Feature 13 Sep 2013 - 07:20
Gonzo guitars in Rush, chip tune nostalgia in The Kings Of Summer, and clapping in Ain't Them Bodies Saints. It's Music in Film time...
As autumn draws in, film music fans are set for a dream couple of months. Danny Elfman has a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Michael Nyman is set to perform at the London Film Festival and Neil Brand is leading a BBC4 series starting Thursday 12th September called Sound Of Cinema, which looks fantastic.
To top it all off, September also sees the release of some diverse, decent and downright unique soundtracks. Here are three that have wormed their way into my earholes.
Rush
When watching Ron Howard’s F1 drama, the first thing you notice, before you even see a car, is the sound: the roar of an engine as the vehicles scream round the bend and burn tire tracks in your ears.
Gonzo guitars in Rush, chip tune nostalgia in The Kings Of Summer, and clapping in Ain't Them Bodies Saints. It's Music in Film time...
As autumn draws in, film music fans are set for a dream couple of months. Danny Elfman has a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Michael Nyman is set to perform at the London Film Festival and Neil Brand is leading a BBC4 series starting Thursday 12th September called Sound Of Cinema, which looks fantastic.
To top it all off, September also sees the release of some diverse, decent and downright unique soundtracks. Here are three that have wormed their way into my earholes.
Rush
When watching Ron Howard’s F1 drama, the first thing you notice, before you even see a car, is the sound: the roar of an engine as the vehicles scream round the bend and burn tire tracks in your ears.
- 9/11/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, held annually at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema (1701 S Lindbergh Blvd #210, St Louis, Mo 63131), is one of the local Jewish community’s most popular and highly attended events of the year. Each year, the festival presents international Jewish films, both documentaries and features that explore universal issues through traditional Jewish values, opposing viewpoints and new perspectives. And each year, the fest packs ‘em in so get there early – it’s first come first serve for seats and those Frontenac theaters aren’t very big. Attendance is always through the roof for this thing, a testament to the group’s marketing and choice of programming. Guest lecturers are brought to the fest to discuss and illuminate the subjects of these films. This year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival runs Sunday, June 9th through Thursday June 13th.
The 18th Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival...
The 18th Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival...
- 5/21/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
My Best Enemy
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by Wolfgang Murnberger and Paul Hengge
Austria/Luxembourg, 2010
Some have wondered if a movie will ever be able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust. While there are films (Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist) that cast a macabre and cautionary depiction of the Shoah, the only other alternative seems to be wildly offensive abominations masked as comedies or satire (Isla, She Wolf of the SS). While the debate continues to rage, Wolfgang Murnberger’s My Best Enemy can be used as an argument for both sides.
The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu (The Baader Meinhof Complex) as Victor Kaufman, a German Jew whose family owns an art gallery in Vienna. Among the collection is a rare and authentic Michelangelo painting.
When Hitler begins annexing Austria, his childhood friend Rudi (Georg Friedrich), who is Aryan, joins the Nazi Party, and when...
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by Wolfgang Murnberger and Paul Hengge
Austria/Luxembourg, 2010
Some have wondered if a movie will ever be able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust. While there are films (Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist) that cast a macabre and cautionary depiction of the Shoah, the only other alternative seems to be wildly offensive abominations masked as comedies or satire (Isla, She Wolf of the SS). While the debate continues to rage, Wolfgang Murnberger’s My Best Enemy can be used as an argument for both sides.
The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu (The Baader Meinhof Complex) as Victor Kaufman, a German Jew whose family owns an art gallery in Vienna. Among the collection is a rare and authentic Michelangelo painting.
When Hitler begins annexing Austria, his childhood friend Rudi (Georg Friedrich), who is Aryan, joins the Nazi Party, and when...
- 5/13/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Judging from a conversation I overheard before the start of the screening, it seems that there will always be people who haven’t seen Casablanca (1942). ‘I can’t believe you guys have never seen it,’ said the man to the two friends he’d brought along. ‘How did that happen?’ Even the friends were probably wondering. Because if you haven’t seen Casablanca, you may feel as though you have: as with Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it’s hard to start fresh with Casablanca, so prevalent are certain images and lines from the film. A foggy night, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman gazing at each other from underneath the wide brims of their hats before the plane takes off. The stylishly dressed customers in ‘Rick’s bar américain’, Rick the most stylish of all in his white double-breasted dinner jacket. ‘Play it, Sam’, ‘here’s looking at you, kid’, ‘I think...
- 2/20/2012
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Veteran actress Marthe Keller, among whose credits are Claude Lelouch's And Now My Love and John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, will be inducted as a chevalier ("knight") in the French Legion of Honor, a civilian distinction that has been around since the early 1800s. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Keller will turn 67 next Jan. 28. In the last 45 years, she has appeared in more than 40 films, whether in leading or supporting roles. Apart from the aforementioned — ludicrous but financially successful — Marathon Man, in which she was featured opposite Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier, Keller wasn't very lucky in her several Hollywood try-outs in the late '70s. She was a terrorist in John Frankenheimer's thriller Black Sunday (1977); romanced Al Pacino in Sydney Pollack's expensive autoracing flop Bobby Deerfield (1977); and was a mysterious Greta Garbo-like former actress pursued by William Holden in Billy Wilder's bomb Fedora (1978). Keller's last...
- 1/4/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Chicago International Film Festival 2011
My Best Enemy
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreau, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2011)
Plot: During World War II, Victor (Bleibtreau) is Jewish, and Rudi (Friedrich) becomes a Nazi. When Rudi’s eventual Nazi superiors discover that Victor and his family are in the possession of something that would make a great uniting gift from Germany to Italy’s Mussolini, they try to persuade Victor to give up the whereabouts of the painting.
Who’S It For? If you liked the backstabbing energy of The Ides of March, this wouldn’t be a bad choice. If you like tightly written stories of deception, with a friendship in the middle, you’ll likely enjoy My Best Enemy.
Overall
My Best Enemy takes a while to get its story started,...
My Best Enemy
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreau, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2011)
Plot: During World War II, Victor (Bleibtreau) is Jewish, and Rudi (Friedrich) becomes a Nazi. When Rudi’s eventual Nazi superiors discover that Victor and his family are in the possession of something that would make a great uniting gift from Germany to Italy’s Mussolini, they try to persuade Victor to give up the whereabouts of the painting.
Who’S It For? If you liked the backstabbing energy of The Ides of March, this wouldn’t be a bad choice. If you like tightly written stories of deception, with a friendship in the middle, you’ll likely enjoy My Best Enemy.
Overall
My Best Enemy takes a while to get its story started,...
- 10/11/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The general mood of journalists at the 61st Berlin Film Festival was disappointment: reports generally characterised the selection as dismal. The Independent’s Jonathan Romney explained that the festival tended to ‘test your tolerance for the worthy’, just like every other year. The term ‘worthy’ makes the films sound depressing and dull, but as Romney also observed, the Berlinale had ‘no lemons’: many films looked at real-life problems in a new way and so, for my part, I typically left the cinema feeling stimulated and uplifted rather than sad or irritated.
It seems that the festival juries, too, found plenty to praise: of the nearly 400 films in the festival, 45 won awards. The ceremony for the 61st Berlin Film Festival took place on Saturday, Feburary 19th, and while the full list of awards is too lengthy to summarise in detail, the following should provide you with a nice list of...
It seems that the festival juries, too, found plenty to praise: of the nearly 400 films in the festival, 45 won awards. The ceremony for the 61st Berlin Film Festival took place on Saturday, Feburary 19th, and while the full list of awards is too lengthy to summarise in detail, the following should provide you with a nice list of...
- 2/22/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Why did I watch a bizarre 'Holocaust farce' when I could've been enjoying festival winner Nader and Simin, a Separation?
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
- 2/21/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
After yesterday’s blog on My Best Enemy, a film set during Germany’s fascist past, today’s blog reviews a film set during the country’s communist period, as well as the present-day. The Prize (Der Preis) is about a young architect, Alexander Beck, who has won a competition: a housing complex based on his design is going to replace the communist-era apartment blocks in an east German town. Alexander now has to go to the town to supervise the project, and he appears tense. This is his hometown, and he and his friends grew up in the apartment blocks that are going to be demolished. But the source of his unease lies deeper than this, and the details are revealed over the course of the film through a series of regular flashbacks.
This film must have sounded promising at the concept stage: it explores the question of guilt,...
This film must have sounded promising at the concept stage: it explores the question of guilt,...
- 2/19/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Wolfgang Murnburger’s latest film tells the story of two lifelong friends, Rudi and Victor: when World War II breaks out, Rudi joins the Nazis and betrays Victor, who is Jewish. This is all I knew going into My Best Enemy (Mein bester Feind, 2010): if you, too, would like to enjoy a tense, original, emotional and darkly humorous film, trust me when I tell you that My Best Enemy is excellent—don’t spoil the surprises this film has in store by reading more about it.
If you are still curious, unconvinced or just can’t wait to see this film, I’ll fill you in on a few details. Victor Kaufmann comes from a wealthy family of Viennese art dealers. His friend Rudi Smekal grew up alongside him, as Rudi’s mother worked as the Kaufmanns’ housekeeper for 25 years. When the film begins, it is the early 1930s...
If you are still curious, unconvinced or just can’t wait to see this film, I’ll fill you in on a few details. Victor Kaufmann comes from a wealthy family of Viennese art dealers. His friend Rudi Smekal grew up alongside him, as Rudi’s mother worked as the Kaufmanns’ housekeeper for 25 years. When the film begins, it is the early 1930s...
- 2/17/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
I fear Mein Bester Feind (My Best Enemy), which screened out of competition at Berlinale, is one for the German crowd only. The World War Two farce/body swap comedy/holocaust movie passed me by almost completely, looking camp, silly and seeming in slightly poor taste. A German-speaking friend explained to me that a lot of the jokes were very geared towards a home crowd, culturally and in terms of language. This, I suppose, will have to do as an explanation for the huge belly-laughs it generated for most of the audience. Well that, or chronic sense of humour failure on my part.
The central premise is complicated: a pair of Austrian best friends – one of whom is a Jew – are turned against each other by the 1938 annexing of Austria and the outbreak of the Second World War. It’s a set-up reminiscent I suppose of...
I fear Mein Bester Feind (My Best Enemy), which screened out of competition at Berlinale, is one for the German crowd only. The World War Two farce/body swap comedy/holocaust movie passed me by almost completely, looking camp, silly and seeming in slightly poor taste. A German-speaking friend explained to me that a lot of the jokes were very geared towards a home crowd, culturally and in terms of language. This, I suppose, will have to do as an explanation for the huge belly-laughs it generated for most of the audience. Well that, or chronic sense of humour failure on my part.
The central premise is complicated: a pair of Austrian best friends – one of whom is a Jew – are turned against each other by the 1938 annexing of Austria and the outbreak of the Second World War. It’s a set-up reminiscent I suppose of...
- 2/17/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
By A.J. Goldmann - February 14, 2011
Last Thursday the 61st Berlin International Film Festival kicked off with a star-studded red carpet gala for Joel and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit,” the stateside hit (and Best Picture Oscar nominee) that was celebrating its international premiere here. The Coen’s revenge epic about a fourteen-year-old girl out to bring her father’s murderer to justice seemed an appropriate opening shot for a festival which, in its opening weekend, has included a fair number of films about children and adolescents in peril.
The Berlinale, as it is known here, is by far the most down-to-earth of the three main European film festivals. Compared to Cannes and Venice, it is a decidedly unglamorous affair partly due to the time of year it occurs, the general gritty aesthetic of the Germany capital and the eclecticism (and often obscurity) of the offerings.
It is also the...
Last Thursday the 61st Berlin International Film Festival kicked off with a star-studded red carpet gala for Joel and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit,” the stateside hit (and Best Picture Oscar nominee) that was celebrating its international premiere here. The Coen’s revenge epic about a fourteen-year-old girl out to bring her father’s murderer to justice seemed an appropriate opening shot for a festival which, in its opening weekend, has included a fair number of films about children and adolescents in peril.
The Berlinale, as it is known here, is by far the most down-to-earth of the three main European film festivals. Compared to Cannes and Venice, it is a decidedly unglamorous affair partly due to the time of year it occurs, the general gritty aesthetic of the Germany capital and the eclecticism (and often obscurity) of the offerings.
It is also the...
- 2/14/2011
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
The Berlin International Film Festival, or if you prefer – the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals, and something that’s definitely worth our attention.
And if you thought we were going to miss this spectacle – you were wrong, because we’re also curious to find out who will return home with the Golden and Silver Bears statues!
The 2011 Berlin film festival opens tonight with the Coen brothers‘ Western remake True Grit, so let’s get started.
We all know, this remake of a 1969 classic Western, is already a nominee in even 10 categories, including best picture for the upcoming Oscar. And, by the way the filmmaking team Joel and Ethan Cohen also earned Oscar nods as best director.
The remake is already out in North America and so is not eligible for prizes at the closing ceremony on February 19, but it will screen out of competition today.
And if you thought we were going to miss this spectacle – you were wrong, because we’re also curious to find out who will return home with the Golden and Silver Bears statues!
The 2011 Berlin film festival opens tonight with the Coen brothers‘ Western remake True Grit, so let’s get started.
We all know, this remake of a 1969 classic Western, is already a nominee in even 10 categories, including best picture for the upcoming Oscar. And, by the way the filmmaking team Joel and Ethan Cohen also earned Oscar nods as best director.
The remake is already out in North America and so is not eligible for prizes at the closing ceremony on February 19, but it will screen out of competition today.
- 2/10/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Matt Damon in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's True Grit The Berlin Film Festival runs Feb. 10-20. In competition: A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse), Bela Tarr Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz (Our Grand Despair), Seyfi Teoman Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes El premio (The Prize), Paula Markovitch Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation), Asghar Farhadi Les contes de la nuit (Tales of the Night), Michel Ocelot Lipstikka, Jonathan Sagall Margin Call, J. C. Chandor Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda (Come Rain Come Shine), Lee Yoon-ki Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness), Ulrich Koehler The Forgiveness of Blood, Joshua Marston The Future, Miranda July Un Mundo Misterioso (A Mysterious World), Rodrigo Moreno V Subbotu (Innocent Saturday), Alexander Mindadze Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?), Andres Veiel Yelling to the Sky, Victoria Mahoney Out of competition: Almanya, Yasemin Samdereli Les femmes du 6eme etage (Service Entrance), Philippe Le Guay Mein bester Freund (My Best Enemy...
- 2/1/2011
- by Arthur Leander
- Alt Film Guide
Officials from the 61st Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the Competition program for this year’s event. It includes 22 films, 16 of which will be competing for the awards.
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
- 1/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
London -- U.K. film distribution and finance banner Metrodome, listed here on the Aim stock exchange, suspended share dealing Monday as news of merger talks with television company Target Entertainment broke.
The movie company said talks to snap up the television producer of programming such as "Foyle's War" and a 6,000-hours-plus library are ongoing.
Metrodome's move comes weeks after it revamped its structure and strategy. After the departure in April of Metrodome CEO Peter Urie, who exited to pursue personal producer ambitions and the departure of theatrical distribution general manager Sara Frain, the company said it would be significantly reducing its theatrical movie distribution endeavors while at the same time reiterating a desire to keep its toe in the market.
Shortly after Cannes in May, Metrodome sealed U.K. all rights deals for the $25 million budgeted earthquake thriller "Aftershock," Dominik Moll's Vincent Cassell starrer "The Monk" and "My Best Enemy,...
The movie company said talks to snap up the television producer of programming such as "Foyle's War" and a 6,000-hours-plus library are ongoing.
Metrodome's move comes weeks after it revamped its structure and strategy. After the departure in April of Metrodome CEO Peter Urie, who exited to pursue personal producer ambitions and the departure of theatrical distribution general manager Sara Frain, the company said it would be significantly reducing its theatrical movie distribution endeavors while at the same time reiterating a desire to keep its toe in the market.
Shortly after Cannes in May, Metrodome sealed U.K. all rights deals for the $25 million budgeted earthquake thriller "Aftershock," Dominik Moll's Vincent Cassell starrer "The Monk" and "My Best Enemy,...
- 6/29/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London – All eyes will be on the performance of a trio of movies picked up for U.K. and Irish distribution by indie Metrodome.
The British distributor, listed here on the Aim stock exchange, sealed deals for the $25 million budgeted earthquake thriller "Aftershock," Dominik Moll's Vincent Cassell starrer "The Monk" and "My Best Enemy," starring Moritz Bleibtreu.
In announcing the deals, the company made a point of highlighting the fact it has taken all rights that include plans for theatrical rollouts for all three.
The company's pledge to both the stock market and the industry at large to unspool the trio of movies in theaters comes just weeks after it revamped its structure and strategy.
Following the departure in April of Metrodome CEO Peter Urie who exited to pursue personal producer ambitions and the departure of theatrical distribution general manager Sara Frain, the company said it would be significantly...
The British distributor, listed here on the Aim stock exchange, sealed deals for the $25 million budgeted earthquake thriller "Aftershock," Dominik Moll's Vincent Cassell starrer "The Monk" and "My Best Enemy," starring Moritz Bleibtreu.
In announcing the deals, the company made a point of highlighting the fact it has taken all rights that include plans for theatrical rollouts for all three.
The company's pledge to both the stock market and the industry at large to unspool the trio of movies in theaters comes just weeks after it revamped its structure and strategy.
Following the departure in April of Metrodome CEO Peter Urie who exited to pursue personal producer ambitions and the departure of theatrical distribution general manager Sara Frain, the company said it would be significantly...
- 5/27/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Beta Cinema found new friends for "Mein Bester Feind," (My Best Enemy), selling the Nazi-era drama directed by Wolfgang Murnberger ("The Bone Man") and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich and Udo Samel to Metrodome in the U.K., Erg in China and Hollywood Classic Entertainment for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. All three distributors handled Oscar-winner "The Counterfeiters" (2007) from "Mein Bester Feind" producer Aichholzer.
The film tells the story of the strange friendship between Victor Kaufmann (Bleibtreu) and Rudi Smekal (Friedrich), one the son of a Jewish merchant, the other a working class German who joins the SS. When Kaufmann is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp, Smekal intervenes to save his life but only so Kaufmann can help him in a secret Nazi mission.
Erg also picked up Beta's "Hidden," another World War II drama, directed by Poland's Agnieszka Holland ("Europa,...
The film tells the story of the strange friendship between Victor Kaufmann (Bleibtreu) and Rudi Smekal (Friedrich), one the son of a Jewish merchant, the other a working class German who joins the SS. When Kaufmann is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp, Smekal intervenes to save his life but only so Kaufmann can help him in a secret Nazi mission.
Erg also picked up Beta's "Hidden," another World War II drama, directed by Poland's Agnieszka Holland ("Europa,...
- 5/27/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now in its ninth year, more than 30 film projects from 16 countries will seek financing at the Iberoamerican CoProduction Forum to be held November 20-22, parallel to Huelva’s Iberoamerican International Film Festival.[/link] Of the 146 projects presented to participate in the forum, organizers selected 35 -- 10 of which are from Spain, while the rest come from Argentina, Brazil Colombia and Mexico. The forum, now in its ninth year, has garnered quite a following, with Alex Bowen’s 'My Best Enemy' and Rodrigo Cortes’ 'The Contestant' just two examples of films that have found financing in previous editions. Numerous treaties, including the Ibermedia Program, support coproduction between Spain and Latin America facilitate the international cooperation between production companies. Canada for example has the most international coproduction treaties in the world and USA, due to its government's lack of arts funding, has none.
- 11/3/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
Madrid -- More than 30 film projects from 16 countries will seek financing at the Iberoamerican Co-production Forum to be held Nov. 20-22, parallel to Huelva’s Iberoamerican International Film Festival, organizers said Thursday.
Of the 146 projects presented to participate in the forum, organizers selected 35 -- 10 of which are from Spain, while the rest come from Argentina, Brazil Colombia and Mexico.
The forum, now in its ninth year, has garnered quite a following, with Alex Bowen’s “My Best Enemy” and Rodrigo Cortes’ “The Contestant” just two examples of films that have found financing in previous editions.
Numerous treaties, including the Ibermedia Program, support co-production between Spain and Latin America.
Of the 146 projects presented to participate in the forum, organizers selected 35 -- 10 of which are from Spain, while the rest come from Argentina, Brazil Colombia and Mexico.
The forum, now in its ninth year, has garnered quite a following, with Alex Bowen’s “My Best Enemy” and Rodrigo Cortes’ “The Contestant” just two examples of films that have found financing in previous editions.
Numerous treaties, including the Ibermedia Program, support co-production between Spain and Latin America.
- 10/30/2008
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- Italian films, for years maligned even in their own country, are enjoying a renaissance, with boxoffice booming and critical accolades rolling in. According to Italian cinema monitoring company Cinetel, some 34% of Italian boxoffice receipts have come from Italian films over the first four months of this year, compared with 23% for all of 2005 and less than 15% in most years. Figures have been buoyed by such commercial successes as Carlo Verdone's Il Mio miglior nemico, Fausto Brizzi's Notte prima degli esami, Nanni Moretti's The Cayman, Michele Placido's Crime Novel, and Cristina Comencini's Don't Tell -- all of which have raked in more than 5 million ($6.4 million). Il Mio miglior nemico heads the pack, approaching 20 million ($25.7 million) in ticket sales.
- 5/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"No picture has a chance to build," complained an international distribution executive as a new batch of mid-level entries flooded an already crowded low-scoring overseas market over the weekend. "It's really amazing," said another executive. "I can't wait for May, when there'll be one big tentpole every week." Boxoffice gurus noted that in a generally soft market even the leading films "are not generating big money" and that local-language films headed the market in France (Du Jour au Lendemain), Italy (Il Mio Miglior Nemico), Spain (Pedro Almodovar's Volver) and Korea (Bewitching Attraction). As every nook and cranny around the world squeezed in a new title as holdovers began to fade, The Pink Panther held the No. 1 spot for a second weekend in a row with a $12.6 million take from 3,640 screens in 40 markets. Top newcomer V for Vendetta came in second with a "very good" $8.4 million from more than 2,000 prints in 16 markets, according to Warner Bros.
- 3/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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