All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 23
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NewsBerlinale animation ‘White Plastic Sky’ lands Europe, Asia sales (exclusive)
Films Boutique are close to further deals in China and Italy.
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NewsHow Ukraine is trying to maintain the momentum behind a generation of outstanding filmmakers
The European industry has created support initiatives, including for funding, co-production and raising awareness.
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NewsDeckert picks up ‘Close To Vermeer’ documentary, seals US deal (exclusive)
Project is directed by Suzanne Raes.
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NewsMexican animation ‘Little Eggs: An African Rescue’ scrambles further deals for Odin’s Eye (exclusive)
Animation set for France (Alba) and the UK and Ireland (Dazzler).
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NewsTax incentives “need to prove” local benefits, says Film i Vast exec
“If you stimulate a sector that is already running on very high speed and has capacity problems, the only thing you will achieve is inflation.”
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NewsKleptocracy doc ‘Breaking Social’ steals early deals at EFM
Fredrik Gertten’s feature doc Breaking Social has been selected to world premiere in competition at CPH:Dox.
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NewsKirill Serebrennikov’s ‘The Disappearance’ to shoot later this year
The exiled Russian producer is in Berlin with Encounters title ’The Cage Is Looking For A Bird’.
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Features“I was all in”: Netflix Germany exec talks ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’
Netflix executive Sasha Bühler on making the Oscar-and Bafta-nominated ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’.
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Features'Game Of Thrones' producer Frank Doelger talks ambitious new European drama series ‘The Swarm’
The makers of Berlinale Series opener The Swarm had to navigate choppy waters to create one of most ambitious European drama series ever made.
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NewsAutlook boards festival documentary ‘Cannes Uncut’ (exclusive)
It is co-directed by Richard Blanshard and Roger Penny.
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NewsGermany takes Ukrainian werewolf thriller as war delays productions (exclusive)
FILM.UA has also begun pre-sales on Ukrainian war drama ‘Bucha’.
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NewsMichaël R. Roskam to reunite with Matthias Schoenaerts for ‘Le Faux Soir’ (exclusive)
Duo previously collaborated on ’Bullhead’ and ’Racer And The Jailbird’.
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NewsBuyers get animated for Dutch family features (exclusive)
Incredible Film and SKOOP Media are enjoying a busy EFM.
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News‘Stella.A.Life’ starring Paula Beer racks up sales for Global Screen (exclusive)
Second World War drama directed by Kilian Riedhof.
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News‘To Leslie’, ‘Jeanne DuBarry’ head to Paradiso (exclusive)
Leading Benelux distributor is busying buying at the EFM.
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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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NewsOdin’s Eye tackles family troll animation ‘Trolgar & Me’ (exclusive)
The film joins Odin’s Eye’s EFM slate that also includes ’Shimmy: The First Monkey King’.
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NewsBenelux’s September Films goes on buying spree of international festival films (exclusive)
September has snapped up films from Sundance and Berlin and some Cannes contenders.
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NewsEuropean sellers divided on dealing with Russia: “I can lose money, I don’t care”
A year on from the invasion, some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
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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.