Poch pockets three pix

BARCELONA -- New Barcelona-based distribution house Paco Poch Cinema has closed The spanish language privileges to Bela Tarr's Berlin Jury Grand Prix champion ''The Turin Equine,'' Mia Hansen-Love's ''Goodbye First Love'' and Andreas Dresen's ''Stopped on the right track.''''Love'' received a unique mention in the Locarno fest a few days ago ''Track'' shared Cannes' Not Certain Regard Prize this might.Paco Poch -- whose production credits include Pedro Almodovar's 1979 debut ''Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton'' and Jose Luis Guerin's ''Innisfree'' -- has acquired The spanish language privileges to Pedro Costa's ''Ne change rien,'' Hansen-Love's ''Father of My Children'' and Lluis Galter's Venice Horizons title ''Caracremada,'' that they also created.The transfer to distribution arrives of frustration at the inability to co-produce such game titles as ''Rien'' and ''Horse,'' Poch told Variety. Poch's next release, bowing early September, is going to be Anne Linsel's docu ''Dancing Dreams,'' about teens in Germany's Wuppertal being trained by choreographer Pina Bausch.On ''Dreams,'' Poch partners with The spanish language production-distribution house Avalon to produce the pic.''Horse'' opens in The country this fall after screening from competish at October's Sitges Festival.Poch intends to attend the Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Karlovy Vary and Rotterdam's marketplaces, and also to release about 2 to 5 films annually, all subtitled -- an progressively rare phenom in The country.''I'm basically a producer however i cannot accept there is no place looking for auteur and problem films,'' Poch stated.Future Poch Cinema releases include Ounie Lecomte's ''A Completely New Life'' and Goran Olsson's ''The Black Energy Mixtape 1967-1975.'' ''Life'' is going to be launched with Luis Angel Bellaba's Aquelarre Films.Exercising of Mallerich Films, that they founded in 1994, Poch's is creating ''Genet en el Raval,'' with different book by The spanish language author Juan Goytisolo on Jean Genet's existence in Barcelona.(Emiliano p Pablos led for this report.) Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com