Escandalo boards Garaje's 'Chronicle'

SITGES, The nation -- New Barcelona-based production company Cine p Garaje has inked with Escandalo Films to co-produce Garaje's first feature, "Chronicle Beyond the Border." Garaje was founded by Luis p la Madrid and South usa-born Andre Cruz Shirawa. "Chronicle" marks the directorial debut of Shirawa, a plentiful music-vid helmer. Put in co-production equity from Catalan pubcaster TV3, and subsidies within the Icaa Film Institute and Icic Catalan film board, Escandalo's boarding "Chronicle" reps a powerful greenlight for your movie. Put together by Shirawa and Aurora Sulli, "Chronicle" follows a girl, Hannah, as she flees along with her 9-year-old boy in the disaster that has devastated their country. They are eventually interned in the refugee camping guarded by soldiers and video cameras that holds a sinister surprise. "Chronicle" will probably be professional-produced by Antonia Nava, the longtime V . p . of sales and co-productions at Filmax before she ankled to find out her own company. The director of sales hit "The Nun," a Filmax production, and editor on greater than 20 features, including Guillermo del Toro's "The Devil's Backbone," P la Madrid edited and edited or oversaw publish-production on many Filmax features including Kaira Anderson's "The Machinist," and Jaume Balaguero's "The Nameless" and "Darkness." "Garaje aims to produce sci-fi and fantasy contents: 'Chronicle' is our flagship," P la Madrid mentioned at Sitges. Escandalo produced Sitges opener "Avoi" and approaching Martin Freeman starrer "Animals." The co-production equity on "Chronicle" marks further growth at Escandalo which, in the first feature, 2007's "Me," has seen large success focussing on lead or solo creating first features by former students of Barcelona's Escac film school. On "Chronicle," in the departure, Escandalo puts up minority equity. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com