All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 27
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NewsGerman film community mourns passing of producer Tom Zickler at 55
Zickler best known for collaborations with actor Til Schweiger, including box office hits ’Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ and ’Barefoot’.
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NewsLocarno Film Festival 2019 winners revealed
The Golden Leopard goes to Portugal for Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela.
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NewsKoch Films acquires German indie distributor KSM
German-Austrian media group buys independent distribution outfit.
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FeaturesThe challenges of shooting New Horizons pitch winner ‘Broad Peak’ on the infamous Himalayan mountain
The work-in-progress project, which won the Best Pitch Award at New Horizons Film Festival, tells the tragic story of Polish mountain climber Maciej Berbeka.
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NewsSwiss film industry could receive cash boost from streaming platforms
Online services such as Netflix and Amazon will be asked to invest 4% of their annual turnover in local Swiss production.
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NewsGerman distributor X Verleih appoints Milada Kolberg as head of acquisitions
She had previously worked at Senator Film, Atlas Film & Medien and her own company MK Film Consulting.
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FeaturesWhy the success of ‘Toni Erdmann’ prompted a period of soul-searching for its German producers
Berlin-based Komplizen Film will be feted at the Locarno Film Festival this week.
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NewsOdesa film festival industry awards go to projects from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
The 10th Odesa film festival closed on Saturday, July 20.
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FeaturesWhy the focus of the Odesa film festival is extending beyond Ukraine
General producer Julia Sinkevych talks to Screen.
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NewsFirst footage from Oleg Sentsov adaptation 'Numbers' to screen at Odesa Film Festival (exclusive)
Screening of footage to coincide with imprisoned filmmaker’s 43rd birthday.
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NewsGerman box office on the rebound in the first half of 2019
Constantins’s US teen drama ‘After Passion’ was a surprise hit with young female audiences.
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NewsFilmmaker blasts Germany as a "cinematic wasteland" during keynote at Munich Film Festival
Edward Berger said he had received little support for his career from the German industry.
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News‘Toni Erdmann’ producers to adapt Bataclan memoir ‘You Will Not Have My Hate’ (exclusive)
Published in 2016, Antoine Leiris’s bestseller charts how he and his baby son endured the weeks after his wife was killed in the Bataclan terror attack.
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FeaturesThe hot German films premiering at the Munich Film Festival 2019
Last year’s Munich break-out was Eva Trobisch’s ‘All Is Good’ .
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FeaturesMunich’s new artistic director talks about the festival’s elevated international ambitions
An increased budget means new strands, more stars and a VR showcase.
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FeaturesGerman Films MD Simone Baumann on how the agency is adapting to the age of streaming
”¨Many people in the German film business are now working on high-end series for these new players and we now have to find a way of including them.”
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NewsMunich Film Festival should aim to "overtake" Berlinale, says Bavaria's prime minister
Filmfest director Diana Iljine emphasised Munich does not see itself in competition with Berlin.
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NewsBerlinale faces screening venue headache with proposed CineStar closure
The CineStar’s eight screens host Panorama, Forum and EFM screenings.
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NewsRussia poised to launch 25% cash rebate scheme to attract international film and TV productions
Russia is a notoriously difficult place to shoot for foreign producers.
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NewsTransilvania film festival: industry report, 'Monos' wins top prize
Mihály Schwechtje’s Democracy Work In Progress wins €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award.