All articles by Chris Evans – Page 17
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NewsFlamenco goes 3D for Spanish cinemas
Rafael Alvero, the former director general of Universal Pictures Spain, is launching the country’s first company dedicated to producing alternative 3D content for cinemas.
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NewsFox picks up Spanish rights to Amenabar’s Agora
US studio Fox International has piecked up the Spanish rights to Alejandro Amenabar’s $70m historical epic Agora, starring Rachel Weisz, It will be released on October 9.
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NewsSpanish box office dominated by Hollywood blockbusters
Hollywood again dominated the Spanish box office, which rose 6.2% to $392.6m for the first six months of 2009, compared with $368.6m for the same period in 2008.
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FeaturesAll peer-to-peer activity may soon be outlawed
Chris Evans takes a look at piracy in Spain, one of the world’s worst offenders.
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NewsSpain reveals new regional $835,000 film fund
Rodrigo Cortes’ drama Buried is one of the first films to benefit from a new $835,487 (€600,000) regional Spanish fund.
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NewsMaribel Verdu picks up Spain’s National Cinema Award
Actress Maribel Verdu has won Spain’s prestigious National Cinema Award, which is selected by the Ministry of Culture and comes with prize money of $42,000 (€30,000).
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NewsWoody Allen to make next project in Paris
Woody Allen will follow his London based project with a romantic drama set in Paris, confirmed the film’s Spanish co-producers Mediapro.Mediapro signed a three picture deal with the US director at the beginning of last year, following the success of their collaboration on Vicky Cristina Barcelona. All three films will ...
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NewsSpain reveals plans for $125m film fund
Ignasi Guardans, the new director general of Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), has announced plans for a new $125m (€90m) film funding scheme.
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NewsSpanish film industry woos public with cheap cinema tickets
Spain’s leading film industry association’s have joined forces to encourage people to go to the cinema rather than illegally downloading films.
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NewsSony picks up Spanish drama Agallas amid wave of activity in Spain
US studio Sony has taken Spanish distribution rights to Agallas from Spanish sales outfit Latido Films.
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NewsDe la Iglesia sets out plans for Academy presidency
Alex de la Iglesia, the incoming president of the Spanish Film Academy, is planning to tackle piracy and improve the quality and distribution of local film during his tenure.
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NewsDirectors Diaz Yanes and Radford reveal new projects
Spanish director Agustin Diaz Yanes’ next project will be a sci-fi film set at the end of the 21st century.
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NewsSpain's Wanda Films to shoot Entre Lobos in October
Spanish director Gerardo Olivaresl is set to begin shooting drama Entre Lobos on location in Sierra Cordoba in October.
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NewsAlex De La Iglesia set to become Spanish Film Academy president
Spanish film-maker Alex De La Iglesia is set to take over as president of the Spanish Film Academy after becoming the only candidate to put his name forward.
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NewsSeville Festival to focus on British film
The Seville European Film Festival will showcase a selection of British films at this year’s event in November.
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NewsGolem picks up Air Doll, Partir
Golem has taken Spanish rights to four titles, including Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Un Certain Regard title Air Doll and Catherine Corsini’s drama Partir (Leaving).
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NewsAlta Films picks up Ghobadi’s Persian Cats for Spain
Alta Films has taken Spanish distribution rights to Bahman Ghobadi’s docu-fiction No One Knows About Persian Cats, which picked up a special prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Canne
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NewsVertigo Films picks up Bright Star for Spain
Vertigo Films, one of the Spain’s leading distributors, has bought the Spanish rights to Jane Campion’s Cannes competition title Bright Star.
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NewsHalcyon buys rights to Estulin's The True Story Of The Bilderberg Group
Los Angeles-based The Halcyon Company has bought the film rights to writer Daniel Estulin’s best selling book, The True Story Of The Bilderberg Group, from publishing house TrineDay.
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NewsGolem picks up Spanish rights to Antichrist, White Ribbon
Spanish distributor Golem has bought the rights to Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon for distribution in Spain.