All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 26
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Funny Balloons takes Critics' Week title
New French sales outfitFunny Balloons has picked up international rights to Critics' Week title TemporadaDe Patos.The Mexican film was writtenand directed by Fernando Eimbcke and took seven prizes at the Guadalajara FilmFestival earlier this year including Best Picture, Best Director, BestScreenplay and the top acting awards.Produced by ChristianValdelievre for Cinepantera ...
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Cannes still facing potential disruptions
As the Cannes curtain raiser draws near, efforts are inprocess to dissuade disgruntled show-business workers - the Intermittents duspectacle - from wreaking havoc at the festival.Over the weekend protestors temporarily blocked truckscarrying film reels heading to the festival, while at the same time a group offilmmakers whose films will be ...
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Canal Plus seals new 5-year industry deals
Canal Plus has reached new five year agreements with thefilm industry set to go into effect on January 1, 2005 the company saidyesterday.Among the points covered in accords with lobby groups theBLIC (representing the majors), the BLOC (representing the independents) andARP (writers, directors and producers) it was decided that Canal ...
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FRANCE 10 May
French films lead the box office this week taking three ofthe top five spots. Last week's number 2, Mariages! jumped to number 1selling another half a million tickets its second week in release.What's turning out to be a sentimental blockbuster, LesChoristes, has taken over $30m in its first seven weeks ...
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French protesters threaten daily disruption at Cannes
Protestorsstormed the newsroom of leading Frenchpay-TV network Canal Plus on Thursday, forcing the channel to abandonits afternoon and evening news broadcasts.Theprotesters are the intermittents du spectacle - audiovisual workers includingactors, film directors, cameraman and other technicians, all of whom havetraditionally received financial support for a proportion of their periods ofunemployment ...
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Canal Plus acquires MovieSystem
Canal Plus has acquired video-on-demand outfit MovieSystemit was announced Monday. Founded in 2000, MovieSystem is a leader in the VoDmarket and in 2001 established five-year VoD output deals with Pathe and LucBesson's Europa Corp. along with about 70 other French production companies.The catalogue now numbers roughly 1,500 titles and isaccessible ...
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France acts to ward off Cannes strike threats
French culture minister Renaud Donnedieude Vabres may have won a temporary stay against potential threats to the CannesFilm Festival when he proposed a series of measures intended to calm strikingshow business workers on Wednesday.For the past year, temporaryworkers have been protesting changes to their benefits system which took effecton January ...
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Gaumont trails to Cannes with high-profile slate
French major Gaumont is heading to Cannes with a new film by Eric Valli, a promo reel for the $15 million Olivier Marchal-directed 36 and has confirmed that director Francis Veber is at work on an as-yet untitled project for the studio.Speaking to ScreenDaily, Gaumont head of worldwide marketing and ...
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450 films for Cannes' Short Film Corner
The Cannes Market has announcedthe participation of 450 short films in its new Short Film Corner which debutsat this year's festival.The Corner, based at the Palaiswas created to support the short film industry by opening channels ofdiscussion between producers, distributors and TV networks.Over 100 hours of programming fromabout 40 countries ...
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450 films for debut Short Film Corner
The Cannes Market has announcedthe participation of 450 short films in its new Short Film Corner which debutsat this year's festival.The Corner, based at the Palaiswas created to support the short film industry by opening channels ofdiscussion between producers, distributors and TV networks.Over 100 hours of programming fromabout 40 countries ...
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Canal Plus charges into video-on-demand
Movingaggressively into on-line distribution of movies, Canal Plus has acquiredvideo-on-demand outfit MovieSystem.Foundedin 2000, MovieSystem is a leader in the VoD market and in 2001 established fiveyear VoD output deals with Pathe and Luc Besson's Europa Corp. along with about70 other French production companies.Thecatalogue now numbers roughly 1500 titles and is ...
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FRANCE 30 April
Ben Stillerand Owen Wilson emerged into the box office limelight this week taking over$4.3m with a strong $7,071 per screen average for 70s TV adaptation Starsky& Hutch. The show has high recognition in France and with littlecompetition its big screen incarnation had an easy ride.PanEuropeenne's Mariages! Also had a healthy ...
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Klapisch readies L'Auberge Espagnole sequel
As a followup to his summer 2002 hit Pot Luck (L'Auberge Espagnole)), CedricKlapisch will begin shooting its sequel Russian Dolls (Poupees Russes))on June 1 in Paris.The filmreunites its production team, including Klapisch's partner Bruno Levy - the twoare at the head of production outfit Ce Qui Me Meut which produced ...
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Polanski unveils Oliver Twist cast
Roman Polanski introducedthe press to the lead actor for his upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens' OliverTwist in Paris yesterday. After a search that included drama schoolsthroughout England, ten year-old Barney Clark will play Twist alongside Ben Kingsleyas Fagin.The virtually unknown youngman's previous experience includes two television roles in the UK. ...
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Pere reveals his inaugural Quinzaine selection
Making his debut as artisticdirector of Directors' Fortnight, Olivier Pere unveiled the line-up for thisyear's edition this morning in Paris.Among the twenty titles inthis year's selection are 10 French or French co-produced films, four from theUS, two from Japan and two from Iran. Among the other territories representedare Spain, Italy, ...
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Pere reveals his inaugural Directors' Fortnight selection
Making his debut as artisticdirector of Directors' Fortnight, Olivier Pere unveiled the line-up for thisyear's edition this morning in Paris.Among the twenty titles inthis year's selection are 10 French or French co-produced films, four from theUS, two from Japan and two from Iran. Among the other territories representedare Spain, Italy, ...
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Fremaux defends Ma Mere 'snub'
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremauxformally denied allegations Friday which had been lodged by producer PaoloBranco regarding the absence of his film, Ma Mere, in the officialselection.Branco, who is no stranger to Cannes havingproduced competition films such as Raoul Ruiz's Le Temps Retrouve and CeJour-la and Manoel de Oliveira's Je Rentre ...
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Fremaux defends Cannes' Ma Mere snub
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremauxformally denied allegations Friday which had been lodged by producer PaoloBranco regarding the absence of his film, Ma Mere, in the officialselection.Branco, who is no stranger to Cannes havingproduced competition films such as Raoul Ruiz's Le Temps Retrouve and CeJour-la and Manoel de Oliveira's Je Rentre ...
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Critics' Week unveils line-up
The organisers of Cannes' Critics' Week announced their line-up on Thursday in Paris for the 57th Cannes Film Festival ( May 12-23).Seven films from five different countries will have a shot at the prize with a predominance of works coming from France (see full list below). Included among the competitors ...
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Critics' Week unveils competition line-up
The organisers of Cannes' Critics' Week announced their line-up on Thursday in Paris for the 57th Cannes Film Festival ( May 12-23).Seven films from five different countries will have a shot at the prize with a predominance of works coming from France (see full list below). Included among the competitors ...