EXCLUSIVE: Gluon Media, which until now has focused on releasing international movies into Latin America, is branching into U.S. distribution.
The Miami Beach-based specialty distributor will kick-off its U.S. operation with the release of The Fantastic Golem Affairs by Spanish film-making duo Burnin’ Percebes, consisting of Juan González and Fernando Martínez.
Gluon, which has acquired all North American rights will open the film at New York’s Quad Cinema on August 29, in the presence of the filmmakers, following select Fantastic Fest Presents screenings at Alamo Drafthouse locations on August 25 and 26. Gluon will release the film on digital and streaming platforms following the theatrical window.
The sci-fi comedy follows Juan, who, after a night of partying, watches helplessly as his friend David drunkenly falls from a terrace. David’s body hits a car hood on the street below and shatters into a thousand pieces.
Since no one else seems shocked by this, Juan sets out to discover what happened, finding himself immersed in a labyrinth of fleeting romances, unbreakable friendships and pianos falling from the sky.
“After several years as a rights broker working directly with a select group of customers in Latin America , I’m thrilled to expand into North American distribution with a film as special and entertaining as The Fantastic Golem Affairs,” said Gluon Media CEO Luis Ignacio Perez Endara.
“Imagine putting Michel Gondry, Pedro Almodovar and Wes Anderson in a blender, add some John Waters syrup and a dash of gore, and you still wouldn’t be close,” he continued.
“This is an absurdist comedy with artistic and cinematic bona fides like an exquisite retro orchestral soundtrack à la Xavier Cugat, and shooting on 16mm film. With top-tier Spanish talent plus a fair amount of special effects, adventurous American audiences will be richly rewarded.”
Gluon Media recently acquired Latin American rights to the films Jimmy and Stiggs, (the debut film from Eli Roth’s new distribution label, The Horror Section, and A Useful Ghost, winner of the 2025 Grand Prix at the Cannes Critics Week, which will be released in the U.S. by Cineverse..
The company has acquired all rights for North American distribution of The Fantastic Golem Affairs, and will also release the movie on digital and streaming platforms following the theatrical window.
“We’ve been so encouraged by the reception to our film so far, and are confident our partnership with Luis and Gluon Media will continue the positive momentum,” said filmmakers González and Martínez.
“We are happy to be part of this new effort to bring unique visions of contemporary filmmaking to more audiences.”
The Fantastic Fest presents one-night-only program will see the film screen in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Denver and Austin.
Gluon Media has unveiled a new U.S. trailer for the film. Check it out below.
