All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 22
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Parker to head Marrakech festival jury
Alan Parker is to head the jury at the fourth edition of theMarrakech Film Festival (Dec 6-12).Fourteen international films will be shown in the officialcompetition although their names have yet to be announced. The festival hasalso programmed tributes for Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, Egyptiandirector Youssef Chahine and Scotsman Sean Connery.In ...
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Glickman wins over French film-makers
The 14th annual Rencontres Cinematographiques de Beaunewrapped up on Sunday (Oct 24) after three days of debates which welcomed scores of Frenchand American talent as well as new MPAA president Dan Glickman.The Rencontres is organisedby French writers, directors and producers' association ARP, and eachyear reunites industry and political heavyweights in ...
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FRANCE 21 October
US boxoffice leader Shark Tale opened atnumber one in France this week with 630,561 admissions. The film shouldcontinue to hold well given the arrival of school vacations next week althoughit will face fierce competition from the October 27 release of Jean-PierreJeunet's A Very Long Engagement.Last week'snumber one, L'Enquete Corse, droppedto ...
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Besson commits to $78m Arthur
Luc Besson will mark a return to directing with the 3-D animatedfilm, Arthur, which is now in production. Representing the biggestinvestment yet for Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam's four year-old EuropaCorp, Arthurhas a budget similar in scale to Shrek and is currently pegged at $78m(Euros65m). It will be ready for ...
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FRANCE 18 October
Seven newfilms broke into the top twenty this week led by Gaumont's L'Enquete Corse, starring Gerard Depardieu and Christian Claver.The film took 679,754 admissions for an average of $9,477 per screen.Resident Evil: Apocalypse landed in the number 2 spot with atake of just over $3m. Michael Mann's Collateralfought off other ...
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Warner Bros faces French uncertainty
2003 Productions - headed upby Warner Bros. France president Francis Boespflug - could again be faced withpossible refusal of its status as a French company.The move comes as the companyprepares to release its first major film - Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very LongEngagement - and following a battle for eligibility for ...
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Bac launches foreign sales arm
Frenchdistributor Bac Films has officially launched a new sales outfit to be calledBac Films International, the company announced Monday.Thedepartment will be run by Silvere Moreau, who will work to sell theatrical, TVand video rights to foreign distributors. Bac said the objective would be tohandle international sales on six films per ...
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FRANCE 11 October
MichaelMann's Collateral opened in firstposition with a strong per screen average of $8,203 for a total take of$4,093,181 over its first seven days.Comme Une Image, Agnes Jaoui's Cannes winner for bestscreenplay, dropped to second place with a drop of 36% for a cumulative take of$6.7m over two weeks.Other newfilms in ...
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France outlines strategy to bring shoots back home
The newlyinstalled chief of France's National Film Commission, Patrick Lamassoure,presented his strategy for the coming year at this week's MIPCOM, putting afocus on bringing film shoots back home.France has suffered from a spate of runaway production inthe past few years. But, thanks to the country's recently implemented taxcredit scheme, the ...
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MGM wraps up Bond deal with France 2
Frenchnational broadcaster France 2 has announced the acquisition of the JamesBond catalogue of films from MGM.Thecatalogue represents 20 films which will begin airing in 2006. The deal marks areturn to France 2 for the Bond series which aired on the channelroughly ten years ago.In theintervening time, leading private network TF1 ...
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Samurai, Hero take first MIPCOM DVD awards
The first ever Mipcom DVDawards were announced in Cannes on Wednesday evening (Oct 6).The awards were created inJune in conjunction with the US-based DVD Association and the Belgium-basedInternational Video Federation. Prizes were given to reward creativity andinnovation in DVD content.Jean-Paul Commin of FranceTelevisions Distribution headed up the jury which screened ...
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Medienboard Berlin ups funding by Euros 3m
TheBerlin-Brandenburg Medienboard announced an increase in regional film fundingfor 2004 at Mipcom on Monday.Petra Muller,managing director of the agency, said that Berlin would add another Euros 3mtowards film and TV productions in the area.It was noted thatwhile film funding at other German media locations is under threat, theBerlin-Brandenburg region will ...
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BVI unveils South African and Chinese TV deals
Buena Vista InternationalTelevision (BVITV) has announced a new accord with the South AfricanBroadcasting Corporation (SABC) for various series and features, as well asrenewing its features deal with China's CCTV. The deals were both announced atthe MIPCOM television market which is currently underway in Cannes.Films in the SABC package include 10Things ...
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FRANCE 30 September
Agnes Jaoui's Cannes crowd pleaser Comme Une Image opened with a stunning per screen average of $9,472 to debut at number one this week.The film knocked Steven Spielberg's The Terminal down to the number 2 spot for a two week cumulative score of $5.4m.Claude Lelouch's Les Parisiens got a 32% ...
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France allocates Euros 40m for film tax scheme
France has earmarked Euros 40m for its newlycreated tax credit scheme for the film and television sectors.The funding has been made available in an effortto stem runaway production and keep up with successful tax based film supportsystems in countries like the UK. The money will become available at the startof ...
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FRANCE 28 September
StevenSpielberg's The Terminal opened infirst place this week with nearly 500,000 admissions and just ahead of The Bourne Supremacy which held on tothe number two spot in its second week for a total take to date of $5,091,174.Frenchcomedy Mensonges Et Trahisons droppedoff by 24% in its second week but stayed ...
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Lelouch billed for free Parisiens screenings
45,000people took advantage of free screenings of Claude Lelouch's Les Parisiensin France on Friday.The freescreenings were paid for by the director himself in an effort to combatdreadful reviews from most of France's leading media outlets.On Monday, Lelouch spoke tothe press and said that the free screenings had personally cost him ...
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Bernal to star in Gondry's The Science Of Sleep
HotMexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is to star in the next film by EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry.The Science Of Sleep will also star French actress Charlotte Gainsbourgand French actor-director Alain Chabat.Productionoutfit Partizan and French major Gaumont will co-produce The Science OfSleep.Thescript was written by Gondry and ...
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FRANCE 20 September
US filmsled the charge onto the top of the chart this week with the debut of The Bourne Supremacy and Catwoman in the number one and two spotsrespectively.Frenchcomedy Mensonges Et Trahisons openedat number 3 with a strong $6,497 per screen average. Hot festival title The Motorcycle Diaries from Braziliandirector Walter ...
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French pin Oscar hopes on Les Choristes
France'sfilm council (CNC) has announced that Christophe Barratier's Les Choristes will represent the country as this year's submissionfor best foreign language Oscar.Budgetedat Euros 5.5m, the film is something of a phenomenon in France having garnerednearly eight million admissions since it was released in March of 2004.StarringGerard Jugnot as a music ...