All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 113
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Beta joins forces with Discovery's Hoerl to launch doc sales outfit
International distributor Beta Film and former Discovery Germany CEO Patrick Hoerl have joined forces to launch the new sales company Autentic. The company will focus on the acquisition and sales of documentaries and to foster co-productions with German and foreign partners.Autentic's portfolio will consist of prime-time fare as well as ...
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Tulpan named Best Filmat Zurich film festival
Documentary film-maker Sergei Dvortsevoy's feature debut Tulpan was awarded the Golden Eye for best feature film at the 4th Zurich Film Festival.The tragicomedy set in the steppes of Kazakhstan had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard in Cannes and was now shown for the first time in the ...
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Japanese anime focus for 2009 Locarno
The world of Japanese anime will be the subject of the retrospective for next year's Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15, 2009) which will also mark the last edition under artistic director Frederic Maire before he becomes head of the Swiss Cinematheque in Lausanne.The Manga Impact retrospective and exhibition will provide ...
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Loveridge joins Eastwest Filmdistribution
International film industry stalwart Helen Loveridge has joined the sales team of EastWest Filmdistribution working out of its London office.Speaking to Screendaily at this week's Zurich Producers Forum, Eastwest's co-founder Sasha Wieser explained that Loveridge will be working alongside the head of sales Alan Rudoff and be responsible for sales ...
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Tiziana Finzi steps down from Locarno team
Italian-born Tiziana Finzi is to leave her post at the Locarno Film Festival team after nine years citing 'personal reasons.' A graduate in Architecture and History of Cinema at the universities of Venice and Trieste, Finzi joined Locarno in 1999 when she became the chief programmer for the Filmmakers of ...
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Atom Egoyan to receive Douglas Sirk award
Filmfest Hamburg will honour Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan this weekend with the Douglas Sirk Award.Egoyan will be recognised for his outstanding services to film culture, with WimWenders speaking in praise of the director.The award will be presented following the German premiere of Egoyan's latest feature Adoration.Commenting on the choice of ...
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NewsOlivier Pere named as Locarno artistic director from 2009
Olivier Père has been named as the next artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, succeeding Frederic Maire, and will take up his post from September 1, 2009.Père has been artistic director of the Cannes’ Directors Fortnight since 2004. His replacement will be chosen by France’s Societe des Realisateurs des ...
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3Rosen Filmverleih and Alpenrepublik join German distribution scene
New German distribution companies, 3Rosen Filmverleih and Alpenrepublik to release Love Comes Lately and My Friend From Faro Two new names have joined the ranks of Germany's distribution companies. Berlin-based 3Rosen and Munich-based Alpenrepublik will both distribute films domestically in the next few months.3Rosen Filmverleih represents an expansion of activities ...
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TwentyTwenty Vision to co-produce Rafi Pitts' The Hunter
Berlin-based production house TwentyTwenty Vision will be the German co-producer on Iranian-British director Rafi Pitts' fifth feature The Hunter.Speaking exclusively to Screendaily.com, Pitts explained that the drama will be produced by AMA Media Productions - which co-produced his 2006 Berlinale competition film It's Winter (Zemestan) - and Aftab Negaran Productions, ...
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Swiss selectLewinsky'sThe Friend as Oscar entry
Micha Lewinsky's feature debut The Friend (Der Freund) has been selected by an expert group convened by the Federal Office for Culture to be Switzerland's entry for the Foreign Language Oscar.The drama about a shy outsider who poses as the boyfriend of a woman after her sudden death and is ...
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A Mouse's Tale winner of Cartoon d'Or
French-born Benjamin Renner's graduation film from La Poudriere animation school A Mouse's Tale has been named the winner of this year's Cartoon d'Or at the 19th Cartoon Forum in Ludwigsburg.The four-minute short using silhouette animation, beat competition from four other finalists including UK animator Matthew Walker's John And Karen and ...
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Fortissimo Films picks up Parque Via
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world sales for Mexican filmmaker Enrique Rivero's feature debut Parque Via. The film is currently screening in the Horizontes Latinos sidebar at this week's San Sebastian International Film Festival. Parque Via won 32-year-old Rivero the Golden Leopard in the International Competition at the Locarno ...
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Studio Babelsberg to co-produce Inglorious Bastards
Studio Babelsberg has now confirmed that it will be serving as the German co-producer on Quentin Tarantino's Second World War drama Inglorious Bastards.The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Universal Pictures are co-financing and co-presenting the feature, while Harvey and Bob Weinstein are serving as executive producers.Tarantino's film will begin shooting at ...
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Telepool to handle distribution rights on Der Grosse Kater
Munich-based Telepool will handle international distribution on Wolfgang Panzer's adaptation of Thomas Hürlimann's 1998 bestselling novel Der Grosse Kater. The film, currently shooting at locations in Berne and Bavaria, is a co-production between Neue Bioskop Film, Abrakadabra Films and Barry Films. It received backing from several sources including: Zurich's Film ...
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New programme manager forBerlinale Talent Campus
Dutch-born Matthijs Wouter Knol has become the fourth programme manager at the Berlinale Talent Campus.He will be responsible for the general direction of the seventh edition of the Talent Campus in collaboration with Christine Tröstrum. The Campus has announced that in 2009 it will focus on turning points as a ...
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Cartoon expands with EU MEDIA International support
Cartoon Connection is one of 18 projects involving partners from Canada, Latin America, India, China, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Bosnia, Turkey and Georgia, which have been provided with almost $2.88m (Euros 2m) by the EU to develop closer cooperation between European and third country film professionals. 11 of the selected ...
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Berlinale Co-Production Market announces deadline
The 6th Berlinale Co-Production Market has announced that submissions are now open for new film projects for the 2009 market (Feb. 8-10).The deadline for submissions is Oct. 30, 2008. Projects must have secured a minimum of 30% of their required financing and be suited to co-production in order to qualify.The ...
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Berlinale Co-Production Market announces deadline
The 6th Berlinale Co-Production Market has announced that submissions are now open for new film projects for the 2009 market (Feb. 8-10).The deadline for submissions is Oct. 30, 2008. Projects must have secured a minimum of 30% of their required financing and be suited to co-production in order to qualify.The ...
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Berlinale Co-Production Market announces deadline
The 6th Berlinale Co-Production Market has announced that submissions are now open for new film projects for the 2009 market (Feb. 8-10).Film projects must be submitttedby Oct. 30, 2008. They must have secured a minimum of 30% of their required financing and be suited to co-production in order to qualify.The ...
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Baader Meinhof Complex is German entry for foreign language Oscar
Germany has announced its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as Uli Edel's The Baader Meinhof Complex.The film chronicles the Red Army Faction terrorist group, which terrorised Germany in the 1970s. Itstars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek.The filmhad its world premiere in Munich this week and ...