Julio Fernández, the producer who transformed Filmax into a cinematic giant in Catalonia during the 1990s and 2000s, died Monday at the age of 78 at his home in Miami. Fernández, who had long been retired from frontline business, made Filmax the leading film distributor in Spain and introduced the company to film production with the ambitious Fantastic Factory project, which brought filmmakers like Brian Yuzna and Brad Anderson to work in Catalonia and served as a springboard for others. [REC], one of the company's greatest achievements.

The story of the Pujol family, for years a symbol of power in Catalonia and later the epicenter of one of the most notorious scandals in Catalan politics, comes to theaters with Our Father, The first film to address the fall of the Pujol Ferrusola family. Directed by Manuel Huerga and written by Toni Soler, the film will be released in theaters on April 16th by Filmax. It tells the story of how the former president of the Generalitat (Catalan government) and his family dealt with the crisis surrounding the undeclared fortune in Andorran bank accounts.