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ZDF boards Barreda's Peruvian debut
German broadcaster ZDF is backing Peruvian road movie Y Si Te Vi, No Me Acuerdo, the directorial debut of Miguel Barreda Delgado which started production June 5 in Lima. The film, about an ex-pat Peruvian who returns home after many years, is being shot in the digital format but there ...
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Cinemex extends Mexican reach with GCM acquisition
Mexico City's leading exhibitor, Grupo Cinemex, has expanded beyond the capital's borders by acquiring 100% of General Cinema Mexico (GCM), an alliance between General Cinema International and Fondo Optima. By pouncing on GCM's five cinemas and 62 screens - located in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Leon and Aguascalientes - the ...
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Gateway founder commits $100m to Gold Circle Films
Gateway Computers co-founder Norm Waitt is making his first foray into filmmaking, committing up to $100m over the next two years towards the financing of independent features. Through his media company Gold Circle Entertainment - which owns 53 radio stations, five television stations and an advertising firm - Waitt has ...
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Steel Company to buy for Brazil's Playarte
Los Angeles-based worldwide entertainment consultant The Steel Company has signed on to handle acquistions and market liaison for Brazilian distributor-exhibitor Playarte, headed by president Otelo Bettin Coltro. According to Steel Company vice president Patrick Aluise, Playarte will be looking to acquire Brazilian rights to around ten high-profile theatrical features and ...
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Lions Gate steps up foreign-language acquisitions
Lions Gate Films International is continuing its foray into foreign-language cinema by acquiring worldwide rights (with the exclusion of Latin America) to Mexican box office hit Gimme Power (Todo El Poder). The move follows a similar acquisition last week of Cannes Critic's Week contender Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros) (Screendaily, ...
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New Latin aims for crossover hit with Luminarias
US producer-distributor New Latin Pictures plans to open romantic comedy Luminarias on more than 60 screens in California, in a bid to repeat the success of its first crossover Latino release Nueba Yol.The $1.5m feature, directed by UCLA drama professor Jose Luis Valenzuela, will open May 5 in greater Los ...
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Buenos Aires indie fest sparks arthouse revival
Buenos Aires' international indie festival (April 6-16) is only in its second year but has already renewed local interest in arthouse films. Last year, more than 100 films at the festival were picked up for distribution in Argentina, led by local distributor, Pascual Condito, who acquired up to 30 titles. ...
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Nina selected to open Chicago Latino fest
The Girl of Your Dreams (La Nina De Tus Ojos), directed by Oscar-winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba, will kick off the 16th Chicago Latino Film Festival which runs from March 31 to April 12. Apart from screening more than 100 films from Latin America, Portugal, Spain and the US, the ...
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Cuban Film Institute chief steps down from post
Alfredo Guevara has quit his post as head of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), an organisation he founded shortly after Cuba's 1959 revolution, citing a desire to devote more time to international projects. A close friend of President Fidel Castro, Guevara was officially declared "released" from his responsibilities at the ...
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Mexican film representative quits in protest
Maria Rojo has resigned from her post as chair of the Mexican delegation to the US-Mexico Bilateral Film Commission in protest against the Mexican Supreme Court's decision to overturn a ban on the dubbing of foreign films into Spanish (Screendaily March 20).The veteran Mexican actress has accused the Motion Picture ...
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Warner, Fox to part ways in Brazil
Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros are to end their Brazilian distribution alliance - formed less than two years ago - at the end of November.According to Fox Warner Brazil general manager Marco Oliviera, Brazil's improving economy and rapidly expanding exhibition market have prompted both companies to go it alone. ...
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De Ida Y Vuelta wins best picture at Guadalajara
Maria del Carmen de Lara's En El Pais De No Pasa Nada made a sweep of major awards at the 15th Mexican film showcase in Guadalajara (March 10-16), although it was Salvadar Aguirre's De Ida Y Vuelta that won the official jury prize for best picture.En El Pais was awarded ...
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Hoyts South America takes on Kushner-Locke titles
Exhibitor Hoyts General Cinema (HGC) South America has agreed to handle Latin American distribution of several titles from Phoenix World Investments (PWI), the Chile-based outpost of US independent producer-distributor Kushner-Locke. The deal calls for the distribution of PWI films in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, starting with Very Bad ...
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Mexican film set to prosper despite dubbing law
A ruling by Mexico's Supreme Court to permit the dubbing of foreign films into Spanish has thrown local filmmakers into a panic, but some observers believe the current unprecedented crop of local box office hits can withstand the changes. Over the past 12 months, at least four Mexican films have ...
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Goldman's Hombre set to conquer US
Former New Line marketing and distribution president, Mitch Goldman, and his partner Lou O'Neil have launched a US Latino distribution company - Hombre de Oro - to distribute Mexican box office hit The Other Conquest (La Otra Conquista) in the US. Although the company has been set up to handle ...
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AFM: US buyers say only maybe to AFM titles
It's slim pickings for North American buyers at this year's AFM, with only a handful of titles creating any sort of buzz. But at least one film looks likely to sell - USA Films is understood to have put in an offer on BBC Films/Pandora Cinema's Maybe Baby - and ...
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Estudio's debut release powers Mexican box office
The first feature produced by start-up Mexican film company Estudio Mexico, Gimme Power (Todo El Poder), has burst into Mexico's box office chart. After a successful debut on 320 screens on January 20 the film continues to dominate in cinemas falling just 11% in the last two weeks. To date, ...