Maya Entertainment Group, Inc. was an independent multi-platform video distribution company. Moctesuma Esparza founded the company in Los Angeles, California in 2007.[1] Maya Entertainment procured and produced content that appealed to the new diverse American Latino and multi-cultural audiences. The company acquired a library of over 100 titles.
Maya Entertainment launched "Maya at the Movies" with Time Warner Cable.[2] They also participated in The Maya Indie Films Festival, a traveling summer film tour.[3] The festival embodied a culturally diverse cinema and attempted to promote Latino prominence and talent in the film industry and to provide an outlet for independent film exposure.[4]
Maya Entertainment recently released Sympathy for Delicious, a major motion picture starring Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, and Orlando Bloom.[5]
Founder Moctesuma Esparza was born and raised in Los Angeles. He received a B.A. and MFA in Theatre Arts, Motion Pictures and Television, from UCLA, and has dedicated himself to empowering and transforming the images of Latinos in Hollywood.[6]
Theatrical films
International film distribution is currently headed by Elias Axume. Maya Entertainment sells rights to its entertainment properties worldwide and has a large presence at major markets including Berlin Film Festival/European Film Market, Hong Kong FILMART, Cannes Film Festival, MIP-TV, Toronto International Film Festival, MIPCOM and AFM.[8]
Currently
| Film | Director | Genre | Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mission | N/A | Drama | 2008 | |
| Garcia Girls | Georgina Garcia Riedel | Comedy | 2008 | |
| Fraude | Documentary | 2008 | ||
| Talento de Barrio | José Iván Santiago Rivera | Action | 2008 | |
| Maldeamores | Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz | Comedy | 2008 | |
| Amexicano | Matthew Bonifacio | Drama | 2009 | |
| August Evening | Chris Eska | Drama | 2009 | |
| Personal Belongings | Alejandro Brugues | Drama | 2009 | |
| Coyote | Drama | 2009 | ||
| The Pearl | Alfred Zacharias | Drama | 2009 | |
| Mancora | Drama | 2009 | ||
| Sleep Dealer | Sci-Fi | 2009 | ||
| Fast Lane | David Betances | Action | 2009 | |
| Casi Divas | Issa Lopez | Comedy | 2009 | |
| The Line | Action | 2009 | ||
| Bad Guys | Action | 2009 | ||
| Bajo la Sal | Thriller | 2009 | ||
| Vicious Circle | Drama | 2009 | ||
| The Ministers | Thriller | 2010 | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Rio | Breno Silveira | Drama | 2010 | |
| Sultanes Del Sur | Action | 2010 | ||
| Cronicas Chilangas | Carlos Enderle | Comedy | 2010 | |
| One Hot Summer | Drama | 2010 | ||
| Mejor Es Que Gabriela No Se Muera | Sergio Umansky | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Como No Te Voy A Querer | Victor Avelar | Drama | 2010 | |
| Hotel California | Geo Santini | Action | 2010 | |
| The War Boys | Ron Daniels | Drama | 2010 | |
| Harlem Hostel | Nestor Miranda | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Anything Goes (Vale Todo) | Roberto Estrella | Action | 2010 | |
| Un Dia En El Banco | Al Bravo | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Samurai Avenger | Kurando Mitsutake | Action | 2010 | |
| Chasing 3000 | Gregory J. Lanesey | Family | 2010 | |
| Miguel Necoechea | Sport | 2010 | ||
| Spoken Word | Drama | 2010 | ||
| I Do...Knot (Recien Cazado) | Rene Bueno | Romantic Comedy | 2010 | |
| In Therapy | José Alvarenga Jr. | Comedy | 2010 | |
| Giallo | Thriller | 2010 | ||
| Backyard | Crime | 2010 | ||
| The Dry Land | Ryan Piers Williams | Drama | 2010 | |
| Rains of Injustice (Tropico De Sangre) | Biopic | 2010 | ||
| Walking Vengeance | Thriller | 2010 | ||
| Hunter Prey | Sci-Fi | 2010 | ||
| Across the Line | R. Ellis Frazier | Crime | 2010 | |
| All She Can | Drama | 2011 | ||
| Sins of My Father | Documentary | 2011 | ||
| See You in September | None | 2011 | ||
| A Kiss of Chaos | Ricardo Sean Thompson | Crime | 2011 | |
| The Zombie Farm | Horror | 2011 | ||
| Spooner | Comedy | 2011 | ||
| The People I've Slept With | Romantic Comedy | 2011 | ||
| Year of the Carnivore | Romantic Comedy | 2011 | ||
| The Speed of Thought | Evan Oppenheimer | Sci-Fi | 2011 | |
| Sympathy For Delicious | Drama | 2011 | ||
| Capadocia Season 1 | Javier Patrón, Carlos Carrera, Pitipol Ybarra | Crime | 2011 | |
| Hijos Del Carnival: Seasons 1 & 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| Playing House | Thriller | 2011 | ||
| Alice: Season 1 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| MANDRAKE: Seasons 1 and 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 | |
| Epitafios Season 2 | N/A | Drama | 2011 |