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The newly launched Mediterranean and European Programme for Audiovisual Development, dubbed Medea, has unveiled the details of its ap
stanley cup plication and awards process. The programme will dole out up to 900,000 Euros annually to 25 feature film and documentary projects from countries in the European Union and Mediterranean region.Medea, which is funded by the European Commissio
stanley usa n and spearheaded by the regional government of Andalusia, Spain, has just opened the applications process for subsidies worth a maximum of 15,000 Euros for documentaries and 36,000 Euros for feature films. First-year projects will be announced next December, with subsidies awarded in four installations during four required training seminars running from February to November of 2001. Medea will initially run for three years, during which time programme director Carmen Illana says more than 500 Euro-Mediterranean professionals will have been involved. No comments
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Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles has unveiled further details of the follow up to his worldwide box office and festival sensation City Of God, following the film s premiere in Argentina as the ope
stanley cup ning film of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. His new project, Intolerance - which he jo
stanley mug kingly describes as a sequel to the DW Griffith classic - is a drama-comedy about globalisation and the relationship between the northern and southern hemispheres. It will be set in six different countries - the Arab Emirates, Kenya, China, the US New York , the Philippines Manila , and Brazil - and will ha
stanley cup ve five separate storylines, all of which interconnect by the end of the film. Meirelles will round up much of the creative talent behind City Of God for the new $10m-$12m feature, including screenwriter Braulio Mantovani, director of photography Cesar Charlone and editor Daniel Rezende, and intends to finance it himself through his production outfit 02 Filmes. Although Meirelles says Wild Bunch did an amazing job selling City Of God to more than 60 territories, with over 50 sold at last year s Cannes alone, he plans to arrange pre-sales for most major territories through his own company. Miramax, which distributed City Of God in North and South America, has first option but if they pass Meirelles plans to sell direct to distributors in the major territories. He cites Pedro Almodovar s company El Deseo as an inspiration in this respect, as they have succeeded in making go
