All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 26
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FeaturesThe Euro 75: Hélicotronc (Belgium)
Hélicotronc has frequently co-produced with France but is looking to spread its net wider.
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FeaturesThe Euro 75: Coproduction Office (Germany)
The company’s breakthrough came when ‘Europa’ won the jury prize at Cannes in 1991.
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NewsRuben Östlund’s ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ sells to key territories ahead of Cannes
Deals now confirmed include UK, France, Germany and Austria, Italy and Spain.
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NewsSci-fi feature ‘Rubikon’ sells to UK, Japan, France and South Korea (exclusive)
Austrian disaster movie, sold by The Playmaker Europe, has market premiere next week at Cannes’ Marché du Film
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NewsUCR title ‘Domingo And The Mist’ sells to France for Films Boutique (exclusive)
The film is directed by Costa Rica’s Ariel Escalanta Meza.
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NewsM-Appeal secures raft of sales for buzzy Australian drama ‘Lonesome’ (exclusive)
Craig Boreham’s film premiered in Seattle and will play at the Sydney International Film Festival next month.
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NewsOdin’s Eye acquires Danish WW2 family saga ‘Out Of The Darkness’ (exclusive)
Anders Refn’s sequel to ‘Into The Darkness’ has opened strongly in Denmark.
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NewsRotterdam’s restructure provokes debate as festival poised for revamp of programming team
Significant changes are “necessary” say some; the festival is “losing its expertise” say others.
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NewsAutlook scores key deals on Holocaust doc ‘Three Minutes - A Lengthening’ (exclusive)
The film has sold to UK (Curzon) and Australia (Madman Entertainment).
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NewsBeta Cinema secures deals on Berlinale premiere ‘The Forger’ including North America (exclusive)
Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in North America for late 2022.
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FeaturesCineworld CEO on firm's challenging pandemic, how Covid settled windows debate
Mooky Greidinger spent much of the pandemic firefighting, but is optimistic about how cinemagoing will continue its post-Covid revival in 2022 and 2023.
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Features“My task is telling stories to the world”: how Ukrainian creatives are finding purpose amid war
In the Ukrainian filmmaking community, some professionals have attempted to carry on with their work in an act of resistance.
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NewsLondon Screenings set for return in June
After a two-year hiatus, the Film London event will take place at Picturehouse Central.
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NewsBerlin Competition title ‘Return To Dust’ sells to North America, Asia, MENA, Europe (exclusive)
M-Appeal has closed new deals on the drama from Chinese writer-director Li Ruijun.
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NewsScandinavian production platform Drylab to relocate to London
The move follows the company’s acquisition by Media Tech SPAC.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme to end, government confirms
The scheme is closing despite lobbying from the independent sector.
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NewsFDA report heralds positive sector recovery while noting challenges
The FDA unveiled 2021 statistics this week.
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NewsUK film and TV producers express concerns over end of government-backed insurance scheme
Commercial insurers are not ready to step into the space created by the looming end of the Production Restart Scheme.
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NewsUkrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov talks swapping red carpet for fighting on the frontline (exclusive)
The filmmaker who is serving as an army reservist sends fresh dispatches from the frontline