All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 101
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NewsWorld premiere of Koepp’s Berlin-Stettin opens Leipzig
Veteran German documentary film-maker Volker Koepp’s latest project Berlin-Stettin will open the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film tonight (October 26).
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NewsM-appeal takes international distribution for Last Cowboy Standing
M-appeal, the Berlin-based sales company, has taken on the international distribution for Zaida Bergroth’s debut feature Last Cowboy Standing, which had its international premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival.
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NewsHausner's Lourdes takes Grand Prix at 25th Warsaw Film Festival
Austrian director Jessica Hausner’s third feature Lourdes, which had its world premiere at Venice last month, took the Grand Prix at the 25th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, which ran October 9-18.
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NewsLa Pivellina to be first Austrian title to open Viennale
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s debut feature The Little One (La Pivellina), will become the first Austrian production in the Viennale’s 47-year history to open the festival, which runs October 22 to November 4.
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NewsBerlin kicks off birthday year with Market pass discounts
The Berlin Internationa Film Festival has kicked the celebrations for its 60th birthday next year by slashing the price of its Market Badge and European Film Market (EFM) Screening Pass for a limited period.
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NewsndF: and Beta Film create venture to focus on children’s films
Munich production house ndF: and sales agent Beta Film have joined forces to launch a new venture that will produce feature films for the children’s and youth sector.
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FeaturesStudio Braun in independent arena
Studio veteran Wolfgang Braun talks to Martin Blaney about the challenges of his new role as head of recently galvanized German distributor Kinowelt
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FeaturesGermany at Mipcom
Screen International brings you the profiles of German broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media, ZDF, RTL Television, and Ard Degeto.
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NewsSwitzerland submits Meier's Home to Academy
Ursula Meier’s feature debut Home has been selected by Switzerland to be entered for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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FeaturesThe Swiss connection
The Zurich Film Festival’s MD and artistic director talks to Martin Blaney about his other role, as managing director of production outfit Millbrook Pictures, which made a splashy debut with a $4.3m investment in Oliver Stone’s W.
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NewsXiaolu Guo's She, A Chinese takes Locarno's Golden Leopard
This year’s Golden Leopard in Locarno was awarded to Chinese novelist-filmmaker Xiaolu Guo for the UK-German-French co-production She, A Chinese.
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NewsGermany's DFFF halves support over first six months of 2009
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) has supported 50% fewer projects over the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year.
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FeaturesFrom conception to Womb
Could his contemporary fairy tale about cloning, starring Eva Green and Matt Smith, push Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf into the mainstream? Martin Blaney visits the German set of Womb.
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NewsGerman exhibitors report best six months since 2004
German exhibitors have posted their best six months for five years driven by a strong performance of local and international films, according to data for Nielsen EDI.
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NewsGerman Films Preview draws buyers to Cologne
The third German Films Previews in Cologne, which ran July 12 – 15, attracted more than 80 international buyers and saw a number of films sold.
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FeaturesBattle to convince courts of the threat of piracy
Martin Blaney looks at how the German film industry is effected by piracy.
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NewsWolfgang Braun joins Kinowelt as chief executive
German film industry veteran Wolfgang Braun has been appointed as CEO of sales and distribution company, Kinowelt. He replaces Jan-Pelgrom de Haas, who left the company at the end of last month.
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NewsRegional German funds support Alex Winter's horror remake
Frankfurt’s HessenInvestFilm and Stuttgart-based MFG Baden-Württemberg have allocated $1.9m (€1.35m) to Germany’s first 3D live action film, Alex Winter’s The Gate.
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NewsGerman film fund to invest $56m in digital expansion
The German Federal Film Board (FFA) is planning to invest $56m (€40m) to help speed up the development digital cinema.