All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 22
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FeaturesEFM 2023: The buzz titles from Spain, Italy, Germany and the Nordics
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2023 European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsGlobal Screen’s ‘Lassie - A New Adventure’ finds buyers ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The first film, ‘Lassie Come Home’, grossed $2.4m in 2020.
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NewsEpic Pictures acquires US rights to Dutch WWII drama ‘Betrayal’ from DFW International (exclusive)
Dutch sales outfit also agrees South Korean and German deals.
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FeaturesProducer Alexander Rodnyansky on building a fresh, high-profile slate since fleeing Russia
Includes projects with Russian exiles Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
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NewsM-Appeal picks up steamy Argentinian title ‘Vera And The Pleasure Of Others’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Argentinian directors Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis.
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Features“Anything but drama”: What are UK film financiers looking for in a post-Covid world?
Genre and concept are king in the new landscape; dramas are not.
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NewsMedia Luna boards Mexican narco thriller, German concentration camp drama and Austrian crime movie (exclusive)
Cologne-based sales house will bring three new titles to EFM.
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Features“I am genuinely excited”: European sales agents look ahead to 2023 European Film Market
After a quiet American Film Market in November, the expectation is for Berlin to be buzzing.
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FeaturesHow a new think tank aims to tackle unconscious racism in the European film industry
Eave, the European training, project development and networking organisation, held its first anti-racism think tank last month.
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NewsFour new projects chosen for Netherlands, South Africa co-development fund, Thuthuka
Each project will now receive €40,000 toward further script development.
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NewsBero Beyer temporarily steps down from Netherlands Film Fund for health reasons
Peter Schrurs has taken over as interim director for at least three months.
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NewsFortissimo boards Jacqueline van Vugt’s ‘Crossing’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
This is van Vugt’s feature fiction debut after several award-winning documentaries.
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NewsBeta acquires Tromso audience winner ‘Let The River Flow’ (exclusive)
The film about the Sámi minority is now screening in competition at Goteborg.
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FeaturesWhy a Rotterdam premiere could help an Indian film find an audience at home
Many of the Indian films in IFFR’s The Shape Of Things To Come? sidebar have a political or adversorial slant.
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NewsHow the Dutch film and TV industry has fallen for intimacy coordinators
”It’s good for there to be someone between the actor and the director,” said Dutch actor Joy Delima.
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NewsJessica Woodworth on her Rotterdam world premiere ‘Luka’: “What I really love is its intrinsic humour”
The ambitious film is based on the classic Italian novel, Dino Buzatti’s ’The Desert Of The Tatars’
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NewsEmotional opening night launches first physical Rotterdam festival for three years
“We go where others do not go,” said a passionate Vanja Kaludjercic, of the mission to celebrate rising film-making countries.
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FeaturesHow IFFR Pro’s Inke Van Loocke is innovating CineMart as co-pro market celebrates its 40th edition
Leading international execs will be in town to see prestigious showcase of new works.
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FeaturesDutch production sector looks forward to a buoyant 2023
Close ties are being forged with partners in Indonesia and South Africa.
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FeaturesTopkapi producer Laurette Schillings on the company’s strategy for reaching international audiences
‘Goodbye Stranger’, the latest film from the Dutch company, is debuting in Rotterdam this month.