Participant Media Partners With Oscar®-Winning Director Alfonso Cuarón

LOS ANGELES and TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Participant Media and Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men) are partnering on a new untitled project, to be directed and written by Cuarón. Production is slated to begin in Mexico this fall.

The project will be produced by Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez (Gravity, Children of Men), and Nicolás Celis (Desierto, Heli, The Untamed). Jeff Skoll, David Linde, and Jonathan King of Participant Media will executive produce.

The film chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

"This film is close to my heart and my first in Mexico since Y Tu Mamá También. I am thrilled to be making it with the Participant team," said Cuarón.

"Alfonso is a master storyteller, who breaks cultural boundaries around the world by skillfully connecting audiences through the power of cinema. We are elated to be joining him on this film," said Linde, CEO of Participant Media.

This year at Toronto, Participant is presenting four films at the festival: Peter Berg's Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg; Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall; J.A. Bayona's A Monster Calls; and Pablo Larraín's critically acclaimed Neruda starring Gael García Bernal.

About Participant Media
Participant Media (http://www.participantmedia.com/) is a leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll, Participant combines the power of a good story well told with opportunities for viewers to get involved. Participant's more than 75 films, including Spotlight, Contagion, Lincoln, The Help, He Named Me Malala, The Look of Silence, CITIZENFOUR, Food, Inc., and An Inconvenient Truth, have collectively earned 50 Academy Award® nominations and 11 wins, including Best Picture for Spotlight. Participant's digital hub, TakePart (http://www.TakePart.com), serves millions of socially conscious consumers each month with daily articles, videos and opportunities to take action. Follow Participant Media on Twitter at @Participant and on Facebook.

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