All articles by Martin Blaney
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg unveils speakers for Explorer Conference 2026
Line-up includes The Intouchables directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, as well as the producers of Sentimental Value and Rose.
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NewsSwitzerland’s ‘Lex Netflix’ investments rose 25% in 2025
Broadcasters and streamers invested $24.6m (CHF19.9m) in local Swiss production.
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NewsLocarno launches cash rebate to attract film and TV productions
The fund will operate for an initial three-year period and has launched with an annual budget of $74,000 (CHF60,000).
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NewsSwiss film industry calls for incentive to attract international productions
Industry alliance Cinéconomie said an initial $50m (CHF40m) should be earmarked for a film incentive scheme.
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NewsGerman government plans film funding cuts as part of cost-saving measures
Cuts to incentives are “disastrous signal” for Germany’s ambitions to become a production hub, say industry execs
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NewsHamburg’s MOIN fund set to have cash boost extended by two years
The regional film fund is set to receive additional funding of €10m for the next two years.
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NewsEmi Buchwald’s ‘The Story Of The House Of Fiedler’ leads Polish Days 2026 winners
Polish industry event also hosted an international delegation of over 90 guests.
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NewsMaren Ade, Maria Schrader films receive key German funding
Maren Ade’s ‘The Magic Word’ is her first film as director since her 2016 international arthouse hit ‘Toni Erdmann’.
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NewsApple’s ‘Wild Things’, ‘The Alex’, and Netflix’s ’The Boys From Brazil’ secure nearly €50m for German shoots
The German Motion Picture Fund awarded nearly 90% of the total €70m to US streaming projects in first six months of 2026.
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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.
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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,
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News‘Shame And Money’, ‘A Girl Unknown’ lead Munich competition winners
‘Shame And Money’ is the third feature by Kosovan director Visar Morina.
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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.
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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
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FeaturesSeven rising German directors to watch at the Munich film festival
Their first fiction films are being showcased in the New German Cinema programme.
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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.
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FeaturesMunich industry programme to discuss proposed streamer investment obligation
Additionally, the flagship CineCoPro Conference will focus on collaboration between Germany and the Nordic region.
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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.
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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.
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NewsTransilvania industry prizes go to projects from Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine
Bulgarian filmmaker Martin Iliev’s Fathers won the Transilvania Pitch Stop lead prize.