All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 153
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Darwin's Nightmare proves to be an Austrian dream
When the InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam opens in the Dutch capital on Thursday (Nov24) it will feature two documentaries from the same country on the same topic.The overlap is not due tosome error by the selection committee: the films in question - each Austrianand dealing with food politics - are ...
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Vandierendonck set to take leading role at Eurimages
Belgium'sJan Vandierendonck is set to take over from Renate Roginas as ExecutiveSecretary for the Council of Europe's pan-European co-production fund Eurimagesfrom the beginning of January.Vandierendonckis currently the Director of International Relations and European Affairs atthe Flemish Audiovisual Fund. Duringhis career in the film industry, which began in the mid-1980s, he ...
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Constantin raises sales forecast but theatrical still down
German producer-distributor ConstantinFilm has raised its forecast for the current financial year to a sales targetof around $235m (Euros 200m) for 2005.But the good news was largely due to home entertainmentandTV service production operations rather than theatrical.In its third-quarter results,Constantin did report an improvement in the performance of its theatricaldivision ...
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Record numbers apply for Berlinale Talent Campus
The Berlinale Talent Campus (BTC) has received a record3,516 applications from 121 countries for its fourth edition to be held fromFebruary 11-16.The number of entries is up 1,105 on last year and includesfirst-time applications from countries as far flung as Benin,Madagascar, Tajikistan Gambia, Fiji and Nepal. In addition, the number ...
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Fifteen films compete for Swiss Film Prize
Michael Steiner's comedy Mein Name Ist Eugen, which with 500,000 admissions has become the third most successful Swiss film in the last 30 years, is among the nominated films for the 2006 Swiss Film Prize.A nine-person nomination commission selected 15 films for the best feature film, documentary and short film ...
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Film-makers to pitch 55 projects at Mannheim Meetings
New feature projects by Ireland's Johnny Gogan, Georgia's Nana Djordjadze, Poland's Robert Glinski and Nigeria's Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda are among 55 films from Europe, Canada, Latin America and Africa with a total production volume of Euros 84m being pitched at this year's Mannheim Meetings co-production market. From November 21-25, 600 pre-arranged ...
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European industry event hopes to build East-West links
The Belgrade International Film Festival FEST is to launch a forum to boost links between film professionals from Western and Eastern Europe and neighbouring countries with a strong European influence and heritage.Speakingexclusively to Screendaily.com, project manager Miroslav Mogorovic explained the focus of the B2B Industry Meetings (March 3-5, 2006) would ...
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Final hopes for German media funds are dashed
German media funds are now all but dead, with the incoming government announcing it will backdate reforms to last week.Some German media fund managers had hoped to continue signing up investors until new Chancellor Angela Merkel officially begins business next week.But FinanceMinister designate Peer Steinbrueck says he intends to retain ...
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German-Polish alliance creates pioneering film fund
Thenewly-created Polish Film Institute and the two German regional funds haveestablished a Polish-German Co-Development Fund.The agreement was reached during this year's ConnectingCottbus market forum.The fund'sannual budget will be $175,000 (Euros 150,000.)Theinitiative aims to encourage the development of Polish-German scripts that willhelp increase the number of co-productions between Polish producers and ...
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BFI crosses more bridges with Akin music doc
Afterconcluding an all-rights US deal with Strand Releasing for FatihAkin's music documentary Crossing The Bridge - The Sound Of Istanbul at the recent AFMmarket, Bavaria Film International (BFI) has now also sold the film to Brazil'sImovision, Bulgaria's Art Fest Ltd, and Japan's Alcine Terran.Inaddition, a deal has been signed with ...
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Gravehopping on top at record-breaking Cottbus
JanCvitkovic's Gravehopping was named best film at this year's Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema.TheSlovenian-Croatian co-production, which was also awarded the New DirectorsAward at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival and opened the LjubljanaInternational Film Festival last week, also received the Prize of theEcumenical Jury.Thisyear's International Jury Special Prize went ...
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Screen heroines focus for Berlinale anniversary
The30th anniversary edition of the Berlinale Retrospective next February will bededicated to the screen heroines of the 1950s.EntitledDream Girls. Film Stars of the Fifties, itthe will focus on the portrayal of femininity in international films of thepost-war period.Berlinalefestival director Dieter Kosslick said the imagery reflected the changes andcontradictions of the ...
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Media fund reprieve is just stay of execution
German media funds in their current form have little chance of survival, despite a change of government and yet another late reprieve.The funds have been a popular way of raising capital for film, allowing investors to offset losses against personal income tax.But it was clear that they were a lucrative ...
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Lucky thirteen pitch to producers at Cottbus
Thirteenprojects will be pitched to potential production partners during this year'stwo-day Connecting Cottbus co-development forum between November 10-11.Theyinclude new films from:Bulgaria's Art Fest, co-producer of the omnibus film Lost And Found; Germany's Noirfilm, producer of Didi Danquart's Offset; ...
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German Media Funds under imminent threat, say reports
German Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel is reported to be submitting a motion forcabinet approval which would spell the end of the media funds by the end ofthis week.Accordingto German press reports, the Federal Cabinet will be asked to vote on changesto the Income Tax Code by Thursday (Nov 10). ...
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European quartet head for New York Industry Screenings
A re-edited version of Florian Hoffmeister's Silver Leopard winner Three Degrees Colder is one of four European films being presented at European Film Promotion's (EFP) first New York Industry Screenings programme at the Tribeca Cinemas from November 14 - 15.The other films selected for the private, invitation-only screenings are: Eleven ...
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Four films picked for WCF funding
Inits third round of funding, the Berlin-based World Cinema Fund (WCF) hasselected four projects for production support and one project to back forGerman theatrical distribution.Theproduction funding went to Faro, La Reine Des Eaux, dir: Salif Traore (Mali), German co-producer: Bärbel Mauch Film (funding: $72,400 ...
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Celluloid Dreams handles international sales on Atomised
CelluloidDreams is to handle international sales for Oskar Roehler's adaptation ofcontroversial French author Michel Houellebecq's best-selling novel Atomised(Elementarteilchen) which is currently in post-productionand may premiere at next year's Berlinale.Theco-production between Constantin Film and MOOVIE - the art of entertainment isthe first of Constantin's local in-house productions to be handled by ...
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Media Luna adds dance doc to AFM slate
Onthe eve of the AFM, Cologne-based sales company Media Luna has added ArneBirkenstock's documentary 12 Tangos -Adios Buenos Aires to its market line-up.Producedby Fruitmarket - Kultur undMedien and TradewindPictures, 12 Tangos follows the livesof several tango dancers in crisis-ridden Buenos Aires where the dance wasoriginally created by European immigrants.Theacquisition by ...
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Hof hits new heights
This year's International Hof Film Days attracted a record 28,000 admissions in five days.Amongthe highlights at this year's annual gathering of the German film communitywere Andreas Dresen's Summer In Berlin (Sommer VormBalkon), EoinMoore's Im Schwitzkasten,Alain Gsponer's Roseand Veit Helmer'sdocumentary Behind The Couch - Casting InHollywood.Gsponer won the Eastman Support Prize ...