All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 29
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NewsNew Berlinale team looking for solutions to fill venue gap ahead of 2020 edition
It is looking at “alternative scenarios” following the loss of the CineStar multiplex.
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NewsMatch Factory boards fresh take on Austrian Empress ‘Sisi’
Frauke Finsterwalder to begin shooting period drama in autumn 2020.
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FeaturesHow ‘System Crasher’ became an arthouse hit in Germany
The distributor carefully targeted a demographic of women over the age of 40, in particular parents, educators, teachers and care professionals.
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News‘Exemplary Behaviour’ victorious at DOK Leipzig
It was the final festival under Leena Pasanen as Christoph Terhechte takes over for 2020.
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News‘A White, White Day’ triumphs at Nordic Film Days in Lubeck
The audience prize was won by Mika Kaurismäki’s Master Cheng.
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NewsCologne, Brindisi project forums uncover emerging talent (exclusive)
Industry professionals get first look at new work.
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NewsBavarian film fund rises to €40m for 2019
Funded projects include ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘The King’s Man’.
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NewsGlobal Screen picks up Sandra Hüller drama ‘Sleep’ (exclusive)
Psychological drama marks the feature debut of Michael Venus.
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FeaturesHamburg film fund to increase funding of high-end TV and web series
New head Helge Albers has been in the job for six months.
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NewsWhat did the organiser make of Filmfest Hamburg’s inaugural Explorer Konferenz?
The aim is to open it to international attendees in 2020.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg cancels filmmaker gifts to donate money to imprisoned Myanmar filmmaker
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi is suffering from liver cancer.
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FeaturesHow director Sergio Basso pitched a musical documentary to potential financiers
‘Tell Me who I Am’ is the story of Bhutanese refugees in a Nepalese camp.
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News‘Darkroom - Drops Of Death’ sells to North America, France (exclusive)
The film is being sold by Germanys missingFILMS
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FeaturesWhy films from the UK and Italy have caught the eye of the artistic director of FilmFest Hamburg
”I wonder if this has something to do with countries going through a crisis.” he said.
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NewsGermany’s HessenFilm fund fires CEO after meeting with far-right politician sparks outrage (exclusive)
Filmmakers Dominik Graf, Emily Atef, Sol Bondy among many who signed petition calling for executive to resign.
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NewsFormer Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte named artistic director of DOK Leipzig film festival
Journalist and film critic to replace Leena Pasanen from January 2020.
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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.