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Rio winners led by Should Nothing Else Work Out, Dead Girl's Feast 1p2965
The winners of the 2008 Rio International Film Festival were announced tonight at the closing award ceremony at Odeon theatre. The Premiere Brasil's best film prize, known as the Redentor award, was given to Se Nada Mais Der Certo (Should Nothing Else Work Out), directed by Jose Eduardo Belmonte. One ...
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Paramount signs two-picture deal with Padilha and Prado's Zazen 226i67
Paramount Pictures announced today a two-picture co-production deal with Jose Padilha and Marcos Prado`s film company Zazen Produções. Signed during Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the deal includes Nunca Antes Na Historia Deste Pais, the new feature film by Padilha, who won the Golden Bear in Berlin this year ...
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In Focus: Rio and Sao Paulo film festivals 3v6g2d
The Brazilian selections at the international film festivals in Rio and Sao Paulo are a good barometer of the hot new local projects. Jose Padilha's Elite Squad opened last year's Rio film festival and went on to win the Golden Bear at Berlin.Who to knowat Rio. Click here for moreThe ...
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In Focus:Riding the brazilian wave 85e4m
Inspired by the global success of Walter Salles, Fernando Meirelles and now Jose Padilha, a new generation of Brazilian producers and directors is emerging with its eye firmly on the international market.Production companies such as Gullane Filmes, Bananeira Filmes and Ginga Eleven Producoes are branching out beyond the social dramas ...
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VIP lounge Who to know in Brazil 5i6m3m
Gullane Filmes: Manuela Mandler, [email protected] and Fabiano Gullane aim to make artistic and technically proficient projects that appeal to Brazilian and international audiences. They are now working on Mano, based on the script by Luiz Bolognesi, writer of Birdwatchers.Favela Hi Tech (Braz-Jap)Dir: Karim AinouzThe director of Madame Sata and Suely ...
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Rio Film Festival to kick off on Sept 25 with Last Stop 174 3l2j50
Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174, which was today announced as Brazil's foreign language film Oscar entry, will kick off the Rio International Film Festival on Sept 25. The festival, which opened last year with Jose Padilha's Elite Squad, five months before it won the Golden Bear in Berlin, runs for ...
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Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174 selected as Brazil's Oscar entry i3238
Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174 has been selected as Brazil's official entry for the best foreign language film category of the Academy Awards.Last Stop 174 selected as Brazil's Oscar entry The social drama had its world premiere in Toronto and will open the Rio International Film Festival on Sept 25.The ...
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Nome Proprio, Cochochiwin atBrazil's Gramado festival 5z5e5r
Murilo Salles' Nome Proprio, the story of an intense young woman who dedicates her life to writing, won the award for best Brazilian film at the 36th Gramado film festival.Held in a small town in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the festival highlights Brazilian, Latin American and ...
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Brazilian, Polish producers team for Ziembinski documentary 291v5a
Brazil and Poland will be co-production partners on Ziembinski, a documentary about the Polish director and actor regarded as one of the founders of the modern Brazilian theatre in the 1940s. The Warsaw-based production company Kalejdoskop will team up with Plateau Producoes and Urszula Groska Producoes, both from Sao Paulo, ...
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issions tumble in Brazil by 11.3% in first six months 2008 233a25
In the first six months of 2008 Brazil recorded a 11.3% fall in issions and a 8.8% drop in box office revenues over the same period last year. According to figures released by Filme B, a local company that reviews theatrical market data, the country's sales amounted R$352m ($221.3m), as ...
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Jean Charles de Menezes drama gearing up for August shoot a1w3r
Jean Charles, the drama about Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician killed by British police three years ago, will be filmed in London and Paulinia, a city of Sao Paulo State.With Stephen Frears as executive producer, the co-production between Luke Schiller's UK-based Mango Films and Brazil's TV Zero is ...
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Amado's granddaughter makes directorial debut with Captains 2v5x2u
Cecilia Amado, the granddaughter of the late Brazilian author Jorge Amado, will direct the big-screen adaptation of his Captains Of The Sands.Since its publication in 1937, the book has been published in 16 languages and has sold more than 5 million copies. 'The novel has as a new relevance today,'' ...
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Latin America - Lure of the Latin beat 1s4h1h
BRAZILThe country's cities and the mighty Amazon are providing the backdrop to a growing number of US productions. Elaine Guerini reports.Brazil is gradually shedding its image as a violent and volatile place for film-making by welcoming a host of international footloose productions to the territory. Not content with stunning and ...
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UPI plans to march Elite Squad across Latin America 20272t
Universal Pictures International (UPI) plans to release Jose Padilha's $5m Elite Squad in theatres throughout Latin America following the film's Golden Bear win at Berlin. 'We are presenting Elite Squad in main Latin American festivals to generate a media exposure for the film,' says Mauricio Durán, UPI VP for of ...
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Theatrical issions down by 5.2% in Brazil in 2007 l3q1c
Movie attendance fell by an estimated 5.2% at Brazil's theatres in 2007, according to Filme B, a local film company that reviews theatrical market data. Since 2005 there has been a drop in issions in the country, where 85.5m tickets were sold last year. Box office revenues went down slightly ...
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Piracy-ravaged Elite Squad still makes impact in Brazil 1x46k
Jose Padilha's controversial Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) logged the biggest opening weekend for a Brazilian film this year.The portrait of police corruption sold around 178.000 tickets - 40% up on the next most seen local film of 2007, A Grande Familia. Elite Squad grossed about $970,000 (BRL 1.7m).The performance ...
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Mutum wins top prize, but Estomago dominates at Rio 2ea63
Marcos Jorge's Estômago - A Gastronomic Story won four prizes at the Première Brazil awards ceremony at the 9th Rio International Film Festival tonight. The awards were handed out at the historic Odeon BR theatre, where a special Fipresci Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, nominated ...
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Italy, Brazil sign co-production treaty in Rio 2h5fm
Brazil and Italy have signed an agreement in principle on film co-production. Announced yesterday at the Rio International Film Festival, the deal between Istituto Luce and Cinecitta Holding from Italy and Ancine, the Brazilian National Cinema Agency, is designed to facilitate co-production of both features and documentaries. The final document ...
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Latin American experts discuss piracy troubles in Rio 5b3a7
Piracy is of the major concerns being discussed during RioMarket (Sept 21-Oct 3), the largest gathering of the audiovisual industry in Latin America.'The industry lost an estimated $6.1bn last year, with Latin America representing 16,7% of that,'' said Steve Solot, senior vice president for Latin America operations of the Motion ...
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Brazil names Hamburger's Year its Oscar submission 1n4a2a
Cao Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam De Ferias) is Brazil's entry for the foreign language film Oscar. The decision, announced today in Rio de Janeiro, came as a surprise since the controversial Elite Squad was considered the favorite for its ...