All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 106
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NewsThierry Potok steps down from Germany's VIP fund
Thierry Potok, the head of private German media fund VIP Medienfonds, is returning to producing after almost a year in the role.
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NewsCanadian filmmaker wins top prize at Nyon
Canadian filmmaker Richard Brouillette’s study of neo-liberalism and democracy Encirclement won the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Reel documentary festival, which closed on April 30.
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NewsVolkswagen drops Berlinale sponsorship
Volkswagen is scrapping its seven year sponsorship of the Berlinale, ahead of the festival’s 60th anniversary next year.
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NewsThe Other Bank wins Golden Lily
Georgian director George Ovashvili’s film debut The Other Bank (Gagma Napiri) picked up the GoldenLily for best film and the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at this year’s goEast Festival.
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Medienboard boosts 2009 budget by $1.3m
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), the German regional fund, will invest an additional $1.3m(Euros 1m) in the film projects this year.
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Florian Gallenberger’s epic drama John Rabe wins four Lolas
Florian Gallenberger’s epic drama John Rabe about the “Oskar Schindler of China” was the big winner at this year’s German Film Awards, taking home four Golden Lolas, including for Best Film and Best Lead Actor for Ulrich Tukur as John Rabe.
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Market Report Germany
With around 30 releases a year, the German market was the third most important for French films abroad, after the US and Russia, with 5.6 million tickets sold according to Unifrance. Asterix At The Olympic Games and Welcome To The Sticks were the two top French-language performers in Germany last ...
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EFP selects candidates for Producers On The Move in Cannes
European Film Promotion (EFP), the Hamburg-based promotional organisation, has selected 23aspiring European producers for the 10th edition of its Producers On The Move networking initiative,which will be held during the Cannes Film Festival next month.
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Medienboard fund supports international productions
New films by Roman Polanski, Christopher Smith, Danis Tanovic and Agnieszka Holland are among 36projects awarded more than $5.9m (Euro 4.5m) by Germany’s second largest regional film fund,Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Eichinger and Edel reunite for Bushido biopic
The Baader Meinhof Complex’s writer-producer Bernd Eichinger and director Uli Edel are to bereunited this summer for a biopic of Germany’s No. 1 rapper Bushido.
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NewsGerman Federal Film Fund gives $2m to new projects
New films by Leander Haussmann, Benedek Fliegauf and Isabelle Stever will receive $2m (Euro 1.5m) from incentive scheme German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).
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German films take 30% of local market in first quarter
German films took almost 30% of the local box-office over the first quarter of 2009, according to figures from Nielsen EDI. It is down from 33% for the same period last year.
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Hamburg backs projects by Polanski, Espinosa and Guo
International co-productions by Roman Polanski, Daniel Espinosa and Xiaolu Guo are among the projects to be supported by FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), which has handed out a total of $3.5m (Euro 2.69m) at its latest funding session. Polanski will receive $263,000 (Euro 200,000) for his adaptation of the Robert Harris ...
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German cinemas post strong first quarter with $280m takings
German cinemas have posted a strong start to the year with one of their strongest first quarter performances in five years, according to figures from Nielsen EDI. German exhibitors reported overall takings of $280.1m (Euro 210.8m) for January 1 to March 22. The figures are down 5% on the same ...
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Waltz With Bashir producer boards Turkish project
Razor Film is to produce Turkish filmmaker Asli Özge's next feature film Asphyxia (working title). The Berlin-based production house was co-producer on Ari Folman's Oscar-nominated Waltz With Bashir. Speaking at the German - Turkish Delight Co-Production Meeting in Berlin, Razor Film's Roman Paul revealed that he met Özge at the ...
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El Sistema to open Nyon's Visions du Reel 2009
Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier's El Sistema will be the opening film at the 2009 Nyon International Film Festival. El Sistema looks at the work of Venezuelan pianist and activist Jose Antonio Abreu, focusing on the network of children's and youth orchestras and music centres to provide a route out ...
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German producers fear $135m worth of production at risk
Work on more than 30 German feature film projects could be ‘at acute risk’ in 2009 because of the uncertainty surrounding the finances of the German Federal Film Fund (FFA), according to the German Producers Alliance.The figures come from a survey of its members by the Alliance. Three quarters of ...
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Kill Daddy Good Night wins at Diagonale, My Magic in Fribourg
Glawogger’s Kill Daddy GoodNight wins Austrian Diagonale Grand Prix, Eric Khoo’s My Magic top winner at Switzerland’s Fribourg. Michael Glawogger’s Kill Daddy Good Night (Das Vaterspiel) picked up the Grand Prix for best Austrian feature film at this year’s Diagonale showcase of Austrian filmmaking.The film, which is adapted from Josef ...
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Babelsberg boards Boxhagener Platz and Jerry Cotton
Studio Babelsberg will co-produce two German feature productions Matti Geschonneck's Boxhagener Platz and Cyrill Boss and Phillip Stennert's Jerry Cotton. The announcement follows Studio Babelsberg's recent partnership on Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Tragicomedy Boxhagener Platz which has just started principal photography, is a $4.8m (Euros ...
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Jude, Komanderev win best pitch prizes at Sofia Meetings
At the Sofia International Film Festival's sixth Sofia Meetings, atotal of 22 projects werepresented in the Second Films Pitching lineup, the Plus Minus One selection of debut and third features, and the new Sofia Cinelinks Sarajevo programme.At the end of the two days of pitches and one-to-one meetings with potential ...