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Buena Vista Spain commits to local co-productions
Buena Vista International Spain (BVIS) has committed to co-producing two to three local feature films per year, according to BVIS general manager Javier Vasallo.The company had its first taste of the market last year with Spanish-Argentine co-production Clams And Mussels (Almejas Y Mejillones), which was among the 12 top grossing ...
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International titles stoke hot box office weekend
The weekend saw a host of titles, and especially local films, performing exceptionally well at the international box office. The Others in Spain, Musa: The Warrior in South Korea, Der Schuh Des Manitu in Germany as well as Moulin Rouge in the UK, all point to a healthy year for ...
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Spain to see Sexy Beast - at last
UK-Spanish co-production Sexy Beast has finally secured distribution in Spain with Hispano Foxfilm in a deal negotiated through Fox in the US.Jonathan Glazer's gangster film starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley did good business for Fox Searchlight in the US this summer, earning $5.97m in nine weeks on less than ...
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San Sebastian reveals new titles and full jury
Mike Figgis' Hotel and Garry Marshall's Julie Andrews-starrer The Princess Diaries have been added as "special sessions" to the official section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The announcement, along with three additional films in other sections and the unveiling of the juries, was made in ...
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San Sebastian unveils new awards
Legendary British actress and singer Julie Andrews will be the recipient of San Sebastian's Donostia Award at this September's 49th edition, the festival announced Monday.In the final weeks running up to its September 20 start date, the festival also unveiled the line-up and a newly created award for best Latin ...
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Spanish industry mourns veteran Rabal
Spanish actor Francisco (Paco) Rabal died Wednesday August 29 on his way home to Spain from the Montreal World Film Festival, where he was part of a tribute this week.Rabal was also scheduled to receive a Donostia Award at next month's San Sebastian International Film Festival. The Spanish Festival released ...
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Objects and Bunuel open and close San Sebastian
Rose Troche's The Safety Of Objects and Carlos Saura's Bunuel And King Salomon's Table (Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon) will open and close, respectively, the official section of the 49th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 20-29).Troche's drama, an adaptation of several short stories by ...
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Garci announces The Story Of A Kiss
Popular Spanish director and four-time Academy Award nominee Jose Luis Garci has announced his next feature, The Story Of A Kiss (Historia De Un Beso), set to shoot in northern Spain in October or November.The romantic drama will star Ana Fernandez (Alone), Alfredo Landa, Carlos Hipolito and youngster Manuel Lozano, ...
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San Sebastian reveals competition line up
The San Sebastian International Film Festival has announced 16 of the films which will compete in the official section of this year's 49th edition, which runs from September 20 to 29. The line-up, which will likely receive at least a couple of last minute additions, has a distinct European flavour. ...
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San Sebastian's 21 films in New Directors slot
The San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 20-29) has unveiled the 21 titles set to compete for the Euros150,000 (pts25m) New Directors Award.Three of the films will compete in the Official Section, including: Lantana (Ray Lawrence, Australia), Magonia (Ineke Smits, Holland) and The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, United Kingdom).The remaining 18 ...
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Mexico's IMCINE gives Spanish KWA first-look
Madrid-based sales house KWA has signed a first-look deal on all forthcoming productions out of Mexican national film institute IMCINE. KWA will also handle worldwide rights on two recent IMCINE films, Streeters (De La Calle) and Violet Perfume (Perfume De Violetas), both of which made waves as top prize winners ...
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San Sebastian unveils 14 'Pearls' for sidebar
Spain's San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 20-29) unveiled the fourteen titles which will comprise the "Pearls from Other Festivals" section of its Open Zone (Zabaltegi) line-up.Following last year's model, "Pearls" shows a heavy emphasis on films which screened at Cannes. There are also several titles from Berlin and at ...
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Alta and Lumen co-produce Novo comedy
Spain's Alta Produccion and France's Lumen Films are co-producing French-language romantic comedy Novo with stars Eduardo Noriega (Open Your Eyes) and Anna Mouglalis (Merci Pour Le Chocolat). France's Celluloid Dreams is handling international sales.Paz Vega (Sex And Lucia), Nathalie Richard (Modern Comforts) and Eric Caravaca (La Chambre Des Officiers) co-star ...
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Perugorria and Flores sign up to Resentment
Cuban actor Jorge Perugorria (Strawberry And Chocolate) and Spanish pop star Lolita Flores have signed on to star in director Miguel Albaladejo's next film Rencor (Resentment) for co-producers Iconica, Zebra, Alta Producciones and Trivision.Shooting gets underway in Spain on August 20 with co-star Elena Anaya (Sex And Lucia, Fading Memories). ...
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Spain's Quiero TV begins staff reshuffle
At least four top executives have departed from Spanish pay DTT platform Quiero TV, casualties of a top-down restructuring by majority shareholder Auna (Retevision).Director of contents Gino Nattaliccio, director of institutional relations Angel Martin Vizcaino, communications director Eva Tormo and marketing director Mishka Harnden left their positions at Quiero last ...
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Sogecable reveals profit rise of 262%
Spanish media group Sogecable has posted net consolidated profits of Euros7.5m (pts1.251m) for the first half of 2001, up 262% from Euros2.1m (pts345m) during the same period last year.The company posted an extraordinary gain of Euros40.5m (pts6.7m) largely derived from the July 2 sale of 45% of rights division Sogepaq ...
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Three Spanish films to vie for San Sebastian award
Spain's premiere film event, the San Sebastian International Film Festival has unveiled the first titles in its official competition line-up for the 49th edition which runs from Sept 20-29.Three Spanish films will compete for the festival's top prize, the Golden Shell (Concha de Oro) award. They include: Vicente Aranda's Juana ...
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Sagittarius
Dir: Vicente Molina Foix. Spain. 1hr 52mins.Character-driven and dialogue-heavy, Sagittarius (Sagitario) is not a film for all audiences. Its greatest appeal will likely lie with urban arthouse audiences interested in adult-oriented European fare. In Spain, where distributor Lauren Films put this assumption to test, average per-copy ticket sales have been ...
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Nicoll quits top Sogepaq post
Veteran Spanish film executive Margaret Nicoll announced that she is quitting her position as general manager of Sogecable rights arm Sogepaq, but not necessarily step away from the conglom where she has spent the last 12 years of her professional career.Nicoll says a "future relationship" is a possibility that she ...
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Almodovar's Tarantula may weave in Cruz, Banderas
Pedro and Agustin Almodovar's El Deseo production company has optioned film rights to French novel Tarantula, marking it as a potential next project for the director and igniting local speculation that this may well be the project that will re-unite Almodovar with Spanish acting superstars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz.The ...