All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 128
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Austrians enter The Counterfeiters for Oscar consideration
Stefan Ruzowitzky's Second World War drama The Counterfeiters (Die Faelscher), which was first shown in competition at February's Berlinale, has been selected as the Austrian entry for the 80th Academy Awards. This is the second time that a film by Ruzowitzky has been submitted by Austria for the Best Foreign ...
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Ruzowitzky drama is Austrian entry for Academy Awards
Stefan Ruzowitzky's Second World War drama The Counterfeiters (Die Faelscher), which was first shown in competition at last February's Berlinale, has been selected as the Austrian entry for the 80th Academy Awards.This is the second time that a film by Ruzowitzky has been submitted by Austria for the Best Foreign ...
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Soenke Wortmann comes to the rescue of Constantin's Pope Joan
German director Soenke Wortmann has come to the rescue of Constantin Film's planned adaptation of the Donna Cross bestseller Pope Joan after the previously attached director Volker Schloendorff was fired amidst much controversy last month.Franka Potente is still expected to take the title lead role in the international project which ...
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Kinowelt takes on sales, distribution and co-production of animated title
Kinowelt International has picked up international rights (except for France and Italy) on Tony Loeser and Jesper Moeller's animated feature film A Case For Friends...How It All Began which has now begun production at Loeser's MotionWorks' studio in Halle. Kinowelt's theatrical and home entertainment divisions will release the film in ...
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EastWest picks up San Sebastian title The Bird Can't Fly
Vienna/London-based sales agent EastWest Filmdistribution has picked up world rights to Dutch film-maker Threes Anna's The Bird Can't Fly, which will have its world premiere in the Zabaltegi - New Directors competition section at next month's San Sebastian International Film Festival. Anna's feature debut stars American actress Barbara Hershey as ...
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EVA picks up international sales on Antonio Vivaldi, Un Prince A Venise
Germany's Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) has secured international distribution rights to Jean-Louis Guillermou's biopic Antonio Vivaldi, Un Prince A Venise which will have its gala world premiere tonight in Paris ' in the presence of a VIP audience including French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The French-Italian co-production by Dream Film, M.A.D. ...
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Bavaria picks up Argentinian title
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international rights for Argentinian filmmaker Anahi Berneri's latest film Encarnacion which will be having its world premiere in the Visions sidebar of the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.The co-production between Argentina's BD Cine and Spain's Wanda Filmes about an ageing actress trying to ...
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Bavaria acquires international rights to Toronto title Encarnacion
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international rights for Argentinean filmmaker Anahi Berneri's latest film Encarnacion which will be having its world premiere in the Visions sidebar of the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The co-production between Argentina's BD Cine and Spain's Wanda Filmes about an aging actress trying ...
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Bavaria picks up international rights to $20m Mann adaptation
Bavaria Film International has picked up international distribution rights for Heinrich Breloer's lavish adaptation of Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize-winning novel Buddenbrooks which is currently shooting on location in the historical Hanseatic city of Luebeck. The $20m (Euros 15m) production by Bavaria Film and Colonia Media Filmproduktion of Die Buddenbrooks ...
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Dotzert to oversee Senator's German-language projects
Senator Entertainment has appointed Dirk Dotzert tooversee the coordination of German language projects being offered tothe group's theatrical distribution and production arms.Dotzert, who had previously worked as a freelance consultant, will workclosely with Anatol Nitschke of Senator Film Verleih and ChristophMueller of Senator Film Produktion on the initial assessment andmonitoring ...
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German fund managment group buys sales company Atlas
Further changes are afoot in the German world sales scene after the decision by the film financing and fund management group Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) to acquire a majority interest in the Munich-based family-run sales company Atlas International Film through its subsidiary EVA Finance. The sales outfit with a catalogue ...
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplexawarded $3.6m from German fund
Producer-distributor Constantin Film has been allocated $3.6m(Euros 2.7m) - the fourth largest amount so far this year - from the German (Federal Film Fund (DFFF) for its production of Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex which began shooting in Berlin last week. The support, which is only exceeded by the ...
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Tykwer action thriller gets $5.3m from German fund
Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International has been awarded Euros 4m by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).It isthe third largest amount allocated by the incentive programme after the Wachowski brothers' Speed Racer (£12m) and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie ($6.4m). The 'German spend' incentive scheme has now paid out almost two-thirds ...
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The Match Factory picks up German tragicomedy
The Match Factory has picked up international distribution for Neele Leana Vollmar's second feature Friedliche Zeiten (literal translation: Peaceful Times) which has begun shooting in Munich and surroundings. The tragicomedy, based on Birgit Vanderbeke's 1996 novel of the same name, is being produced by Vollmar and Caroline Daube's joint production ...
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German Minister calls for DFFF to be extended beyond 2009
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck has called for the term of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) to be extended beyond its initial three-year period of 2007-2009 after seeing its effectiveness in creating employment and income. The incentive scheme was launched on January 1 with an annual budget of $81.9m ...
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Locarno's Maire sees attendance at main venue up 10%
Attendances at Locarno's main screening venue for the International Competition and Filmmakers of the Present Competition are up 9%-10% on last year, according to artistic director Frederic Maire in a review of his second edition heading up the festival.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, Maire observed that the 2007 lineup for the ...
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The Rebirth becomes Locarno's first Japanese winner since 1970
Masahiro Kobayashi's The Rebirth (Ai No Yokan) became the first Japanese film to receive the Golden Leopard since Akio Jissoji's The Transient Life (Mujo) was an ex aequo winner at the festival in 1970.Described by artistic director Frederic Maire as 'a very strong and edgy film', The Rebirth also received ...
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Eichinger's Baader-Meinhof Komplex begins shooting in Berlin
Bernd Eichinger's ambitious production of Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex has begun principal photography in Berlin and will continue shooting later at locations in Munich and Morocco before wrapping at the end of November.This weekend, the adaptation of Stefan Aust's standard work on the Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorism ...
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Open Doors awards go to projects from Syria, Israel and Egypt
Projects from Israel, Syria and Egypt received development and production awards today at the Locarno Film Festival's Open Doors co-production forum, which was dedicated to the Near and Middle Eastern cinema. The two grants of $41,890 (CHF 50,000) for development and production, provided by Switzerland's Agency for Development and Cooperation ...
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Kinowelt International picks up Venice Days film Head Under Water
Kinowelt International has taken on international sales for Andreas Kleinert's thriller Head Under Water (Freischwimmer) which has been selected for its world premiere at this year's Venice Days sidebar at the end of the month. This is Kleinert's first feature film for almost ten years since his Paths In The ...