All articles by Natasha Senjanovic
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NewsDSM threat to co-production debated in Sarajevo
Panel discussed the future of co-production in the proposed Digital Single Market.
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NewsSarajevo: debate divided over cinema exhibition
The first session of the 2015 Sarajevo Film Festival’s Regional Forum saw panellists and audiences divided over trends in local cinema exhibition
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NewsSales agents, film funds speak at Sarajevo's CineLink
Elle Driver, Wide Management and European film funds on what brings them back to the Sarajevo Film Festival’s development and financing platform.
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Golden Leopard rewards Salvatores, launches film classes.
The second edition of the Golden Leopard Prize was awarded to director Gabriele Salvatores (I'm Not Afraid) on Sept 20, for his 'continuing research of new expressive forms and styles.'The ceremony was held at La Colombaia, Luchino Visconti's villa on the island of Ischia, near Naples. The prize was established ...
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Italian exhibitors seek to limit multiplex growth
Following a three-day meeting Rome, Italian exhibitors, led by trade association ANEC president Walter Vacchino, have begun lobbying the government to prevent the construction of new multiplexes in and around metropolitan areas. The rise of multiplexes has helped fuel an increase in admissions in Italy. 200 new multiplex screens were ...
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Facing Windows cleans up at Italy's Golden Globes
Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows swept the Italian Golden Globe awards last night, taking five awards including Best Film, and Best Actor and Actress for Filippo Nigro and Giovanna Mezzogiorno, respectively. The film also picked up the Best Music prize, for Andrea Guerra, and Best Screenplay, for Ozpetek and writing partner ...
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Italy's Cattleya unveils dynamic production slate
Founded in 1999 by former Medusa producers Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz and Giovanni Stabilini, Cattleya is proving itself to be one of the most dynamic independent production companies in Italy today.On Tuesday, Tozzi announced a slate of high-profile films that the company is preparing for the 2003-2004 season, featuring such ...
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Italy's Revolver to unveil international division at Cannes
Just over a year old, Italian arthouse production and distribution company Revolver is set to debut its international distribution arm with a slate of seven Italian films at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The films include Il Resto Di Niente by Antonietta De Lillo, Premio Solinas winner Lontano In Fondo ...
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Italy's RAI appoints another new president
War correspondent and former RAI television news director Lucia Annunziata has been named president of state broadcaster RAI less than 24 hours after Paolo Mieli's tumultuous resignation.The decision has been met with approval by Italy's majority politicians and skepticism by the opposition who complain that they had nothing to do ...
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New president of RAI quits after six days
Paolo Mieli has stepped down as president of RAI just six days after being appointed to the position and without once having stepped into the Italian state broadcaster's headquarters.Mieli, the former editor of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, cited 'political and technical difficulties' behind his resignation, and that he ...
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Stream, Telepiu given ultimatum on decoder
The Italian communications watchdog has slapped a second fine and an ultimatum onto rival pay-TV companies Telepiu and Stream for failing to agree on a common decoder. According to Rome daily La Stampa, communications chief Enzo Cheli imposed a fine of $250,000 on top of an existing $150,000 fine and ...
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Transcontinental to debut with Convent, Conquest
A new production-distribution outfit, Transcontinental Film, has launched in the Northern Italian town of Bergamo, with two picks-ups under its belt - horror film The Convent and Mexican hit The Other Conquest.The company, headed by Adriano Valoti, plans to handle both mainstream and arthouse titles. The Other Conquest, written and ...
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Miramax opens up Italy with Eagle Pictures pact
Miramax International appears to have found a new Italian outlet for at least some of its higher profile titles, selling three films to fast-growing Eagle Pictures.The Italian production and distribution company is understood to have picked up John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games; Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Juliette Binoche ...
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Lucky Red gets No News From God
Italian distribution and production outfit Lucky Red is co-producing Spanish film No News From God, starring Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz.Augustin Diaz Yanez is directing the $5.5m story of a good and a bad angel sent to earth to battle for the soul of an ageing boxer. Spain's Torna Sol ...
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Fabrica Cinema launches television arm
Benetton-funded production company Fabrica Cinema plans to launch a television production arm to be headed by director Marco Bellocchio and Fabrica director and former Locarno festival chief Marco Mueller."Fabrica Television is borne out of the necessity to double our efforts to create visibility for films otherwise regarded as marginal," said ...
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Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club
Dir: Rachel Samuels. US-Ireland. 1999. 91 mins.Prod co: Concorde New Horizons Corp. Int'l sales: Concorde New Horizons Corp. Exec prod: Roger Corman. Prods: Rachel Samuels, John Brad. Scr: Lev L. Shapiro. DoP: Chris Manley. Ed: Bernadette Kelley. Mus: Adrian Johnston. Main cast: Jonathan Pryce, David Morrissey, Catherine Siggins, Paul Bettany, ...
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New sales co Buskin to focus on Italian fare
Former advertising executive Antonio Guadalupi has launched a Rome-based international sales outfit, Buskin Films, which is dedicated to handling titles from emerging local directors. The new company, which plans to officially launch at this year's MIFED, has already acquired four films: Giochi Di Equilibrio, directed by Amadeo Fago, Egidio ...
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The Low Down
Dir: Jamie Thraves. UK. 2000. 96 mins.Prod cos: Oil Factory, Sleeper Films, FilmFour, British Screen. International Sales: FilmFour International, tel: (44) 207 868 7700. Prods: John Stewart, Sally Llewellyn. Assoc prod: Nicole Keddy. Scr: Jamie Thraves. DoP: Igor Jadue-Lillo. Ed: Lucia Zucchetti. Mus: Nick Currie, Fred Thomas. Main cast: Aidan ...
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European Film Institute launches exchange scheme
The European Film Institute (EIKK), based in Karlsruhe, Germany, is launching a new initiative, entitled EUR*USA, aimed at improving collaboration between film-makers from Europe and the US.The initiative, which will be added to EIKK's existing student placement programme for European film school graduates, is divided into three strands: EUR*USA 1 ...