All Finance articles – Page 62
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NewsCineworld to buy eastern Europe rival
Cineworld set to buy about 100 multiplexes in eastern Europe, finalises new management team.
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FeaturesFrench cinema in crisis
On the eve of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, Melanie Goodfellow examines why the French film industry looks set for a challenging 2014.
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NewsRussian government to boost film funding
Meanwhile, Russia pulls the plug on its co-development fund with Germany.
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NewsHollywood awaits Envision effect
Heading into the weekend business associates of Envision Entertainment were reeling in light of scandalous allegations to emerge involving the founders of the financier-producer.
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NewsDigital boosts UK film sales
New figures also reveal Skyfall as the biggest-selling DVD in the UK in 2013.
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NewsBFI: 7% stat misleading in healthy UK industry
BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill and Film Fund head Ben Roberts talk about why the controversial 7% profitability statistic doesn’t reflect the full picture of UK film success.
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NewsPhysician producers open to sequels
Beta sells other territories on the film based on Noah Gordon’s trilogy of books.
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NewsGerman-French fund backs Pitts, Sokurov
New films by Rafi Pitts [pictured], Alexander Sokurov, Benoit Jacquot and Volker Schlöndorff are among 12 projects backed by the German-French “Mini-Traité” Co-production Fund in 2013 with a total of over €3m.
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NewsWolf boy film wins Les Arcs WiP
Serbian film No One’s Child, about a boy raised by wolves, has been named top project at the Les Arcs European Film Festival’s Work-in-Progress screenings.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund reveals 14 projects
Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin and Uncle Boomee… director Apichatpong Weerasethakul among those selected by the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to receive grants for post production and for script and project development.
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NewsAustralian firms strike China film deal
Agreements set to produce seven family features worth $78m.
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NewsWelsh talent receives funding boost
Emerging Welsh film talent is set to receive support from a new fund.
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NewsEastwood, Malick, Aronofsky fight Iceland film cuts
As the Icelandic Film Fund is battling proposed government cuts of 40% for 2014, a group of filmmakers has signed a statement of support for the Icelandic industry.
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NewsBlockbuster to close last UK stores
DVD rental chain Blockbuster is to close down completely after failing to attract a buyer.
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NewsDubai Film Connection hands out prizes
The Dubai Film Connection (DFC) handed out $115,000 in prize money on Thursday night, including the top three prizes of $25,000 which went to Ahmed Ibrahim’s Kharouf (Egypt), Leyla Bouzid’s God Protect My Daughter (Tunisia) and Ghada Terawi’s The Forgotten (Palestine).
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NewsAl Turki, Golubovich to launch film fund
Saudi-born Hollywood producer Mohammed Al Turki is setting up a film fund, RAV Raw Artist Vision, with Russian producer Arcadiy Golubovich.
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NewsSkillset awards funds to LFS
The new home of the London Film School has secured its first tranche of funding from Creative Skillset.
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NewsCreativity Capital cash-flows croc horror
London investment firm Creativity Capital has made its first production commitment since teaming with venture capital fund SMI, cash-flowing the tax credit on The Hatching.
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NewsFilmi financing Martyr, Dolphins
Dubai-based film funding initiative Filmi is financing Emirati animated feature Martyr Of The Flag and Waleed Al Shehhi’s IWC Filmmaker Award winner Dolphins.
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NewsEC's Vassiliou sets out 2014 agenda
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, and Youth, has outlined key elements of her agenda for the European audiovisual industry in 2014.