All articles by Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte – Page 27
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Six directors named for Cannes Residence
The Cannes FilmFestival has announced the names of the six directors who will take part in thenext Residence. The 11th session of the Residence, a four-and-a-half monthworkshop during which filmmakers are given room and board while fine-tuningtheir first or second projects and the chance to meet with industryprofessionals and other ...
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Bac Majestic reports OK first six months results
Bac Majestic has announcedrevenues of Euros 8.9m for the first six months of 2005. Despite a drop inrevenues as compared with the same period in 2004, the figures are in line withthe company's objectives following last year's restructuring.Theatrical distributionaccounted for Euros 2.9m with 6 films released compared to 15 in ...
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Swimming documentary makes waves at Paris event
Yaron Zilberman's documentary Watermarks was the publicchoice for the grand prize at the 11th edition of the RencontresInternationales de Cinema in Paris.The film's as yet unnamed distributor will receive $18,000from the Forum des Images which organises the Rencontres within the frameworkof the three-year-old Paris Cinema event. The money is earmarked ...
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French admissions plunge 15% in first half of 2005
French cinema admissions have dropped by 15% for the firstsix months of 2005 as compared to the same period in 2004.France's National Film Federation (FNCF), whichoversees exhibition, noted that 87,550,000 tickets have been sold since January1. The fall in French admissions echoes similar falls across Europe (see storylink below).While the ...
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Left wing groups in France slam Cruise, the
Hemay have proposed to his girlfriend atop the city's most glorious monument andbeen welcomed last year by one of the capital's most influential politicians,but Tom Cruise will not be made an honorary citizen of Paris any time soon.Thenewly controversial movie star was invoked during a municipal get-together todiscuss aid to ...
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Garcia wins prestigious French prize for directing
Actress and filmmaker Nicole Garcia has been awarded the Francois-VictorNoury prize for her work as a director.The prize comes with a Euros 20,000 purse and is given by the film andtelevision department of France's Academy of Beaux Arts. Prizes are awardedeach year by the foundation in different areas of the ...
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Da Vinci Code kicks off in Paris
Shooting hasbegun in Paris on Ron Howard'sadaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The DaVinci Code.On Wednesdaynight, a crew worked at the Ritz Hotel on the Place Vendomewhere the lead character played by Tom Hanks is awoken by a phone call from thepolice, kicking off the action.On Thursdaynight, cast and crew ...
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Griffin Dunne signs on for Auster feature
Griffin Dunne has joined the cast of Paul Auster's upcoming directorial effort The Inner Life Of Martin Frost while renownedcomposer Philip Glass has also signed on to score.The film, produced by Paolo Branco, Auster and Peter Newman, is being handled by Branco's Gemini Films for international sales. Rounding out the ...
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Paradiso renews output deal with Wild Bunch
Netherlands-based distributor Paradiso Filmed Entertainment has announcedthe renewal of its output deal with French sales and finance outfit Wild Bunch.Encompassing the theatrical release in Belgium and the Netherlands of 25titles including George Romero's Land Of The Dead, Thomas Clay's TheGreat Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael, Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming Pan'sLabyrinth and ...
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Paris opens $17m fund to documentaries
The Ile de France Commission,which encompasses Paris and its environs, has made its Euros 14m ($17m) purse available to documentary makers for the first time.The announcement was made at the Sunny Side Of The Doc documentary market in Marseilles on Wednesday.The programme will enabledocumentaries to benefit from aid previously earmarked ...
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Corneau set to head up Deauville jury
French directorAlain Corneau will preside over the jury for the main competition at theDeauville Festival of American Film, running from September 2-11.American writerand director James Toback will be the subject of a special tribute fromDeauville, while a retrospective of boxing films will also be shown. Tying inwith the pugilistic theme, ...
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Russian Dolls overpower Batman's beginning in France
Batman Begins may have punched its way to impressive first-weekfigures Europe-wide, but in France it was beaten to the top spot by amulti-lingual sequel about soul-searching twentysomethings.Russian Dolls, Cedric Klapisch's follow-up to L'AubergeEspagnole (also known in other territories as The Spanish Apartment,Europudding and Pot Luck) registered 662,329 admissions duringits first ...
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Moreau plans programme for budding filmmakers
Frenchacting legend Jeanne Moreau has outlined plans for the Ateliers d'Angers, aresidency programme for budding filmmakers.Thoughsmaller in scale, the project is similar to the Cannes Film Festival Residenceor the Sundance screenwriting workshop, bringing together 12 young Europeandirectors for 10 days beginning July 1. The workshopswill act as an intensive training ...
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Cayla to head up French film body
Cannes FilmFestival administrative director Veronique Cayla has been named to head Frenchfilm body the CNC it was announced today. Theappointment is effective immediately and she will leave her festival roleat once. Cayla, whohas also been named interim president of France'sfilm school FEMIS, takes up her functions at the CNC following ...
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Recall signs sountrack deal with EuropaCorp
RecallMusic For Films is to handle soundtracks for films produced by Luc Besson andPierre-Ange Le Pogam's French mini-major EuropaCorp.Thecompany is a joint-venture between composer Eric Serra and France'sRecall music label. It will have an international licence to distribute musicfrom films produced by EuropaCorp. Thedeal kicks off with the release ...
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Gaspar Noe re-enters the Void
Gaspar Noe's Les Cinemas DeLa Zone has joined forces with Wild Bunch and Fidelite to co-produce his latestfilm Enter The Void.The $13.5m English languagefilm about a drug-dealing brother and his sister is expected to shoot in Japanin September.Equity co-producers includeJapan's Comstock Org and Russia's Central Partnership.Cinetic will handle USrights. The ...