All articles by Anna Franklin – Page 8
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Russia's first mall-based mini-plex opens doors
Moscow-based entertainment company Karo has opened Russia's first shopping centre-based mini-plex. The 700-seat, four-screen cinema opened its doors last week in the Ramstore shopping centre in a Moscow suburb. The site follows a model that has proved successful in Eastern European countries such as Hungary where cinemas are incorporated into ...
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Barrack heads race for Russian Oscars
Valery Ogorodnikov's Barrack is heading the field in the race for the Russian equivalent of the Oscars, the Nikas, which will be awarded by the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts in Moscow on April 22.Barrack was nominated in 10 categories, including best feature, best director and best screenplay for ...
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Canal Plus pledges $5m to Polish production
French pay-TV giant Canal Plus has earmarked almost $5m (20m Polish zloyts) to support Polish film production in 2000, making it Poland's second largest producer after local broadcaster TVP.Canal Plus has invested more than 61m zloyts in 35 Polish films as part its on-going financial support programme, launched when it ...
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Relativity, Mosfilm team up for Moscow-set comedy
US production company Relativity Pictures and Russia's Mosfilm and Studio Ritm are co-producing comedy Red Squares, which is shooting in Moscow until the end of April when it moves to New York for a second leg in June and July.The production is set against the backdrop of central Moscow and ...
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Russian actor prevented from shooting in space
Plans to send Russian actor Vladimir Steklov to the Mir space station to shoot a feature film have fallen through because the film-makers have been unable to raise finance for the project.Russian Aerospace Agency spokesman Konstantin Kreidenko said the actor will not travel to Mir due to the "nonfulfilment of ...
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Silver Screen launches in expanding Polish market
US-backed exhibitor Silver Screen Cinemas has opened its first multiplex in Warsaw marking the first phase of its ambitious plans to build a string of theatres across Eastern Europe.Silver Screen has an exclusive agreement to operate cinemas built by US-backed property developer Portico Development, which has multiplex cinemas currently under ...
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Hungary's multiplex boom boosts local cinema
The multiplex building boom in Hungary has helped box office receipts for local productions increase by 15% according to figures from the Hungarian Film Union (HFU).Hungary has become the undisputed multiplex capitol of Eastern Europe, boasting 13 multiplexes at the end of 1999 and two on the way in the ...
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US-Russian co-production set to shoot in space
Russian production outfit Sokol and the US' VIDEFCO are set to start shooting the first feature to be filmed in space on the Russian space station Mir in April.The $70m The Final Journey will be directed by Russian director Yuri Kara from a script based on Chingiz Aitmatov's novel The ...
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Hippolyt
Dir: Barna Kabay, Katalin Petenyi. Hungary. 1999. 92 mins.Prod co: Europe 2000. Supported by RTL Klub. Int'l sales: Europe 2000. Prod: Barna Kabay. Scr: Gabor Nogradi, Robert Koltai. DoP: Tibor Mathe. Ed: Mari Miklos. Music: Gabor Berkes. Main cast: Karoly Eperjes, Robert Koltai, Judit Pogany, Kata Husazrik, Attila Arpa, Sandor ...
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The Captain's Daughter (Russkij Bunt)
Dir: Alexander Proshkin. Russia-France. 2000. 130 mins.Prod co: NTV-Profit, Roissy Films, Production Le Pont, Canal Plus, Goskino, Globus Studios of Orenburg. Int'l sales: Roissy Films-Celluloid Dreams (33) 1 53 53 50 50. Exec Prod: Vialy Koshman. Prod: Igor Tolstunov, Mikhail Zilberman. Scr: Galina Arbuzova, Stanislav Govorukhin, Vladimir Zheleznikov, based on ...
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Little Vilma: The Last Diary
Dir: Marta Meszaros. Hungary. 1999. 115mins.Prod co: Dialogue Studios. Supported by: Eurimages, Mafilm, Duna TV. Int'l sales: Dialogue Studios. Prods: Csaba Bereczki, Karoly Makk. DoP: Nykia Jancso. Ed: Grzesuik Cezary. Main cast: Jan Nowicki, Barbara Hegyi, Kitty Keri, Lukas Nowiczki, Cleo Ladanyi, Lili Monori.Critics and cinephiles have long-awaited the last ...
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Clouds Of May (Mayis Sikintisi)
Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey. 1999. 130mins.Prod co: NBC Ajans. Int'l sales: Keriman Ulas Ulusoy (33 1 48 87 36 26). Scr, DoP, Prod des, Ed: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Main cast: Ermin Ceylan, Muzzafer Ozdemir, Ermin Toprak, Muhammed Zimbaoglu, Sadik Inescu, Ebru Yapici.Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan evokes the spirit ...
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Kaurismaki seeks finance to complete Lenin biopic
Producer Igor Maiboroda and Finnish film-maker Aki Kaurismaki are seeking co-producers to complete Lenin biopic, Belief, Hope And Blood, which started shooting 18 months ago in Finland.Several scenes from the film were shot at Kaurismaki's Sputnik Studios in Finland during summer 1998 using actor Igor Muzhzhukhin as the young Lenin. ...
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Newcomers split prize at Hungarian Film Week
Two films from relative newcomers - Frigyes Godros's Glamour and Gergely Fonyo's Johnny Famous - shared the best film prize at this year's Hungarian Film Week (Feb 3-8).The 31st edition of the Budapest event presented a programme of 24 features and 31 non-fiction films made in Hungary over the past ...