‘Blind Spot,’ With ‘Money Heist’ Star Najwa Nimri, Hits the AFM Courtesy of Film Factory
by John Hopewell · Variety“Blind Spot,” a survival triller starring Najwa Nimri (“Money Heist,” “30 Coins,” “Locked Up”) will be introduced to buyers at this week’s American Film Market by Film Factory Entertainment.
Directed by Mar Targarona (“The Photographer of Mauthausen,” “Boy Missing’), the movie, now shooting in Bilbao, Northern Spain, is produced b Rodar y Rodar, behind “The Orphanage,” “Julia’s Eyes” and 2026 Prime Video hit “Naughty Business.”
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Film Factory will handle international sales. ADSO Films will handle theatrical distribution in Spain, with a release planned for late 2027.
Described by Film Factory as a “claustrophobic, high-tension survival thriller that turns a single, desperate location (a car trapped between the rocks and a rising sea) into a relentless race against time, “Blind Spot” turns on Sara, returning home for Christmas with her daughter, who is forced by a storm to carpool with a stranger.
A tyre blowout sends the car plunging off a cliff, the driver, Luis, dies instantly and Sara trapped in the car between rocks as the tide rises relentlessly.
Battling to survive armed only with her phone, Sara discovers the crash may not have been an accident and, without realizing it, Sara has also now put her daughter in danger But whom can she trust? the synopsis asks.
Written by Alex Aviñó, “Blind Spot”also stars Najwa Nimri Pako Revueltas (“The Invisible Guardian”) and María Rodríguez- Maribona (“Sundays”).
The cliff-side setting facing the sea has been fully recreated on a sound stage. Survival sequences combine a specially designed technical set-up with Basque Country natural exteriors to convey a sense of isolation and danger that runs throughout the story Film Factory not.
“It’s both a technical and a staging challenge, because so many things have to fit together and so many departments have to be coordinated for everything to work,” Targarona noted.
“The car and water sequences are especially complex – everything has to be precisely measured – but at the same time we need the performances to flow and the situation to feel believable. In the end, everything is there so the audience gets drawn into the story and feels Sara’s anguish,” she added.
“We are thrilled to join Mar Targarona on such a gripping, tension, high-concept thriller. With Najwa Nimri leading the cast and a premise that grabs you from the very first minute, we are convinced ‘Blind Spot’ will travel strongly with audiences and buyers worldwide,” said Film Factory Director Vicente Canales.
Rodar y Rodar produces with Oslodije (“Naughty Business,” “Todo arde”) and Esan Nizuen, with the participation of RTVE, in collaboration with Prime Video, and with the support of the Basque Government’s Department of Culture and Language Policy and Basque Audiovisual.