All articles by Jennifer Green – Page 49
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Princess, Baise-Moi to compete at Gijon
Tom Tykwer's The Princess And The Warrior, controversial French film Baise-Moi and US indie title Chuck And Buck are among the titles that will compete in the official section of this year's Gijon International Film Festival in Spain. The festival, which takes place November 24 - December 1, is known ...
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Via Digital signs up as Valencia sponsor
Spanish digital satellite platform Via Digital has announced that it will sponsor this year's 21st annual Valencia Film Showing (Mostra de Valencia/Cinema del Mediterrani) which runs October 16-23.Via Digital committed to a three-year sponsorship last year of the Malaga Film Festival alongside Antena 3. As a result, the event boasted ...
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Filmax, Endemol launch joint production venture
Growing Spanish producer-distributor The Filmax Group and Endemol-backed TV producer Gestmusic have joined 50-50 to launch new production outfit Zenit Multimedia.Based in Santiago de Compostela, Zenit will produce original product for television including fiction series, variety shows and docu-series. Plans to market its original formats abroad are also in the ...
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The Cell captures top spot; Comunidad opens well
It was a busy weekend at the Spanish box office with five new releases bowing to different fates last Friday. Riding on buzz and hefty marketing campaigns leftover from their US premieres, Jennifer Lopez-starrer The Cell and Buena Vista's Coyote Ugly landed in the first and second spots. Aurum and ...
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Sogepaq nabs Quixote, inks pact with El Deseo
Spanish rights and distribution house Sogepaq has picked up theatrical, pay-TV and video rights in Spain on Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which began shooting Tuesday in Spain. Public broadcaster Television Espanola has free TV rights.Pathe International is handling international sales on the film which is backed ...
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Canal Plus Spain picks winners for script fund
Spanish pay-TV outlet Canal Plus has unveiled the six winners of its newly relaunched script development fund, known as Canal Plus Guiones.Canal Plus chose six treatments from 372 applications in which it will invest between $2,857 (PTS500,000) and $14,286 (PTS2,500,000) each to develop over the next year.The channel is also ...
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San Sebastian heats up but field remains open
No clear favorite had yet emerged in the official competition at the halfway mark of the 48th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, running from September 21-30.Local buzz favoured Basque Country native Alex de la Iglesia's opening night film Common Wealth (La Comunidad), which scored a home-run among ...
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Altavista boards Saura's Bunuel fantasy
Growing Mexican production outfit Altavista Films is one of three international partners to board veteran director Carlos Saura's forthcoming feature Bunuel And King Solomon's Table (Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon).France's Les Films Sans Frontieres and Portugal's Hora Magica have also joined Spanish producers Rioja Films and CPI to ...
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San Sebastian festival opens on poignant note
The 48th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival got off to a halting start on Thursday night with the cancellation of the traditional party as a protest against the latest assassination by Basque terrorist group ETA.But the opening film of the festival's Official Section, the much-anticipated Common Wealth ...
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Lola appoints Wagner as marketing director
Ludwig Wagner has been appointed the marketing director for Spanish producer Lolafilms. Based out of the London office, Wagner will direct the marketing and publicity of all of Lola's films, both Spanish and English-language. He will also assist Lola UK head of sales Nicole Mackey. Wagner is a former independent ...
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Spain's Planeta steps up rights buying with Sins
Raising the stakes in the competitive Spanish rights acquisitions market, start-up Planeta 2010 has acquired all Spanish rights to Sins Of The Father, starring Andy Garcia.Sins, currently shooting in Canada, marks the first major North American product to be picked up by Planeta, the media division of publishing giant Grupo ...
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Robert De Niro set for tribute at San Sebastian
Robert De Niro has confirmed his acceptance of the second Donostia Award for career achievement at this month's San Sebastian International Film Festival.De Niro will be presented with the award on September 29th by Spanish actor Javier Bardem. De Niro also stars alongside Gerard Depardieu in Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento, which ...
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Baise-Moi, Dios head Gijon competition selection
Spaniard Pablo Llorca's La Espalda De Dios and controversial French film Baise-Moi will competeat Spain's International Film Festival of Gijon.Known as the Spanish Sundance, the festival has also announced a sidebar dedicated to new Scottish cinema, which is co-sponsored by the British Council and Scottish Screen. Thestrand features films such ...
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Valladolid opens with Dancer, unveils competition
Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or winner Dancer In The Dark will inaugurate this year's 45th annual Valladolid International Film Week.Dancer will screen out of competition in the popular festival's Official Section. Von Trier's Breaking The Waves opened Valladolid in 1996.Among the films in competition are L'Amour, L'Argent, L'Amour from Germany, ...
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Ex-Aurum chief Ramos lines-up slate for new outfit
A romantic comedy from the hip Spanish directing duo Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes is set to be the first project to go through a new production company launched by former Aurum Producciones chief Francisco Ramos.Albacete and Menkes, whose credits include Atomica and Mas Que Amor, Frenesi, are to shoot ...
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Gala takes Second Skin for UK
UK distributor Gala Film Distribution has picked up UK rights to Second Skin (Segunda Piel), a Spanish language film starring Javier Bardem and produced by Lolafilms.Directed by veteran Gerardo Vera, the sexually-charged Skin features a cast including Volaverunt's Jordi Molla, Belle Epoque's Ariadna Gil and All About My Mother's Cecilia ...
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Sogepaq takes international rights on Spanish hit
Spanish rights and distribution house Sogepaq has added Ano Mariano, Spain's top box office performer this year, and Kilometro Zero to its growing list of local pick-ups for international sales.Ano Mariano has racked up more than a million admissions since its August 11 premiere. The film was produced by Asegarce ...
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Lauren re-enters production with Roman comedy
Spanish distributor-exhibitor Lauren Films is preparing a Roman-era Monty Python-esque comedy, Lisistrata, which will mark its return to production after a decade-long hiatus.The film is scheduled to shoot in early 2001 under director Francesc Bellmunt (Thanks For The Tip). Lauren chief Antonio Llorens said he hopes to tap co-producers and ...
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Hollow Man fills Spanish box office
Columbia TriStar had a successful weekend in Spain with the release of Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man where it won the number one slot with a three-day gross of $2.3m (PTS434m). This is the territory's third strongest opening so far this year. Comparatively, Fox's Titan AE on 226 screens (versus Hollow ...
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Kevin Williams takes three from Tornasol
Spanish sales outfit Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has picked up world rights on three titles from Madrid-based producer Tornasol Films.Two of the films are screening in the Toronto Film Festival's Contemporary World Cinema sidebar: Nuts For Love (Nueces Para El Amor), an Argentinean co-production from director Alberto Lecchi starring Ariadna ...