All articles by Jennifer Green – Page 39
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Spain's box office heads towards world record
Spain looks set to break the world record for sustained admissions growth if predictions come true and cumulative ticket sales rise for the thirteenth year in a row.Spain had posted over 123 million admissions as of November 25, still trailing the 2000's total of 135 million, but not yet incorporating ...
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Lanzarote screenings bask in calendar shade
The third annual Spanish Film Screenings at Lanzarote (Nov 29-Dec 1) established the event as a valuable showcase for Spanish productions and talent but not a marketplace for closing deals."People see films here; the reaction comes later," said Antonia Nava, head of international sales and co-productions at Filmax.Nevertheless, growing interest ...
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Intercartel increases its co-production activity
Spain's Valencia-based Intercartel, co-producer of this year's foreign-language Oscar candidate for Venezuela, is stepping up its co-production plans and shaping up as a key player in the growing Valencia media market. "My objective is to make three or four films per year between national and international co-productions," says Intercartel president ...
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Mad Love (Juana La Loca)
Dir: Vicente Aranda. Sp-It-Port. 117mins. A costume drama driven by lead Pilar Lopez de Ayala's impacting central performance, Mad Love (Juana La Loca) is Spain's official entry for the foreign language Oscar nominations, having beaten out sexier options such as Penelope Cruz film No News From God and Julio ...
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Admira, Venevision launch TV production venture
Spain's Admira (formerly Telefonica Media) and Miami-based Venevision International have launched a 50/50 joint venture to produce telenovelas and other TV content for the Latin American and US Spanish-speaking markets.The joint venture follows similar moves by Admira into the Mexican and Brazilian TV markets. In August, Admira holding Endemol Entertainment ...
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Tricky Life takes top prize at Huelva festival
Uruguayan box office wonder Tricky Life (En La Puta Vida) was awarded the top Golden Columbus (Colon de Oro) prize Saturday (Nov 24) by the jury of Spain's 27th annual Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva. A Uruguayan-Spanish-Belgian co-production sold internationally by Bavaria Film, Tricky is the first film ever nominated ...
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Iberoamerican co-prod forum wins approval
The second annual Iberoamerican Co-Production Forum came to a close Tuesday (Nov 20) midway through a quiet Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, with both events emphasising the Latin American industry. The Forum earned positive marks by participants, both for the quality of the projects being pitched and the good turn-out. ...
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New pan-regional Cibermedia fund launched
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American producers will soon have a fresh source of financing available for projects integrating "new technologies" through a new pan-regional funding initiative known as Cibermedia. The initiative was formally approved this week by the Conference of Iberoamerican Film Authorities (CACI). It will launch in January 2002 ...
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Cuaron hires Torresblanco for El Delirio NY
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron is setting up a New York office to complement the existing LA and Mexican branches of his Good Machine-backed production company, newly dubbed El Delirio. Frida Torresblanco, line producer for Spanish heavyweight Lolafilms, has been hired to help set up the new operation alongside Cuaron. El ...
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Spain's Admira creates content acquisition arm
Spain's Admira (Telefonica Media) has created a content acquisitions division to be overseen by Ele Juarez, general manager of strategic alliances.By centralising rights management Admira aims "to take maximum advantage of synergies within the group." The company also points to a streamlined presence for all the ...
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...while Spain takes Madness, Mexico picks Perfume
Vicente Aranda's historical drama Madness Of Love (Juana La Loca) is Spain's official nomination to the foreign language category of the Oscars, while Mexico has chosen last spring's winner of five Ariel awards: Perfume De Violetas by Marisa Sistach as its foreign Oscar entry. Madness Of Love beat out the ...
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Spain's Auna to get Euro720m injection
Shareholders of Spanish telecoms operator Auna (Retevision) approved a capital injection of Euros720m (pts120bn) in a move apparently intended to stall the potential sale by Telecom Italia of its 27% stake. However, the boost might not be enough to save pay TV platform Quiero TV, 49% owned by Auna, from ...
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Spanish heavyweights sign multi-year accord
Two Spanish heavyweights - distributor/exhibitor Lauren Films and film and TV producer Cartel - have signed a multi-year production and distribution accord. The new alliance, published in local newspaper La Gaceta de los Negocios, will see Lauren distribute all Cartel titles theatrically and on video, with an option to co-produce ...
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Sex And Lucia seals international sales
Julio Medem's erotic Spanish epic Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) has closed brisk sales worldwide, fulfilling expectations that the local hit from production powerhouse Sogecine would travel.A round-up of deals for Latin America and Europe closed after recent markets by sales house Sogepaq bodes well for the film, ...
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Telefonica Media ready to sell stakes, change name
Telefonica Media, part of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, is to slim down the assets it owns and focus on a simpler array of businesses in Europe and Latin America. It will also change name to Admira.At a rare press conference, Telefonica Media executive president Juan Jose Nieto confirmed reports that ...
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DiCillo's Double Whammy to open Gijon festival
US director Tom DiCillo is set to inaugurate Spain's International Film Festival of Gijon (Nov 23-30) with Sundance hit Double Whammy.The black comedy stars Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Leary and Steve Buscemi in the story of a police detective struggling to gain back his reputation after failing to stop a fast-food ...
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Iberoamerican forum to host 44 new film projects
Spanish organisers of the annual Iberoamerican Co-production Forum (Nov 18-20) have unveiled the list of 44 new feature film projects set to participate in this year's event.Attendance at the Forum, which functions as a mini-market, is expected to be high thanks to its new date and location. The event will ...
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TriPictures entices new Spanish directors
Up-and-coming Spanish directors have a potential new outlet in Spanish distributor TriPictures' start-up production division, which is seeking directors on several projects in early development stages.Head Douglas Wilson says he is currently negotiating directors for two projects: The Inheritors, from scripter Fernando Camara, and The Suicide Club, based on the ...
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Telefonica signs output deal with Warner Bros TV
Telefonica Media, the multimedia subsidiary of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has signed a non-exclusive, multi-year output deal with Warner Bros International Television (WBIT) for free-to-air, pay TV and PPV rights to WBIT product beginning in January 2002. The deal gives Telefonica Media (TM, soon to be renamed Admira) non-exclusive rights ...
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Spain chooses three foreign Oscar contenders
Penelope Cruz-starrer No News From God (Sin Noticias De Dios), erotic melodrama Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) and period drama Juana La Loca are the Spanish Cinema Academy's three semi-finalists to compete for the country's nomination to the foreign language category of the Oscars.In accordance with the Spanish ...