All articles by Eleanor Kenny – Page 3
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IDA honours Werner Herzog's documentary career
The International Documentary Association (IDA) will bestow its prestigious 2008 Career Achievement Award on legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.The award is given to a filmmaker who has made a major impact on the documentary genre through a long and distinguished body of work.Although the German director is equally well known for ...
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Philip Seymour Hoffman to voice Oz animation Mary and Max
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) has joined the cast of the new claymation feature Mary and Max, to voice the role of Max.Mary and Max is the first film from writer/director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs, since their Oscar winning animated short Harvie Krumpet, winner of the 2004 Oscar for ...
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The Mermaid is Russian submission for Oscar
Russia has submitted The Mermaid (Rusalka) by Anna Melikyan for nomination for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. It was selected from eight films by the Russian Federation's Oscars National Selection Committee.The Mermaid has already received international recognition, winning the FIPRESCI Prize at the 58th Berlin International ...
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Netherlands Production Platform presents 20 European co-productions
The 20th Holland Film Meeting will this year present 14 International projects and six Dutch projects at the Netherlands Production Platform (NPP).The NPP encourages co-production between the Netherlands and other countries by pitching selected projects to international film professionals in order to assess their market potential.Among the projects to be ...
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Side Effect takes best short film award at Oldenburg
Side Effect by Liz Adams' has won in the Best Short Film category at the 2008 Germany's Oldenburg International Film FestivalThe Oldenburg victory is Adams' second major win for Side Effect. In April this year it won the Cutting Edge Short Film Competition at Scotland's international horror genre festival, the ...
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Jamie Carmichael moves to ContentFilm's LA office
ContentFilm Plc, has announced that Jamie Carmichael, President of its film division ContentFilm International (CFI), has re-located from London to the group's Santa Monica office. CFI has brought to the international market films such as Jason Reitman's Thank You For Smoking, Black Book directed by Paul Verhoeven, Duncan Tucker's Transamerica ...
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Europa Cinemas to debate dangers of D-cinema switchover
Europa Cinemas will examine the potential threat posed to cinemas across Europe by digital switchover at its 13th annual conference in Paris in November.Growing concerns that the cost of the digital switch will be beyond the reach of independent and arthouse cinemas have recently been highlighted in Screen International.The Europa ...
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European co-productions outperform national productions
Admissions for European co-productions are nearly three times higher than national productions according to a report by the European Audiovisual Observatory. They are also twice as likely to be released in foreign markets and significantly outperform national productions in non-national markets.The report covers circulation and performance of more than 5,000 ...
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$3.5m UK lottery backing forDorian Gray and Triangle
The UK Film Council's Premiere Fund has awarded more than$3.5m (£2m)of National Lottery Funding to two productions.The biggest sum - $2.9m (£1.62m)- was awarded toChristopher Smith's Triangle, apsychological thriller set inside the Bermuda Triangle.It will be produced by Dan Films' Jason Newmark and Julie Baines in the UK, and Chris ...
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EC approves new film tax schemes in Latvia and Sardinia
The European Commission has approved two film support schemes that address the specific problems faced by film communities in rural or smaller European areas -- specifically in Latvia and Sardinia.In Latvia, the aim is that a new $68m (Euros 43m), six-year support scheme will help audiences across rural Latvia access ...
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European Commission urges film preservation in digital age
Most films will be distributed in digital format within the next five years, which might be good news for cinemas, but it also has serious implications for Europe's film heritage.That is one of the key conclusions of a new European Commission (EC) report measuring European Union (EU) progress in preserving ...
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European Commission firms up plans for global film cooperation
The details of how a global film cooperation programme might work have become clearer following a recent public hearing on the international film industry in Brussels.The hearing is the latest step in a series of public consultations and studies that will help define the new MEDIA MUNDUS programme and offered ...
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Ghent festival to honour Minghella and Yared
The life and works of the late director Anthony Minghella will be honoured by his long time friend and collaborator Gabriel Yared at the 35th edition of the Ghent International Film Festival (Oct 7-18)World renowned composer Yared will pay tribute to Minghella with a film music concert showcasing the soundtracks ...
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European Commission studies VoD changes for 2009
The European Commission is considering the methods it will use to monitor Video on Demand (VoD) content when the new Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is introduced in 2009.Specifically, it is looking at ways to monitor how European content is promoted by VoD services.Possible criteria could include:financial contributions to the ...
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Focus: Europe's drive for digital change
'Digital convergence is coming of age.'That's the view of EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding (pictured below), who claims 'it is now possible to distribute online content on a mass market scale'.And in a great many areas of new media development, it is fair to say ...
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New copyright agreement provides greater online access to film
A new EU-wide copyright agreement has been signed to increase the number of films made available to the public online by cultural institutions.The films targeted are so-called 'orphan works,' where the true rights holders of films, music or books, are impossible to identify or locate. The problem means that rights ...
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European Commission consults on global entertainment industry plans
The European Commission is to hold a public hearing to explore ideas for a global programme to promote the European audiovisual industry.The programme would involve cooperation, for mutual benefit, with so called 'third countries' outside of the EU and represent a firm commitment in European audiovisual policy to engaging with ...
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European Commission softens stance on multi-territory licences
The controversial debate on multi-territory licenses for distributing content online has taken a new turn as the European Commission tenders for a study into the possible economic and cultural impact of the scheme.The Commission's proposals for multi-territory licences have already met strong opposition from film industry bodies such as the ...
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European Commission set to extend state aid rules until 2012
The European Commission is set to extend the current rules for state aid for film support schemes until 2012.The move is designed to allow more breathing space while it considers the long-term future of the rules. The announcement came jointly from European Commissioners Viviane Reding and Neelie Kroes, who are ...
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New European TV database should draw in film rights owners
A new European TV database being launched tomorrow (Wednesday) at MIPTV will provide a significant tool for the film industry, offering benefits for distributors and rights owners, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.MAVISE (Marche Audiovisuel Europe), as the database is known, was established by the Observatory at the request of ...