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The HFPA got a peek under the hood of the massive operation that is a James Bond production, traveling to Mexico City, the location for the elaborate opening sequence of the upcoming Spectre. As is a 007 tradition, the intricate action scene which opens the movie takes place on the backdrop of an exotic festival, in this case a Day of the Dead parade and festival in the Zocalo, the capital city’s grand central square.

As happens every March, there is no missing the fact that the film festival has come to town – Las Palmas, that is the capital city of the Canary Islands. The billboards are ubiquitous and the local newspapers follow every screening in the 10-day event with the same coverage that any Hollywood movie would get.

The Marrakech International Film Festival was founded by the king of Morocco, Mohamed IV, and his brother prince Moulay Rashid, 13 years ago, and is run in cooperation with a French organization, which gives it a distinctive European feel and a French flavor. The festival began under a cloud, in December 2001, just a few months after the 9/11 attack, but it grew in scope and importance ever since.

As is tradition, the Golden Globe Foreign Film Symposium took place at the American Cinematheque in the historic Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on the eve of the Awards. This year’s nominees are five exceptional films by directors from Israel, Europe and Russia: FORCE MAJEURE, Ruben Östlund (Sweden), GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM, Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz (Israel), IDA, Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland), LEVIATHAN, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia) and TANGERINES, Zaza Urushadze (Georgia/Estonia).

A total of 53 motion pictures were submitted and approved for Golden Globe consideration in the Foreign Language category in 2014. In order to qualify for foreign language consideration, a film must have at least 51% of its dialogue in a language other than English, it must be released in its country or countries (in case of co-production) of origin between Nov.

The films that will compete for a Foreign Language Film Golden Globe this year are: Force Majeure Turist, (Sweden: Coproduction Office: Magnolia Pictures); Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett (Israel: Arte France Cinema, Music Box Films); Ida (Poland/Denmark: Phoenix Film Investments, Music Box Films) Leviathan (Russia: Non Stop Production, Ministry of Cuture of the Russina Feration of Cinema Funds, RuArts Foundation, Sony Oictures Classic) Cinema Funds, RuArts Foundation, Sony Pictures Classic); Tangerines Mandariinid (Estonia: Allfilm).

After careful examination, 53 motion pictures have been approved for Golden Globe consideration in the Foreign Language category. In order to qualify for foreign language consideration, a film must have at least 51% of its dialogue in a language other than English, it must be released in its country or countries (in case of co-production) of origin between Nov.

Считается, что американские кинокомедии «плохо путешествуют». На голливудском языке это означает, что американский юмор не собирает в мировом прокате столь же больших денег, как экранизации комиксов и прочие «Трансформеры», сборы которых иногда доходят до миллиарда (!) долларов со всего света.

При всем уважении к ведущим кинофестивалям мира, таким как Каннский и Венецианский, Международный кинофестиваль в канадском городе Торонто (TIFF), у которого нет никакого официального жюри, кроме зрительского, стал в последние годы самым значительным для киноиндустрии. В первую очередь для Голливуда.

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