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NewsKing, Schlessel, Berney unveil FilmDistrict
Following months of speculation, GK Films’ Graham King and Tim Headington have unveiled a new distribution, production and financing company FilmDistrict in association with GK Films president Peter Schlessel and new president of theatrical distribution Bob Berney.
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FeaturesKazakhstan steps up as international co-producer
Located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, Kazakhstan is in the right geographical spot to become an international co-producer, and now with a burgeoning local film industry, it’s developing the talent and the financing power too.
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Ukranian government's new laws to boost film industry
New laws, scheduled to come into effect in Ukraine from Jan 1, are expected to help to provide the recovery of the country’s film industry, which has been in decline since the collapse of the USSR.
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Swiss national fund backs five international co-productions
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture (BAK) has awarded over $2.6m (CHF 2.5m) to five international co-productions in the latest round of funding from its film section.
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Zurich Film Foundation doles out $1m; Film Office plans afoot
New feature films from Oliver Paulus, Isabel Kleefeld and Friederike Jehn are among the projects supported with over USD 1m (CHF 1m) by the Zurich Film Foundation at its latest sitting.
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NewsKarl Spoerri: Zurich can become German-language film hub
The German-language film industry can become more successful by working together on more co-productions, Zurich Film Festival director Karl Spoerri told Screen as the festival kicked off last night.
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TVE increases film spend and stands firm on sales business
Major Spanish public broadcaster TVE has increased its investment in films by 20% to $47m (€35m) for 2010 and will continue its film sales activities, despite former TVE head of cinema insisting sales activities would be wound down.
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India's Photon Kathaas announces studio plans
South Indian film production company Photon Kathaas Productions has announced plans to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and to raise funds to establish a corporate film studio focused on South Indian cinema for audiences in India and worldwide.
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Stealth, Premiere start new fund for film and TV finance
Stealth Media Group (SMG) and financier Premiere Picture have partnered to create a joint venture TV and film finance fund, Premiere Stealth Securities (PSS), set to launch at MIPCOM.
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Shine Pictures launches £25,000 screenplay competition
Shine Pictures has started a new UK screenwriting competition that will award the winner a £25,000 feature film development deal.
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Abu Dhabi unveils 28 recipients of Sanad film fund
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival has announced the first round of grant recipients for its Sanad film fund for Arab filmmakers.
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Austria launches 20m euros film financing incentive
Austria launches new film incentive after green light from Brussels; International co-productions attract most support from German fund this year
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NewsBankside and Killer strike first-look, co-development deal
First projects under the deal include Jeff Garlin’s Dealin With Idiots and Julianne Moore-starring Innocence.
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NewsToronto genre finance panel to include Bowles, King, Seghatchian
Three senior executives are lined up for the annual panel discussion at the fifth-annual International Financing Forum (IFF) on Sunday in Toronto.
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CommentProtecting Inward Investment
A new proposal to make the UK tax credit recoupable seems to ignore the fact that virtually every other country in the world is lining up to steal big productions away from the UK.
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Russian culture minister pushes ahead with film commission plans
Russia is moving ahead with plans for a new National Film Commission.
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NewsDisputes intensify over Michael Radford's Spanish project La Mula
Radford seeks injunction; Spanish production company Gheko Films approaches UK and Irish authorities over financing troubles.
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CommentUK government should direct Lottery funds to arthouse film
Commercial UK cinema should live or die on the open market both in financing and distribution, but artistic cinema needs government support.
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NewsMission: Impossible IV prepping for Prague shoot
The Czech Republic’s new 20% tax rebate, implemented in late July, is attracting a raft of runaway productions, including Mission: ImpossibleIV.
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NewsRomanian National Film Center awards $6.5m to new wave of features
The Romanian National Film Center (CNC) has announced roughly $6.5m in funding for new projects, including $3.5m in funding for new features from established directors.