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Production/distribution -Iceland - Creative boom explode on world screens (2)
2008-09-08 05:00:10“The domestic release of so many Icelandic films in a short period of time is partly a coincidence, partly due to the fact that we're in a real creative boom,” says Laufey Guðjónsdóttir, head of the Icelandic Film Centre. “Although our industry is still very young -less than 30 years old-, we now have very interesting filmmakers from the third generation coming in, who can...
Production/Distribution - Iceland - Creative boom explode on world screens (1)
2008-09-08 05:00:11For a country whose film industry produces no more than a handful of films each year, having two to three films on domestic and foreign screens at the same time is an amazing hit rate. Pure coincidence for some, the fact is that Iceland, where film buffs are the most active in the world, is in a creative boom far outreaching its rugged and icy shores. Solveigh Anspach's comedy Back Soon...
Box Office - Italy - Ozpetek second, but Di Gregorio real surprise
2008-09-09 05:00:10The first post-Venice Film Festival box office results are in for the four Italian titles released immediately after their screenings on the Lido. The best performing Italian film on the charts is Ferzan Ozpetek's A Perfect Day. Produced by Fandango and released by 01Distribution, it came in second this opening weekend after Kung Fu Panda), grossing €843,000. A weaker start was...
Distribution - France - Memento backs 40-screen release of Iceland's Jar City
2008-09-10 05:00:08Tomorrow, Baltasar Kormákur's Jar City will be released in France by Memento Films on 40 screens, an exceptionally wide release for a Nordic film. Alexandre Mallet-Guy, managing director of Memento Films, said he was taken by the film when he saw it in Toronto last year. “I found the story line very gripping, plus the acting from Ingvar Sigurdsson absolutely brilliant. I immediately...
Distribution - Italy - Ripley's picks up two titles in Venice
2008-09-10 05:00:08Active since 1994 in the acquisition and distribution of Italian catalogue films, Ripley's Film has branched out, and today is known above all for its extended list of home video titles, which offers great classics and forgotten works with philological meticulousness. For several years, however, the company run by Angelo S. Draicchio has also been expanding into theatrical distribution as...
Sales - France - Five European gems join Films Distribution's line-up
2008-09-10 05:00:08The forthcoming films by France's Denis Dercourt, Italy's Michele Placido, Spain's Daniel Monzón, Belgium's Micha Wald and Germany's Margarethe von Trotta have just been added to the already well-stocked line-up of French international sales company Films Distribution (see news). This confirms the major role played by the firm in the circulation of European auteur film. Currently in...
Distribution - Germany - Educational initiative ahead of Krabat's release
2008-09-15 05:00:14Four weeks ahead of the release of fantasy film Krabat on October 9 (distributed by Fox), the VISION KINO network (with support from the Culture Ministry, FFA and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg) and Matthias Film are organising the early release of a DVD containing educational material about the film aimed at schoolchildren. The film by 30-year-old director Marco Kreuzpaintner (Welcome to...
Distribution - Scandinavia - Nonstop buys Golden Lion-winning Wrestler
2008-09-16 05:00:05The pan-Nordic Distribution company NonStop Entertainment has come back triumphantly from Toronto with four titles in its basket, including the Golden Lion winner The Wrestler, acquired from Wild Bunch for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Darren Aronofsky's film, carried by an outstanding performance from Mickey Rourke, was one of the hottest titles at the Toronto International Film...
Distribution - Netherlands - Dutch audiences love Claudel
2008-09-18 05:00:05I've Loved You So Long, the directorial debut of French novelist Philippe Claudel, is a hit with Dutch audiences. After its premiere at the Berlinale in February and its successful late-March release in France, with almost 940,000 tickets sold, it has now crossed the 100,000 barrier in the Netherlands. Dutch audiences have embraced the French-language film, which casts Kristin...
Oscars 2009 - Finland - Home of Dark Butterflies in the running
2008-09-18 05:00:05Finland's official selection committee has chosen Dome Karukoski's The Home of Dark Butterflies as their national entry for the Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The jury described The Home of Dark Butterflies as “a coherent film that clearly expresses a wide mastery of cinematic narration. The touching story is told without haste but never loses its...
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