All articles by Martin Blaney
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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.
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News‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale
Other winners included Gabriel Mascaro’s ’The Blue Trail’ and Ivan Fund’s ’The Message’.
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NewsStudio 100’s animations ‘Miss Moxy’ and ‘North’ charm buyers (exclusive)
Studio 100 is continuing talks at the EFM this week.
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NewsLocarno Open Doors, Vision du Reel set to lose major Swiss funding from 2029
The decision by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation throws their future into question.
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NewsPluto Film takes international rights to Berlin Generation documentary ‘Circusboy’ (exclusive)
The documentary is the first to be made under a new children’s film initiative in Germany.
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NewsGerman box office falls 8% in 2024 but ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Anyone But You’ impress
‘The Zone Of Interest’ was a surpise success to make Germany the film’s biggest international territory.
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Features75 films to tempt festival directors in 2025
Expect films from Chloe Zhao, Carla Simon, Julia Ducournau, Annemarie Jacir, Kathryn Bigelow, Lynne Ramsay and (possibly) Lucrecia Martel.
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NewsKey German production incentives extended with increased rebate of 30%
German Federal Film Fund and the German Motion Picture Fund extended by a year by Scholz administration.
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NewsKlaus Eder steps down as head of international critics federation Fipresci after 38 years
The next general secretary will be elected in early 2025.
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NewsRoland Emmerich reveals plans for Sudan-set ‘Exodus’ feature and Lawrence of Arabia series
The US-based German director is also preparing the second season of ‘Those About To Die’, starring Anthony Hopkins.
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News‘Good Bye, Lenin!’ director Wolfgang Becker dies at 70
Becker was one of the co-founders of X-Filme Creative Pool with Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Stefan Arndt.
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News“German cinema is in great danger,” say Tom Tykwer, Wim Wenders and Volker Schlöndorff
Top German directors write open letter urging politicians to adopt new German Film Law this month.
