Lila Cazes, producer of Mike Figgis' Oscar-winning Leaving Las Vegas, has died in Buenos Aires following a brief illness, it was announced today by her family. A native of Argentina, Cazès settled in Paris with her husband Jean Cazès and in 1987 co-founded production and distribution company Initial Groupe. The company produced such features as Phillipe Galland’s 1991 La Thune from a script by Catherine Breillat; Alexandre Rockwell’s Somebody To Love, written by Sergei…...
- 12/5/2017
- Deadline
SHANGHAI -- Filmmakers from around the world are eager to tap into the vast potential of China's entertainment market, but many hurdles are still barring the way, panelists said Wednesday at a Shanghai International Film Festival session.
The good news is that the number of screens, people who can afford tickets and boxoffice revenue are all rapidly increasing, European Producers Club president Jean Cazes said.
China is adding 300-400 screens annually, and boxoffice revenue has climbed from $197 million in 2004 to about $340 million in 2006.
"Everyone is interested because China retains a huge untapped potential, but many obstacles remain, and the situation is not improving," Cazes added.
Discussion touched on such problems as quotas, the lack of a pay TV market, strict censorship, rampant piracy and the fact that only China Film Corp. can import foreign films -- the same issues foreign producers have long faced in China.
Warner Bros. vp Ellen Eliasoph has blazed the trail in this frontier.
The good news is that the number of screens, people who can afford tickets and boxoffice revenue are all rapidly increasing, European Producers Club president Jean Cazes said.
China is adding 300-400 screens annually, and boxoffice revenue has climbed from $197 million in 2004 to about $340 million in 2006.
"Everyone is interested because China retains a huge untapped potential, but many obstacles remain, and the situation is not improving," Cazes added.
Discussion touched on such problems as quotas, the lack of a pay TV market, strict censorship, rampant piracy and the fact that only China Film Corp. can import foreign films -- the same issues foreign producers have long faced in China.
Warner Bros. vp Ellen Eliasoph has blazed the trail in this frontier.
- 6/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- The European Producers Club -- the EU-funded body created to help European producers make movies together -- will hold co-production forums at the upcoming Karlovy Vary, Venice, and San Sebastian film festivals, it was announced during a gala dinner on a cruise ship in Cannes. "These are meetings among people whom you would think ought to know each other, but instead it often turns out they don't," EPC president Jean Cazes said. Cazes, who heads Paris-based Initial Prods., said that the club's goals are to help producers meet people who can wire them into how to get films made in tandem with other countries, and also to improve production norms and access to financing across Europe. Launched in December 2002 during the European Film Awards in Rome, the EPC co-production forums are a chance for selected producers who have proved their mettle to meet and talk business and also to learn about film legislation in different European territories. Seventy producers attended the forum here last Friday.
- 5/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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