All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 189
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Macedonia becomes 29th member of Eurimages
As of July 1, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" will become the 29th country to join Eurimages, the Council of Europe's pan-European support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of cinematographic works.Consequently, projects involving Macedonian co-producers may be presented for the forthcoming deadline for applications of support on ...
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Flanders festival changes awards policy
In the light of the present crisis in arthouse distribution, Ghent's Flanders International Film Festival (FIFF) will be revising its awards policy for the 30th edition from October 7-18.While the festival will be increasing the total prize money by 10% to just over Euros 81,000, the major change is that ...
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Kinderfilmfest tribute for Iran's Mohammad Ali Talebi
Iran's Mohammad Ali Talebi is to receive the first ever showcase at a film festival of a selection of his feature films with the staging of a Director's Portrait by this year's Kinderfilmfest during the Munich Film Festival (June 28-July 5).Among the five films being shown are his 1992 film ...
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Bavaria Film closes multiple Cannes sales
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has sold the FIPRESCI Award-winning Spanish film Las Horas De Dia to France's ARP and the UK's ICA among a raft of deals concluded by the German sales agent in Cannes.ICA also picked up Argentinian director Santiago Loza's Extrano which won a Tiger Award at ...
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German DVD boom gathers pace
Germany's DVD boom continues at the expense of the VHS video market, according to figures released by video trade body BVV for the first quarter of 2003.The number of DVDs sold increased year-on-year by 57% from 7.4m units to 11.6m, while that for sell-through VHS cassettes dropped by 37% from ...
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Controversy sparked at Diagonale festival director appointment
The Diagonale festival of Austrian cinema and Austria's Secretary of State for the Arts Franz Morak have once more hit the headlines - this time with the appointment of Miroljub Vuckovic as the festival's Artistic Director and Tilmann Fuchs as Business Affairs Manager to succeed Christine Dollhofer and Constantin Wulff.Speaking ...
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Highlight reports increased revenue and profits
Swiss media concern Highlight Communications has posted a 16% increase in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2003 in spite of difficult market conditions.The group, which is currently looking to acquire majority control of Germany's Constantin Film where it has a 41.4% interest, reported revenues of $32.7m (CHF 42.3m) ...
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Netherlands production platform expanded
The Netherlands Production Platform, which is held during the Netherlands Film Festival's (NFF) Holland Meeting (September 26-29) in Utrecht, is to be extended this year to include European feature projects seeking Dutch financing or co-production partners and involving major Dutch elements.Last year, producers of two German and two Belgian feature ...
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German-UK development venture formed
Germany's MagicWorx has formed a development joint venture with What's The Story, the production outfit of UK casting directors Ros and John Hubbard (Lord Of The Rings) to join forces on developing high-profile feature projects budgeted at between $2m-$20m, with the majority being between $5m-10m.This move comes after the two ...
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Kinowelt back in distribution business
The reincarnated Kinowelt will be back in business as a theatrical distributor from July 1 under the management of Michael Koelmel and Bertil le Claire.Kinowelt's distribution activities will concentrate in future on 10-12 select titles each year and the distribution arm is set to begin in August with the animation ...
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Outlook remains stagnant for German market
The German advertising market will remain stagnant until next year, according to a survey by accountancy firm KPMG of 129 managers from the fields of film, broadcasting and publishing. The study found that almost half (48%) of the managers were not expecting an upturn in the advertising sector until 2004 ...
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Flanders Image selects producer for Cannes showcase
Flanders Image has picked Bart Van Langendonck of the young Brussels-based production house CCCP as its very first 'Producer in the Picture' to be showcased during the Cannes Film Festival.Only eight months after its launch in September 2002, CCCP has some 15 projects at different stages of production or development, ...
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Sequels awarded Bavarian fund backing
Sequels of Dennis Gansel's 2001 teen-comedy hit Girls On Top (Maedchen Maedchen) and 2002's most successful German film Bibi Blocksberg are among nine projects awarded Euros 6.6m by Bavaria's regional fund, FFF Bayern.Maedchen Maeedchen II, which will reunite screenwriter Maggie Peren and producer Olga Film's Viola Jaeger with lead actresses ...
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Constantin to explore alternatives to Highlight takeover bid
Constantin Film's supervisory board has given its management board headed by Fred Kogel the green light to explore 'alternative measures' to counter a takeover bid by Swiss media concern Highlight Communications.At a specially convened meeting of the supervisory board at the weekend, the management board was also "authorised to ...
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Germany's VCL looks to US distribution
Germany's VCL Film + Medien has announced that it is advanced negotiations with an unnamed US major to have part of its feature film repertoire distributed by the studio through an independent label.In a statement, the video/DVD distributor-license trader stated that this deal "would give [..] the urgently needed ...
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Bavaria Film takes int'l sales on Spanish Hours Of The Day
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international sales rights to Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales' directorial debut The Hours Of The Day (Las Horas Del Dia) which will have its world premiere in Cannes' Director's Fortnight sidebar on May 19.The story about the monotony of life in a small town ...
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Constantin Film reports decreased sales, improved earnings
Constantin Film has announced increased earnings for the first quarter of 2003 ahead of a May 10 meeting to decide on a response to the takeover bid from Highlight Communications.Earnings improved by Euros 600,000 over the first quarter of 2002 to Euros 1m, but sales fell 35% from 2002's Euros ...
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Sarajevo festival to launch CineMart-inspired CineLink
This year's Sarajevo Festival (August 15-23) will be launching its CineLink project which has been inspired by Rotterdam's CineMart.CineLink is being organised in cooperation with the Rotterdam festival to bring key producers, sales agents and public funders to meet regional filmmakers.Screenplays from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia and Montenegro ...
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Argentina's Toys wins Int'l Student Film Fest
Argentine filmmaker Esteban Puenza's Toys (Juguentes) won the Euros 5,000 Feature Film Prize at this year's 'Sehsuechte' International Student Film Festival which attracted more than 10,000 spectators to the festival venues in Babelsberg.Meanwhile, the Documentary Award was presented to Sandra Jakisch for 08/15 - Leben Am Rand Von Koeln which ...
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Universum picks up 80 Days for Germany
RTL Group's theatrical distribution arm Universum Film has picked up the German theatrical and video/DVD rights to Frank Coraci's Around The World In 80 Days which began shooting in Berlin yesterday.Universum acquired the film from German rights trader Telepool and will now have to decide which of its physical distribution ...