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Screen Australia taps specialists for funding decisions
Producers Tristram Miall (Strictly Ballroom) and Jan Chapman (Bright Star, The Piano) and director Chris Noonan (Miss Potter, Babe) are three of the seven-person pool of people that Screen Australia will regularly call on to help make decisions on the agency’s feature film investments.
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NewsCalls for minimum budget for each of Creative Europe's strands
Calls have been growing for the European Commission to be more specific on the level of the budgets allocated to the three stands in its proposed Creative Europe framework programme.
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NewsToo little investment in British family features, says Sky Movies head
Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, calling on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
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NewsSpanish film summit calls for festival revamps; patronage law
Better practices needed for some Spanish festivals; conference also discusses online windows.
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News17 projects selected for Sarajevo’s Cinelink
17 projects have been selected for Cinelink, the development and financing platform for local projects designed as European co-productions, that takes place under the auspices of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6 to 14).
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NewsFormosa plans thrillers, film noir via its first Seed EIS development slate
EIS specialist Formosa Films has announced details of its inaugural Seed EIS (SEIS) Development slate.
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NewsSpain's ICAA confirms budget cut of 40%; tax break dealt a blow
Susana de la Sierra, director of Spanish cinema body ICAA, has confirmed that this year there will be no financial support for scripts, animation movies or short films.
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NewsCreative England's Film Culture Fund open for applications
The second round of Creative England’s Film Culture Lottery Fund is now opens for applications with £500,000 of BFI Lottery funds available to regional organisations and festivals.
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NewsSouth Africa to expand TV tax credits
The South African government is poised to expand TV tax incentives, just weeks after the UK announced its own plans to adopt such a scheme.
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NewsSpanish government dramatically cuts budget for film fund
Government cuts film funding in Spain more than 30%.
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Eros switches listing from London to New York
India’s Eros International is switching its listing from the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), through which it aims to raise up to $250m.
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NewsLithuanian parliament sets May 8 tax incentive vote
The Baltic state is set to become the latest European country to join the circle of production hubs offering tax rebates to film producers.
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NewsMacLennan Affair, Two Graves among winners at HAF
Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan’s The MacLennan Affair took the HAF Award for a project originating in Hong Kong at the closing ceremony of this year’s Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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NewsScreen Australia backs four new features including Curran's Tracks
Screen Australia also puts money into an omnibus title that has 17 directors including Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska.
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NewsTwilight director Catherine Hardwicke in talks to direct British gangster movie Diamond
EXCLUSIVE: Former City investment manager Nicola Horlick to produce via Derby Street Films.
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NewsUK Budget 2012: UK film industry welcomes TV tax relief, but wants update on EIS approvals
Leading UK film industry figures have given a broadly enthusiastic response to the UK Budget. There have been widespread expressions of delight at the promised tax relief for high-end TV drama, animation and video games.
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NewsUK Budget 2012: EIS cap raised to £5m instead of predicted £10m; high-end TV, animation, games to get tax relief
EIS changes are still subject to EU State Aid approval; TV, games and animation tax relief could come into effect from April 2013.
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NewsCanada’s Harold Greenberg Fund could be impacted by Astral Media takeover
The future of the Harold Greenberg Fund — which provides vital development financing for Oscar contenders such as Monsieur Lazhar and In Darkness or hockey hit Goon — is unknown in the wake of Bell’s proposed C$3.38-billion acquisition of Quebec-based giant Astral Media.
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Malaysia to introduce 30% production rebate
The Malaysian government is set to introduce a rebate scheme for local and international films shooting in Malaysia.