The fifth Focus on Europe
event took place in Atlantic City. For the second time, the event was held
within the context of ShowEast, the convention that every year gathers
over 2 500 professionals, representing the cinema exhibition and distribution
market from the US East Coast.
ShowEast features two main
sections: the screening of films to be released in the US and the "Trade
Show", where, at over 300 stands, state-of-the-art technical equipment,
cinema machinery and theatrical ancillary services are displayed.
MEDIA Salles' stand at ShowEast
1998 hosted most of the initiatives that make up the "Focus on Europe"
programme:
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"Coming from
the film buying side of the business, I know what a great value ShowEast
has been to
the exhibitors
and distributors. ShowEast is not only a place to screen blockbusters,
it has become
the place to screen quality films that haven’t your established a "buzz".
As one major
distributor put it, ShowEast provides a wonderful opportunity
to create great
word of mouth forsome smaller films."
Shauna King,
General Chairperson of ShowEast ‘98
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Big Screen Showings
of European Films
With the promotional support
of MEDIA Salles, ShowEast 1998 hosted five European films soon in release
on the US market.
New Yorker Films presents:
"Rien
ne va plus" (The Swindle) by Claude
Chabrol
Release date: Jan. 1999
Stratosphere Entertainment
presents:
"Bandits"
by Katja von Garnier
Release date: 1st Qu. 1999
Fox Searchlight Pictures
presents:
"Waking
Ned Devine" by Kirk Jones
Release date: 6 Nov. 1998
Sony Pictures Classics presents:
"Dancing
at Lughnasa" by Pat O'Connor
Release date: 13 Nov. 1998
Fine Line Features presents:
"The
Theory of Flight" by Paul Greengrass
Release date: 25 Nov. 1998
European Films presented at MEDIA Salles
stand
Trailers - catalogues - fliers - posters
and information available on the "European
Cinema On-line Database"
Adriana Chiesa Enterprises
Srl (Italy)
Per
tutto il tempo che ci resta (Acts of justice) by Vincenzo Terracciano
I
corti italiani (The Italian Shorts) by Gillo Pontecorvo, Simona
Izzo, Ricky Tognazzi, Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola
Il
fantasma dell’opera (The phantom of the opera) by Dario Argento
Tutti
giù per terra (We all fall down) by Davide Ferrario
Frigidaire
by Giorgio Fabris
In
barca a vela contro mano (Physical Jerks) by Stefano Reali
Tano
da morire (Tano to die for) by Roberta Torre
Il
macellaio (The Butcher) by Aurelio Grimaldi
Tre
uomini e una gamba (Three men and a leg) by Aldo, Giovanni, Giacomo
and Massimo Venier
Un
inverno freddo freddo (Shampoo girls) by Roberto Ciampanelli
Anica (Italy)
L'albero
delle pere by Francesca Archibugi
I
giardini dell'Eden by Alessandro D'Alatri
I
piccoli maestri by Daniele Luchetti
Così
ridevano by Gianni Amelio
Tu
ridi by Vittorio Taviani; Paolo Taviani
Incontri
proibiti by Alberto Sordi
Del
perduto amore by Michele Placido
La
ballata dei lavavetri by Peter Del Monte
Radio
freccia by Luciano Ligabue
La
gabbianella e il gatto by Enzo D'Alò
Viol@
by Donatella Maiorca
Vite
in sospeso by Marco Turco
Ospiti
by Matteo Garrone
La
seconda moglie by Ugo Chiti
L'anniversario
by Mario Orfini
Onorevoli
detenuti by Giancarlo Planta
L'odore
della notte by Claudio Caligari
I
figli di Annibale (Hannibal’s children) by Davide Ferrario
Elvjs
& Merilijn by Armando Manni
Consigli
per gli acquisti (Commercial break) by Sandro Baldoni
Il
figlio di Bakunin (Bakunìn's son) by Gianfranco Cabiddu
Il
Caricatore (The Reel) by Eugenio Cappuccio, Massimo Gaudioso, Fabio
Nunziata
La
buena estrella by Ricardo Franco
Le
acrobate (The acrobats) by Silvio Soldini
Le
mani forti (Grey zone) by Franco Bernini
Compromesso
d'amore (Love deal) by Santiago San Miguel
Monella
(Frivolous Lola) by Tinto Brass
La
Lupa (She-Wolf) by Gabriele Lavia
Palermo-Milano
solo andata (During young) by Claudio Fragasso
Romanzo
di un giovane povero (The story of a poor young man) by Ettore Scola
Celluloide
(Celluloid) by Carlo Lizzani
Cucciolo
by Neri Parenti
Coppia
omicida (The Killer Couple) by Claudio Fragasso
Facciamo
fiesta (Let’s Fiesta) by Angelo Longoni
Femmina
by Giuseppe Ferlito
Viola
bacia tutti (Viola kisses everybody) by Giovanni Veronesi
I
miei più cari amici (My dearest friends) by Alessandro Benvenuti
La
vita è bella (Life is Beautiful) by Roberto Benigni
Rumbera
by Piero Vivarelli
Lo
strano caso del Signor Kappa (The strange case of Mr. K) by Fabrizio
Lori
Con
rabbia con amore by Alfredo Angeli
Moebius
by Gustavo Mosquera
Bajo
Bandera (Order over Justice) by Jan Josè Jusid
Il
più lungo giorno (The longest day) by Roberto Riviello
Polvere
di Napoli by Antonio Capuano
Le
faremo tanto male by Pino Quartullo
Teatro
di guerra (Rehearsals for war) by Mario Martone
La
parola amore esiste (Notes of love) by Mimmo Calopresti
Aprile
by Nanni Moretti
Grazie
di tutto (Thanks for everything) by Luca Manfredi
Laura
non c’è by Antonio Bonifacio
Odio
e t’amo by Maurizio Anania
Giochi
di equilibrio by Amedeo Fago
Frigidaire
by Giorgio Fabris
Tano
da morire (Tano to die for) by Roberta Torre
In
barca a vela contro mano (Physical Jerks) by Stefano Reali
Il
macellaio (The butcher) by Aurelio Grimaldi
Catalogues of the Italian
production 1996/1997
BFI – British Film Institute
Films (UK)
Under
the Skin by Carine Adler
Sixth
Happiness by Waris Hussein
Stella
does tricks by Coky Giedroyc
Love
is the Devil by John Maybury
Brussels Ave (Belgium)
Lisa
by Jan Keymeulen
La
guerre de Gaston (Gaston’s war) by Robbie
de Hert
Catalan Films & TV
Catalogues of the Catalan
films 1997/1998
Celluloid Dreams (France)
Sitcom
by François Ozon
Tokyo
Eyes by Jeanne-Pierre Limosin
The
land of the deaf by Valery Todorovsky
Tueur
à gages (Killer) by Darezhan Omirbaev
The
Hole by Tsai Ming-Liang
Life
on earth (La vie sur terre) by Abderrhamane
Sissako
Christa Saredi (Switzerland)
Festen
(The Celebration) (Dogme 1) by Thomas Vinterberg
Teatro
di guerra (Rehearsals for War) by Mario Martone
Gordel
van Smaragd (Tropic of Emerald) by Orlow Seunke
Flanders Image (Belgium)
La
Sicilia by Luc Pien
Greek Film Centre (Greece)
It’s
a long road by Pantelis Voulgaris
My
Brother and I by Antonis Kokkinos
Desert
Sky by Nikos Kornilios
Dharma
Blues by Andreas Thomopoulos
Balkanisateur
by Sotoris Goritsas
Vassiliki
by Vangelis Serdaris
The
Bachelor by Nikos Panayotopoulos
Eugene,
identity unknown by Kostas Zyrinis
No
sympathy for the devil by Dimitris Athanitis
The
man in gray by Pericles Hoursoglou
Mirupafhim
by Christos Voupouras and George Korras
Say
you love me by Kostoula Tomadaki
Pater
familias by Nikos Perakis
Nights
gambled away by Angeliki Antoniou
The
golden apples of the hesperides by Sofia Papachristou
Holland Film (Netherlands)
All
stars by Jean van de Velde
Left
luggage by Jeroen Krabbé
Gordel
van Smaragd (Tropic of Emerald) by Orlow Seunke
Karakter
(Character) by Mike van Diem
De
Poolse Bruid (The Polish Bride) by Karim Traïdia
Waar
Blijft het Licht? (When the light comes) by
Stijn Coninx
Kevin Williams Associates
(Spain)
Agujetas
en el alma (Stitches In The Soul) by Fernando
Merinero
Aire
libre (Out In the Open) by Luisa De La Ville;
Luis Armando Roche
Casting
by Fernando Merinero
Carícies
(Caresses) by Ventura Pons
Dame
algo (Give me something) by Héctor
Carrè
Esperanza
& sardinas (Espoir et sardines) by Roberto
Romeo
Hazlo
por mì (Do it for me) by Ángel
Fernàndez Santos
Hotel
Room by Cesc Gay and Daniel Gimelberg
La
fabulosa historia de Diego Marìn (The
amazing adventure of Diego Marìn) by Fidel Cordero
Màtame
mucho (Kill me over and over) by José
Ángel Bohollo
Suerte
(Luck) by Ernesto Tellerìa
Todo
esta oscuro (Everything is dark) by Ana Díez
Tren
de sombras (Train of shadows) by José
Luis Guerìn
El
porque de tot plegat (What it's all about)
by Ventura Pons
Le Studio Canal + (France)
Aprile
by Nanni Moretti
Jeanne
et le garçon formidable (Jeanne and
the perfect guy) by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel
Serial
lover by James Huth
Paparazzi
by Alain Berbèrian
Kanzo
Sensei by Shoei Imamura
Vive
la mariée et la libération du Kurdistan (Kebab
Connection) by Hiner Saleem
Greve
party by Fabien Oteniente
The
Lost Son by Chris Menges
Ma Jolie Maison (Belgium)
Le
bal masqué (Out of Range) by Julien Vrebos
Nordisk Film International
Sales (Denmark)
Lysets
hjerte (Heart of light) by Jacob Grønlykke
Salige
er de som tørster (Blessed are those
who thirst) by Carl Jørgen Kiønig
Tic
Tac by Daniel Alfredson
Mørkets
øy (Isle of Darkness) by Trygve Allister
Diesen
Tulennielijä
(Fire Eater) by Pirjo Honkasalo
Underbara
kvinnor vid vatten (Amazing Women by the Sea)
by Claes Olsson
Under
Ytan (Beneath the Surface) by Daniel Fridell
Lilla
Jönsson-ligan på styva linan (Young
Jönsson Gang Showing Off) by Christjan Wegner
Når
mor kommer hjem (On Our Own) by Lone Scherfig
Poli Plio Films (Greece)
Tris
Epoches (Three seasons) by Maria Iliou
Trust Film Sales (DK)
Riget
II (The Kingdom II) by Lars von Trier
Idioterne
(The idiots) by Lars von Trier
Secten
(Credo) by Susanne Bier
I
wonder who’s kissing you now? by Henning Carlsen
H.
C. Andersen og den skæve skygge (Hans Christian Andersen and
the long shadow) by Jannik Hastrup