All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 13
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg names Malika Rabahallah as festival director
MOIN film fund exec to succeed Albert Wiederspiel.
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NewsConstantin Film launches investigation into alleged behaviour of Til Schweiger on set of ‘Manta Manta 2’
Germany’s biggest local star has been accused of assault and drunkenness in Der Speigel report.
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NewsConstantin Film and Warner Bros Germany crowned FFA’s ‘Industry Tigers’ for 2022
They received the most automatic funding from the FFA for German films at the German box office.
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NewsGerman box office returns to near pre-pandemic levels in first quarter of 2023
The total gross was down just 1.9% on the same period in 2019.
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NewsGerman Motion Picture Fund pays out record €84.4m to high-end series in 2022
Apple TV+ secured €10m for conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series Constellation, the maximum amount that the fund can give to a single project.
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NewsNew Ildikó Enyedi title among projects backed by Franco-German co-pro fund
Fund also supports Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn projects.
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NewsMariette Rissenbeek, co-head of the Berlinale, to step down after next edition
State minister for culture and media Claudia Roth to initiate talks to extend Carlo Chatrian’s contract beyond 2024.
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NewsVenice Horizons title ‘Red Shoes’ claims three awards at Sofia International Film Festival
Mexican director Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser’s debut feature Red Shoes premiered in Venice’s Horizons Extra section.
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News‘A Piece Of Sky’ takes top prize at 2023 Swiss Film Awards
The relationship drama premiered in competition at the 2022 Berlinale.
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News'All Quiet On The Western Front' leads nominations for Germany’s Lola awards
‘All Quiet’ leads the way with 12 nominations, followed by Ilker Catak’s The Teachers’ Lounge with seven.
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NewsBerlin’s VFX sector receives €4m funding boost
Projects can be allocated up to €1 million in financing.
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NewsSecond features by Laurynas Bareisa and Matteo Oleotto among projects being pitched at Sofia Meetings
Co-production forum marks 20th anniversary this year.
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NewsJustin Kurzel’s ‘Morning’ starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Laura Dern receives €2m from FFF Bayern
The Munich-based fund has also made awards to Christophe Gans’ ‘Return To Silent Hill’ and Marvel series ‘Ironheart’.
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NewsFirst titles selected for ‘Smart7’ travelling festival competition
Seven European film festivals have joined forces to launch an alliance called ’Smart7’.
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NewsNicolas Philibert’s French doc ‘On The Adamant’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale 2023
The gender-neutral acting prize was won by Spain’s Sofía Otero for ’20,000 Species of Bees’.
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NewsEuropean initiative to support Ukrainian cinema launched at the Berlinale
A budget of more than €1m to support feature-length films from the country.
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NewsVietnamese action ‘578 Magnum’ shoots around the world for Media Move (exclusive)
578 Magnum was Vietnam’s official entry to the Oscars.
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NewsZabarauskas unveils second two films in queer genre-driven trilogy (exclusive)
‘The Writer’ and ’The Activist’ will follow ’The Lawyer’.
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NewsAcademy for independent Belarusian filmmakers unveils line-up at EFM (exclusive)
New films by Zhuk, Paluyan and Kutsila among 17 projects to be presented in Belarus showcase at Film Academy launch on Friday.
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NewsChristoph Hochhäusler to make French-language debut with ’Death Will Come’ (exclusive)
Hochhäusler’s latest feature Till The End Of The Night is screening in Competition at the Berlinale.