All articles by Sheri Jennings – Page 7
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NewsLucky Red scoops up Italian rights to Machete ahead of Venice premiere
Andrea Occhipinti of Italy’s Lucky Red has closed a deal with Hyde Park for Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ Machete, in advance of its out of competition midnight screening on Venice’s opening day.
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NewsVenice provides early glamour as curtain is raised on festival
The 67th edition of the festival gets underway today with the world premiere of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan followed by Robert Rodriguez’s Machete.
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FeaturesVenice 2010's youthful outlook
The Venice Film Festival (which runs through Sept 11) has a strong ‘indie twang’ this year, according to director Marco Müller, as studios pull back on festival activities.
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NewsVenice adds world premiere of Poe's La Commedia
The film is composed of 20,000 animated still images divided into three cinematic sequences.
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NewsEllen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden start shooting with Faenza in New York
Italian director Roberto Faenza has started principal photography for his English-language feature One Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You, adapted from the Peter Cameron novel.
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NewsLove Manual 3, Garrel's Burning Summer set to shoot at Cinecitta
Production is picking up pace at Rome’s Cinecitta Studios, which will be hosting two feature films in August and September with international names.
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NewsVenice adds Skolimowski's Essential Killing to competition
The Venice Film Festival has finalised the competition line up, adding Essential Killing by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski with the Biennale saying the film will now be “finished in time for Venice.”
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NewsJafar Panahi's short to open Venice Days
It is not known whether the Iranian film-maker, who spent two months in prison earlier this year, will be allowed to attend the festival.
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NewsVenice line-up marked by young, but experienced, directors
In an strong year, Venice has set 22 world premieres in competition for the Golden Lion, including works from Coppola, Schnabel, Tykwer, Kechiche, Miike and more.
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NewsVenice Horizons includes new works from Vincent Gallo, Guillermo Arriaga
Orizzonti lineup includes features from Kim Gok and Kim Sun, Jaoa Nicolau, Amit Dutta, Sion Sono.
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NewsVenice adds world premiere of Robert Rodriguez's Machete
Venice continues to enrich its opening day world premiere offerings, adding Robert Rodriguez’s Machete as a world premiere as the opening night Midnight film at the end of opening day.
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NewsVenice Days to open with Blier's The Clink Of The Ice
Twelve titles hailing from regions as diverse as Burkina Faso and Chile have been selected for the seventh edition of the official Venice Days sidebar, set to unspool during the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
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Venice picks The Tempest to close festival, completes competition jury
American director Julie Taymor’s William Shakespeare adaptation The Tempest boasting an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina and David Straithairn will close the Venice Film Festival, playing out of competition.
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NewsVenice Critics week selections include August's directorial debut Beyond
The 25th edition of the International Critics’ Week at the 67th Venice Film Festival has announced the seven world premiere titles in competition. All films are debut features.The line up offers a more geographically rich offering than in recent years. Titles hail from the Mediterranean countries of Greece, Slovenia, Israel, ...
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NewsAronofsky's Black Swan to open Venice, in competition
In other Venice news, jurors across sections will include Raja Amari, Lav Diaz and Stanley Kwan.
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Breillat's Sleeping Beauty to open Venice Horizons
Hong Sang-soo’s love-triangle story Oki’s Movie will close the revamped Orizzonti section.
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NewsNew Italian distributor Atlantide picks up Plein Sud, LA Zombie
Atlantide Entertainment, a new niche distributor in Italy announces its debut with a catalog of some 30 titles acquired at the Berlin and Cannes Film Festival 2010 editions.
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NewsSorrentino's Sean Penn project to start shooting August 16
Italian director’s English-language debut This Must Be The Place, also starring Frances McDormand, will have a budget of $28m.
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NewsMedusa signs Fausto Brizzi to four-film deal
Italian box office wunderkind Fausto Brizzi has signed a four-film deal with Medusa, the production-distribution giant confirmed to ScreenDaily today.
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Turin Commission buys Endgame's stake in film fund
The Turin Piedmont Film Commission has bought out LA based Endgame Entertainment’s 18 percent share in an ambitious film fund the two groups launched in tandem in 2007 under the name of Film Investment Piedmont (FIP).