Martin Blaney
Martin Blaney covers Germany for Screen.
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NewsMoritz de Hadeln, former Berlinale director, dies aged 85
Filmmakers including Ang Lee and Andrei Zvyangintsev said they owed their international careers to de Hadeln.
Features“I came away inspired by the German film landscape,” say Nordic producers at Munich’s CineCoPro Conference
“There’s a lot of money and opportunity,” said Iceland’s Rakel Gardarsdottir of the German sector,
News‘Shame And Money’, ‘A Girl Unknown’ lead Munich competition winners
‘Shame And Money’ is the third feature by Kosovan director Visar Morina.
News‘Dear Future Self’ impresses at Munich’s German Cinema New Talent Awards
The film about female friendship is co-directed by Ella Cieslinski and Nina Wesemann.
NewsStreaming execs and producers debate likely German investment obligation in Munich
“We’re struggling to understand why this law is necessary at all,” said Amazon’s Inga Moser von Fllseck
FeaturesSeven rising German directors to watch at the Munich film festival
Their first fiction films are being showcased in the New German Cinema programme.
NewsTop Polish directors to showcase next feature projects at Polish Days 2026
The industry programme of the New Horizons International Film Festival takes place from July 26-28.
FeaturesMunich industry programme to discuss proposed streamer investment obligation
Additionally, the flagship CineCoPro Conference will focus on collaboration between Germany and the Nordic region.
FeaturesMunich’s Julia Weigl and Christoph Gröner explain why they are making the festival a home for US indie cinema
They also discuss the festival’s role as a forum for political debate.
NewsEuropean Film Promotion’s Sonja Heinen to join Hamburg fund MOIN
Heinen to take up newly created post of development executive for MOIN’s NEST development programme.
NewsTransilvania industry prizes go to projects from Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine
Bulgarian filmmaker Martin Iliev’s Fathers won the Transilvania Pitch Stop lead prize.
NewsSpain’s ‘Lionel’ wins top award at Transilvania film festival
Other winners included Konstantina Kotzamani’s ‘Titanic Ocean’ and Goran Stanković’s ‘Our Father’.
NewsRomania extends cash rebate and relaunches Cinema Law with minority coproduction support
The minority producer support aims to make Romanian producers important international partners.
NewsMunich film festival unveils 2026 lineup
Films by Pawel Pawlikowski, Valeska Grisebach and Skinner Myers among 48 playing in festival’s four competition strands.
News‘Archangel’ starring Jim Cavaziel and Ashkenazi drama ‘Lost Paradise’ among recipients of Romania’s cash rebate
‘Lost Paradise’ is produced by France’s Alain Goldman with Legendary 193’s Patrick Wachsberger.
FeaturesRomanian Days to showcase top regional works in progress to leading European sales agents
Transilvania Pitch Stop has previously showcased projects including Christos Nikou’s ‘Apples’ and Maksym Nakonetschny’s ’Butterfly Vision’.
NewsSiddiq Barmak’s Afghanistan-set ‘The Postman’ secures sales agent
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Postman’ is Barmak’s third film following ‘Osama’ and ‘Opium War’
FeaturesTransilvania’s Mihai Chirilov on the ‘existential claustrophobia’ of the 2026 lineup
Chirilov has been artistic director since the decision to bring arthouse film to Cluj in 2002.
NewsFilms by Kuosmanen, Akin and Seidl among seven projects backed by German minority co-production fund
Kuosmanen’s ’Dream Come True’ is inspired by the true story surrounding the salvaging of the cargo of the world’s most expensive champagne from a shipwreck.
NewsCyrielle Raingou, Mikel Gurrea films among six-strong line up for Munich’s first work-in-progress showcase
Inaugural First Cut+ Munich event will present projects by filmmakers from Brazil, Cameroon, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Spain and Germany.