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KWA picks up worldwide rights to Spanish language trio
Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has picked up worldwide rights to three new films - The Blue Room (La Habitacion Azul), The Suit (El Traje) and November (Noviembre) - the company announced at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28).The trio of pick-ups link KWA directly to ...
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Columbia TriStar takes Spanish rights to Mexican hit Father Amaro
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International has picked up Spanish rights to Mexican hit The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) following the company's move last week to take up its first-look option to distribute the film worldwide outside North America and Mexico.The deal was negotiated at the ...
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Tony Blair unwittingly boosts Thornton Wilder adaptation
When Tony Blair chose the closing paragraph of an obscure 1927 novel called The Bridge Of San Luis Rey to read at a memorial service last year for the victims of September 11, he did not know that UK producer Pembridge Pictures had already spent close to ten years prepping ...
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El Deseo links with MediaPro for production expansion
The Almodovar brothers' El Deseo company has signed a wide-ranging co-production pact with Spanish media group MediaPro which will allow both companies to expand their current production activities. The deal was announced this weekend at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28), which celebrated its 50th anniversary with a ...
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peppermint takes worldwide rights to When Pigs Fly
peppermint, the worldwidedistribution company that recently underwent a management buy-out from HelkonMedia AG, has acquired worldwide rights outside Germany, Austria andGerman-speaking Switzerland, on San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept19-28) competition entry Pigs Will Fly.The film, directed by EoinMoore, tells the story of Laxe, a Berlin policeman, who embarks on a ...
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Mad Pix, Madrid Film team for new digital lab
Spain's mostestablished film laboratory Madrid Film and Das Werk-backed post-productionhouse Mad Pix have created a new digital laboratory to be housed between thecurrent Madrid headquarters of the two companies.Speaking at the SanSebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28), the companies said they hadinvested an initial Euros 2m in synchronizing their installations ...
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Columbia TriStar holds on to Father Amaro
Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International has taken up its first-look option to distributeMexican box office hit The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) worldwide outside North America and Spain.Sal Ladestro, Columbiasenior vice president of marketing and distribution, acquisitions and localproductions, confirmed the move Friday at the San Sebastian ...
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San Sebastian festival kicks off with The Good Thief
Spain's San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) kicks off what promises to be a star-studded 50th anniversary edition today with screenings of Official Section inaugural film The Good Thief and sidebar Zabaltegi opening title The Dancer Upstairs.Good Thief director Neil Jordan and co-star Tcheki Karyo will offer a press ...
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Spanish pay-TV merger will get greenlight says media titan
Jesus de Polanco, president of Spanish media group Sogecable, said on Tuesday that he is "convinced" the digital merger between Sogecable's pay TV platform Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) and rival Via Digital will be approved.News reports on Monday suggested the government would give the merger the green light by year-end. ...
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Spanish, Italian publishing giants unveil film production and distribution push
Spanish publishing giant Grupo Planeta and Italian partner De Agostini have finally unveiled full details of their joint multi-media venture, DeA Planeta, including the creation of a new production division to be headed by former Esicma chief Pau Calpe.Calpe will oversee the as yet unnamed production division, which plans to ...
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Sogepaq restructures distribution team
Spanish distribution house Sogepaq has restructured its executive staff following the July departure of former head of international sales Eva Diederix, now with UGC in France.Simon de Santiago has been appointed deputy director of distribution for Sogepaq and sister production company Sogecine. Previously head of Canal Plus Guiones, a script ...
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Valladolid festival unveils latest competition titles
Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, Walter Doehner's The Blue Room (La Habitacion Azul), Diego Arsuaga's The Last Train (El Ultimo Tren) and Eduard Cortes's Nobody's Life (La Vida De Nadie) are among the titles set to compete in Spain's forthcoming Valladolid International Film Week (Oct 25-Nov 2).The festival traditionally announces the ...
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Endemol acquires hit-making Spanish TV production outfit
Endemol Entertainment has bought out 100% of Barcelona TV production outfit Gestmusic Endemol.Endemol, itself 100% owned by Spanish telecoms company Telefonica, originally bought into the producer in 1994 and owned 60% prior to the latest move. Gestmusic founders Tony Cruz and Jose Maria Mainat will stay on as co-executive directors ...
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San Sebastian to present three lifetime achievement awards
To celebrate its 50th anniversary edition, the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) will present three, rather than the usual two, lifetime achievement Donostia Awards this year to Jessica Lange, Dennis Hopper and Bob Hoskins.The six-time Academy Award-nominated actress Lange is recognised for her work in classic films like ...
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Alta Films takes Magdalene Sisters for Spain
Madrid-based distributor Alta Films has picked up rights in Spain to Venice Golden Lion winner The Magdalene Sisters.Alta also said it had closed Spanish rights to 11.09.01, the compilation of short films from 11 international directors reflecting on the terrorist attacks of last year. The effort screened Wednesday in Toronto ...
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Spain's Grupo PI taps into The Mind Of A Killer
Spain's Grupo PI will handle international sales on San Sebastian competition entry Aro Tolbukhin In The Mind Of A Killer (Aro Tolbukhin En La Mente Del Asesino).Directed by Agusti Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann and Isaac P Racine, and based on an historical figure, the film works as a false documentary to ...
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The Other Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama)
Dir: Emilio Martinez Lazaro. 120mins. Spain. 2002.The makers of The Other Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama) took a gamble with this modern musical comedy set to popular Spanish and Latin American rock n roll tunes. It paid off mightily in Spain, where the genre's originality, ...
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Spanish producers' association appoints communications director
The Spanish Producers' Federation (FAPAE) has appointed Mercedes Martinez as its new communications director.Martinez replaces previous director Fernando Bejarano, who left FAPAE for Madrid-based production outfit BocaBoca.Martinez has worked for the last five years in the Spanish film acquisitions department of digital satellite pay TV platform Via Digital.FAPAE is overseen ...
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Buena Vista Spain boosts local co-production slate
Having officially entered the local production sector last year, Buena Vista International Spain (BVIS) is negotiating a potential slate of five to six new co-productions for 2003.The multinational, which distributed the country's top grossing domestic hit this year: The Wrong Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama), ...
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San Sebastian reveals special tribute & competition jury
The San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) has finalised the programme for its 50th anniversary edition, unveiling a surprise tribute to Francis Ford Coppola and the members of its competition jury, presided over by Wim Wenders.The festival also added Daniele Thomson's Jet Lag (Decalage Horaire) (pictured) as the closing ...