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All Features articles – Page 488
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Greece - In search of Eden
It was the subject matter of Eden Is West that lured Costa Gavras back to Greece. A drama about the impact of illegal immigration on Western Europe, the film is a road movie of sorts, starring Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio."Shooting in Greece seemed appropriate," says Gavras from his set in ...
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Production - Czech Republic - Prague gets a reality Czech
What Prague needs, as everyone knows, is a tax incentive," says Mark Johnson of Gran Via Productions, the US producer of the first two Chronicles Of Narnia films. "Outside of London, it's one of the only places in Europe that could handle a movie like Narnia. But now it is ...
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Buzz Films - Sneak preview
Night Owls (Czech Rep)Dir: Michaela PavlatovaPavlatova is one of the Czech Republic's best-known animation directors, winning an Oscar nomination and prizes at Berlin, Cottbus and Montreal for her short films. Night Owls - her second live-action feature - is a drama about a young girl working in a 24-hour convenience ...
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Cinema Expo - 3D cinema in depth
The big topic at this year's Cinema Expo was 3D cinema. As studios have started to throw their weight behind three-dimensional films, European exhibitors were encouraged to pick up the pace of 3D installation in cinemas in order to "save" the cinematic world.Around a dozen 3D films are scheduled for ...
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Green energy
As Terminator, Aliens and Armageddon showed, Gale Anne Hurd knows a thing or two about taking risks that pay off. She has enjoyed enough success to endure as one of Hollywood's few powerhouse female producers and has inevitably seen the odd gamble turn sour, too, which is what made The ...
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Training - Debate - Talking writing
DEBRA HAYWARD - WORKING TITLE FILMSWhat is the level of creativity in the UK'People are really ambitious: the levels are high. But you can never have enough great ideas, great writers and great material.Are individual voices shining through'I think they are. And there's a great tradition of individual voices in ...
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The Critical View - Finishing touch
I've been thinking about Che. Not the man, nor exactly Steven Soderbergh's film of the man's life, but the experience of watching a film that may or not be the finished product.All that was known about the status of Soderbergh's long-awaited film on the eve of its Cannes debut was ...
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France - In a class of his own
When Laurent Cantet heard his name called during the awards ceremony at last month's Cannes film festival, he was not entirely surprised. The Class (Entre Les Murs), Cantet's Palme d'Or winning film, had been tipped to take a prize when the busload of schoolchildren who appear in the film was ...
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Production - Bulgaria - Footloose and fancy free
"There are more than a dozen films a year done here," says Les Weldon, a US producer who has shot 15 films over more than 10 years in Bulgaria, most of them with Nu Image-owned Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia. "We've had Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, John Cusack, Ben ...
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International - TV remake proves smart move for warner bros
Four new entries broke into the international chart this week with titles from the US, the UK and South Korea opening in the top 20, while Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Sex And The City, Kung Fu Panda and The Incredible Hulk jostled for the top ...
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Production - Romania - From the mountain to the black sea
Romania is a territory on the rise. Adding to the buzz arising from local productions at Cannes in recent years, the territory is one of the new Eastern European sweet spots for international footloose productions.The problem is, demand is now outpacing supply. Earlier this year, French producer-writer-director Alexandre Aja planned ...
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Battle stations
There were odd scenes outside many arthouse cinemas in Japan in early May - protestors gathered, yelling into megaphones, urging people not to see a film, while cinema owners requested police protection for their audience.The cause of the controversy was Yasukuni a documentary by Tokyo-based Chinese film-maker Li Ying, about ...
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United Kingdom - if it ain't broke..
Nothing." That's what Film London's head of international Helena MacKenzie says has changed in plans for this year's London UK Film Focus (Luff). The sales event runs June 30-July 3.Some might see the decision to keep the event in the same form as last year as a sign of complacency. ...
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United Kingdom - Summer school
Camilla Bray may have come across a new genre with her first feature film as lead producer: she describes Kenny Glenaan's Summer as "an adult coming-of-age story".She explains: "It's about two best friends who live together as adults and have been partners in crime since they were young. Daz (Steve ...
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France - Tomorrow le monde
Gregoire Melin shot onto the French sales scene as an independent at this year's Cannes with a new company and a line-up of notable, robust-selling titles. But he is no wet-behind-the-ears newcomer. The founder of new label Kinology, Melin began his career in sales at French major Gaumont in 1998. ...
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United Kingdom - If the shoes fit
He is renowned as one of the UK's most intense and committed actors, and now Paddy Considine is taking his talent behind the camera.His debut short, Dog Altogether, picked up a Venice Silver Lion last year and a Bafta this year - and he is writing his feature debut, Tyrannosaur.In ...
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International - Finding space to grow
Cinema analyst Dodona this week points to a growing split between the mature markets of the West and emerging markets.It is an undeniable fact, if one allows for a little blurring about what constitutes emergence. The simplest dividing line between the two worlds is in screen capacity.The markets of the ...
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Editorial - Industry' What industry'
The idea of a film 'industry' is a comforting thing. When Joe or Joanna pawn the car and sell the kids to the circus to produce an indie movie, they need to believe they have entered a recognisable business rather than slipped into mid-life madness. In reality, the ability to ...
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Production - Eastern Europe - Pole star
As a filming location, Poland is building a reputation as a healthy alternative to its bigger, more established neighbours. In recent years, major productions such as The Chronicles Of Narnia films and David Lynch's Inland Empire have been lured by Poland's cheap costs, contrasting scenery and established reputation as a ...
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In Focus - UK Distribution - How to plan a Channel crossing
The worldwide success of films such as the critically acclaimed La Vie En Rose and the thriller Tell No One has whetted foreign appetite once again for French product - but not all of it fits the UK theatrical market.Vincent Maraval of Wild Bunch, whose The Fox And The Child ...