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Marie-Pierre Macia to head Abu Dhabi's new $500,000 fund
Macia is a well-known figure on the international film scene as both a producer and programmer; she previously served as head of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
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Canada's Greenberg Fund backs new projects by Natali, Skogland
Astral Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund has announced the latest round of funding for 24 projects in its Script Development Program for Canadian feature scripts.
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Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg backs new projects by Cronenberg, Wright, Gansel and von Garnier
Latest funding round backs 20 projects backed with over $7.4m (€ 5.8m).
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NewsFilm 4's annual production budget pushed back up to $15m
The 20% boost to Film 4’s budget returns the company’s investment capacity to its 2008 pre economic downturn level.
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China, France sign film co-production treaty
China-French co-productions will be able to enter the Chinese market outside of China’s import quota.
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Melbourne festival's Premiere Fund backs three new films
Projects selected for production investment are The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony, The 24 Hour Window and Dead Cool.
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NewsUK industry has mixed response to Pact producer recoupment proposals
Broadcasters and the UK Film Council have been non-committal while regional screen agencies have expressed wariness. However, producers themselves have given expectedly full backing to Pact’s blueprint.
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Paramount Germany unveils first local pickup, German funds pay out over €10m in support
Tim Fehlmann’s post-apocalyptic thriller 2016 – Das Ende der Nacht has been unveiled as Paramount Pictures Germany’s first local pickup.
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NewsPact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
UK producers body Pact will tomorrow launch a new proposal for public funding of UK film production, so that recoupment of investments would go back to producers, not to the UK Film Council, BBC Films or Film4.
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Mod Producciones boards Arevalo’s comedy Primos
Agora producers Mod Producciones have joined Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s new $4m comedy project Primos as co-producers alongside Atipica Films.
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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 ...