All articles by Martin Blaney
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FeaturesWhy informal discussions form the bedrock of Munich film festival’s lively industry progamme
The pre-summer hoilday gathering brings together leading German and international execs
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FeaturesMunich film festival’s Julia Weigl and Christoph Gröner talk about the rising German filmmakers to watch
Artistic director Weigl and managing director Gröner are at the helm for a third year.
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NewsPaul Greengrass’ ‘The Rage’, starring Andrew Garfield and Thomasin McKenzie, to shoot in Germany
The peasant revolt drama has received €2m from regional Bavaria fund FFF Bayern.
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NewsTransilvania’s Tudor Giurgiu shines light on event's role as a "festival of discovery"
President reflects on Romanian festival in Cluj which wrapped on Sunday.
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NewsHorror project ‘Kazimir’ heads Transilvania’s industry prizes
International execs from companies including Protagonist and Gaumot herald “fantastic” event in Cluj
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News‘To A Land Unknown’ wins the top prize in Transilvania
Spanish director Eva Libertad García López’s ’Deaf’ won the audience award of the official competition.
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NewsMunich Film Festival unveils 2025 competition line-ups
Cannes titles by Richard Linklater, Oliver Laxe and Joachim Trier among selection.
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Features‘Nadia’ doc about Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci among beneficiaries of Romania’s revamped cash rebate
The financial incentive has been revamped and offers a 30% cash rebate on eligible spend.
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FeaturesAdrian Bîlă, industry head at Transilvania, on the “great adventure” of showcasing Romanian and regional projects to the works
Transilvania Pitch Stop is the centrepiece of the festival’s industry programme.
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FeaturesDiscoveries rather than “copy and paste”: How Transilvania’s Mihai Chirilov puts together the lively Romanian festival
”I try to make real discoveries from adventurous festivals like Karlovy Vary and Rotterdam as well as smaller festivals showing films from young filmmakers.”
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FeaturesStefan Haupt and Katharina Otto-Bernstein films among world premieres at Munich’s Filmfest
Festival unveils international titles world premiering at this year’s event.
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NewsTransilvania FF unveils feature and doc competition lineups
The top competition prize is the €10,000 Transilvania Trophy.
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NewsJessica Hausner, Marie Kreutzer, Stefan Ruzowitzky protest cuts to Austria’s production support
The directors are among the major figures to sign an open letter that says the cuts will result in the destruction of the Austrian industry.
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NewsStudio 100 sells key territories on ‘Heidi - Rescue Of The Lynx’
The project is based on the novels of Johanna Spyri and directed by Tobias Schwarz.
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News‘September 5’ dominates German Film Awards as new culture minister talks tariffs and Film Law
Ceremony also included spotaneous tribute to Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer who passed away on eve of awards.
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NewsTransilvania film festival to open with Brendan Canty’s ‘Christy’; Pitch Stop projects unveiled
Source: Charades ‘Christy’ Irish filmmaker Brendan Canty’s debut feature Christy will open the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Romania’s Cluj-Napoca on June 13. The coming-of-age-story had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Generation 14plus section where it won the section’s Grand Prix ...
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NewsUSAID cuts hit Ukraine’s Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ festival in Kyiv
The festival also faces the challenges of homophobic and transphobic attacks.
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News‘September 5’ leads the nominations for 2025 German Film Awards
The tradition of cash prizes for nominees has been axed.
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News‘Highways Of Hope’, ‘Bugboy’ impress industry at Thessaloniki’s Agora platform
Agora is the industry strand of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
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NewsThessaloniki and Leipzig festivals launch initiative to support exiled or displaced filmmakers
Doc Together will support filmmakers by giving them access to industry decision-makers and training opportunites.