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LIMONERO FILMS’ DOC “THE KEEPERS OF THE PIGS” GAINS THEATRICAL RELEASE

The documentary has been picked up by Showcase Cinemas, which will be releasing the film in the UK in October 2023.

por Señal News 29 SEP 2023

independent boutique distributor Limonero Films announces “The Keepers of the Pigs” documentary (1×70′, 52′ & 3×30′), produced by Moveover productions and directed by Sharon Walia, has been picked up by Showcase Cinemas, which will be releasing the film in the UK in October 2023.

“The Keepers of the Pigs” follows the story of Sharon and Sharon; two women on a mission to rescue hundreds of mistreated guinea pigs. From the UK, EU to Peru follow their humorous and heart-warming adventure as they also set out to discover the forgotten history of these curious creatures in one of the first major documentary about guinea pigs.

Director Sharon Walia started the film just before lockdown, the idea was born when she filmed a news report at a local guinea pig rescue in the Midlands; the video went viral. Fast forward a year, Sharon was a single parent whose film had come to a standstill, mainly due to the Covid travel ban.

“I didn’t want to make this film without going to Peru”said Sharon“The scenes filmed in South America really lift the documentary as the viewer gets exclusive access into the annual guinea pig festival, which takes over the whole of Peru. As an animal lover and vegan, filming people eating guinea pigs was one of the hardest things I’ve done, but on the flip-side, never have I been to a country that celebrates an animal like Peru does the guinea pig”.



By day Sharon works for Parliament, in the evenings she spent hours editing the film into a commercial hour documentary and 3 part mini series. Limonero Films is representing the documentary internationally, after following the project from inception.

The film has a strong human interest element as it primarily follows Sharon ‘Shaz’ Kelly; a guinea pig rescue founder and Sharon Walia; journalist and guinea pig enthusiast. A key narrative arc is formed when Shaz has to battle to keep her guinea pig rescue from closing down after being inundated with hundreds of mistreated pets.


Limonero Films to rep five titles from Secuoya Studios unscripted division

Realscreen Magazine. September 20, 2023

London- and Barcelona-based boutique distributor Limonero Films has signed on to handle international distribution for five unscripted projects from multinational Spanish-language content producer Secuoya Studios. The titles covered in the agreement are Voices of a City, director Curro Sánchez Varela’s feature-doc portrait of both the famous and anonymous inhabitants of Madrid; the Netflix Spain doc series 13 Days, about the attempted rescue of a toddler who was trapped at the bottom of a borehole; Isaac & Nora, a four-episode series that accompanies Franco-Korean siblings and singers Isaac and Nora Restoin as they go on tour with their unique renditions of iconic Latin American songs; Race In, a three-part doc about the challenges facing the contemporary motorsports industry; and Proximity, a two-part doc profile of the late base jumper and skydiver Alex Villar. “We have been following the development of the new documentary department at Secuoya Studios for some time, [and] were very impressed with the quality of the factual titles we had the opportunity to see earlier this year,” said Limonero Films CEO Pamela Martínez Martínez in a release. “Both the one-offs and the series are impeccably crafted, and are designed for an international audience…. We are sure that they will be a global success, and we will do everything we can to make it happen.”

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