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Jaibol Films is a production company founded in 2006 to produce, co-produce, partner, and provide production services for national and international film projects of various genres. OUR HISTORY

2006

Jaibol Films was founded to partner with Likely Story (Anthony Bregman) and produce the feature film “Sleep Dealer” by Alex Rivera. Immediately afterward, it co-produced “Julia” alongside Bagheera US, Inc, directed by Erick Zonca (awarded best feature film in Cannes for “Dreamlife of Angels”) and starring Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton.

2009

JF produces “Acorazado” by Álvaro Curiel in co-production with Fidecine, which won the audience award at the Morelia International Film Festival, as well as Best First Feature and Best Screenplay at the Catalunya Festival.

2015

JF undertakes the production in Latin America (Venezuela, Mexico) for “Point Break” by Alcon Entertainment, directed by Ericson Core.




2020

JF produces the limited series “Somos.” a Netflix production created by James Schamus and directed by Álvaro Curiel de Icaza and Mariana Chenillo.

2023

JF produces the series “We Were Kings” for Netflix, written by Leticia López Margalli and directed by Pepe Valle and Mauricio Lule.



2007-2008

JF partners with Lemon Films to produce “Love, Pain and Vice Versa” by Alfonso Pineda, “Christmas Inc.” by Fernando Rovzar, and “Saving Private Perez” by Beto Gómez.


2011

JF produces the documentary “Querido Carlos” directed by Álvaro Curiel.

2018

JF produces “Ni tuyo, ni mía” written and directed by Sandra Solares, which premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2020.

2021

In collaboration with Lemon Films, JF is responsible for the production of the series “Women in Blue” first season, for Apple TV, created by Fernando Rovzar and Pablo Aramendi, directed by Fernando Rovzar, JM Cravioto, Alfonso Pineda, and Carlos Moreno.

2024

JF produces, alongside Bandidos Films, the limited series “The Dead Girls” for Netflix, based on the original novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, directed by Luis Estrada.

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Jaibol Films is a production company founded in 2006 to produce, co-produce, partner, and provide production services for national and international film projects of various genres. OUR HISTORY

2006

Jaibol Films was founded to partner with Likely Story (Anthony Bregman) and produce the feature film “Sleep Dealer” by Alex Rivera. Immediately afterward, it co-produced “Julia” alongside Bagheera US, Inc, directed by Erick Zonca (awarded best feature film in Cannes for “Dreamlife of Angels”) and starring Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton.

2007 - 2008

JF partners with Lemon Films to produce “Love, Pain and Vice Versa” by Alfonso Pineda, “Christmas Inc.” by Fernando Rovzar, and “Saving Private Perez” by Beto Gómez.

2009

JF produces “Acorazado” by Álvaro Curiel in co-production with Fidecine, which won the audience award at the Morelia International Film Festival, as well as Best First Feature and Best Screenplay at the Catalunya Festival.

2011

JF produces the documentary “Querido Carlos” directed by Álvaro Curiel.

2015

JF undertakes the production in Latin America (Venezuela, Mexico) for “Point Break” by Alcon Entertainment, directed by Ericson Core.

2018

JF produces “Ni tuyo, ni mía” written and directed by Sandra Solares, which premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2020.

2020

JF produces the limited series “Somos,” a Netflix production created by James Schamus and directed by Álvaro Curiel de Icaza and Mariana Chenillo.

2021

In collaboration with Lemon Films, JF is responsible for the production of the series “Women in Blue” first season, for Apple TV, created by Fernando Rovzar and Pablo Aramendi, directed by Fernando Rovzar, JM Cravioto, Alfonso Pineda, and Carlos Moreno.

2023

JF produces the series “We Were Kings” for Netflix, written by Leticia López Margalli and directed by Pepe Valle and Mauricio Lule.




2024

JF produces, alongside Bandidos Films, the limited series “The Dead Girls” for Netflix, based on the original novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, directed by Luis Estrada.

FILMS

2006 - SLEEP DEALER

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Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) is a hacker who lives a impoverished existence in a degraded future Mexico. Detecting his piracy activities, the military attacks his home. Memo escapes to Tijuana, where he gets involved with Luz (Leonor Varela), a journalist who connects her body to the internet and sells her memories for others to download. When Luz takes on a mysterious mission and Memo lands a job at a high-tech factory, they plunge into a cybernetic nightmare and uncover a deadly truth.

Director: Alex Rivera
Cast:  Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas
Screenplay: Alex Rivera, David Riker
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Mark Russell, Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Lisa Rinzler
Production Designer: Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Editor: Julie Karr, Jeff Werner, Madeleine Gavin, Alex Rivera

2006 - JULIA

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Inspired in ‘Gloria’ by John Cassavetes, the film centers on Julia (Tilda Swinton), a 40-year-old alcoholic, manipulative, distrustful, and liar woman. Between vodkas, Julia survives with low paying jobs. Despite her loneliness, she maintains a good relationship with Mitch, an old boyfriend who tries to help her, although Julia ignores his efforts. Pressured by desperation and financial need, she is forced to commit a crime (the kidnapping of a child), whose unexpected outcome will force her to flee.

Director: Erick Zonca
Cast:  Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella, Bruno Bichir, Kevin Kilver, Ezra Buzzington
Screenplay: Aude Py, Erick Zonca, Roger Bohbot, Michael Collins, Camille Natta
Producers: Bertrand Faivre, Francois Marquis, Jeremy Burdek, Carrie Fix, Adrian Politowski, Jesse Scorao, Sandra Solares, Hubert Toint, Allen Bain
Director of Photography: Yorick Le Saux
Production Designer: Francois Renaud Labarthe
Editor: Philippe Kotlarski

2007 - LOVE, PAIN AND VICE VERSA

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Consuelo is a woman who lives obsessed with a man who visits her in her dreams, a gentleman who does not exist in reality. On the other hand, Ricardo dreams every night of a woman who is chasing him to kill him. Although it has become an obsession for both, they only think that they are merely dreams. However, Consuelo and Ricardo are destined to meet, and the fantasy world they believed in collides with reality when they find themselves in a police station. Ricardo accuses Consuelo of having murdered the woman who was to be his wife, and Consuelo accuses him of rape.

Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
Cast:  Leonardo Sbaraglia, Bárbara Mori, Marina de Tavira, Joaquín Cosio, Irene Azuela y Tony Dalton
Screenplay: Alex Marino
Producers: Billy Rovzar, Fernando Rovzar, Nick Spicer
Line Producer: Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Damían García
Production Designer: Sandra Cabriada
Editor: Jorge Macaya

2008 - CHRISTMAS, INC.

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Synopsis

In the North Pole, Tito, a young and intelligent elf, shares with Santa a discovery with catastrophic consequences: Due to a materialistic upbringing and a decline in values, there will be no more good children in the world to believe in Santa Claus, leading the North Pole to melt. Santa, full of faith, decides not to listen to Tito’s warnings and advice, and Tito, angry for not being heard, decides to resign and leave the North Pole to create a Christmas empire. Before long, the North Pole is nearly underwater, and Santa embarks on a mission to find the only two children who still believe in him to save the Christmas spirit and the entire world.

Director: Fernando Rovzar
Cast:  Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Mauricio Barrientos, Cecilia Ponce, Alejandra Ambrosi, Verónica Merchant, Eduardo España
Screenplay: Fernando Rovzar
Producers: Alexis Fridman, Billy Rovzar y Fernando Rovzar
Line Producer: Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Alejandro Martínez
Production Designer: Raymundo Cabrera
Editor: Roberto Bolado

2008 - PRIVATE PÉREZ

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Doña Elvira and Juan Pérez emigrated to the United States where they faced all types of difficulties, to the point that the youngest of their children, young Juan, decides to enlist in the US Army as the only opportunity he has left to obtain citizenship and, therefore, a better life for himself and his mother. Juan is sent to the war front in Iraq, and one unfortunate day, his platoon is ambushed by insurgents, leading the US Army to classify him as ‘missing in action.’ Doña Elvira calls for her eldest son Julián as her last hope. Julián, who has lived a life of crime, now has the chance to find redemption when he is sent on the most dangerous and noble mission of his life, a mission ordered by the only authority he still respects: his mother. In “Private Pérez”, he must travel to the other side of the world to bring back his younger brother alive.

Director: Beto Gómez
Cast:  Miguel Rodarte, Jesús Ochoa, Joaquín Cosío, Gerardo Taracena, Isela Vega, Jaime Camil
Screenplay: Beto Gómez, Francisco Payó González
Producers: Alexis Fridman, Alex García, Beto Gómez, Walter Von Borstel, Billy Rovzar y Fernando Rovzar
Line Producer: Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Daniel Jacobs
Production Designer: Raymundo Cabrera
Editor: Mario Sandoval

2009 - ACORAZADO

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Synopsis

A failed union leader from Veracruz, named Silverio, decides that his life must change and heads to the coasts of Florida on his old taxi converted into a raft pretending to be Cuban. Silverio is set to go further than his family and friends have: he will live in the United States. However, not everything goes as planned for Silverio as, to his surprise, bad weather will interfere with his initial destination.

Director: Álvaro Curiel
Cast:  Silverio Palacios, Camille Natta, Salvador Sánchez y Marius Biegai
Screenplay: Álvaro Curiel y Alejandro Lozano
Producers: Sandra Solares, Juan Uruchurtu,
Co-producers: Billy Rovzar y Fernando Rovzar
Director of Photography: Germán Lammers
Production Designer: Carlos Y. Jacques
Editor: J.M. Cravioto

2015 - POINT BREAK

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A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a team of elite athletes led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramírez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a series of crimes in an extremely unusual way, so Utah, risking his life at every step of the way, will have to investigate them and uncover the truth about these strange deaths, all without revealing his true identity. This is a remake of the 1991 film Point Break.

Director: Ericson Core
Cast:  Edgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer
Screenplay: Kurt Wimmer, Rick King, W. Peter Iliff
Producers: John Baldecchi, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Christopher Taylor, David Valdes, Kurt Wimmer
Line Producer: Sandra Solares (Venezuela y México)
Director of Photography: Ericson Core
Production Designer: Udo Kramer
Editor: John Duffy, Gerald B. Greenberg, Thom Noble

2018 - NI TUYO NI MÍA

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Roberto and Amanda are, seemingly, the perfect wealthy couple, but in reality, they are living a monotonous life, whose routine changes when Roberto meets Lía, a flamenco dancer who captivates him with her vitality. When Amanda realizes that her husband is having an affair, she decides to form an alliance with the least expected person: Diego, a street musician who plays in front of her office and who, coincidentally, is Lía’s husband. Together, Diego and Amanda will seek a way to win their respective partners back, without suspecting that along the way, they will form a close bond and discover new ways to live and love. “Ni tuyo ni mía” is part of the official selection of the 2020 Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).

Director: Sandra Solares
Cast:  Tony Dalton, Alejandra Barros, Prakriti Maduro, José Fors, Felipe Franco
Screenplay: Sandra Solares
Producers: Isabel Martínez, Sandra Solares
Line Producer: Jorge Eduardo Ramírez
Directora of Photography: Ximena Amann
Production Designer: Ana Solares
Editor: J.M. Cravioto, Elva Guzmán, Alberto Cortés

SERIES

2020 - SOMOS.

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Somos. is a limited original series from Netflix inspired by real events based on “Anatomy of a Massacre: How the US Triggered a Massacre in Mexico,” by journalist Ginger Thompson. It addresses one of the bloodiest episodes in contemporary Mexican history: the Allende Massacre, occurred on March 18, 2011, when, due to a leak of the DEA, the Zetas cartel devastated the city of Allende in Coahuila, making it burn during three days, destroying 40 homes, and killing numerous people.

Director: Álvaro Curiel y Maria Chenillo
Creator and Showrunner: James Schamus
Cast: Mercedes Hernández, Jero Medina, Arelí González, Alejandro Ruiz, Josué Guerra, Jesús Sida, Iliana Donatlán, Armando Silva, Dave Collins
Screenplay: Monika Revilla, James Schamus, Fernanda Melchor, based on “Anatomy of a Massacre: How the US Triggered a Massacre in Mexico” by journalist Ginger Thompson.
Producer: Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Ignacio Prieto
Editor: Soledad Salfate

2021 - WOMEN IN BLUE

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Women in Blue is a 6 episodes dramatic thriller based on real events. In 1971, four women challenge ultra-conservative norms and join Mexico’s first female police force, but they discover that it is a publicity stunt to distract the media from the existence of a serial killer. As the number of corpses increases, they decide to make a secret pact and start a parallel investigation to hunt down the killer and bring him to justice.

Director: Fernando Rovzar, JM Cravioto, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Carlos Moreno
Cast:  Bárbara Mori, Natalia Téllez, Amorita Rasgado, Ximena Sariñana, Miguel Rodarte, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Christian Tappan, Horacio García Rojas 
Screenplay: Pablo Aramendi, Fernando Rovzar, Silvia Jiménez y Wendy Riss
Producers: Sandra Solares, Erica Sánchez Su, Fernando Rovzar, Billy Rovzar, Wendy Riss
Director of Photography: Alejandro Martínez, Daniel Jacobs, Sarasvati Herrera
Production Designer: Carlos Lagunas
Editor: Mariana Rodríguez

2023 - WE WERE KINGS

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“We were kings” is a limited 6 episodes dramatic series that tells the story of Javo, Mike, and Santos, three friends who have known each other since childhood as they have always lived in the same neighborhood of Iztapalapa. The three end up growing up and creating their own paths, which in a way will distance them.The goal they pursue is the same: to escape the precarious situation they find themselves in for a better future, although they all seek it in their own way. Their friendship ultimately breaks apart when Javo falls in love with the mother of Santos. After a fatal event, it seems that there is no turning back, and now the friends and the people around them will plunge into a rivalry that affects the entire dynamic of their families.

Showrunner: Pepe Valle
Director: Pepe Valle y Mauricio Lule
Cast:  María Rojo, Roberto Sosa, Kat Rigoni, Joshua Okamoto, Ingrid Águila, Elías Toscano, Gabriela Ruiz,  Manuel Villegas, Mariana Gajá, Evangelina Martínez
Screenplay: Leticia López Margalli
Producer: Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Ignacio Prieto
Production Designer: Carlos Lagunas
Editor: Elena Ruiz y Óscar Figueroa

CURRENT EVENTS

Now in postproduction “Las Muertas (The Dead Girls)” 

Director: Luis Estrada
Showrunner: Luis Estrada
Cast: Paulina Gaitán, Arcelia Ramirez , Joaquín Cosío, Alfonso Herrera 
Screenplay: Luis Estrada, Jaime Sampietro, y Rodrigo Santos , based in the novel Las Muertas  by Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Executive Producers: Luis Estrada y Sandra Solares
Director of Photography: Alberto Anaya Adalid “Mándaro”
Production Designer: Salvador Parra 
Editor: Mariana Rodríguez

THE TEAM

SANDRA SOLARES

Producer, Screenwriter and Director.

With a diverse and multifaceted career in the film and television industry, this professional has made a significant impact as a producer, screenwriter, and director. 

Her career spans executive production in notable feature films such as “¡Qué viva México!” and “The Perfect Dictatorship” to key roles as a co-producer on “Julia” and an associate producer on “Sleep Dealer.” She has been a fundamental part of projects ranging from Mexican auteur cinema to high-profile international productions.

In addition to her impact on film, she has successfully ventured into television as an Executive Producer of series such as “Somos.”, “We Were Kings” and most recently “The Dead Girls” contributing to the audiovisual landscape with diverse and quality narratives. Her influence also extends to the educational field, serving as an evaluator and lecturer at film institutions both in Mexico and abroad.

With a constant focus on artistic quality and commercial viability, she has demonstrated exceptional skills not only in creative production but also in strategic management and talent development within the entertainment industry.

As a Writer and Director, she created the short film “A la Otra” which won awards for Best Fiction Short Film, Best Director, and Best Editing at the Pantallas de Cristal in 2002, as well as Best Director at the VI Jornada de Cortometraje Latinoamericano 2003, the Casa de las Américas Award for production in Madrid, Spain 2003, and  an official participation at Interfilm, Berlin Film Festival. 

“Ni tuyo, Ni mía” a fiction feature film released in 2020, is her directorial debut.

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ISABEL MARTÍNEZ

Producer, COO and Production Accountant.

Isabel Martínez produced “Ni Tuyo, Ni Mía” directed by Sandra Solares and has managed all of Jaibol Films, series, and projects. 

She has been the Production Accountant for films such as “A Corner of Paradise” by Peter Ringgaard, “Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes sœurs” directed by Charlotte Turckheim, “Matando Cabos” directed by Alejandro Lozano, “Lucía, Lucía” and “Sexo Pudor y Lágrimas” directed by Antonio Serrano, “Before Night Falls” based on the novel by Reinaldo Arenas and directed by Julian Schnabel, “Rosario Tijeras” directed by Emilio Maille, “Instructions not Included” directed by Eugenio Derbez, “The Perfect Dictatorship” directed by Luis Estrada, and the series “Las Azules” Season One, by Fernando Rovzar for Apple TV, to name a few.

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ALEXA AROESTY

Alexa Aroesty is an outstanding professional in the film and television industry, whose career spans across diverse roles and projects in Mexico and beyond. Her background and experience have made her a key figure, especially in the production of feature films and series.

From her role as Line Producer on Luis Estrada’s acclaimed ¡Que viva México! (2023) to her work on The Dead Girls (2024), Aroesty demonstrates great commitment and skill in managing high-profile projects. As Production Supervisor on 108 costuras (2017) and Production Manager on titles such as Ni Tuyo, ni Mía (2020) and Olimpia (2017), she has demonstrated a remarkable ability to coordinate and execute complex projects, ensuring their quality and success.

In the series field, her experience includes work on renowned productions such as The Chosen One (2023) and Somos. (2021), where her leadership and attention to detail have been instrumental in reaching the standards of major platforms such as Netflix and Apple TV.

Aroesty has also contributed to the field of video production and live events, managing shows such as Reyno: Todo Permanece (2020) and coordinating the prestigious Phoenix Awards in 2016.

Her work in commercials, including prominent campaigns for Dodge Dart and 23&Me, highlights her versatility and adaptability in different formats and genres. In addition, she has promoted education in filmmaking by coordinating workshops at the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba, where she has shared her knowledge of contemporary budgeting techniques.

Alexa Aroesty’s career is a testament to her dedication to film production and her ability to navigate diverse areas of this industry, positioning her as an influential and respected professional in the sector. Her trajectory is an inspiration to those seeking to make significant contributions in the world of film and television.

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