All articles by Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte – Page 25
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Garrel's Amants charm Prix Louis Delluc jury
The Prix Louis Delluc for 2005 has been awarded to Philippe Garrel's Les Amants Reguliers. The three-hour black-and-white drama set against the May 1968 uprisings in France was also a competitor in Venice where it took the best director award.Meanwhile, Anthony Cordier's Douches Froides was handed the trophy for best ...
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Gerardmer elects Hideo Nakata as President
TheGerardmer Fantastic Film Festival (January 25-29 2006) has named director Hideo Nakata as president of the main jury for its13th edition. TheJapanese thrill master has previously been to Gerardmerwith Ring in 2000 and Dark Water in 2003 which took both thecritics and grand prizes that year.Frenchwriter, director and actor Sam ...
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TPS and Canal Plus back at the negotiating table
FollowingSunday's announcement of merger negotiations between rival satellite platformsTPS and Canal Plus, France's writers, directors, producersassociation (ARP) has called for careful reflection by the government beforeallowing such a marriage.In a pressrelease, ARP stressed the importance of meeting with government officials inorder to "reinforce the conditions of maintenance and development ofindependent ...
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Six directors are selected for the Cannes Film Festival bi-annual Residence program
The Cannes Film Festival has announced thelatest group to make up its bi-annual Residence program. Director Bruno Dumontwas charged with heading up the jury to select the six directors who will takepart in the 12th Residence session beginning February 28, 2006.Over four months, filmmakers working on theirfirst or second feature ...
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Prix Louis Delluc Finalists Announced
Out of an original field ofsix, five finalists for France's Prix Louis Delluc have been chosen. Philippe Garel'sVenice selection Les Amants Reguliers, Cannes winner Cache by Michael Haneke, criticalfavourite The Beat That My Heart Skipped byJacques Audiard, Xavier Beauvois'Le Petit Lieutenant and Claire Denis'L'Intruswill vie for the prestigious award set ...
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France increases threshold on Soficas finance schemes
France's Soficasinvestment schemes will see their limit increase by $11.7m (Euros 10m) to $66m(Euros 56m) next year.Prime ministerDominique de Villepin approved the measure at therequest of culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres.The Sofica system was created in 1985 to encourage individualinvestment in film. Essentially film-financing companies, the Soficas raise money ...
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Post-Soviet comedy takes Etoile D'Or at Marrakech
Aco-production from Kyrgyzstan and Germany has taken the top prize at the fifthannual Marrakech International Film Festival.ErnestAbdyshaparov's Saratan wasawarded the Etoile d'Or on Saturday night. The comedytakes place in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and was one of a field of 15 competingfilms during the week-long festival.The juryprize was a tie for festival ...
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Bac is back with hugely improved results
Revitalised French distributor Bac Films has reported third-quarterrevenues of $4.6m (Euros 3.9m), up sharply from $1.2m (Euros 1m) for the sameperiod last year.Overall, the company has seen revenue rise to $17m (Euros 14.5m) since thestart of the year, spurred in theatres by the release of Jim Jarmusch's Cannes favourite Broken ...
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Gaumont donates box-office takings to riot victims
French studio Gaumont is todonate two days' of box-office takings from new release Il Etait Une FoisDans L'Oued to victims of the riots that have broken out across France inrecent weeks.Directed by Homeboys On TheBeach's Djamel Bensalah, the comedy has attracted nearly 700,000admissions since its release in late October. "At ...
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Six films shortlisted for the Prix Louis-Delluc
Six films have been shortlisted for the Prix Louis-Delluc,one of France's top cinematic awards.The contenders are: Philippe Collin's crime drama Aux Abois Philippe Garel's Venice entry Les Amants Reguliers Cannes laureate Cache by Michael Haneke Jacques Audiard's critical darling De Battre Mon ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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New incentives reconnect French production
Film shoots in Paris recovered strongly in 2004 with promise of further success this year, according to the Ile de France FilmCommission.Last year, productions shot for 611weeks in the capital and its environs. That figure represents a 25%jump over the previous year.Shooting had fallen intodecline between 2001 and 2003 but ...
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Six films shortlisted for the Prix Louis-Delluc
France's Ile de France FilmCommission has announced a strong increase in local production for 2004, with2005 promising further success.In total, films shot for 611weeks in Paris and its environs, the regionoverseen by the Ile de France Commission, in 2004. That figure represents a 25%jump over the previous year.Shooting had fallen ...
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Six films shortlisted for the Prix Louis-Delluc
France's Ile de France FilmCommission has announced a strong increase in local production for 2004, with2005 promising further success.In total, films shot for 611weeks in Paris and its environs, the regionoverseen by the Ile de France Commission, in 2004. That figure represents a 25%jump over the previous year.Shooting had fallen ...
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Ryna is runaway winner at Geneva festival
RuxandraZenide's Ryna triumphed at the 11thannual Cinema Tout Ecran in Geneva.TheSwiss/Romanian co-production picked up the best film and Fipresci prizes.Rynais the story of a 16-year-old girl, brought up as a boy by her despotic father,and now searching for her mother. Kim Novak Never Swam In Genesaret's Lakeby Sweden's Martin Asphaug ...
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Pan-Europeenne buys Outlander, Labyrinth
Off to a running start atthe AFM, France's Pan Europeenne has acquired French rights to Howard McCain's Outlander and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.The distribution company'sdeputy managing director Jean-Philippe Tirel told Screen that Pan Europeennepaid $3m for Outlander in a dealwith LA-based producer Ascendant Pictures and $600,000 for Pan's Labyrinth ...
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Rezo scores Europa, Avex sales for Russian Countdown
Headinginto the AFM, French outfit Rezo Films has drummed up an impressive list ofsales on its Russian action picture Countdown. LucBesson's EuropaCorp. has bought the film for France for a 2006 release.Originally distributed by Gemini in Russia, the film has also sold to Japan'sAvex Entertainment, Brazil's Conquest Films, Hong Kong's ...