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26 September - 2 October 2019
FEATURE
14th Edition 2nd – 6th October 2019
Tables up for grabs MARBELLA’S biggest celebrity bash of the year is just a week away and time is running out to snap up your tickets for a chance to meet your idols. The Euro Weekly News is sponsoring the 14th Marbella Inter national Film Festival and we have a limited number of tables to offer our guests at a discount price of €1,500 for 10 diners. There will be movie stars and TV stars galore at the most glamorous event in the calendar and you can join us for the gala dinner and awards ceremony. You will enjoy a cocktail recep tion followed by a fivecourse dinner including wine and enter tainment. You will have the chance to meet all the stars including Larry Lamb, Kris Marshall, Jason Flynn, Frances Barber, Craig Kelly and the cast of the Rise of the Footsoldier plus many more ac tors, film directors and producers. The Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony takes place on Sun day, October 6 at 8.30pm and goes on to midnight at the H10 Andalucia Plaza, Puerto Banus. Normally a table for 10 people would cost €1,800 but for guests of EWN and sponsors of MIFF a limited number of tables are being offered at €1,500. Five luck companies can be featured in the menu programme
Global movie showcase MOVIE stars from across the globe will be strutting their stuff on the red carpet for the Marbella International Film Festival next week. The festival from October 2 to 6 will be the town’s chance to put on the glitz for the Hollywood-style event that looks set to be a star-studded affair. Marbella Film Festival has become increasingly important in the showbusiness awards calendar over the last 14 years. The festival has become a showcase for some of the industry’s most talented producers, directors and actors and the event is in the movie world’s diaries alongside Cannes. Guests will rub shoulders with movie stars at receptions, screenings, red-carpet events, a gala dinner and an awards ceremony. There will also be film workshops and VIP parties. As well as the glamorous events that attract stars who want to be seen, the MIFF has attracted worldwide recognition for its contribution to the arts. The MIFF was set up to provide support for talented artists from across the globe and the festival gives them a chance to meet those with the money that can turn a film into a blockbuster. Those attending include filmmakers, industry professionals, and dignitaries as well as the rich and famous. Since its launch in 2006 the festival has attracted collaboration from the Spanish Tourist Board, Marbella Film Office and the Andalucia Film Commission.
and enjoy a special photo shoot with the stars for just €2,000. For full details contact us at Euro Weekly News head office on 951 386 161. It’s never been a better time to enjoy the Marbella In ternational Film Festival including red carpet events, film workshops, VIP parties and the excitement of the red carpet. You’ve seen it in the newspapers and on TV and now’s the chance to enjoy the Marbella Film Festi val in person. This will be your chance to meet your idols. The excitement starts on Wednesday, Octo ber 2 with the opening inauguration at 5pm at the MIFF Teatro Goya in Puerto Banus. From the Thursday to Sunday there will be networking opportunities between 11am and 12pm daily at the Festival Hall of the H10 An dalucia Palace Plaza Hotel. On Thursday, October 3 at 10.30pm there’s the MIFF afterparty at Joys Club front line Puerto Banus The party moves to the Bless Club, Golden Mile, Marbella on Friday, October 4. On Saturday, October 5 the stars will be out for the Trick or Treat world premiere afterparty at Kah Club, Neuva Andalucia. The climax of the festival will be Sunday, October 6 with the Cocktail reception at 7.30pm followed at 8.30pm by the fabulous Gala Dinner and awards ceremony at H10 Andalucia Plaza Puerto Banus.
Evil characters best PSYCHOPATHS are Frances Barber’s strong suit, so accepting the role of an evil Mafia boss in her latest movie Trick or Treat was an easy choice. Barber, who has done her fair share of Lady Macbeths in her time, loves the chance to immerse herself in the darker female roles that give her the most satis faction. “My character is a very violent,” she said. “I love playing evil women. These are the best parts. It’s great to get to flex all those muscles we don’t normally. I’ve nearly always played monsters. I’ve done a lot of Shakespeare and enjoy playing dark characters.” Barber loved filming in Blackpool, a town she feels fits perfectly to the gang ster theme. “It was fantastic filming in Blackpool. It’s such a filmistic location. I did the se
ries Funland there years ago which was set in Blackplool and was nominated for a Bafta. “Blackpool lends itself to a sinister theme. A place with a dark under belly below the bright lights and the fun fair and the helter skelters. I don’t know if it has, but it has wonderful filming oppor tunities against the fairground back ground.” Hers is a key role in the movie and Bar ber appears in a large part of the film in many crucial scenes and she’s convinced the film will be a big success at the Mar bella International Film Festival. She said: “The film is very clever and quite scary. All the characters are larger than life and the audience is taken on a journey. There are lots of different levels to the script with lots of sub plots going on.
FRAN CES BARBER: Loves playing darker female roles. “There are lots of twists that will take audiences by surprise. I did some very big and crucial scenes. It’s a black come dy, very darkly filmed. “Once the filming finished, they actual ly changed the ending. I didn’t know they were changing it and when I saw it, I was really taken aback. It has a very unexpect ed twist. It comes as quite a shock.” Barber has spent a lot of time filming in Spain where she has appeared in the popular comedy series Benidorm as Daisy. She’s familiar with Andalucia but has never been to Marbella and is looking forward to the festival.