All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 209
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Helkon to quit Germany's Neuer Markt
Helkon Media is seeking to leave the Neuer Markt by the end of the month as part of a programme of cost reduction and reorganisation. If the Deutsche Boerse approves its shares will be traded on the third tier Geregelter Markt from July 1. 'This section change will lead to ...
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RTL closes in on Warner Bros German package
The KirchGroup's arch rival RTL Television is in talks with Warner Bros to sign a $200m film package spanning such titles as The Matrix, The Lord Of The Rings, Ocean's Eleven and Harry Potter.According to the daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the deal will allow RTL seven screenings of each film ...
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Columbia said to be heading for Kirch bid
A consortium of Germany's Commerzbank, the Rhineland-based WAZ publishing group and US major Columbia TriStar could be setting its sights on the assets of debt-ridden KirchMedia.According to news magazine Der Spiegel representatives of the three companies attended a presentation of a preliminary evaluation of KirchMedia by the Roland Berger management ...
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MEDIA programme aids 29 festivals
Film festivals held in Giffoni, Oberhausen, Bergamo, La Rochelle, Dresden, Tampere and Pesaro are among 29 events throughout Europe which have been supported with a total of Euro623,000 by the European Union's MEDIA Plus Programme in its latest round of funding for festivals.Separately, in response to its call for proposals ...
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IN-motion hangs on to Neuer Markt listing
International media company IN-motion will remain listed on Frankfurt's Neuer Markt exchange after an arbitration panel ruled against the Deutsche Boerse's plans to delist itThis development comes less than a week after IN-motion announced sales of Euros 46.91m and a consolidated net loss of Euros 7.71m for the first six ...
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Germany's DVD sell-through market leaps 79%
Germany's DVD sell-through market has leaped 79% in the first quarter, over 2001, helping to boost overall turnover in the national video industry by 25.5% to $332.2m in the first three months of 2002.Statistics compiled by GfK for the trade association Bundesverband Video (BVV) show that the video/DVD sell-through sector ...
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German media funds defend accusation of US bias
The newly created interest group for Germany's media funds, Verband Deutscher Medienfonds (VDM) has responded to criticism from Culture Minister Julian Nida-Ruemelin and film industry figures that monies raised by the funds flow wholesale into US major studio productions.High-profile US productions that have tapped German equity funds include: The Fast ...
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Fund veteran Marco Mehlitz named COO at Cinerenta
Marco Mehlitz, the former head of production at VIF International Films, has been named chief operating officer of German production fund Cinerenta. He will be responsible for sourcing projects to be produced by Cinerenta and overseeing the projects alongside Michael Ohoven, CEO of LA-based Infinity International Entertainment, the US consultant ...
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New directors awarded German Film Board funds
The new generation of German cinema is the focus in the Federal German Film Board's (FFA) latest round of production funding which totalled Euros 2.5m.Backing between Euros 100,000 and Euros 270,000 was given to feature debuts by Marco Kreuzpaintner (Ganz Unz Gar) and Joachim Masannek (Die Wilden Kerle) and second ...
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Germany's Das Werk reports sales increase, film production optimism
German media company Das Werk posted a 14.6% increase in turnover to Euros 26.8m for the first quarter of 2002 compared to the same period last year, thanks to business generated by its new acquisition Centropolis Effects (CFX).In a breakdown of the Group's turnover, the German companies brought in Euros ...
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Major cash boost for German regional film fund
German regional public fund Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg could get a 30% boost to its funding budget for 2003 following an announcement by the Berlin Senate that it intends to provide an additional Euros 2.5m for the subsidy body next year.Assuming that the Land of Brandenburg follows suit, the Filmboard would then ...
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Competition line-up set for Cologne International festival
TV movies and documentaries by Charles Sturridge (Shackleton), Danny Boyle (Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise), Christian Frei (War Photographer) and Coco Schrijber (First Kill) are among 20 national and international premieres selected from more than 600 entries for the 12th International TV & Film Festival Cologne (June 14-21) as ...
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Germany's Helkon Media boss steps down
An era has come to an end at Germany's Helkon Media with the decision by Martin Heldmann, co-founder, CEO and major shareholder, to step down from heading the company as well as managing several of its subsidiaries.Helkon's advisory board and board of directors expressed their regret at Heldmann's move but ...
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Son Of The Bride to open Munich film festival
Juan Jose Campanella's romantic comedy and directorial debut Son Of The Bride (El Hijo De la Novia), which was nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, will open this year's Filmfest Muenchen in Germany on June 29.The 20th edition of Munich's audience festival under Eberhard Hauff's direction (June 29 - July ...
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Beta Cinema closes US distribution deal on Sun Alley
Germany's Beta Cinema has closed a US distribution deal with Outrider Pictures for Leander Haussmann's feature film debut Sun Alley (Sonnenallee) with a release planned for this autumn.This is the second Beta title to secure US distribution this year following Roxie Releasing's acquisition of Roland Suso Richter's The Tunnel at ...
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'99 Euro Films' expands European dimension
The UK's Richard Stanley, France's Tony Baillargeat, Spain's Nacho Cerda, Belgium's Harry Kuemel and Germany's Benjamin Quabeck are to contribute to a second edition of the '99-euro films' series of digitally produced shorts which is now being opened up to European filmmakers.Producer Torsten Neumann and creative director RP Kahl have ...
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Tradewind, MMC Independent sign first-look deal
Cologne/Erfurt-based production house Tradewind Pictures and the MMC studios' production arm MMC Independent have signed a first-look deal for a long-term co-operation on the production of national and international feature films.As part of the agreement, both partners will offer each other the chance to board projects as a co-producer. ...
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Eureka Screenings to select 300 love stories
Love has been chosen as the theme for Audiovisual Eureka's 5th Eureka Screenings which are being hosted in Skopje by the Minister of Culture of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from October 30 - November 3.During three days, buyers from all over Europe will have the opportunity of viewing ...
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No Man's Land wins European Union media prize
This year's Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land has been presented with the European Union's Euros 25,000 Media Prize.'Beyond the conflict in ex-Yugoslavia and the story of these two soldiers, one Serbian, the other Bosnian, No Man's Land illustrates with talent and humour the absurdity of violence ...
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Almodovar to head first European cinema heritage week
Pedro Almodovar will be the patron of the first European Cinema Heritage Week (November 15-23, 2002) which aims to raise awareness of European cinema and to promote discussion of the visual image.Launching the Heritage Week in Cannes, European Commissioner Viviane Reding said 'the European public will discover the great films ...