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Isabel Echeverry of Kontakto: We Partnered With The Producers Of The Conjuring To Make The Thriller Bella
Manuela Walfenzao| 16 de julio de 2018
Isabel Echeverry Kontakto
Kontakto Reps Founder and CEO Isabel Echeverry has seen impressive growth in her representation agency and also in the filmmaker Kontakto Entertainment, which has just partnered with the producers of The Conjuring 1 and 2 to shoot the thriller Bella. “This new partnership is the most important for our film production company. It’s a huge victory to have this team of experts in Hollywood” she said. “Kontakto is a company that has expanded more and more every day into the Kontakto Group of Companies. We already have a managers/talent rep team in the Hispanic and general markets with film and television producers. Our vision is to find investors very soon to make it the most important Hispanic-plus-multicultural management/production company in the United States.” Kontakto recently added Rosa Films, a production company founded by Jorge Larrain and Andres Salmoyraghi to make commercials and video content. “It’s based in Miami and has a stellar roster of international directors” Echeverry said.SOCKO, an advertising production company known for its women directors, has also joined forces with Kontakto Reps. “There is a market demand to include at least one woman director among the three that are competing” she said. Rene Villar-Rios and Martin Pearson head the Los Angeles-based company. She added that at Cannes every year Kontakto Reps clients win big and bring home a number of Lions, but 2018 was the first time in her career as a rep that a client has collaborated with the winning campaign. It’s a Tide Ad swept the awards and Kontakto’s client, Personal Music, was part of the mix. The campaign was also announced to be nominated for an Emmy. “The creatives who worked on this campaign are the living example of international multicultural creativity,
