All Europe articles – Page 711
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NewsWrong Rosary wins Crossing Europe
Turkish director Mahmut Fazil Coskun’s Wrong Rosary has won the European Competition at the 6th Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz.
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Florian Gallenberger’s epic drama John Rabe wins four Lolas
Florian Gallenberger’s epic drama John Rabe about the “Oskar Schindler of China” was the big winner at this year’s German Film Awards, taking home four Golden Lolas, including for Best Film and Best Lead Actor for Ulrich Tukur as John Rabe.
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NewsMilos Forman to head jury for 4th Rome Film Festival
The International Rome Film Festival has announced celebrated director Milos Forman as president of the jury for the upcoming 4th edition, which runs from October 15 – 23.
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FeaturesSailing into trouble?
Since it set sail in the UK on April 1, Working Title’s The Boat That Rocked has been navigating choppy waters in a handful of international markets.
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FeaturesShock Tactics
Action sequel Crank: High Voltage was the highest new entry in Screen International’s chart this week at number four.
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Features'The spanish public is very lazy'
How has theatrical film marketing changed in the past few years?
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Market Report - Spain
The two stand-out foreign films of the 2008 Spanish box office were Matteo Garrone’s Cannes award-winner Gomorrah ($2.8m) and Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Oscar-winning Austrian title The Counterfeiters ($3.2m). Both were controversial titles which benefited from wide marketing campaigns.Additionally, the foreign films that perform well in Spain tend to be the high-profile ...
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Focus and Universal Pictures strike deal with UFA Cinema
Focus Features International (FFI) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have formed a distributionand co-financing partnership with German film production and distribution operationUFA Cinema(UFA).
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Liv Ullman to star in Bergman sequel
Norwegian director-actress Liv Ullmann, the muse of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, will star in Swedishdirector’s Stig Bjorkman’s Scenes From An Artistry (Scener Ur Ett Konstnärskap), the sequel to ImagesFrom The Playground (Bilder Från Lekstugan).
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Bleiberg takes international rights to The Vicious Kind
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic thriller The Vicious Kindand will launch the film at the Cannes market.
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NewsCannes president reveals digital streaming initiative
Cannes Festival president Gilles Jacob has unveiled a new digital initiative aimed at encouraging more young people to go to the cinema.He made the announcement at the launch of the festival’s official selection today (April 23).Filmmakers with a title in one of the official selection berths will be offered the ...
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Giffoni Film Festival relaunches for 39th edition
The Giffoni Film Festival, which focuses on productions for kids and young people, is relaunching asthe Giffoni Experience.
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South East European Film Festival in LA kicks off April 30
The fourth South East European Film Festival kicks off on April 30 at the Goethe Institute in Los Angeles with a screening of Behind The Glassfollowed by the documentaryDivorce Albanian Style.
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EuropaCorp appoints Steve Rubin as international marketing chief
EuropaCorp, the French film company founded by Luc Besson, has appointed industry veteran SteveRubin to head a newly created international marketing division.
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NewsSwedish director Runge jumps from Simon And The Oaks
Swedish award-winning director Björn Runge has walked out on the $5m (SEK 45m) production of Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarna), claiming the film’s producers were limiting his freedom.
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Taras Bulba tops $14m in Russia and Ukraine
Director Vladimir Bortko’s epic adventure Taras Bulba grossed $1.6m in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.
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The Swedish Film Institute backs local productions
The Swedish Film Institute is backing Johan Brisinger’s upcoming feature Among Us (Änglavakt) with$1m (SEK 8m). Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, has already signed up to playthe lead.
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Vitagraph acquires US rights to The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Vitagraph Films has acquired all US rights from Constantin Film to Uli Edel’s German foreign language Oscar nominee The Baader-Meinhof Complex.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.