Dec 16, 2025 9:56am PT Cinephobia Releasing Takes North America on LGBT Dramedy ‘The Divine Tragedy,’ Directed by ‘Four Moons’ Sergio Tovar Velarde (EXCLUSIVE) Secured from Habanero Film Sales at Ventana Sur, ‘The Divine Tragedy’ updates Tovar Velarde’s vision of gay identity By John Hopewell Plus Icon John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent john_hopewell Latest Cinephobia Releasing Takes North America on LGBT Dramedy ‘The Divine Tragedy,’ Directed by ‘Four Moons’ Sergio Tovar Velarde (EXCLUSIVE) 6 minutes ago Laura Fernández Espeso Leaves Grup Mediapro 1 day ago ‘Sundays,’ Director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s San Sebastián Best Film Winner, Closes Half the World With Early Sales for Le Pacte (EXCLUSIVE) 1 day ago See All The Divine Tragedy Courtesy of Habanero Film Sales Cinephobia Releasing, headed by former Artsploitation Films and TLA Releasing founder Ray Murray, has acquired all North American rights to Sergio Tovar Velarde‘s LGBT dramedy “The Divine Tragedy,” (“La tragedia divina”), an ode to gay diversity and brotherly reconciliation. The deal was closed at Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur Río de la Plata, negotiated by Murray and Alfredo Calvino, founder-CEO of the Brazil-based Habanero Film Sales. Related Stories Kit Harington Joins Lindsay Lohan, Shailene Woodley in Hulu Limited Series 'Count My Lies' “The Divine Tragedy” represents the latest feature from Tovar Velarde whose debut “Mi último día” (2008) played San Sebastian’s Latinos Horizontes, while the co-directed “The Misfits” (“Los inadaptados”) won an Audience Award at the 2011 Guadalajara Film Festival and four-story “Four Moons” (“Cuatro Lunas”) took best Mexican feature at the 2014 Monterrey Film Festival and foreign feature at the Outflix Film Festival.
