Latest Berlin news – Page 182
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NewsFirst Berlinale Competition titles unveiled
Selections include Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Hope and Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land.
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NewsStatus Quo set to rock Berlin market
EXCLUSIVE: Status Quo are set to rock next February’s Berlinale as they join the army of sellers at the festival’s parallel European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsClaude Lanzmann to receive Berlin’s Honorary Golden Bear
Claude Lanzmann, the French documentary film-maker behind Shoah, is to be awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsBerlinale to highlight Weimar Cinema influence
The Berlin International Film Festival’s retrospective strand for its 2013 edition is set to focus on Weimar-era films produced after 1933, when the Nazis had taken control of the German film industry and forced film-makers to fall in line with the regime.
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NewsWong Kar Wai to head Berlinale 2013 jury
Director Wong Kar Wai will serve as jury president of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsDaly, Pitts, Maoz to take part in Berlinale Residency
Rebecca Daly, Rafi Pitts and Samuel Maoz are among six filmmakers who will be the first participants of the Berlinale Residency.
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NewsBerlinale plans spotlight on indigenous cinema
Special programme in 2013 to include panel discussions and events in addition to screenings.
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NewsProtagonist heats up EFM deals including Universal taking multiple territories on The Sweeney
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Ayoade’s The Double also a hot seller including French deal with Mars.
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NewsGlobal Screen reports strong debut at Berlinale's EFM
Global Screen, the joint venture of Telepool and Bavaria Media, did brisk business with its wide-ranging lineup at its first market in the new incarnation during the Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsSierra / Affinity closes key territories in 'best EFM to date'
CEO Nick Meyer has hailed the company’s most successful sales trip to Berlin as the team licensed multiple territories to Sony for genre title Wer and closed deals on Heat, Everly and Sundance hit Celeste And Jesse Forever.
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Wong’s Revenge: A Love Story sells to Japan
Hong Kong-based All Rights Entertainment has closed a Japanese deal on Wong Ching Po’s Revenge: A Love Story, which has gone to Tokyo-based Medallian Media Co.
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NewsFilm Factory sells The End to more than 12 territories including France, China, Mexico
Vicente Canales’ Film Factory confirmed a slew of deals at EFM for Jorge Torregrossa’s Spanish thriller The End (Fin).
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NewsAscot Elite secures seven titles at EFM, Splendid Film picks up nine
New films by Brian de Palma and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among seven new acquisitions made by Zurich-based Ascot Elite Entertainment Group at lastmonth’s European Film Market (EFM), while Cologne’s Splendid Film has picked up nine titles for exploitation in German-speaking Europe and the Benelux.
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NewsAdopt Films takes US rights to Berlin hit Tabu
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes’s romantic tale impressed critics in Berlin where it won the FIPRESCI award and the Alfred Bauer Prize for its innovative approach to storytelling.
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NewsSoda EFM pick-ups include Woody Allen doc
Soda’s busy EFM included acquisitions of American Masters series doc WoodyAllen: A Documentary from HanWay Films and Eames: The Architect and the Painter from Films Transit.
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NewsKaleidoscope records busy EFM
UK sales outfit sees sales on Interview with a Hitman and Strippers vs Werewolves; acquires four.
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NewsEFM announces 15% attendance boost
EFM claims 15% increase in 2012 attendance; first-time initiatives well-received.
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NewsKMBO acquires Teddy Award winner Keep the Lights On
French art-house distributor, which also picked up two other Panorama titles, plans July release.
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NewsNew Wave surges with Caesar Must Die, Tabu and The Wall
UK distributor New Wave Films picked up a trio of critical hits at the EFM this year, including Golden Bear winnner Caesar Must Die.
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NewsMyriad Pictures strikes more sales on Chained
The deals on Jennifer Lynch’s psychological thriller were concluded at the European Film Market.