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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 - Spain - Increase in film shoots across country
2008-06-02 14:06:17Spanish film production hasn't stopped growing and every year a new record is reached in terms of the number of titles produced (172 in 2007). This year, the trend appears to be continuing and this is borne out by new film shoots that have kicked off in the north (Rabia in Guipúzcoa and Trash in Barcelona) and the south (Rosa y negro and El libro de las aguas, both in Andalucia). Rabia -...
Industry - Spain - Third time lucky for Madrid de Cine
2008-06-02 14:06:17Perseverance reaps rewards and the figures for Madrid de Cine bear this out. After two editions of increasing success, the Spanish film market held in the capital has grown in stature. In the shadow of the renowned Cannes Film Market, Madrid de Cine has nonetheless found a niche among buyers who come to the event to wind down from the frenzy of the Croisette. Madrid is the beating heart...
Festivals - Spain - Madrid hosts 10th German Film Festival
2008-06-03 08:18:10The 10th edition of the German Film Festival in Madrid is about to kick off at the Cine Palafox on Calle Luchana. The event will open tomorrow evening with the comedy Rabbit Without Ears, the third directorial feature by Til Schweiger, in which he plays a paparazzo sentenced to 300 hours of community service. The protagonist finds himself being ordered around by a shy teacher who was once...
Festivals - Spain - Malaga Festival director resigns
2008-06-03 08:18:10Salomón Castiel has announced that he is stepping down as director of the Malaga Spanish Film Festival after 11 years at the helm of the event, which was founded in 1998. Castiel confirmed at a press conference held with Malaga's mayor Francisco de la Torre that the reasons for his decision are “of a purely personal nature”. Castiel's resignation also extends to his role as...
Institutions - Spain - ICAA grants over €61m in funding
2008-06-03 19:19:58The Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) allocated a total of €61.2m in funding for Spanish film in 2007, to 326 companies. This figure is given in the report that has just been published by the institution dependent on the Ministry of Culture. The report lists the applications received for each type of subsidy, as well as the amounts granted to the films and...
Industry - Spain/France - Madrid meetings hosted by ICAA and Unifrance
2008-06-06 12:00:14After the first gathering in Paris in January 2006, the second Franco-Spanish Film Meetings will be held from June 6-7 in Madrid. Opened by Fernando Lara (director general of the ICAA) and Margaret Menegoz (president of Unifrance), the event will bring together over 170 participants from both countries. Representatives from the French film industry include Eric Altmayer (Mandarin),...
Sales - Spain - Latido closes deals at Madrid de Cine
2008-06-12 05:00:06The three-day market Madrid de Cine-Spanish Film Screenings, which closed yesterday, was a profitable event for Latido Films, headed by Massimo Saidel, who closed several deals in its line-up. Jose Luis Lopez Linares' “gastronomic thriller” documentary The Chicken, the Fish and the King Crab sold to Hungary (Budapest Film) and Germany/Austria (Arsenal), with deals pending...
Market - Spain - Madrid Screenings end with optimal results
2008-06-14 05:00:11The 2008 Madrid Screenings closed with a sumptuous ceremony at the Cecilio Rodríguez Gardens of Retiro, the main park of the Spanish capital. Although some distributors are not revealing much about the deals closed at the event, the Spanish film market certainly achieved its goals of presenting a quality showcase of domestic films. New this year was the competitive presence of Imagina,...
Festivals - Spain - Emerging European directors in spotlight in Valencia
2008-06-20 05:00:08Preparations have been completed for the 23rd edition of the Cinema Jove International Film Festival, which will be held in Valencia from June 21-28. The Official Selection - which includes ten features and 51 shorts - focuses on films “connected to life and which speak of reality" by young emerging directors. European films dominate the line-up, accounting for seven of the ten...
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