All Finance articles – Page 105
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World Cinema Fund works with new films from Morocco, Mexico, Armenia
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund jury has selected three new film projects for production funding.
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NewsFulcrum secures $16.7m loan, looks to UK for expansion
The Australian film finance company has secured additional funding and now hopes planning to provide cash flow support to UK productions.
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NewsNew film funding sparks criticism from Russian industry
New film investment from the Russian government has been criticised by local sources, who claim the money will not help the wider industry.
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NewsProducers and financiers square up at Spanish film finance conference
The Screen International-backed conference reveals the chasm between producers and private financiers in Spain.
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NewsGerard Yubero partners with Legacy, Wind Fish for Tango Dancer
The Spanish producer will work with Canada’s Legacy Filmeworks and UK’s Wind Fish on $7m Spain-set thriller.
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Millbrook Pictures joins financiers for Cronenberg's Freud-Jung film
Zurich-based Millbrook Pictures has come on board as one of the financiers of David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method.
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Commission approves second futures exchange as Congress vote looms
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave the go-ahead on Monday [28] for the Cantor Futures Exchange amid doubts that such schemes will get off the ground as Congress considers financial reforms.
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Russia seeks to attract foreign productions by creating National Film Commission
The Russian Ministry of Cultural Affairs hasput forward an initiative to create a National Film Commission in the country, which will be responsible for attracting foreign film companies to make movies in Russia.
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NewsSusanne Bier plans new romantic comedy with Zentropa
Anders Thomas Jensen is co-writing the film about a hairdresser/cancer survivor who falls in love en route to her daughter’s wedding.
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NewsEurimages backs 14 new European co-productions
The total investment in the projects will be $5.9m.
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UK film industry breathes sigh of relief over Budget
Lottery funding to remain in place, only one small change made to film tax relief.
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NewsAPSA and MPA partner in film fund for Asia-Pacific filmmakers
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) have jointly announced a film fund of $100,000 for Asia-Pacific filmmakers.
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WFC. International Capital Group extends its portfolio to include first film fund
WFC. International Capital Group has extended its portfolio of financial services to the field of media funds with the setting up of its Motion Picture Fund 1.
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NewsScreen Australia injects some flexibility into its co-production rules
Screen Australia has proposed several changes aimed at getting more films through the gate as official co-productions but by chief executive Ruth Harley’s own admission, she doesn’t expect it to “change the world”.
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European Commission approves Czech incentives
Czech state radio is reporting that the European Commission has approved the Czech Republic film incentives program.
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BackUp backs Emilie Jolie, Pinocchio
French financing outfit BackUp Films is investing in several new productions through its Cofanim fund for animated projects.
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NewsUK government pulls funding for BFI's National Film Centre
The British Film Institute has reacted with a mix of stoicism and dismay to the news (confirmed today) that the new UK coalition Government has scrapped plans for a National Film Centre. UKFC-BFI merger now looking shakier.
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Turin Commission buys Endgame's stake in film fund
The Turin Piedmont Film Commission has bought out LA based Endgame Entertainment’s 18 percent share in an ambitious film fund the two groups launched in tandem in 2007 under the name of Film Investment Piedmont (FIP).
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Shanghai's winning projects include Lost In Touch, Last Valentine's Day
Quan Ling’s Lost In Touch and Sheng Zhimin’s Last Valentine’s Day took the top two prizes at China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC) and Co-production Pitch and Catch (Co-FPC), the project market of Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).
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Von Trotta, Hallstrom and Riggen backed by Filmstiftung NRW
New feature films by Margarethe von Trotta, Lasse Hallström and Patricia Riggen are among 11 projects awarded around €5.7m production funding by the Düsseldorf-based Filmstiftung NRW at its latest session.