All Finance articles – Page 42
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FeaturesIsraeli funds: For the love of film
For a relatively small country, Israel boasts a multitude of film funds. Geoffrey Macnab discovers how vital these are to both local and international film-makers
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NewsConcourse in funding deal with Productivity Media
The Little Hours kicks off deal between Concourse Media and Productivity to fund between eight and 12 features.
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NewsCreative Europe launches $135m guarantee facility
Initiative will support 10,000 creative sector SMEs.
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NewsCould the UK rejoin Eurimages following Brexit?
Eurimages executive director Roberto Olla reiterates that the door remains open.
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NewsNordisk Fond gives largest doc grant to Brugger's 'Hammerskjold'
Fond also backs two TV serires and Lisa Langseth’s new feature.
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NewsBBC reveals first Screenplay Award winners
EXCLUSIVE: Playwright Charlotte Josephine has won the inaugural BBC Screenplay First Award, bestowed by BBC Films and BBC Writersroom.
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NewsIngenious forms $200m venture with China’s Hejing Culture
UK-based film financier Ingenious has formed a joint venture with China’s Hejing Culture to produce and co-finance a slate of independent films in a deal worth $200m.
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NewsDiversity quota for film tax credit, suggests Ken Loach producer
MEDIA SUMMIT: Rebecca O’Brien, producer of Cannes winner I, Daniel Blake, also criticized nepotism in the film industry.
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NewsSony Pictures Television takes stake in Blueprint Television
SPT buys stake in TV arm of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel producer.
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NewsFour UK financiers found guilty in major film fraud case
Estimated £100m ($145m) of tax repayments claimed through fraudulent film investment scheme.
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NewsRomania mulls joining film tax incentive club
The Romanian government is considering tax incentives to attract more foreign producers to shoot in the country.
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NewsIM Global poised for next step
Asian announcements were two-a-penny at the AFM last year, but away from the market bustle a deal was brewing that would have trumped any headline from Santa Monica.
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NewsIM Global acquired by China's Tang Media, pacts with Tencent
Donald Tang’s Tang Media Partners (TMP) has acquired a majority stake in US firm IM Global, which is also partnering with Chinese tech giant Tencent on a TV production venture.
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NewsChina’s Enlight Media invests in ticketing platform Maoyan
Beijing-based studio Enlight Media is paying $245m for a 19% stake in China’s largest online ticketing platform Maoyan.
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NewsBelga raises €5m for animation 'The Son Of Bigfoot'
Belga Films Fund (BFF) has raised more than $5.6m (€5m) for Ben Stassen’s new animated feature, The Son Of Bigfoot.
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NewsUnified, Victory Square Labs launch fund
Keith Kjarval’s Unified Pictures has set up a slate financing fund with Canadian venture firm Victory Square Labs.
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NewsRio cinema staff to strike over pay dispute
Cinema director confirms that venue will not open on May 25; actress and former Rio employee Zawe Ashton comments.
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NewsElevation, Anton Corp in slate finance deal
Laurie May and Noah Segal’s Canadian distributor and Anton Corp, which Harold van Lier has joined as partner, announced in Cannes they will team up on 20-25 films a year.
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FeaturesUK Private Financiers: Adventure Capital
Investor confidence in the UK film industry is growing thanks to the country’s embedded tax credit and the efforts of an increasing number of dynamic private financers. Geoffrey Macnab reports