All Finance articles – Page 113
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NewsParticipant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi board River Road's Fair Game
Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi have joined River Road as financiers on Sean Penn and Naomi Watts thriller Fair Game.
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NewsFuture Films and Aramid Capital hit by Soho blaze
A major fire broke out in the London offices housing leading film financiers Future Films and Aramid Capital earlier today.
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NewsIndian Film Festival LA unveils fund for universal stories with Indian themes
The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has launched the IFFLA Film Fund for film-makers with narrative and documentary features reflecting universal themes inherent in Indian culture.
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NewsING Belgium withdraws from film financing
Financial services company ING Belgium has scrapped its film financing activities to concentrate on its core business.
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NewsSundance, Cinereach launch $1.5m support for socially conscious cinema
The Sundance Institute and film support body Cinereach have launched a three-year grant to form The Cinereach Project At Sundance Institute.
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NewsEurope gives green light to French tax break
The European Commission has given the go-ahead to a French tax break that aims to encourage big-budget foreign films to shoot in the country.
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NewsQadhafi, Beckerman start $100m production fund Natural Selection
Libya’s Major General Engineer Al-Saadi Qadhafi has come on board as the major financier behind Natural Selection LLC, a new $100m+ private equity funded production company. Matty Beckerman formed Natural Selection, and will serve as CEO, based in Los Angeles.
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NewsEM Media appoints Lisa Opie as chair
Lisa Opie, the former managing director of content at UK broadcaster Five, has taken over as chair of regional screen agency EM Media.
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NewsBerlin's World Cinema Fund backs seven projects with $315,000
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund jury has selected five new film projects for production funding and two for distribution funding.
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NewsOntario plans to expand tax credit to foreign producers
The Ontario government plans to enhance the production tax credit for foreign producers.
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NewsEntertainment finance venture launches global tax scheme
Winchester Capital Management Partners has launched a global government incentive and tax financing initiative which will provide innovative tax structures for those working in the entertainment industry.
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NewsTelefilm Canada gives $6.4m to seven French-language projects
New projects from Max Films, Cinemaginaire and Cirrus Communications are among seven French-language feature to be backed by Canadian film finance agency Telefilm Canada.
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NewsStern says indies are hurting, but have huge opportunities online
Despite the economy, there was a slightly sunnier outlook at the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Film Financing Conference this weekend.James D. Stern, chairman and CEO of LA-based production and financing company Endgame Entertainment, struck a more positive note than 2008’s famous keynote speech by The Film Department’s Mark Gill.In his ...
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NewsJDC Trust forced to suspend business for three months
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has suspended ailing film and contents fund management firm Japan Digital Contents Trust Inc (JDC) from doing business for a period of three months.
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NewsLAFF's Fast Track includes Rodney Evans, Matthew Bissonette
Today Film Independent, the non-profit organisation that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has selected the projects for its seventh-annual Fast Track programme, sponsored by Eastman Kodak.
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NewsSpain reveals plans for $125m film fund
Ignasi Guardans, the new director general of Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), has announced plans for a new $125m (€90m) film funding scheme.
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NewsPiano, Goodbye Ani take top prizes at Shanghai’s CFPC
Zhang Meng’s The Piano In The Factory and Kwok Jae-yong’s Goodbye Ani took the top two prizes at China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC), the projects market of the Shanghai International Film Festival, last night.
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NewsUK online DVD rental firm Lovefilm moots sale
The British online DVD rental firm Lovefilm has been put up for sale for an estimated $328m (£200m). It is understood that the six year old business has received a number of approaches.
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NewsBIFG completes second round financing
Fast-expanding Chinese studio, Bona International Film Group (BIFG), has completed second round financing of $14.64 from private equity backer Matrix Partners China and a loan of $8m from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
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NewsThe UK's NWVM to receive over $4.4m in funding
The UK’s Northwest Vision and Media (NWVM) will receive over $4.4 million (£2.7m) of funding from the Northwest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).