Rio de Janeiro Film Festival E-Show Daily Number Four

TOP STORIES: RioFilme Moves Into Digital, Aims for Diversification; Ron Perlman Added to Alex Ga...

Rio de Janeiro Film Festival eSHOW DAILY NUMBER FOUR 10.04.14

TOP STORIES RioFilme Moves Into Digital, Aims for Diversification By John Hopewell RIO DE JANEIRO -- RioFilme, the biggest - and trend-setting -  city-backed film/TV fund in Latin America, is moving into digital, announcing a new funding line for web content as well as backing for the digitization of five arthouses in... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Ron Perlman Added to Alex Garcia's 'The Jesuit' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell RIO DE JANEIRO -- Boarding late in the day, Ron Perlman (“Hellboy,” “Sons of Anarchy,” “Drive”) has completed the key cast of Alfonso Pineda Ulloa’s “The Jesuit,” L.A.-based Mexican produ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Ivanhoe, Tabula Rasa, Team With Lago, Ucra for 'Hidden Face' Remake (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell and Marcelo Cajueiro RIO DE JANEIRO – John Penotti’s Ivanhoe Pictures is teaming with Anna Kokourina Tabula Rasa Films,  Germany’s Lago Films and Urca Filmes in Brazil to produce an English-language Rio de Janeiro-set remake of Andres Baiz... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Rio's Mighty FIRJAN Backs International Shoot Rebates By John Hopewell RIO DE JANEIRO --- As it increasingly prioritizes movies and TV as vital growth sectors for Rio’s economy, Rio’s powerful FIRJAN System, the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro, is beating the drum for tax rebates for inte... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cinepolis: Aggressive Brazil Exhib Build To Continue (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mexican exhibition giant Cinepolis is close to openng a high-end 10-plex Cinepolis RioMar Fortaleza, in North-East Brazil, its latest Brazilian hardtop flagship as it confirmed plans to Variety to continue aggressive roll-o... Read Full Story at Variety.com → NDM Acquires Gust Van den Berghe's Rome World Preem 'Lucifer' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell RIO DE JANEIRO -- Just ten years ago, a rapidly-plexing Latin America seemed like a wasteland for arthouse distribution, as U.S. and overseas exhibition groups constructed multiplexes ideal for the exhibition of Hollywood blockbusters to Lat... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Globo, AP Join Forces for Brazil's Presidential Race By Emiliano De Pablos NewSource Globo, Brazilian media giant Globo’s news agency, and The Associated Press are joining forces to back up international broadcasters’ coverage of Brazil's presidential race. Taking place Sunday, Oct. 5, with a run-off sc... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Diana Bustamante New Artistic Director of Cartagena Int'l Film Festival By Anna Marie de la Fuente Diana Bustamante, one of Colombia’s most successful producers, is taking on the artistic helm of the Cartagena Int’l Film Festival (FICCI) next year, replacing Monika Wagenberg, who has ankled to devote more time to her young fam... Read Full Story at Variety.com → REVIEWS Film Review: 'Absence' By Jay Weissberg A 15-year-old boy bereft of adult support plays parent to his alcoholic mom while attempting to cope with adolescent growing pains, including his sexuality, in “Absence,” Chico Teixeira’s impressionistic drama sensitively ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Obra' By Dennis Harvey Andre Siqueira Brandao's widescreen B&W lensing alone would gain pic currency on the fest circuit, and if end result is neither fully satisfying or very commercially viable, it nonetheless tags principal collaborators as talents to watch... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Film Review: 'Casa grande' By Jay Weissberg Although it can turn overly didactic, Fellipe Barbosa's strongly acted debut is a well-observed study of a wealthy Brazilian family's breakdown. Read Full Story at Variety.com → TV Review: 'Gomorrah' By Giovanni Vimercati This excellent Italian TV adaptation of Roberto Saviano's mob expose uncovers deeper, richer angles on its subject than Matteo Garrone's 2008 movie. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Marco Altberg: Brazil's Independent TV Production Has Major Growth Potential By Martin Dale Brazil’s domestic independent TV production has transformed since 2012, and there are major growth areas in the near future. Marco Altberg, the president of the Brazilian independent TV producers association, ABPITV, confirmed in an ex... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Walter Carvalho's 'Brincante' Delves into Brazil's Popular Art By Anna Marie de la Fuente Walter Carvalho is best known as one of Brazil’s top cinematographers with credits that include Walter Salles “Central Station” and Hector Babenco’s “Carandiru.” He’s also a director of such notable ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Paulo Machline's 'Trinta' Premieres at Rio's Opera House By Marcelo Cajueiro RIO DE JANEIRO - The venue for the Rio Fest's Oct. 1 out-of-comprtition world premiere of Paulo Machline's “Trinta,” the biopic of Joaozinho Trinta, could not be more suitable. Theatro Municipal, Rio's magnificent downtown opera ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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