All Finance articles – Page 71
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NewsFlanders fund backs 20 films with €5m
Former Oscar winner Mike van Diem’s The Surprise and BBC backed series The White Queen [pictured] are among the recipients in the first funding round from the new Screen Flanders economic fund.
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NewsMoscow Co-Pro Forum unveils line-up
New projects by Peter Greenaway, Pavel Lungin and Valeria Gai Germanika are among 18 feature films selected to be pitched at the fifth edition of Moscow Business Square’s Co-Production Forum.
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NewsOnline film piracy costs industry $3.3bn
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has published a report which estimates the online film piracy market to be $3.3bn (KW3.75 trillion won) a year.
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NewsBarroso labelled "dangerous" for Euro culture
The European film industry and European Commission (EC) at loggerheads over the question of the “cultural exception”, as director Costa-Gavras and The Artist actress Bérénice Bejo weighed in to the debate.
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NewsNFTS launches Attenborough fund
Sir Ben Kingsley and Lord Puttnam among those to honour the veteran British actor-director at the launch of a young filmmakers fund created in his name.
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NewsFilm tax avoidance scheme closed
A film tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.
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NewsMoo Man hits Kickstarter target
Directors of the Sundance hit succeed in raising finance for a UK release through Kickstarter.
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NewsVue Entertainment sold for $1.5bn
Vue Entertainment is to be sold by private equity group Doughty Hanson for £935m ($1.5bn), a move that Vue CEO Tim Richards has described to ScreenDaily as “very postitive”.
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NewsBritdoc launches Euro film fund
Britdoc has unveiled a new fund open to independent documentary filmmakers across Europe – and revealed the first two recipients.
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NewsNew Molinare head outlines strategy
Molinaire managing director Julie Parmenter has told Screen about how business at the UK post-production house has turned around since being placed in administration last summer.
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NewsUK producer guilty of £1.5m fraud
Producer of feature starring Hollywood and UK talent guilty of £1.5m ($2.3m) fraud.
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NewsDeadline looms for Moo Man's Kickstarter
Directors of the Sundance hit are attempting to self-fund a UK release.
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NewsBejo, Gavras join European Parliament delegation
High-profile delegation heads to Strasbourg to defend ‘cultural exception’.
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NewsWales launches low budget film initiative
Cinematic will see three features with budgets of around $460,000 (£300,000) made over the next 18 months.
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NewsCinema Communication deadline extended
Deadline for feedback on Cinema Communication extended as EU plans criticised by almost 70 European film funds.
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NewsUK Skills fund rises to $50m
High end TV, animation and film productions using tax breaks will be levied 0.5% of their core UK expenditure to address skills shortages.
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NewsMetrodome to leave AIM after 2012 loss
UK distributor plans to cancel listing on AIM after 2012 loss.
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NewsEU ploughing $4.6m into digital projects
The European Union’s MEDIA Programme is to provide €3.5m ($4.6m) for new initiatives developed for the digital era, which must be launched from January 2014.
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NewsWallonia-Brussels supports 46 projects
Among them, the latest from Our Children director Joachim Lafosse [pictured].
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NewsEuropaCorp revenue jumps 10%
Hike led by sales of TV series including XIII, No Limit and Flight of the Storks.