All articles by Chris Evans – Page 20
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Camino takes top honours at the Goyas
Javier Fesser's Camino swept the board with six Goya awards out of seven nominations at last night's awards ceremony, including best picture and best director. Fesser was the toast of the evening as he also picked up best original script, and his lead cast all won awards, including Carme Elias ...
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Tesela Producciones reveals new slate of projects
Spanish outfit Tesela Producciones will produce local director Achero Manas new family drama Franny & Joe (working title) and Argentinian director Adolfo Aristarain's political project Timote.Both projects are currently at the script stage. Manas is currently on the third version of his script for Franny & Joe about a father ...
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Spain 2008 box office rises by 12.5% but admissionsfall
The Spanish box office rose by exactly $100m from $698m in 2007 to $798m (Euros 595.6m) in 2008, according to figures released by Nielsen EDI. But this was mostly due to a favourable exchange rate and a late surge from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, released on November 28. This is ...
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Intervision Partners to make Spanish big budget epic
Spanish/US production outfit Intervision Partners is in advanced negotiations with The Weinstein Company to put together a major project billed as the 'Spanish Joan Of Arc'. The film will tell the story of Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Domenech, a famous Spanish heroine who defended her country's independence during the Peninsular ...
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Tornasol Films bringsbestsellerThursday's Widowsto big screen
Leading Spanish production outfit Tornasol Films will bring Claudia Pineiro's award-winning novel Thursday's Widows (Las Viudas De Los Jueves) to the big screen.Argentinian director Marcelo Pinyero will direct Thursday's Widows, which follows the rather unusual lives of wealthy families living in Altos De La Cascada, a suburb on the outskirts ...
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The Blind Sunflowers dominates nominations for Goyas
Jose Luis Cuerda’s The Blind Sunflowers has picked up 15 nominations for the 23rd Goya awards, more than double the number of any other film.Cuerda’s Franco era drama, which has already been put forward as Spain’s entry for the Oscars, has been nominated for best picture, best director, best adapted ...
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Spain 's Iciar Bollain to shoot Agua in Bolivia
Multi award winning Spanish actress and director Iciar Bollain is in pre-production on a new drama Agua about theforced privatisation ofBolivia's leading public water companies in 2000.The $10mfilmis based on a script written by Paul Laverty (The Wind That Shakes The Barley) and is set to shoot in Mexico and ...
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Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri to shoot The Food Guide To Love
Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri will shoot The Food Guide To Love with Spain 's Tornasol Films. They will work with UK producer Kevin Loader and a French co-production partner on the romantic comedy.London born Dominic Harari and his Spanish wife Teresa Pelegri will write and direct the romantic comedy ...
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Profile: Spain's OscarEntryThe Blind Sunflowers
Harrowing dramas and horror films, including the like of Pan's Labyrinth, (Rec) and The Orphanage, are enjoying their success at the Spanish and international box office. Now Jose Luis Cuerda's The Blind Sunflowers (Los Girasoles Ciegos) has emerged to join that illustrious group.The drama, about a persecuted Republican family in ...
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Spain's Alokatu reveals new film slate
Spanish production company Alokatu has oulinedits forthcoming projects to ScreenDaily, including Carlos Saura's Spanish civil war drama Monsieur Paco. Producer JoseMaria Lara's Madrid based Spanishproduction outfit's previous productions include Santiago Aguilar and Luis Guridi's comedy drama Justino; Mercedes Alvarez'documentary El Cielo Gira; and Pedro Aguilera's debut feature La Influencia.Alokatuhas four ...
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Sony picks up Spanish rights to El Juego Del Ahorcado
Sony Pictures Spain has picked up Spanish distribution rights to renowned director Manuel Gomez Pereira's romantic drama El Juego Del Ahorcado.Based on the novel by Imma Turbau, El Juego tells the story of a young boy and girl, Sandra (Clara Lago)and David (Alvaro Cervantes), who fall in love with each ...
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Adolfo Aristarain to adapt La Muerte Lenta De Luciana B for the big screen
Award-winning Argentinean director Adolfo Aristarain will shoot the thriller La Muerte Lenta De Luciana B in Argentina and Spain next March.Based on the novel by Guillermo Martinez (writer of The Oxford Murders), La Muerte Lenta De Luciana B tells the story of an assassin who methodically kills off everyone close ...
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Mikhail Kalatozishvili's Wild Field wins best film at Estoril film festival
Russian director Mikhail Kalatozishvili's drama Wild Field has taken the best film award at the Estoril film festival in Portugal. The Studio Barmalei production Wild Field focuses on the life of a doctor struggling to care for a small farming community, which is trying to fight off some outlaws, set ...
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Latido Films sells Sex Party & The Night to Sony
Latido Films has sold Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes' new film Sex Party & The Night (Mentiras Y Gordas) to Sony for distribution in Spain. The film takes a no-holds-barred look at the exploits of a group of young boys and girls experimenting with drugs, clubs and sex, starring Alejo ...
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Paulo Branco to work with Raoul Ruiz on Misterios De Lisboa
Portugal's leading producer Paulo Branco is set to work with Chile 's leading director Raoul Ruiz on the dark, suspense drama Misterios De Lisboa. 'The film is based on the work of Camilo Castelo Branco, one of Portugal 's greatest writers,' Paulo Branco told ScreenDaily. 'It is a melodrama ...
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Manoel De Oliveira to make another film as he turns 100
Veteran Portuguese film maker Manoel De Oliveira will celebrate his 100th birthday on December 12 by shooting a new film, Singularidades De Uma Rapariga Loira, in his home country.Based on a 19th century short story by Jose Maria Eca De Queiros, Singularidades will star Ricardo Trepa as a young man ...
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Filmax to produce horror Exorcismus, following success of [REC]
Filmax is to produce horror film Exorcismus with Luis De La Madrid directing and The Devil's Backbone writer David Munoz working on the script.Currently at the pre-production stage, the film will explore the popular horror theme of exorcism, focusing on a young girl, Suzy, whose erratic behaviour forces her family ...
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Spain short life of a saint
Spanish director Javier Fesser has sparked controversy and praise in equal measure for his third feature film, Camino, which delves into the curious world of Opus Dei as seen through the eyes of an 11-year-old girl. A favourite with both critics and audience alike at the San Sebastian film festival ...
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Filmax takes on sales for Agustin Diaz Yanes' Just Walking
Filmax International has picked up the international sales rights to Agustin Diaz Yanes' Just Walking (Solo Quiero Caminar) and will commence sales at AFM.The Alatriste director's latest film about three brave women who take on a group of Mexican drug traffickers has an impressive cast list that includes Diego Luna, ...
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Estoril announces line-up, Catherine Deneuve to chair jury
Portugal 's Estoril Film Festival has revealed its full line-up of films for 2008.Run by renowned Portuguese producer Paulo Branco, the festival will showcase 14 titles in competition from across Europe. Films screening include Claire Denis' 35 Rhums, Albert Serra's Birdsong and lesser known titles from Eastern Europe, such as ...