All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 24
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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.
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NewsM-Appeal strikes North America, UK-Ireland deals for erotic gay thriller ‘In Bed’ (exclusive)
Nitzan Gilady’s second feature has gone to Film Movement in the US and Canada and Peccadillo Picture in the UK and Ireland.
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Features70 European and Mena films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Jessica Hausner, Marco Bellocchio, Michel Gondry and Lone Scherfig are among the auteurs with new films this year.