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Cannes 2008 - Market/France - Round-up of sales at Films Distribution
2008-05-27 10:37:50Despite the generally sluggish and complicated atmosphere reported by the majority of sellers who attended this year's Cannes Festival Film Market, business was booming for French international sales agent Films Distribution. Philippe Garrel's Frontier of Dawn - which was selected in official competition (see news) - was bought for Italy by Archibald (new distributor and offshoot of...
TOURISM POTENTIAL ON CINEMA ATTENDANCE (Tourists are Cinema patrons too!)
2008-05-27 10:37:50The market for cinema is generally considered to be almost entirely drawn from the surrounding residential areas. However, research in cinemas in places that attract visitors has shown that the potentials for additional cinema patronage of tourists and other people should not be ignored. Investigations in Australia and other markets investigated data collected on the demographic...
Sales - Spain - Focus Features acquire worldwide rights to Agora
2008-05-28 15:21:43US giant Focus Features International announced at the recent Cannes Film Market that they have acquired the worldwide rights (except for Spain and the US) to Agora, the new work by Alejandro Amenábar. The director's second English-language feature after The Others (2001) will thus have an excellent springboard in terms of its exhibition. The acquisition also demonstrates the film...
Production - Netherlands - Smits' Aviatrix of Kazbek takes flight
2008-05-28 15:21:43After their collaboration on Magonia from 2001, Dutch director Ineke Smits again teams up with novelist Arthur Japin for her latest venture The Aviatrix of Kazbek (De Vliegenierster van Kazbek). Filming on the project started last week. Japin, still most famous for his debut novel " The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi ", wrote the original screenplay. The story is inspired by real events that...
Festivals - Romania - Transilvania IFF honours Catherine Deneuve
2008-05-28 15:21:43Right after winning Cannes 2008's Special Prize, Catherine Deneuve will also be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Transilvania IFF to start on May 30. The Great Lady of the French Cinema will claim the honours during the Festival's Closing Gala on June 7. Same day, she will also attend a special screening of Eight Women. “It is a great privilege for us to have Mrs....
Festivals - Switzerland - Two Swiss features at Brooklyn Festival
2008-06-02 14:06:17The 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival - which is being held in New York from May 30-June 8 - has selected two Swiss features to screen in competition: Fulvio Bernasconi's Out of Bounds (Ventura Film) and Lukas Erni's Save Angel Hope (Vanquish Alliance Entertainment) [www.saveangelhope.com]. Out of Bounds was unveiled last summer at the Locarno Film Festival, where lead actor...
Distribution - UK - Pathe, BSkyB team up for The Cottage
2008-06-02 14:06:17British comic horror film The Cottage will enjoy a simultaneous release on DVD and on satellite broadcaster BSkyB's Pay Per View (PPV) service Sky Box Office and online Video On Demand (VOD) service Sky Player. The film is directed by Paul Andrew Williams, who had earlier made the acclaimed London to Brighton. The Cottage will be available for a four-month period and will be available...
Omar Shargawi - Director: "It is the personal stories that are interesting"
2008-06-02 14:06:17Palestinian-Danish director Omar Shargawi won a Tiger Award for his debut Go With Peace Jamil at the Rotterdam Film Festival, where Cineuropa spoke with him
Meta Louise Foldager - Producer: "We at Zentropa invest in talent"
2008-06-02 14:06:17Meta Louise Foldager joined Zentropa in 2006 to produce Lars von Trier's The Boss of it All and has since supervised four features including Omar Shargawi's Go With Peace Jamil
Festivals - Germany - German presence a powerhouse at Shanghai
2008-06-03 14:48:12Alejandro Cardenas-Amelio's Argentinean/German co-production Berlin-Buenos Aires will screen in competition at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival (June 14-22). The film stars Fabian Busch as the son of Argentinean refugees who grows up in Berlin. For the fourth consecutive year, German Films is organising a Focus Germany in the festival's official programme and bringing...
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