Jennifer Green
FeaturesLocations: Panama’s bright future
The Latin American country’s spectacular locations, film-friendly environment and cash rebate are helping to win over an increasing number of international film-makers.
FeaturesWorld of Locations: Panama
A film-friendly government is impressing international producers who choose to shoot in Panama.
FeaturesWorld of Locations: Colombia
A generous new cash rebate and the end of its devastating drug wars have opened up this stunning territory to international production.
FeaturesWorld of Locations: Chile
Chile is a country offering a huge variety of landscape and climates, broad ethnic diversity and counter seasons to the northern hemisphere.
FeaturesWorld of Locations: Argentina
Argentina’s geographic diversity and its easy substitution as settings from Paris to New York make it a magnet for international television crews, commercials and feature film productions.
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Carlos Saura among Spanish directors invited to San Sebastian
Bollain will screen her new feature Mataharis in the official competition four years after her domestic abuse drama Take My Eyes (Te Doy Mis Ojos) wowed critics and won the Silver Shell awards for best actor and actress at the festival.
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Soderbergh gears up for Spanish shoot for two Che features
The much anticipated films will shoot consecutively for nine weeks in Spain on locations in Madrid, Castilla La Mancha and Andalusia before moving on to Puerto Rico.
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Oscar nominee Cobeaga ready for first feature
Spain's recently Oscar-nominated short film director Borja Cobeaga will shoot his first feature for producers Telespan 2000 and Estudios Picasso in October.The film, titled Flash, El Amigo De Las Chicas (literally, Flash, Friend Of The Girls), is based on the novel Flash by Massimo Bruni.The boy-meets-girl comedy is set against ...
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Spain - The rain in Spain
It is easy to assume Summer Rain (El Camino De Los Ingleses) carries some autobiographical resonance for Antonio Banderas. The actor's second film as a director after Crazy In Alabama (1999) is set in his hometown of Malaga in the 1970s and relates the experiences of a group of friends ...
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Spanish short Oscar nominee sets feature debut Flash
Spain's recently Oscar-nominated short film director Borja Cobeaga will shoot his first feature for producers Telespan 2000 and Estudios Picasso in October.The film, titled Flash, El Amigo De Las Chicas (literally, Flash, Friend Of The Girls), is based on the novel Flash by Massimo Bruni.The boy-meets-girl comedy is set against ...
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Woody Allen may work with Johansson again on Spanish project
Allen described the story as 'romantic but serious' in quotes published by Spanish press this week following a meeting in New York between the director and Barcelona 's mayor, Jordi Hereu. A script has been completed and Allen is currently auditioning English-speaking actors. In addition to Johansson, he also mentioned ...
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Sogepaq closes US deals on Sanchez-Arevalo, Lazaro features
Mongrel Media took Canadian rights to both films in deals that were all closed at the European Film Market in Berlin.
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Del Toro adds Portuguese prize to list of honours
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth walked away the top winner of the 27th annual edition of Portugal's Oporto Film Festival, better known as Fantasporto.Oscar-winning Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno) picked up theFantasporto official selection's Grand Prix for best fantasy film - anhonour the Mexican director previously took home in 1994 ...
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European animation - Territory Overview: Spain - 'Animation is in hot demand'
The 2001 animated feature The Living Forest marked a before and after in Spanish animation. Europe's first 3D computer animation, it was seen by more than a million viewers across the continent. Its success helped producer Dygra Films finance its $8m (EUR6.1m) Midsummer Dream, and grow its company with an ...
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Spanish exhibitors argue new law caters to producers
FECE accused the current bill of catering to the interests of producers 'who live off public subsidies and indirect subidies (at exhibitors' expense) destined for a cinema that holds no interest for the public.'
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Final line-up announced for Malaga Film Festival
The film, a Spanish co-production which was shot in Mallorca, co-stars Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville and Marisa Paredes in the story of an American pianist of mediocre talents whose efforts to organise a concert on the Mediterranean island where he resides are met with interference by the locals. Joseph's follow-up ...
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Four Last Songs to play out Malaga festival
UK directorFrancesca Joseph's Four Last Songs will close the 10th annual edition of the Spanish Film Festival of Malaga(March 9-17).The film, aSpanish co-production which shot in Mallorca, stars Stanley Tucci, with Rhys Ifans, HughBonneville and Marisa Paredes. It's the story of an American pianist ofmediocre talents whose efforts to organise ...
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On Pictures expands into production with Mortadelo & Filemon
The comic was already adapted for the big screen in 2003 by Sogecine and Peliculas Pendelton with fantastic results, earning more than $28.9m (Euros 22m) at the local box office to become Spain 's top-grossing local film that year.
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European stars: Spain
The lack of a star system in Spain has long been lamented by the local industry, but the tide appears to be changing. It is no longer just the one-off Hollywood success of actors like Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, or other actors with cachet in specific territories, ...
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Banderas and Perez to back new Spanish talent
Signed in Berlin, where Banderas was on hand to present new features as both director (Panorama title Summer Rain) and actor (competition contender Bordertown), the agreement will focus on backing new directors and other emerging behind- and on-camera talent from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia.