All Finance articles – Page 55
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NewsUK production spend tops £1bn; indie spend falls
UK film sector buoyant but BFI stats reveal local declines.
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NewsDead, End wins at PiFan's NAFF
The 18th Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan)’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) wrapped tonight with top Bucheon Award going to Dev Benegal’s Indian project Dead, End Or: How I Learned To Stop Living And Love Being Officially Dead.
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NewsSpackman jumps 79% on Singapore debut
Korea’s Spackman Entertainment Group (SEG) surged 78.9% in an IPO on the Catalist board of the Singapore stock exchange on Tuesday (July 22).
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NewsScreen Yorkshire backs $25m action film
EXCLUSIVE: Co-pro Hunter’s Prayer marks largest investment and first US production for fund.
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NewsFox out, Fosun up at Bona Film Group
Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group is acquiring an additional 13.3% stake in Bona Film Group, while 21st Century Fox is divesting its stake in the Beijing-based studio.
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NewsCreative Skills Fund set for $63m boost
Businesses from the creative sector are to plough $29m (£17m) into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to $63m (£37m).
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NewsAnnapurna in talks to board Revenant
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.
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NewsWCF announces latest funding round
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest feature among those to receive funding from World Cinema Fund.
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NewsCinema ad spend rises 0.4%
Growth is expected to accelerate throughout 2014 to reach an anticipated 6.4%.
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NewsGerman producers 'regret' over €10m cuts proposal
Germany’s film producers have expressed ¨exceptional regret¨ at learning that Angela Merkel’s cabinet has proposed reducing the annual budget for the DFFF ¨German spend¨ incentive by another €10m to €50m in the global federal budget for 2015.
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NewsPrime Focus pacts with Reliance MediaWorks
The UK’s Prime Focus has joined forces with India-based Reliance MediaWorks.
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NewsNordisk takes Norway theatrical lead
Denmark’s largest cinema chain, Nordisk Film Biografer, has become theatrical market leader in Norway after securing a 49% stake in exhibitor Kinosør.
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NewsFilm London wins $1.7m funding
Film London has been awarded almost £1m ($1.7m) to continue to deliver the Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), offering artist filmmakers funding, training and mentoring.
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NewsUK creative industries get skills investment
Government will match-fund industry commitments to the tune of £16m ($27.5m).
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NewsFirst MBS deals announced
EXCLUSIVE: Among the deals, Mexico’s In Films We Trust will buy a package of eight Russian films from Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs.
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NewsItaly’s Notorious Pictures debuts on AIM
EXCLUSIVE: Company’s increased acquisition drive includes post Cannes purchase of boxing drama Bleed For This.
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NewsCreative England doubles production pot to £1m
Individual awards will increase to a maximum of £200,000 per project.
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NewsFosun to invest in Robinov’s Studio 8
China’s Fosun International has announced in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it plans to invest in former Warner Bros Pictures chief Jeff Robinov’s new venture Studio 8.
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NewsChina Film Group IPO to raise $740m
China Film Group’s long-mooted initial public offering is moving closer, with plans for a $740m listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
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NewsSerbia first non-EU country to sign Creative Europe agreement
Serbia has become the first non-European Union country to sign up and participate in the European Union’s new Creative Europe programme.