All Finance articles – Page 87
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NewsMediabiz expands debt financing
Montreal-based Mediabiz International Group has expanded its financing ability for senior and mezzanine debt financing for its film and TV productions.
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NewsBackup's draws Crowd for Heysel drama
EXCLUSIVE: The story of the Heysel Stadium football disaster, when 39 Juventus fans died just prior to the 1985 European Cup Final against Liverpool, is to be told in an ambitious new €7 million feature film.
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NewsMusic publisher Atlantic Screen Group launches second fund for film, TV investment
EXCLUSIVE: Atlantic Screen Group, the film and TV music publisher, has launched a second fund to invest in movies and television.
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NewsMGM secures $500m credit facility
A year after coming out of bankruptcy, MGM has secured a new $500 million revolving credit facility, which the studio hopes will allow it to retire its previous debt and contiue to grow its film and television business.
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NewsHarvest, Sun Redrock launch $800m fund to invest in Asian and Western companies and films
Harvest Alternative Investment Group (a subsidiary of Harvest Fund Management) and Bruno Wu’s Sun Redrock Investment Group have formed the new Harvest Seven Stars Media Fund, which will raise an initial $800m in capital.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund overhauls model in wake of funding cuts
The Netherlands Film Fund today published its proposals for a new streamlined film policy for 2013 to 2016, introducing three funds.
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NewsFilmEngine to set up an Asia joint venture in Taiwan
Los Angeles-based FilmEngine is to set up an Asia joint venture in Taiwan, with Taiwan’s Hsu Po-yun, founding partner of New Aspect Cultural Foundation and executive board for Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion (FACP).
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NewsAhmed's Fineline gets funding for development slate in South Africa
Durban-based director/producer Junaid Ahmed plans to use state funding to developing new creative talents from black-filmmakers in South Africa.
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NewsK5 strikes output and development deal with Knudsen and Van Hoy
New York-based independent producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy of Parts & Labor, who recently produced Oscar-nominated Beginners, have struck an output and development deal with K5 Media Group.
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NewsCreative England distributes £465,972 in Film Culture Lottery Funding
39 projects have received funding through Creative England’s first round of Film Culture Lottery Awards, including Sheffield Doc/Fest, Bristol Encounters and the Bradford International Film Festival.
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Swedish Film Institute backs new films from Andersson, Hallstrom, Odell
Andersson (pictured) continues his Living trilogy with A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.
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NewsDavid Stead joins HanWay as finance director
Former 19 Entertainment exec heads to HanWay in move to bolster the company’s film-financing operations.
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NewsRotterdam panel explores crossover between art and film worlds for finance, exhbition
Panellists include artists-turned-directors Nicolas Provost [pictured] (The Invader) and Wilhelm Sasnal (It Looks Pretty From a Distance).
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NewsSwedish film budget to earmark funding for non-theatrical films
New policies welcomed but experts say more funding is needed.
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NewsK5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot.
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European film funding reached peak in 2009
Total spend by European funds grew signigicantly between 2004 and 2009, but began to stagnate in the wake of the economic crisis.
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NewsBFI Film Fund backs projects by Newell, Potter, McDonagh
Films to receive recent production funding from the BFI include Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [pictured], Sally Potter’s Bomb and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media launches pilot jobs fund
The £75K fund is aimed at creating more jobs within the creative industries in the North East of the UK.
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NewsGreek box office down 7% in 2011; distributors try new measures during financial crisis
Greek acquisitions at EFM could be impacted by financial woes in the country.
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NewsNew Sion Sono disaster drama Land Of Hope gets backing from UK's Third Window Films
The latest film from Japanese director Sion Sono has attracted a roster of domestic and international investment as the acclaimed auteur’s profile continues to rise.