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NewsEuropean Work In Progress unveils projects for first Filmfest Hamburg edition
EXCLUSIVE: 27 filmmaking teams will pitch to an international industry execs and a jury for cash prizes.
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NewsAustrian production incentive FISAplus relaunched with yearly cap
The well-liked incentive has previously backed projects including ‘Cliffhanger 2’ and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’.
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News“It’s soft money with no strings,” says Fondazione Prada’s Paolo Moretti on the launch of €1.5m fund
Fashion brand’s cultural foundation aims to back 10-12 films a year and is open to new and experienced directors.
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NewsDaniela Elstner, İlker Çatak join first selection committee of Germany’s €41m Medienboard fund
Unifrance’s executive director Daniela Elstner and Oscar-nominated director İlker Çatak join fund’s first ever selection committee
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NewsJim Jarmusch “disappointed and disconcerted” by Mubi Sequoia Capital funding
Jarmusch said Mubi CCO Jason Ropell called him “immediately” about the issue.
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NewsSwitzerland’s Visions Sud Est fund sets out plans for final year before closing in September 2026
The fund will still be involved as a sponsor of the two awards it presents during Visions du Réel’s (VdR) industry platform and Locarno’s Open Doors programme in 2026.
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NewsSwitzerland’s ‘Lex Netflix’ investment obligation raises $37m to fund films and TV series
Netflix’s first Swiss TV series Winter Palace and Venice film Alpha were among the first productions to benefit from new investment obligation.
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NewsBFI, Film4’s high-budget shorts programme Future Takes greenlit for second iteration
EXCLUSIVE: Six films will be award between £60,000 and £90,000.
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NewsFatih Akin, Sergei Loznitsa films backed by German film funds
€12m in production support was allocated by three German film funds.
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NewsGermany plans major funding increase for production incentive programmes
Funding pot for country’s two main 30% incentive schemes would rise to €250m a year.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab awards €50,000 co-production grant to ‘9 Temples To Heaven’
Chidgasornpongse’s fiction debut wins €50,000 production grant plus TFL training sessions.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund selects 15 projects for 2025 development support scheme
Fund back projects from directors such as Amanda Nell Eu, Mamadou Dia, Farida Baqi and Xiaoxuan Jiang.
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News‘The Stimming Pool’ co-directors among recipients of third ICO bursary
EXCLUSIVE: The Miles Ketley Memorial Fund is being extended for a further three years, with a 40% increase in value.
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NewsUK producer Ian Davies to reboot Initialize Films, launches film fund
EXCLUSIVE: Davies was senior producer for film at Noah Media Group from 2022-2025.
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NewsCreative Europe to receive substantial budget increase under EC proposals
Fiad welcomes budget increase; expresses concern over Creative Europe combination.
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NewsSaeed Taji Farouky project among eight Final Cut in Venice titles
Farouky will present Egypt-UK co-production ‘Standing At The Ruins’.
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News“It has given us confidence”: Czech producers welcome reforms and incentive uplift
“The hope is there will be significantly more resources available for local production,” says one producer.
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NewsGerman production execs voice despair at slow progress of tax incentive reform
Several production service companies have gone bust as international production has moved outside of the country
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NewsNicola Borrelli, head of cinema at Italy’s ministry of culture, steps down
Borrelli’s departure comes amid a mounting scandal over the way the country’s tax credit funds are used.
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News‘The End Of It’ with Rebecca Hall among 11 co-productions backed by UK Global Screen Fund
Jim O’Hanlon’s ‘Rabbit Hayes’ and Sophie Heldman’s ‘Scotch Verdict’ were also awarded.