All Finance articles – Page 110
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NewsLondon-based Berkeley Square launches as production, finance, sales outfit
Film and finance veterans launching the venture are Paul Tamasy, Daniel Figuero, Justin Howard, Stephen Metcalfe, John Tibbs and Star Wars star Mark Hamill.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Festival launches $500,000 production fund
The newly rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival is launching a fund totalling $500,000 per year to support productions from the Arab region.
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Cantor Exchange gets go-ahead for box office futures market
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a second futures exchange within a week, giving the go-ahead to a new class of derivatives.
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NewsCommission gives go-ahead to film futures exchange
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has approved a proposal by Media Derivatives to set up a futures exchange trading in box office opening weekends.
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Singapore’s MDA, Fremantle partner for animation fund
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has launched a fund for animated TV series, telemovies and theatrical features in partnership with FremantleMedia Enterprises.
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NewsSarajevo's CineLink selections include new projects from Kozole, Serban
The Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink has announced 17 projects selected for this year’s CineLink and CineLink Plus programmes.
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NewsBavarianBankFund extended for another 10 years
The fund has provided gap financing for the production and distribution of commercially promising feature films.
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FeaturesIndies can skyrocket with CG animation
One area where independent producers can carve a niche, and occasionally even trump the studios, is computer-generated animation.
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Cutting Edge strikes slate deal with Exclusive Media Group
Cutting Edge and Exclusive Media Group (parent of Hammer Films) will work on a slate of at least five titles together, starting with Let Me In.
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NewsIcon strikes first-look deal with Noel Clarke's Unstoppable Entertainment
UK sales and distribution company Icon has signed an exclusive, long-term first-look deal with Kidulthood writer Noel Clarke and his production company Unstoppable Entertainment. Icon is also taking a small equity position in Unstoppable.Icon will have the option to finance, sell and distribute any project produced by Unstoppable. This is ...
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NewsRevamped Screen Queensland wants more projects developed in the region
Maureen Barron has executed a makeover encompassing the organisational structure and staff, funding programs, and stakeholder relationships.
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NewsUKFC's new Film Fund launches with £15m
Wharton, Francke, Collins confirmed as executives working under Seghatchian in newly streamlined fund.
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NewsEM Media backs 9 new projects, including Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur
Other media projects backed with support of emda include Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.
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NewsIntandem Films raises $749,000 through share placing
Proceeds will be used to to repay an outstanding loan and to fund working capital.
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NewsGerman funds back new projects from Kusturica, Wright, von Garnier
Projects backed in $15m funding round include Joe Wright’s thriller Hanna, now shooting at Babelsburg Studios.
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NewsMama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award
Kit Hung’s Mama Eve became the first recipient of the Wouter Barendrecht Award at the close of the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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NewsAON/Ruben makes push into Asia market
US entertainment insurance broker AON/Albert G. Ruben is making an aggressive push into the Asian market to tap into the region’s booming production industries.
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FeaturesAfter the storm
Financing for independent films has been battered by the credit crisis and turmoil in the marketplace. Here, John Hazelton assesses the damage and explores the state of equity and debt financing in the US.
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FeaturesEquity players
US finance and production companies with their own equity to invest have had mixed fortunes during the recession. John Hazelton reports
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