All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 49
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Lusomundo swallows up Filmax slate
Filmax International hassold all rights in Portugal to their entire library of titles at Cannes toLusomundo Audiovisuals, plus newupcoming films Fragile, Captain Trueno,The Machinist (with Christian Baleand Jennifer Jason Leigh) and the three in-production animation titles Donkey-Xote,Pinnochio 3000 and Nocturna.The deal involves a morethan a hundred titles and includes current ...
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Brando returns - as himself
Shooting is due to startthis summer in LA for the 5.5m Brando And Brando, producer Norma Heyman(Dangerous Liaisons) ofHeyman-Hoskins Productions confirmedyesterday.The movie, to be directed byTunisia's Ridha Behi from his own script, is about a young boy who comes to theUS in search of the American dream - Brando. "It's ...
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Spain's Arcadia turns to English language
New Barcelona-basedproduction outfit Arcadia Pictures, in the market with the recently-completedEuros 3 million The Birthday, hasannounced two new English-language pictures to shoot in 2005 and 2006.Following the business modelperfected by Dolores Pictures, producers of Luna's Stranded and Whore!,Arcadia plans to finance the two new projects through pre-sales atinternational markets. The ...
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2046 too late for the press
The officialCannes press screening for Wong Kar-wai's competition entry 2046tomorrow morning at 8.30 am has been cancelled, Palais officials have confirmed.While WongKar-wai has always had a close-to-the-wire relationship with Cannes deadlines,"only a miracle will save the 8.30am screening now," said a source close to theproduction yesterday. The problem has arisen ...
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UGC takes Bielinsky's Aura to UK
El Aura,the upcoming project reuniting NineQueens (Nueve Reinas) director Fabian Bielinsky with star Ricardo Darin,has been bought by UGC for the UK.The picture is scheduled tostart shooting in the third week of October for a May 2005 release.The deal is estimatedbetween $200,000 and $300,000. Pablo Bossi, president of Argentina's PatagonikFilm ...
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Lolafilms tunes up for Isi/Disi sequels
As Spanish producerLolafilms gets ready for Spain's widest-ever release with 400 prints ofSantiago Segura starrer Isi/Disi, chief Andres Vicente Gomez revealedthat the movie is to become a franchise, with Seguro signed on for two moreinstalments.Isi/Disi 2 will start shooting in January 2005 for a Christmas2005 domestic release. Seguro is widely ...
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Luna zeros in on $18m Moscow
Spain's Luna is to up theante by directing Moscow Zero, a $18mproduction and a significant increase on the budgets for her previous films, Stranded and Whore.The film is to be made undera new label, Valentia Pictures, designed for higher-budget movies, said Whoreand Moscow Zero producer Jose Magan who previously operated ...
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Lolafilms readies English pair
Spanish producer Lolafilmsis storming ahead with two Euros 10m English-language productions - includingvenerable helmer Carlos Saura's new film.Saura, whose current releaseThe 7th Day is being sold at Cannes by Lolafilms, will shoot LorenzoDa Ponte (working title) in Venice and Vienna. The story of Mozart'slibrettist, who was also something of an ...
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Chilean director shoots in Palestine for Vision
French-based sales companyVision International has picked up rights to Chilean picture Ultima Luna,currently in final edit. Ultima Luna was directed by Miguel Littin,Salvador Allende's former Minister of Culture.Uniquely, for a Chilean,Spanish and Mexican co-production, Ultima Luna was 100% shot inPalestine and is an entirely Arabic-languageproduction. It centres around the wave ...
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John Woo kicks off UNICEF project
LA-based director John Woois to visit the Croisette for the first time on Saturday as part of aninternational film-making project for the Children's relief agency UNICEF.The Hong Kong director of Paycheckwill travel to Cannes to announce a charity film he'll be making with festivalcompetitor Emir Kusturica, actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta, ...
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Son Of The Bride director's latest to premiere at Valladolid
Argentine director Juan Jose Campanella's Luna de Avellaneda (The Moon of Avellaneda) will open the 49th Valladolid International Film Festival on October 22.The move mirrors the career path taken by Campenella's last film, the Oscar-nominated Son of the Bride (El Hijo de La Novia), which won the festival's top prize ...
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Reding backs Europe wide Film Commission network
Spanish-backed moves to set up a European Film CommissionNetwork have gained ground with news that European Commissioner for Culture,Viviane Reding, is backing the initiative.Now supported by Film Commissions from the UK, Ireland,Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal,Belgium, and Spain, the proposed Network would exchange information, sharetraining opportunities and ...
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San Sebastian to reprise film 'rescue' initiative
TheSan Sebastian Film Festival has confirmed it will stage Films in Progressduring this September's event, aiming to help struggling Latin American andSpanish film-makers complete their pictures.Heldin conjunction with the Recontres Cines Amerique Latine de Toulouse, Films inProgress was the first initiative of its kind from two such festivals, and hasbeen ...
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Hector wins top awards at Malaga festival
The Seventh Malaga Film Festival's top award has gone to Hector, with AdrianaOzores also taking Best Actress for her part in the Gracia Querejeta-directedmovie about a young boy who has to choose between living with his aunt or hisfather in Mexico after his mother dies.The Jury Prize went to the ...
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Spanish cinema on ambassadorial mission
The Spanish film producers body FAPAE wants to open special film officesin Spain's embassies and consulates around the world, starting next year, aspart of new proposed measures to promote their industry.FAPAE president Pedro Perez said the offices would co-ordinate differentinstitutions involved in domestic production, from the Ministry of Culture tothe ...
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Gallo apologises for 'disastrous' Brown Bunny
A chastened Vincent Gallo apologised yesterday to financiers and audiences for his film The Brown Bunny, which had a disastrous reception at Cannes."I accept what the critics say," said the movie's outspoken writer-producer-director-editor-cameraman. "If no-one wants to see it, they're right - it's a disaster of a film ...
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Vincent Gallo defends his Bunny
Although The Brown Bunny left critics cold - it is currently the worst-rated competition film ever to be judged by Screen International's critics' jury, behind both Johnny Depp's The Brave and Mathieu Kassovitz' Assassins - producer-director-actor-writer-editor-camera operator Vincent Gallo lifted the press out of mid-festival doldrums yesterday with a rousing ...
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Vincent Gallo defends his Bunny
Although The Brown Bunny left critics cold - it is currently the worst-rated competition film ever to be judged by Screen International's critics' jury, behind both Johnny Depp's The Brave and Mathieu Kassovitz' Assassins - producer-director-actor-writer-editor-camera operator Vincent Gallo lifted the press out of mid-festival doldrums yesterday with a rousing ...
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Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5. "We're still working it out logistically, but the audience is ready," he said - no matter what way it is structured, a simultaneous global release would see one ...
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Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5. "We're still working it out logistically, but the audience is ready," he said - no matter what way it is structured, a simultaneous global release would see one ...