All Europe articles – Page 711
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NewsJorge Dorado to adapt Yulenka for Fox International
Spanish director Jorge Dorado is set to write and direct an adaptation of the Russian drama Yulenka for Fox International in Spain.
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NewsMatch Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up
The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
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NewsWild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.
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NewsSweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre
The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
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NewsKatapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes
Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, ...
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NewsElle Driver adds Women Are Heroes to Cannes slate
Elle Driver, the Paris-based sales and acquisition outfit, has added a new project with the working title Women Are Heroes to its Cannes slate.
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NewsDardenne Brothers to give Cannes Cinema Masterclass
The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, will give this year’s Cinema Masterclass at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsThe Boat That Rocked docks in France, Little Ashes fires up Spain and UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsEduardo Chapero Jackson to shoot first full length feature
The multi-award winning Spanish shorts director Eduardo Chapero Jackson is looking to shoot his first feature film, titled Verbo, this summer.
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NewsAndrucha Waddington to direct Spanish-Brazilian film Sun Seeker
Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington is set to direct a new project titled Sun Seekers, which will be a romantic tale set in the time of the Incas in Peru.
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NewsNorway joins European co-production convention
Norway is set to join the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
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NewsEnrique Gato to direct 3D animation Tadeo Jones
Spanish director Enrique Gato is beginning production on the 3D animation feature Tadeo Jones, based on his own short films of the same name
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NewsHelena Trestikova wins MEDIA European Talent Award
Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova has won the MEDIA European Talent Award for her project Zazrak– Miracle 35 Years Later.
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NewsGerman regional fund hands $14.7m to co-productions
Germany’s leading regional film fund, Filmstiftung NRW, has allocated $14.7m (€11m) – a third of its annual budget - to 35 projects, including a film by UK director Alex Winter.
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NewsSwedish TV show to be remade for the big screen
Skärgårdsdoktorn (The Archipelago Doctor), one of Sweden’s most popular TV shows during the Nineties, is being revived as a film.
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NewsPhantoms to revisit Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival has announced These Phantoms – 2 will be the retrospective for the upcoming 66th edition.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up new films by Rodrigues and Safdie brothers
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has picked up Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ To Die Like A Man and US indie filmmakers Josh & Benny Safdie’s Go Get Some Rosemary.
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NewsGerman film fund back on track
German film production will step up a gear this week after the Berlin-based German Federal Film Board finally agreed its budget for 2009. It is understood to be close to last year’s $93.4m (€70m).