All articles by Chris Evans – Page 9
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Alberto Marini leaves production director post at Filmax
Italian born film executive and producer Alberto Marini is leaving his position as director of international productions at leading Spanish film studio Filmax from November to work on his own “more personal” productions.
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NewsJaume Collet Serra sets up LA-based Ombra Films
Barcelona born director Jaume Collet Serra who has made a name for himself in the US is setting up a new production company in LA called Ombra Films, which will tie relations between Hollywood and Spain.
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale takes top prizes at Sitges
Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s horror/thriller Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale has picked up the best film and director prizes in the main official competition at Sitges genre film festival today (Saturday), sweeping aside strong competition from local and Asian titles.
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Spain's Just Films to make English-language thriller Transgression
Barcelona based producers Just Films are set to make an English-language thriller called Transgression, directed by Catalan film-maker Enric Alberich.
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NewsSpain’s 6 Sales take international rights to Captain Thunder
Leading Spanish outfit 6 Sales has taken international sales rights to award-winning Spanish director Antonio Hernandez’s hotly anticipated $12m project Captain Thunder.
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NewsSpain's Lolafilms option film rights to best-selling trilogy of novels
Major Spanish producer Andres Vicente Gomez through his outfit Lolafilms has optioned the film rights to the best selling Spanish thriller trilogy series The Dark Door (La Puerta Oscura), written by David Lozano.
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Latido takes sales rights to Ventura Pons’ A Thousand Fools
Juan Torres joins Latido’s international sales team.
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NewsSpain selects Even The Rain for Oscar race
The Spanish Film Academy has selected multi award-winning director Iciar Bollain’s drama Even The Rain to represent Spain for the foreign-language Oscar, beating off competition from prison drama Cell 211 and historical romantic epic Lope.
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NewsPeter Mullan's drama Neds wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian
Neds from director Peter Mullan picked up the Golden Shell award for best film at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival, while Raul Ruiz took the Silver Shell best director prize for his four and a half hour epic Mysteries Of Lisbon.
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TVE increases film spend and stands firm on sales business
Major Spanish public broadcaster TVE has increased its investment in films by 20% to $47m (€35m) for 2010 and will continue its film sales activities, despite former TVE head of cinema insisting sales activities would be wound down.
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Two Mexican dramas win San Sebastian’s Films In Progress awards
Bernardo Arellano’s Entre La Noche Y El Dia and Iria Gomez Concheiro’s Asalto Al Cine have picked up San Sebastian’s Films In Progress awards for incomplete Latin American projects.
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Luis Tosar to make comedy-drama Los Fenomenos
Spanish actor-producer Luis Tosar is set to work on a comedy-drama called Los Fenomenos through his production company ZircoZine.
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NewsFilmax strikes key deals for hostage thriller Kidnapped
Miguel Angel Vivas’ thriller is about a family held hostage.
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Sur La Planche and House For Sale win San Sebastian Cinema In Motion awards
Leila Kilani’s Sur La Planche and Mohamed and Atia Al-Daradji’s House For Sale were announced as the winners of the Cinema In Motion awards at San Sebastian for incomplete films from the Maghreb region of Africa and Portuguese speaking countries.
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NewsKasdan to make Darlin Companion with Kline, Keaton and Jenkins
Veteran US director and scriptwriter Lawrence Kasdan is set to direct a new family drama titled Darlin Companion with longtime collaborator Kevin Kline leading the cast, alongside Diane Keaton and Richard Jenkins.
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NewsImagina take sales rights to San Sebastian title Elisa K
Leading Spanish outfit Imagina has picked up international sales rights to respected Catalan directors Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena’s drama Elisa K, which is a world premiere in competition at San Sebastian.
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SGR and IFCIC likely to share EC guarantee fund
Spain’s mutual guarantee funding body Audiovisual SGR and France’s lending institute IFCIC are expected to split 50-50 the new European Commission (EC) film fund worth $10.5m (€8m), which guarantees bank loans to producers.
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NewsAlta Films take Spanish rights to Even The Rain
The distributor plans to release the Iciar Bollan’s drama, which has been shortlisted to represent Spain at the Oscars, on January 7
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FeaturesSpotlight on San Sebastian
On the eve of the San Sebastian Film Festival (17-25 September), Chris Evans looks at this year’s eclectic line-up, the last before festival director Mikel Olaciregui steps down.