All articles by Jennifer Green – Page 40
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Spain's Huelva fest announces line-up
Spain's Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva (Nov 17-24) has announced the 12 titles which will compete for its top Golden and Silver Columbus awards in this year's 27th edition.Huelva has the difficult task of seeking films which haven't yet premiered in Spain just two months after the San Sebastian International ...
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Loews Cineplex and Yelmo expand in Spain
Loews Cineplex and Spanish partner Yelmo Films have announced they will pump a Euros 60m (pts9.98bn) loan into the construction of eight new multiplexes for Yelmo Cineplex, their joint exhibition venture in Spain.The capital injection will supplement current cash flow and Loews' initial contribution to the venture on its 1998 ...
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Bunuel And King Solomon's Table
Dir: Carlos Saura. Spain-Germany-Mexico. 105 mins.Bunuel And King Solomon's Table (Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon) closed September's San Sebastian International Film Festival with a resounding thud. One influential local critic called it "probably the worst Saura has made," proving that the combination of a respected veteran filmmaker (Carmen, ...
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The Others poised to reign in Spain
Spanish-US co-production The Others is poised to overtake raunchy local comedy Torrente 2: Mission In Marbella (Torrente 2: Mision En Marbella) at the Spanish box office this week as the highest grossing domestic film in history. As of last weekend, the Warner Sogefilms release The Others - director Alejandro Amenabar's ...
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France's Vidocq takes five awards at Sitges
French box office sensation Vidocq was the big winner at this year's 34th annual edition of the Catalan International Film Festival of Sitges, walking away with best film, new director, effects, make-up and original soundtrack nods.Directed by FX wizard Pitof, Vidocq stars Gerard Depardieu in a hi-tech suspense period tale ...
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Spain's Goya awards adds documentary prize
Spain's Oscar-equivalent Goya Awards will introduce a new best documentary prize alongside its usual line-up of awards for this year's 16th annual edition, to be held February 2.A film's classification as documentary will be decided by its producer(s), though competitors will still be eligible to opt for awards in the ...
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Catalan govt. doubles film & TV funding to $110m
Artur Mas, chief minister of Spain's Catalan regional government, the Generalitat, revealed plans to nearly double annual funding of the local audiovisual industry to Euros 120m (pts20bn) for 2002, at the Catalonia Film Festival of SitgesMas and culture minister Jordi Vilajoana also announced a new project to back the production ...
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UK's Scala Productions boards TSP's Seagull
The UK's Scala Productions has boarded English-language Spanish production The Seagull, in development at Barcelona start-up TSP.Spaniard Enrique Gabriel (Fading Memories) will direct the "Mediterranean adaptation" of the Chekhov play, which was co-scripted by TSP founders Eva Baro and Antoni Sole. The $12m film is being prepped for a 2002 ...
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San Sebastian's hope: next year's 50th anniversary
This year's San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 20-29) may well be remembered more for the promise of next year's high-profile anniversary event, as well as the unfortunate global circumstances which affected the 49th edition, than for the festival's own merits. Coming in the wake of the September 11 terrorist ...
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Taxi Para Tres is San Sebastian surprise winner
Chilean director Orlando Lubbert was the surprise winner Saturday Oct 28, at the 49th annual San Sebastian International Film Festival, walking away with the Golden Shell award for best film for the little-known A Cab For Three (Taxi Para Tres). Jury president Claude Chabrol's reading of the top prize was ...
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Roldan heads Sogecine-Sogepaq distribution
Jacques Roldan, former head of acquisitions for Spanish media giant Sogecable, has been appointed director of distribution for the newly merged production and distribution/sales activities of Sogecable interests Sogecine and Sogepaq.The appointment - unveiled at the San Sebastian International Film Festival - is the first strategic announcement made by new ...
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San Sebastian honours absent friends
The San Sebastian International Film Festival kicked off its 49th edition yesterday (Sept 20) with the screening of The Safety Of Objects by Rose Troche, and a surprise announcement that Warren Beatty would be the recipient of a third Donostia Award. Beatty, like fellow Donostia recipient Julie Andrews, will not ...
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Spain's Sitges film festival reveals final line-up
The International Film Festival of Catalonia, better known as Sitges, has unveiled the final program for its forthcoming edition (Oct 4-13).More than 20 films will compete for 11 top awards, including the newly created make-up and production design prizes, in the event's longest-standing Fantastic section. Parallel section Gran Angular will ...
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Valladolid unveils local contenders for 46th event
Following tradition, Spain's International Film Week of Valladolid (Oct 26-Nov 3) gave a sneak preview of its forthcoming 46th edition by revealing the Spanish films and co-productions participating in the festival. Three Spanish feature films will compete in the official section, including Toni Salgot's Dama De Porto Pim, Manane Rodriguez's ...
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Buena Vista Spain banks on established success
Buena Vista International Spain (BVIS) has picked up local distribution rights on forthcoming Spanish-language comedy Dirty Vivancos The Sequel (Vivancos El Sucio III), a "zany detective comedy" which boasts all the ingredients to repeat the success of biggest-ever domestic hit Torrente 2: Mission In Marbella (Torrente 2: Mision En Marbella). ...
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Two Spanish festivals announce programmes
The Gijon International Film Festival (Nov 23-30) and the Valencia Mediterranean Film Showcase (Oct 18-25) have both unveiled the first details of their forthcoming editions.Continuing its focus on international independent cinema, Gijon is planning retrospectives of Spanish director Jose Luis Guerin, New York filmmaker Richard Kern and Japanese director Seijun ...
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Spain's Ensueno reveals grand co-production plans
Ensueno Films, the fledgling film division of Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Antena 3 Television, has confirmed plans to co-produce as many as ten feature films per year.So far this year, the company, which launched in November 2000, says it has invested more than $27.6m (pts 5,100m) in the co-production or acquisition ...
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Stars cancel San Sebastian appearances
Julie Andrews, who was scheduled to receive the Donostia Award at this year' s San Sebastian International Film Festival, has cancelled her trip to Spain "in light of the recent events" in New York and Washington. The festival, which begins next Thursday and runs through September 29, issued a statement ...
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Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo)
Dir: Julio Medem. Spain. 2001. 127mins.Although Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) lives up to its name and won't disappoint audiences looking for erotic material, it is first and foremost a romantic film, weaving a captivating tale which ends on a pleasingly optimistic note after dropping to some pretty ...
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No Shame (Sin Verguenza)
Dir: Joaquin Oristrell. Spain. 2001. 116mins.Writer-director Joaquin Oristrell is not the first person to make a movie spoofing the world of movie-making, but he has succeeded in creating a fresh, fun and unpretentious film which - were it not for its Spanish language and lack of international stars - could ...