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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.
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NewsAR Films, Media Talent Group launch $120m US fund
Producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Films and Geyer Kosinski’s Media Talent Group have launched the fund to develop and produce up to six films in the US over the next two years.
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NewsHungary announces first wave of investments under Vajna's new Fund
Also, Hungarian Film Week revived by association led by Bela Tarr.
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NewsUK industry welcomes Film Policy Review but cautions that words must be followed by action
Industry experts bullish on policy report but say that the BFI has a huge job ahead to deliver on proposed action points.
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NewsUPDATED Film Policy Review: Official responses from UK organisations
The UK’s leading film organisations respond to the Film Policy Review chaired by Chris Smith.
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NewsUK Film Policy Review encourages joint ventures; calls for more lucrative producer recoupment; suggests potential Sky investment legislation
The 56-point report also addresses VPF and theatrical windows changes for independent distributors; panel chair Chris Smith says films from ‘very commercial to the very arty’ should be funded.
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NewsStuart Murdoch, Barry Mendel using Kickstarter to raise partial finance for God Help The Girl
Glasgow-set musical feature film will shoot this summer.
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NewsCameron's comments draw dismay ahead of Film Policy Review; Mike Leigh has 'no comment'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has riled up the British film community today with a statement emphasising that the BFI should support “commercially successful pictures.”
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NewsMapplethorpe among Tribeca All Access grantees
A jury of industry professionals has culled 11 works in progress from a record breaking 690 submissions for the ninth annual programme.
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NewsLipSync joins investors in Jordan's Byzantium
Continues LipSync’s relationship with Number 9 Films.
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NewsIcelandic government confirms new funding for film
After cutting public funding of Icelandic cinema by 35% in the last two years, due to the financial crisis, the Icelandic Ministries of Culture and Finance have now signed a new agreement with the industry outlining a 62% increase of state support from now till 2015, when it will amount ...
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HAF unveils record line-up of 32 projects
The Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has unveiled an expanded line-up of 32 projects for this year’s edition (March 19-21), which is bolstered by a couple of new international tie-ups.
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NewsSerbian Parliament adopts Cinema Law including tax incentives
In the last days of 2011, the Serbian Parliament passed the new Cinema Law which includes tax incentives for foreign productions shooting in the territory.
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NewsGreenberg Fund backs new projects including Sarah Polley's Alias Grace
Canada-based Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund English-Language Program has announced its latest Script Development Program grants for 29 projects.
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News10 film-makers selected for Tribeca documentary grants
Alma Har’el and Jeff Malmberg are amongst the film-makers to receive grants from the $150,000 Tribeca Documentary Fund.
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NewsEurimages supports 18 features including new films from Mungiu, Kechiche
The board of Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s film co-production fund, met Dec 13-15 in Paris and decided to support the following 18 features for a total of Euros 5.85m.The backed films include the latest projects from Romanian Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu [pictured] and The Secret of the Grain ...