All articles by Sheri Jennings – Page 25
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Gabriele Muccino's brother Silvio set to direct first feature
Silvio Muccino, brother of Pursuit of Happyness director Gabriele, will direct his first feature film entitled Talk to Me About Love (Parlami d'Amore) based on a book of the same name that he co-wrote with Carla Vangelista. Talk to Me About Love is a romance focusing on four intersecting stories ...
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Nanni Moretti accepts Turin post for second time
Palme d'Or winning Italian director Nanni Moretti is officially back on board as director of the Turin Film Festival, announcing his intention to maintain the festival's focus on new directors and experimental cinema for its 25th edition this year. Moretti's appointment, announced at a press conference Thursday in Turin, comes ...
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Italian admissions hold steady in 2006 despite weak December
Italian admissions for 2006 demonstrated little difference in respect to 2005. Italy's national ticket compiler Cinetel cites a slight 1.65% increase in attendance last year for a total of 92.2m tickets sold. Cinetel's data covers 85% of the Italian market. Analysts here cite the first half of the year as ...
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Italian producer Carlo Ponti dies aged 94
Prolific Italian producer Carlo Ponti, whose career influenced the rise of major European film movements such as neorealism and the French new wave died on Wednesday in Geneva of pulmonary complications. He was 94 years old. Born near Milan in 1912, Ponti studied law before becoming a film producer in ...
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Will Harry Potter be up for an Italian summer in 2007'
While many territories see colossal returns on films released in summertime, Italian box office returns in July and August often mirror the arid weather. A long held disagreement between local exhibitors and Hollywood distributors has depleted the summer months of primo titles while cinemas squeeze major films into the remaining ...
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Cecchi Gori vows to carry on producing
Sitting in his 16th century Borghese Palace residence in Rome, where statues line hallways leading to frescoed rooms, Italian film producer and former Senator Vittorio Cecchi Gori shows no sign that he is suffering from the latest and perhaps most severe setback in his attempts to revive his family’s film-making ...
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Gruppo DeAgostini takes over Mikado
Italian publishing giantGruppo DeAgostini has taken over local arthouse distributor Mikado from itsfounding partners Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto. The pair has operated thecompany for 25 years and will step aside as managers to handle the productionarm of the company.Mikado has distributedinternational films such as Zhang Yimou's Raise The Red ...
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Moretti steps down as Turin artistic director after two days
Italian film-maker Nanni Moretti has renounced his appointment asartistic director of the Turin Film Festival just two days after hisnomination was made public.Moretti's nomination to top the Turin fest - which is dedicated tocutting edge fare and young directors - was hailed as a positivereaction to pressures created by the ...
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Moretti steps down as Turin artistic director after two days
Italian film-maker Nanni Moretti has renounced his appointment asartistic director of the Turin Film Festival just two days after hisnomination was made public.Moretti's nomination to top the Turin event- which is dedicated tocutting-edge fare and young directors - was hailed as a positivereaction to pressures created by the splash of ...
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Nanni Moretti appointed Turin artistic director
Italian director Nanni Moretti has been named artistic director of the Turin Film Festival, the Italian festival dedicated to cutting edge film. The announcement confirms 2007 will be an interesting year for Italian festivals after the appearance of the Rome Film Festival altered the established balance between the Turin and ...
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Ferrara halfway through Cinecitta shoot for Go Go Tales
Two dozen principal castmembers including Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine, Bob Hoskins, Roy Dotrice andSylvia Miles are at Cinecitta's Studio 14 now half way through four weeks ofthe principal shooting of Go Go Tales, director Abel Ferrara's first foray into comedy which began shootingNov 27. The set - a three-floor NewYork ...
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Venice sets 2007 dates Aug 29-Sept 8
The 64th Venice FilmFestival will take place Aug 29-Sept 8, 2007 the board of directors of theBiennale announced on Wednesday; the dates were released along with guidelinesto govern the fest's next edition which takes place 75 years after itsinception. Main competition films willbe limited to 20 titles - the 2006 ...
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Rome and Turin festivals to move back slightly
Italian culture ministerFrancesco Rutelli held a round table meeting in Rome that has settled the 2007dates for Italy's three fall film festivals in Venice, Rome and Turin. Themeeting was announced last summer in reaction to the controversial appearanceof first edition of the Rome Film Fest and its placement on the ...
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Filmauro to adapt Manfredi's The Empire of Dragons
Aurelio De Laurentiis has announcedthat his Rome-based Filmauro production company has purchased the rights to The Last Legion author Valerio MassimoManfredi's The Empire of Dragons,with principal shooting to take place in China next year.A period epic adventure, Dragon winds a historical tale thatintersects the Roman and Chinese civilizations. Currently being ...
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Producer says Nativity is more family than Passion
It isn't everyday that nunsand priests are seen scurrying to find a seat at the world premiere of a film,but when New Line Cinema's Catherine Hardwicke-directed The Nativity Story was approved by the Vatican for its "poeticand faithful retelling of the scriptures" the Vatican hosted its first worldpremiere of a ...
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Italian groups make pact on release windows
Italian distributorassociation ANICA, exhibitor body ANEC and multiplex association ANEM haveagreed to a 15-week window between a film's theatrical and DVD release. The formal agreement settlesa row over windows sparked earlier this month when Universal Pictures decidedto release Miami Vice on DVD just two months after its theatrical outing here.Exhibitors ...
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Turin gives top prize to Honor de Cavalleria
Spanish director Albert Serra's Honor de Cavalleria took best film honors at the 24th edition of the Turin Film Festival which wrapped Saturday in the Northern Italian town.Cavalleria was awarded the $26,000 (Euros 20,500) Lancia Prize in the fest's international feature film section dedicated to the discovery of new filmmakers. ...
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Rome Film Fest starts Rome Cinema Foundation
Rome FilmFest has announced the formation of Rome Cinema Foundation, intended tostrengthen the new Cinema Festa di Roma, which ran its first edition Oct 13-21in the Italian capitol.Goffredo Bettiniwill leave his role as president of Rome Music Foundation at the Auditorium Music Park where hehas been President since 1996 to ...
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Turin gives top prize to Honor de Cavalleria
Spanish director AlbertSerra's Honor de Cavalleria took bestfilm honors at the 24th edition of the Turin Film Festival which wrappedSaturday in the Northern Italian town.Cavalleria was awarded the $26,000(Euros 20,500) Lancia Prize in the fest's international feature film sectiondedicated to the discovery of new filmmakers. The jury called Serra's film'a ...
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Serra's Honor from Spain wins Turin Film Festival
Spanish director AlbertSerra's Honor de Cavalleria tookbest film honors at the 24th annualTurin Film Festival which wrappedSaturday in the Northern Italian city.Cavalleria was awarded the Euro 20,500 ($26,000) Lancia Prizein the fest's international feature film section dedicated to the discovery ofnew filmmakers. The jury called Serra's film "a moving, elegant, ...