All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 23
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NewsTransilvania film festival teams with San Sebastian for 20th edition
Romanian festival sets opening film for in-person event.
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NewsLatest Creative Europe programme set to go ahead with budget increase
The budget for the next seven years will increase from €1.46bn to €2.2bn.
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NewsGerman government to provide film industry with extra €45m in pandemic support
Central government will boost its contribution to the existing production insurance scheme by €25m.
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NewsBerlin and Brandenburg to invest €13m annually to create digital film and TV hub
First production to receive backing is Netflix’s ‘1899’ by ‘Dark’ creators.
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NewsHungary’s cinemas to reopen this weekend
Audiences will not be required to wear masks, though cinema employees will.
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NewsCinemas in Poland and Austria to reopen in May
Capacity will initially be capped at 50% in both territories.
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NewsGerman cinemas to stay closed until June 30 (update)
Move throws Berlinale’s Summer Special into doubt.
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NewsBelarusian festival director released from custody following outcry from international film community
Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska was arrested in Minsk on April 5.
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News‘Dear Comrades!’ director clashes with Russian awards over Navalny nomination
Andrey Konchalovsky has requested his historical drama be withdrawn from national awards.
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NewsUncensored version of ‘Supernova’ secures Russian release following outcry
Distributor World Pictures cut three minutes of an intimate scene.
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NewsAnti-LGBT activists target Russian documentary festival Artdocfest
Threats had previously been issued regarding a film about a gay MMA fighter.
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NewsGermany increases Covid-19 filmmaking relief fund to over €100m
Increase follows major demand from producers that have seen shoots disrupted by the pandemic.
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NewsGerman Motion Picture Fund doubles budget to €30m to attract international TV shoots
It has also increased the total amount a series can receive to up to €10m.
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NewsReopening of German cinemas on pause but regional pilot projects give hope
Individual states may be allowed to open venues with strict testing measures and capacity limits.
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NewsBrazil’s ‘The Pink Cloud’ wins top prize at lockdown-hit Sofia film festival
Festival in Bulgaria delays final week following emergency pandemic measures.
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NewsFirst look at Oleg Sentsov’s ‘Rhino’ set for Bulgaria’s Sofia Meetings
Ukrainian filmmaker’s third feature was postponed due to five years imprisonment.
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NewsTallinn Best Pitch winner ‘Tasty’ cooks up production plan
Lithuania’s Eglė Vertelytė set to shoot comedy cookery feature in 2022.
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NewsRobert Schwentke to direct corporate greed feature about Germany’s Wildcard scandal
Moritz Borman is producing with Karl Spoerri and Philip Schulz-Deyele.
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NewsSola Media boards the Roland Emmerich-produced ‘The Magic Flute’
The film is being produced by Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment.