All Europe articles – Page 686
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NewsACI boards Amy Adams romantic musical Moonlight Serenade for AFM
Looking to capitalse on the growing popularity of films such as Mamma Mia! and High School Musical 3, LA-based American Cinema International (ACI) has boarded foreign sales rights to the romantic musical Moonlight Serenade starring Amy Adams.
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NewsTamadon Mehran's Bassidji wins Jihlava documentary fest
Tamadon Mehran’s Bassidji won the Opus Bonum at the Jilhlava International Documentary Film Festivall in the Czech Republic, which closed on November 1.
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NewsBreillat’s Blue Beard takes best film at Greece’s European Cinema festival
Pyramide Films’ Blue Beard (Barbe Bleu) by veteran French film-maker Catherine Breillat won the best film award at the 22nd Panorama of European Cinema Festival, which closed on November 1.
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NewsMicmacs in France, UK gets Starsuckers
Screens looks at the local and independent release in key markets.
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NewsHurt to receive career achievement award in Seville
Actor John Hurt will be honoured with a special lifetime achievement award at the Seville Film Festival, and will present kidnap drama 44-Inch Chest.
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NewsNorwegian film body appoints international relations head
Sandrew Metrodome’s acquisitions chief Stine Helgeland has been appointed as executive director of promotion and international relations of the Norwegian Film Institute.
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NewsTF1 makes market debut selling merged slate
TFI International will make its market debut selling titles from both its own slate and UGC’s at next week’s AFM. The slate includes new projects such as Redheads, the first film from Costa Gavras’ son, Romain.
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NewsWeekly international box office – October 30
Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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FeaturesThe Station agents
Berlin-based producer Egoli Tossell Film has comfortably ramped up its activities to focus on $10m-$22m international films, scoring initial success this autumn with Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station. Martin Blaney reports
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NewsFormer Kinowelt marketing chief launches new venture
Georg Miros, the former head of marketing and sales at Kinowelt Filmverleih, has joined forces with local distributor Eduard Barnsteiner to launch distribution and production outfit Projektor Filmverleih und Filmproduktion.
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CommentSuccess on a local level
If there has ever been a time for locally sourced product to succeed, apparently it is now.
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NewsHigh Point Films closes further sales on Koolhoven's Winter In Wartime
London-based High Point Films has closed further deals on Martin Koolhoven’s Winter In Wartime.
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NewsNew German government pledges support for film
Angela Merkel’s new government confirmed its support for the local film industry as it prepared to be sworn in on Wednesday (October 28).
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NewsBankside Films acquires This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of AFM
London-based sales outfit Bankside Films has announced its acquisition of This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of next week’s American Film Market.
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NewsLarge UK cast lines up alongside Giamatti, Purefoy in Ironclad
Jonathan English’s Ironclad has completed its casting and has now begun principal photography on location and at Dragon International Film Studios.
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NewsBelgian distributors bid to end box office dispute
The ten-month dispute over Belgian box office figures is close to being resolved after the Belgian Society of Film Distributors proposed a new scheme that could be introduced early next year.
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NewsSpain’s Antena 3 joins Woody Allen’s Stranger
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 has boarded Woody Allen’s new London project as a co-producer. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is currently in post-production.
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NewsGilliam's Imaginarium storms Italian box office
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus has taken $2.7m (€1.8m) in its opening weekend in Italy, denied the top spot only by Walt Disney SMPI’s Up in its second week.
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NewsMIG Films acquires rights to Jakubisko's Bathory
MIG Films has picked up the rights to Bathory, the most expensive Eastern European film to date, for German-speaking territories. It will be released in January.
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NewsWorld premiere of Koepp’s Berlin-Stettin opens Leipzig
Veteran German documentary film-maker Volker Koepp’s latest project Berlin-Stettin will open the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film tonight (October 26).