All Europe articles – Page 688
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NewsShakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 to represent Russia at the Oscars
Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 has been selected as the Russian foreign-language Oscar contender for next year’s Academy Awards.
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NewsNordisk Film quits family films as it shuts Norwegian arm
Danish production company Nordisk Film is closing its Norwegian division due to changes in the country’s film financing structure.
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NewsZurich Film Festival stunned by Polanski arrest
The Polish director was the subject of a special tribute at this year’s festival and was en route to Zurich to take part in a masterclass with young filmmakers when he was taken into custody.
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NewsDisney/Pixar's Up stays aloft overseas with $12.3m haul
Disney/Pixar’s Up led Hollywood’s international pack at the weekend with a $12.3m estimated gross that raised the tally to $215.4m with the UK to come on October 9.
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NewsDolan's Mother takes Golden Puffin in Reykjavik
Milos Forman receives Lifetime Achievement Award; other winners include Together from Norway and The Girl from Sweden.
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NewsCroatia sends Donkey to the Oscars
Antonio Nuic’s Donkey, one of the hits of this summer’s Pula International Film Festival, has been chosen as Croatia’s entry to the foreign-language Academy Award.
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NewsDanis Tanovic's Triage to open the Rome Film Festival
The International Rome Film Festival has announced the line-up of their fourth edition, in a pivotal year for the festival, which has a new team led by president Gian Luigi Rondi.
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NewsMorris dances in UK, France opens The Hurt Locker
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsDenmark’s Terribly Happy submitted for foreign-language Oscar
Henrik Ruben Genz’s Terribly Happy has been selected as the Danish contender for the foreign-language Oscar race.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office – September 25
Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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NewsIranian film-makers lead pro-democracy protest at San Sebastian
Iranian film-makers Hana and Samira Makhmalbaf will lead a protest today (September 24) at the San Sebastian Film Festival. against the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence in the UN Council in New York.
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NewsUruguay dominates San Sebastian Films In Progress awards
Uruguayan films La Vida Util and Norberto Apenas Tarde have won the industry and TVE awards in this year’s San Sebastian Films In Progess section.
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NewsBalkan Script Development Fund selects 11 projects for 6th edition
Eleven projects from have been selected for the upcoming 6th Balkan Script Development Fund, which runs November 14 – 16.
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NewsBaaria, Vincere shortlisted for Italy’s Oscar entry
The Italian film body Anica has shortlisted list five films –including Giuseppe Tornatore’s Scilian drama Baaria and Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere about the secret life of Benito Mussolini – for its entry to the foreign-language Academy Award.
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NewsGhent to open with Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates
The 36th Ghent International Film Festival will open on October 6 with Belgium’s foreign Oscar entry, Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates.
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NewsSerbia sends Saint George to do battle at the Oscars
Srdjan Dragojevic’s Saint George Shoots The Dragon has been put forward as Serbia’s entry for the foreign-language Oscar after concerns that its first choice - Darko Lungulov’s Here And There - contained to much English dialogue.
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NewsImagina closes deals in Oscar contenders Gordos and Maps
Imagina has secured a number of sales on Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s Fat People (Gordos) and Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, which are both competing to be Spain’s entrant for the foreign-langugage Oscar.
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NewsUMedia and Brazil's Dezenove sign three year, multi-picture deal
Brazilian production company Dezenove and UMedia, the French independent production and distribution company, have signed a three-year, multi-picture deal.