All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 100
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Bittersuess lines up Love, Run Boy Run and Santiago
Berlin-based Bittersuess Pictures is lining up new films by directors Christian Alvart, Pepe Danquart and Christian Schwochow.
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Independent, Mogador team on erotic thriller
Independent Partners Films and Mogador Films have announced plans to collaborate on a second erotic arthouse film. Rolf Peter Kahl will direct The Lost Love, and Melanie Kretschmann (Blutsfreundschaft) is already attached to star.
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NewsPere promises flexibility in Piazza Grande line-up
Locarno Film Festival’s new artistic director Olivier Pere will be more flexible in his programming for the nightly open-air programme on the town’s Piazza Grande.
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Karathanos reveals new projects
New films from Tadjik director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov and Georgia’s Dito Tsintsadze are being lined up for production this year by Thanassis Karathanos of Twenty Twenty Vision and Pallas Film.
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NewsWhite Ribbon scoops German critics’ awards
Michael Haneke’s Oscar-nominated The White Ribbon took four prizes, including best film and screenplay, at the German Film Critics Association Awards last night.
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NewsBadge holders breathe sigh of relief as screenings ban is lifted
EFM non-buyer badge holders were relieved yesterday after a stressful couple of days in which they found themselves barred from the competition press screenings.
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Generation faces 2011 premiere rule
From 2011, films seeking selection for the Berlinale’s Generation sidebar, which focuses on children’s and youth titles, must be European premieres.
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Cinema Chile to push country’s films as a brand
Chilean producers have launched a cinema brand at the EFM in a bid to raise the profile of Chilean films internationally.
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NewsNFD commits to local film with new hires
Nordisk Film Distribution (NFD) has appointed Lone Korslund as head of co-productions, and Rasmus Krogh as its new local film buyer.
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NewsI Phone You engages Kohlhaase
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (Summer In Berlin), winner of this year’s honorary Golden Bear, is attached as screenwriter to the Chinese-German culture-clash comedy I Phone You (working title).
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NewsAllfilm boards Screen best pitch title Rat King
Estonia’s Allfilm will co-produce Petri Kotwica’s third feature Rat King, which received the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market last December.
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NewsBodrov in town to outline plans for Mongol sequel
Russian writer-director-producer Sergei Bodrov will be in Berlin on Sunday to unveil his upcoming directing and production slate, including The Great Khan, the anticipated sequel to his Oscar-nominated 2007 film, Mongol.
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NewsNeumann praises Berlinale’s ‘bridge building’
Germany’s Culture Minister Bernd Neumann has praised the Berlinale’s for building cultural bridges
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NewsProducers hatch romantic portmanteau in Berlin
An English language omnibus featuring 10 short films by German and international directors has been hatched with the title Love Berlin – How We Met. The film, which will shoot this summer, plans to show the city at its most romantic.
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NewsSola picks up Sycholt's Themba
Sola Media picks up international rights to South Africa-set football tale Themba.
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International shoots flock to Germany
International films shooting in Berlin during the Berlinale is becoming something of a tradition.
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NewsAktis adds two to EFM slate
Sales agent Aktis Film International adds two new films to EFM Berlinale line-up.
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Media Luna acquires Tenants
Media Luna New Films has acquired international rights to veteran Brazilian filmmaker Sergio Bianchi’s TheTenants (Don’t Like It, Leave) (Os Inquilinos).
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Joint venture to simplify film insurance policies
European Film Bonds (EFB) and German Film Insurance Association Deutsche Filmversicherungsgemeinschaft (DFG) announced joint venture to simplify insurance.
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NewsBerlinale reboots German films
Organisers moot restructure of German film strands for 2011 edition.