Award-winning filmmaker Felipe Vargas makes his feature directorial debut with the horror Rosario.
Rosario follows Wall Street stockbroker, Rosario Fuentes, played by Emeraude Toubia (‘Shadowhunters,’ The Ballad of a Hustler), who returns to her late grandmother’s apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her grandmother’s belongings, Rosario uncovers a horrifying secret—a hidden chamber filled with occult artifacts tied to dark generational rituals. As supernatural occurrences plague her, Rosario must confront her family’s buried secrets and face the truth about the sacrifices and choices they made.
Rosario also stars David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil, Oppenheimer), Diane Lein (‘Woman in Blue,’ ‘Somos Oro’), Paul Ben-Victor (‘The Wire,’ The Irishman) and José Zúñiga (‘Griselda,’ ‘Narcos: Mexico’). With an original screenplay by Alan Trezza, the film is produced by Phillip Braun (Jenni, The Black Demon), Javier Chapa(The Long Game, Blue Miracle) and Jon Silk (Nightride, It).
Other notable cast members include Nick Ballard (The Crossroads, Lost in the Everglades), Guillermo Garcia (‘Mayans M.C.,’ Asteroid City), Emilia Faucher (CODA, Snow White) and Costanza Gutierrez(‘Big Steps,’ ‘The Scent of Passion’)
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Colombian-American writer and director Felipe Vargas is a DGA and Imagen award winner, selected as a Latino Content Creator to Watch by Variety. His genre films often focus on Latin American characters dealing with the supernatural, magical and macabre.
As a director, Felipe helmed the upcoming horror feature Rosario for Mucho Mas Media, starring Emeraude Toubia and David Dastmalchian. He recently directed the horror short film Hive starring Xochitl Gomez, in development as a feature with Tubi. His films ZZZ for Exile Content, Carnivora for Film Independent and Milk Teeth collectively garnered over 50 million views and screened at over 100 film festivals. He previously developed projects for Paramount Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment and a Leprechaun reboot for Lionsgate Films.
As a writer, Felipe is penning Bob the Builder for Mattel Films and Amazon/MGM, produced by Jennifer Lopez and starring Anthony Ramos. He previously wrote the pilot of a fantasy-adventure series based on Mexico’s beloved Loteriacard game for Sony Television and Norman Lear.
Felipe is represented at Creative Artists Agency and Magnolia Entertainment. He graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts.
