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Spanish production house Grupo Boca has launched a new worldwide sales and production division, signalling plans to significantly grow its international presence.Former Boca TV acquisitions and distribution head Mercedes Borruel has been appointed director of the new department. She will handle international sales on all feature film pro
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stanley cup previously commissioned to third-party agents, and will seek foreign co-production opportunities for the company, particularly within Europe. We re capitalising on the entry of Grupo Correo to amplify our presence internationally, said Boca president Cesar Benitez referring to the company s new heavyweight backer, publishing and media conglom Grupo Correo. Correo, which bought a 30% share in January and holds an option to take an additional 30% by year s end, this week appointed Manuel Campillo general director of Boca.One of Spain s top independent TV producers, Boca puts out about four feature films per year. Its TV product is handled internationally by its four-part joint rights venture Grupo PI. New features in development at Boca include Carmen Maura-starrer While We Live
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Film producers in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are reaching out to their neighbours in western Europe, ahead of formally joining the European Union in 2004. Latvia, along with Poland, became the first country in eastern Europe to join the Media Plus programme in July, as well as the first in the Baltics to join Eurimages at the beginning of January. Both Estonia and Lithuania are set to join Eurimages early next year, raising the hopes of film producers whose combined feature output is about six or seven films a year. With Media Plus one of the main things you get is training sessions, said Guntis Trekteris, who heads the Riga based Kaupo Film, one of the most active production ou
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