{"id":2026454,"date":"2025-09-16T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026454"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:15:41","slug":"oscilloscope-laboratories-buys-sundance-award-winner-mad-bills-to-pay-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/oscilloscope-laboratories-buys-sundance-award-winner-mad-bills-to-pay-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscilloscope Laboratories Buys Sundance Award Winner \u2018Mad Bills to Pay\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oscilloscope Laboratories<\/a> has acquired worldwide rights to Joel Alfonso Vargas\u2019 \u201cMad Bills to Pay<\/a>.\u201d The film world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it picked up the Next Special Jury Award for ensemble cast, and screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Perspectives Award for best first feature. It was part of this year\u2019s edition of New Directors\/New Films. It will next open the New York Latino Film Festival on Tuesday. Oscilloscope Laboratories will partner with Unapologetic Projects<\/a> for a release in select theaters next year.<\/p>\n

The film follows Rico, who spends his summer selling cocktails and chasing girls. When his girlfriend, Destiny, becomes pregnant, she moves in with his family in the Bronx. Juan Collado<\/a>, Destiny Checho, Yohanna Florentino<\/a> and Nathaly Navarro<\/a> lead the cast.<\/p>\n

On the festival circuit, \u201cMad Bills to Pay<\/a>\u201d has been praised as \u201cone of the best debuts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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