All articles by Jennifer Green – Page 26
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Cruz eyes more Euro projects
Just as Spanish talents are making greater-than-ever strides into Hollywood, Spain's leading lady Penelope Cruz looks set to rev up her European activity.Cruz has signed on with French agent Bertrand de Labbey of Art Media to seek future projects in France following her Fanfan La Tulipe experience. "She's very interested ...
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Euro funding for Bartolome's Sirens
Spanish sales and production house Bulbeck & Mas, co-producer of Un Certain Regard entry Today And Tomorrow (Hoy Y Manana), is now prepping The Silence Of The Sirens (El Silencio De Las Sirenas) from director Cecilia Bartolome.The magical love story set between two centuries is a Euro 2.4m co-production with ...
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Spain's Alquimia boards Euro pair
Spain's Alquimia Cinema has boarded two European projects as minority co-producer: French sequel Jet Set 2 from Mandarin Films and Italian thriller Eyes Of Crystal from Cattleya Films.The Euros4.5m comedy Jet Set 2 will shoot in Ibiza in September with the prequel's director, Fabien Onteniente, and some of the same ...
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ABS traffics again with Luper partners
The Spanish co-producer behind The Tulse Luper Suitcases series, ABS Production-Barcelona, has boarded another project involving several of the same co-production partners: a thriller set against the world of art trafficking and forgeries.ABS is teaming up with Tulse Luper partners Kasander Film Company and Delux Productions on Paul Tickell's The ...
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Costa-Gavras, Ozores to get Valladolid tributes
Greek director Costa-Gavras and Spanish actor Jose Luis Ozores will receive tributes at this year's 28th annual Valladolid International Film Week (aka Seminci) (Oct 24-Nov 1).Other sections will be dedicated to Belgian cinema and films shot in Tehran. The festival's traditional Film Schools section, which highlights works from film schools ...
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Spain's Wanda Vision takes local rights on two Cannes titles
Spanish distributor Wanda Vision has picked up local theatrical distribution rights on two Cannes titles: Un Certain Regard entry Where Is Madame Catherine' (Les Mans Buides) and Directors' Fortnight screener The Hours Of The Day (Las Horas Del Dia).Wanda head of distribution Miguel Morales said the deals were closed just ...
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Two Spanish festivals announce retrospectives
Two Spanish film festivals, the Huesca Film Festival (June 5-14) and the Cinema Jove International Film Festival (June 14-21), have both announced retrospectives for their upcoming editions.Huesca, now in its 31st year, hosts two short film competitions and a showcase of feature films from Europe. A cycle of Spanish coming-of-age ...
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Spanish network to dramatically reduce acquisition of US films
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco plans to cut its spending on US films by 20% by the end of 2005, according to CEO Paolo Vasile. In statements made to local financial newspaper Expansion and confirmed independently to Screen Daily by the private free-to-air network, Vasile said the cut-backs aim to reduce ...
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Portugese exhibitor to double screen count in 2004
Portugal's Socorama-Castello Lopes Cinemas exhibition chain plans to nearly double its screen count across the territory by the end of next year.The company, a joint venture between local exhibition pioneer Castello Lopes and four-year-old holding company JRP, aims to go from the 67 screens in 15 complexes it owned at ...
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Teresa Moneo named co-MD at Aurum
Teresa Moneo, former senior vice president of production at Miramax in London, has joined Spanish film distributor Aurum as co-managing director.She will work alongside Javier Gracia, Aurum's former subdirector of administration and finance, who has been promoted to co-managing director. Moneo and Gracia will both travel to Cannes with the ...
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Fantasporto gears up for 2004 edition
Portugal's leading film festival, Fantasporto, is already revving engines for its 24th edition in 2004 (Feb 20-28), to be followed immediately by a year-long celebration of the event's 25th anniversary.The fantasy-focused event has announced retrospectives of three classic British actors of the genre: Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Chistopher Lee. ...
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Spanish film fest's Projects Forum sizes up five films
Spanish producers took advantage of the talent and media congregated in Malaga last week for the sixth annual Spanish Film Festival (April 25 - May 3) to present five new feature films in various stages of production.The festival's Projects Forum (Foro de Proyectos) offers a glimpse into a few of ...
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Killing Words (Palabras Encadenadas)
Dir: Laura Mana. Spain. 2003. 87mins.This stylish thriller from second-time director Laura Mana is among the most polished that production and sales backer Filmax, specialists in the genre via label Fantastic Factory, has yet to offer. Its recent best photography and music wins at the Spanish Film Festival of Malaga ...
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Spain's Filmax to expand and diversify
Spanish mini-studio Filmax is preparing ambitious new plans to expand and diversify its already wide-ranging activities. The Barcelona-based company is one of the Spanish industry's biggest, with production, distribution, exhibition and international sales ventures. It is behind internationally successful genre label Fantastic Factory and is readying a new slate of ...
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Malaga seduced by Torremolinos
First-time feature director Pablo Berger's Torremolinos 73 scooped four top awards at Spain's sixth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, which ended Saturday night (April 25-May 3).The 1970's-set dramedy about a couple's accidental spiral into the porno film industry won best film, director, actor (Javier Camara) and actress (Candela Pena).Three ...
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Torremolinos 73
Dir: Pablo Berger. Spain-Denmark. 2003. 90mins.A simpatico local comedy, Torremolinos 73 swept last week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, winning best film, director, actor and actress awards. Like last year's top Malaga winner and Spanish box office hit The Other Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama), ...
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Spanish media giant grabs slice of Antena 3
Spanish publishing and media giant Grupo Planeta has bought 25.1% of Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Antena 3 from telecommunications company Telefonica, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal values Antena 3 at Euros 1.45bn ($1.6bn). Telefonica is required by law to sell off its 59% stake in the broadcaster before going through ...
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Wild Bunch takes selected territories for Today And Tomorrow
France's Wild Bunch has picked up international sales rights outside Spain and four Latin American territories on new Argentinean title Today And Tomorrow (Hoy Y Manana), set to premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.Spanish rights will remain in the hands of Madrid-based sales and production house Bulbeck & Mas, ...
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San Sebastian adds new competition strand
Spain's leading film festival, the San Sebastian International Film Festival, has added a new competitive section devoted to Latin American cinema, further strengthening its position as a key showcase for Spanish and Latin American product and talent.Dubbed Horizontes Latinos, the new section will run alongside the festival's existing Official and ...
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Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate
Spanish sales house Grupo PI has added two new titles to its international slate, box office hit Moscow Gold and Danube Hotel, which premieres in competition at next week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 25-May 3).Both titles will make their market debut at the Spanish Film Screenings (May 1-3), ...