France’s Urban Factory has joined Mexico’s Fidelio Films in backing Colombian filmmaker Mauricio Leiva-Cock’s psychological thriller Los Eastman, giving the project fresh momentum as Cannes draws global attention to genre cinema.

The project has been selected for the Fantastic Round Robin at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion, a market-facing platform that often helps genre titles attract partners and sharpen their path to production. Reports indicate Urban Factory connected with the film earlier at Bogotá’s BAM Producers Meeting, where partner Florencia Gil served as a mentor and helped bring the project onto the company’s radar.

The new partnership links French, Mexican and Colombian talent around a psychological thriller that has already started to stand out on the festival circuit.

That matters because early industry endorsements often shape which projects move fastest from development into financing and packaging. In this case, Urban Factory’s interest adds European weight to a film already anchored by Fidelio Films, while Cannes gives Los Eastman a high-visibility setting to reach sales agents, producers and festival programmers. Sources suggest the project gained attention for its distinct profile within the crowded field of genre submissions.

Key Facts

  • Urban Factory of France and Fidelio Films of Mexico are backing Los Eastman.
  • The film comes from Colombian director Mauricio Leiva-Cock.
  • Los Eastman was selected for the Fantastic Round Robin at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion.
  • Urban Factory says it discovered the project during Bogotá’s BAM Producers Meeting.

The deal also underscores how regional film markets feed directly into global festival pipelines. Bogotá helped surface the project, and Cannes now gives it a larger stage. For Latin American filmmakers working in thriller and horror, that route can prove crucial: it connects local development spaces with international partners who can expand financing, production reach and eventual distribution.

What happens next will likely depend on how strongly Los Eastman converts festival interest into concrete market deals. If Cannes meetings lead to added financing or sales momentum, the film could emerge as another example of cross-border genre collaboration gaining traction in the international marketplace. That matters beyond one title, because it shows how thriller projects from Latin America continue to win attention when the right partners step in early.