All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 97
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NewsVenice Market finds niche with gap financing market
Several projects in Venice’s inaugural European Gap-Financing Co-Production Market are on the verge of completing their financing.
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NewsBuyers move into Seidl’s Basement
In the Basement sells to Austria, Denmark and Germany, among others, for Coproduction Office.
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NewsNetflix's Italian challenges; IQIYI's Chinese boom
Is Netflix coming to Italy? Not any time soon if the comments at yesterday’s Venice Film Market panel, “VOD in China and Europe - What is the strategy for Netflix arrival”, are taken as the measure.
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NewsWords With Gods to launch with inter-faith campaign
Further details have emerged of the marketing and release plans for religious-themed portmanteau picture Words With Gods, which features contributions from such directors as Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair and Hector Babenco.
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NewsCinephil strikes Italian deal for The Look of Silence
Follow-up to the Act of Killing goes from Venice to Telluride and Toronto.
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NewsIran's Tales selected for int'l festivals
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s feature, which upset Iranian censors, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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FeaturesFrederick Wiseman, National Gallery
Boston-based 84-year-old Frederick Wiseman, who will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival tonight (Aug 29) is one of the greatest living documentary makers – and one of the most unobtrusive.
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NewsVilla Touma director surprised by controversy
Few films in Venice this year have arrived trailing as much controversy in their their wake as Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Suha Arraf’s new feature Villa Touma, which screens in Venice Critics Week.
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FeaturesFrancesco Munzi, Black Souls
Francesco Munzi talks about the extensive research behind his Venice competition tilte Black Souls, about the Calabrian mafia.
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NewsCoproduction Office boards Fires On The Plain
Shinya Tsukamoto’s film plays in Venice Competition and Toronto Wavelengths.
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FeaturesVenice 2014: Competition, Orizzonti, Critics' Week, Venice Days titles
The Competition line-up for this year’s Venice Film Festival marks the return of mavericks such as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Fatih Akin, with a wealth of talent represented in the Orizzonti, Critics’ Week and Venice Days sections
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NewsVenice Film Market on the rise
Entering its third edition, the Venice Film Market is ramping up.
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NewsCineart reveals ownership changes
Leading Benelux distributor Cineart has announced details of a change in its ownership structure and confirmed new acquisitions.
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FeaturesSarajevo: Beyond Europe
The Regional Forum will explore how European film-makers can forge international relationships and open up new markets to build on existing co-production partnerships. By Geoffrey Macnab.
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FeaturesSarajevo: The youth movement
A pan-Europe film education policy would help to develop future audiences and invigorate the region’s film industries. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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FeaturesSarajevo: The viewers' discretion
A far-reaching study, to be discussed for the first time in detail at the Regional Forum, reveals the eclectic viewing habits of Europeans. Geoffrey Macnab talks to experts about its findings.
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NewsBela Tarr slams CineFest's ‘Roma ban’
Hungarian filmmakers criticise festival for refusing to screen material relating to Roma people.
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NewsReactions: David Kosse joins Film4
UPDATED: Producers Stephen Woolley, Kris Thykier, Jeremy Thomas, Andrew Macdonald and Eric Fellner as well as BBC Films, the BFI, FDA and Pact comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.
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FeaturesLocarno 2014: Brazil in the spotlight
For its fourth edition, Locarno’s Carte Blanche showcases the country of the moment - Brazil.
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FeaturesLocarno 2014: Open Doors projects
Some 12 projects have been selected for Open Doors, from a sci-fi desert odyssey to a civil war story to a fishing adventure tale.