Films rooted in
history and literature,
blossoming into art

Films rooted in
history and literature,
blossoming into art
At La Yapa Films we produce globally resonant cinema at the crossroads of literature and biography featuring women daring to break bounds.
La Yapa Films seeks collaborative co-producers, partners, investors and funders interested in crafting illuminating films bridging historical realities with imaginative narratives.
Rosvita’s career began in production at Simon & Schuster and Scholastic, Inc., gaining skills that have translated well into film production. Technical training as a script supervisor, together with work as an actor in Los Angeles and London, has furthered her experience on both sides of the camera and on both sides of the Atlantic. Since the 1980s, she has written, edited, and produced marketing and promotional materials, ads, magazines, books, and, more recently, short and feature films. Rosvita is multinational, multilingual, and multicultural.
Jacqueline has been working in scripted development for over ten years with clients including Film 4, See-Saw, Netflix, Sister and Tiger Aspect. Passionate about discovering and nurturing new and distinctive voices in film and TV, she works with emerging writers and BAFTA winners across genres and was involved in the early development of Supacell (Netflix). An alumnus of the NFTS Scripted Development diploma, she now delivers popular short courses in script reading for NFTS North and NFTS Wales.
Emma has 25 years of finance experience across a diverse range of industries, including multinational corporations such as Goldman Sachs, as well as in the investment management and charitable sectors. Outside of work, Emma enjoys singing in a local choir, water sports, and travelling.
A poet on the run. A writer in the making. One chooses freedom, the other pursues genius. But at what cost... and what of love?
Crossing into the untamed Argentine pampas and swept away by unexpected love, a young Englishwoman discovers that every promise she has made gives rise to doubts with life-and-death consequences.
1746, Scotland. Staunch Jacobite supporter Lady Anne Mackintosh is determined to see the rightful king restored to the throne even if it means risking her marriage to a Black Watch officer fighting for the enemy.