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Zagreb Film Festival
19 - 25 October 2008
Address
ZAGREB FILM FESTIVAL
SC - Savska 25
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Telephone
385 1 48 29 477
Fax
385 1 45 93 691
e-mail
info@zagrebfilmfestival.com
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19.10.2006
Debutant made a cult film |
Géla Babluani, the director of the black and white film ‘13’, is the son of acclaimed Georgian filmmaker Temur Babluani. Good genetic structure was revealed in full bloom already with his first feature film – ‘Tzameti’, or in our translation ‘13’.
The film about ruthless gamblers with no scruples who don’t respect anything premiered in 2005. It won two valuable prizes at Mostra: The Luigi De Laurentiis Award and the Netpac Award, and at Sundance Film Festival it won Grand Jury Prize, all the while increasing the number of fans in the whole world. Due to all this the film has earned the cult status in a short time, but also concrete offers from American studios. Namely, the fresh news says that Géla Babluani has accepted to make a remake of ‘13’ for America. The original film is situated in America, but the remake moves to America.
This trend of ‘remaking’ films is characteristic for Japanese horror movies which are regularly bought off for their American remake after having a premiere in Japan. The shooting of the American ‘13’ will start at the beginning of 2007, and until the final version of the film enjoy the Georgian-French original shown today in the competition program in the SC Cinema at 9 am and 8 pm. |
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