomón Askenazi
Cast
Naian González Norvind
Christian Vazquez
Synopsis
A young Jewish woman from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love with a non-Jewish man. He allows her to discover the world outside the bubble of her community, leading to an important transition in her adult life.
Festivals & Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (Winner Best Actress)
Distributors
Menemsha Films
Calouma Films
Title
Dos Veces Tú (Two Times You)
Production company
Fosforescente
Year
2018
Genres
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Length
95 mins
Director
Salomón Askenazi
Writer
Salomón Askenazi
Producer
Isaac Cherem
Cast
Anahí Dávila
Melissa Barrera
Mariano Palacios
Daniel Adissi
Synopsis
After an innocent game where they decide to exchange husbands during a wedding, cousins Tania and Daniela decide to drive back home with the husband of the other. One of the cars crashes and an odd couple survives, creating a new, strange relationship.
Festivals & Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de Merida-Yucatan (Special Mention Press Jury),
Santa Barbara International Film Festival,
Fantasporto
Title
Clases de Historia
Production company
Un Beso
Co-produced by
DELBA Producciones
Películas Santa Clara
Labo Digital
Fosforescente
Year
2018
Genre
Drama
Length
100 mins
Director
Marcelino Islas Hernández
Producers
Andrea Toca
Marcelino Islas Hernández
Daniela Leyva
Rosa Galguera
Salomón Askenazi
Isaac Cherem
Cast
Verónica Langer
Renata Vaca
Héctor Holten
Gabino Rodríguez
Fernando Álvarez Rebeil
Synopsis
Vero is a history teacher at junior high-school, she is 60 years old and has cancer. Vero's routine life changes when she meets Eva, a new-entry student who is slowly getting into her life. Starting a relationship of friendship that will lead Vero to live towards death, or perhaps to die living
Festivals & Awards
Tokyo International Film Festival,
Los Cabos Film Festival (Winner WIP Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund)
Title
El Incidente (The Incident)
Production companies
Yellow Films
Fosforescente
Year
2014
Genres
Drama
Sci-fi
Length
100 mins
Director
Isaac Ezban
Producer
Salomón Askenazi
Cast
Raúl Méndez
Hernán Mendoza
Naian González Norvind
Humberto Busto
Fernando Álvarez Rebeil
Gabriel Santoyo
Synopsis
Two parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road - for a very long time...
Festivals & Awards
Sitges,
Fantastic Fest,
Fantaspoa,
Morbido,
Los Cabos Film Festival (Winner Mexico Primero Fox Award),
Busan Film Festival
Distributor
Cine Canibal
Title
Ocean Blues
Production companies
Yellow Films
Fosforescente
Year
2011
Genres
Drama
Romance
Length
93 mins
Director
Salomón Askenazi
Writer
Salomón Askenazi
Producer
Isaac Ezban
Cast
Xavier Villanova
Isabel Piquer
Synopsis
The film follows the life of Isabel and Xavier, both in search of love, both with different goals. Their stories intertwine when they decide to work together. Xavier gets lost in his passion for theater and his desire to be with Isabel, creating a metaphoric world in the beach, where the truth of their love life is portrayed. The story evolves when Xavier asks Isabel to star in his first play, an intense monologue titled "Ocean Blues".
Festivals & Awards
Festival de Cine de Monteria (Winner Best Director),
Festival Pantalla de Cristal (Winner Best Editing),
San Diego Latino Film Festival,
Hola Mexico Film Festival,
Festival de Cine de Lima
Distributor
Cineteca Nacional
Films in post-production
Title
El Secreto del Dr. Grinberg
Production company
Polar Star Films
Co-produced by
Fosforescente
Year
2019
Genres
Documentary
Thriller
Fantasy
Length
86 mins
Director
Ida Cuellar
Producers
Carles Brugueras
Marieke Van Den Barsselaar
Ida Cuellar
Salomón Askenazi
Jimmy Cohen
Isaac Cherem
Nico Pérez Veiga
Synopsis
In the early nineties, Dr. Jacobo Grinberg’s career was blooming and he gained lots of international credit as a researcher in the fields of telepathy and neurophysiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. When Dr. Grinberg mysteriously disappears in 1994, the police find no trace of him. The only thing that is clear, is that all his research material, including his computers, disappeared along with him. Holding the scientific key to telepathy and mystical cures, Grinberg became a valuable asset in many contexts. For that reason, some claim that American governmental forces captured Jacobo and put him to work for them. Some say that his second wife was involved in his disappearance, alleging that she is not the person she claims to be.
Title
El Rey de la Fiesta (King of the Party)
Production company
Fosforescente
Year
2020
Genre
Drama
Length
90 mins
Director
Salomón Askenazi
Writers
Salomón Askenazi
Karen Chacek
Producers
Isaac Cherem
Cecilia Parodi
Synopsis
A man going through a crisis chooses to live somebody else's life for a week, transforming his identity.
Films in development
Title
Fondeados
Production companies
Fosforescente
Netflix
Year
2020
Genre
Comedy
Length
95 mins
Director
Marcos Bucay
Writer
Marcos Bucay
Producers
Salomón Askenazi
Isaac Cherem
Synopsis
Two unemployed millennial entrepreneurs drunkenly post a video pitch about their revolutionary app to a crowdfunding site, surprisingly to them, the app catches fire and they accidentally raise millions of dollars forcing them to actually have to create the app.
Title
La Suegra
Production company
Fosforescente
Year
2019
Genre
Horror
Director
Mauricio Chernovetzky
Producers
Isaac Cherem
Salomón Askenazi
Synopsis
Carlos and May are getting married, but due to Carlos’ strict upbringing they still haven't had sex. After meeting his controlling mother on the night before the wedding, May rebelliously slips into his fiancé’s quarters and seduces him. The next day, as she stands on the altar, May notices that her sweet Carlos is no longer the same. As the party unfolds, he begins to lose control of his impulses, unleashing an epidemic that removes other guests’ social and moral filters, and turns the joyful event into an apocalyptic nightmare.