Tim Dams
Screen International's Europe editor, based in the UK.
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Spanish execs team up to launch indie film distributor Madfer Films
First acquisitions include ‘Fremont’ and ‘Full Red River’.
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Palestinian director Elia Suleiman to receive Sarajevo 2024 honorary award
Festival will present director with honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award and show a retrospective of his films.
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Jane Campion to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival
Filmmaker to receive festival’s award for outstanding achievement in cinema.
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Picture Tree boards German director Chiara Fleischhacker’s debut feature ‘Vena’ (exclusive)
Female-driven tale is debut feature for German writer-director.
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Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ scores French distribution deal (exclusive)
Leonardo Van Dijl’s debut feature is set in world of competitive tennis.
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Jasper Nijsmans appointed head of Flanders Image
Appointment follows the sudden depature of Christian de Schutter last year.
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'The Teachers’ Lounge' wins 2024 Lux European Audience Film Award
Award was presented at a ceremony in the European Parliament
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Emmanuelle Béart and Baloji to lead Cannes’ Caméra d’Or jury
Caméra d’Or is awarded to the best first feature film at Cannes.
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Fremantle renews first-look deal with ‘Maria’ producer Fabula
Deal with leading Chilean production company spans original dramas and films.
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Heretic co-founder Konstantinos Kontovrakis to depart company (exclusive)
Producer’s credits include ’How To Have Sex’ and ’Triangle Of Sadness’.
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Sebastián Lelio wraps production, releases first look images for musical film ‘The Wave’
Produced through Fabula, the film is co-financed by Participant and Fremantle.
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Studiocanal closes US deal for Caribbean-set action thriller ‘Invasion’
Dutch drama has been picked up for territories including North America.
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TorinoFilmLab selects three films for €45,000 Audience Design Fund awards (exclusive)
Each of the three selected projects - hailing from India, Egypt and Nepal - are in post-production.
- Features
European cinemas focus: Italy’s exhibitor association CEO on the country’s cinema landscape
Italy’s post‑pandemic recovery was behind the pace, but surged ahead in 2023 — helped by one enormous local hit.
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TorinoFilmLab unveils selection for first ever ComedyLab feature development programme (exclusive)
ComedyLab pairs directors and scriptwriters with comedians to help develop comedy feature film projects.
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European content garnering 30% viewing share on Europe’s SVoD plaforms
Spain is the country with the highest share of viewtime for national works.
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Agnieszka Holland, Carla Simon and Joachim Trier projects among €7m Eurimages funding recipients
26 features have received co-production funding from Eurimages
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Italy reduces streamer investment obligations, removes IP protections for indie producers
Services such Netflix and Disney+ must now invest 16% of their Italian turnover into European works, down from 20%.
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Why “survive till 2025” was the motto of scripted TV producers at Series Mania
Screen reports on the key talking points from this year’s Series Mania industry Forum.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to begin rollout of Max streaming platform in Europe on May 21
Launch date was announced by president of global streaming JB Perrette at Series Mania.