All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 42
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NewsEC's Andrus Ansip talks DSM plans
European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip failed to allay industry concerns about plans for copyright reform as part of the the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy when he spoke on the second day of the European Film Forum in Tallinn.
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NewsEC's DSM strategy given short shrift at Tallinn forum
The European Commission’s proposed Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy for the film industry has been given short shrift at the opening of the European Film Forum in Tallinn.
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NewsEuropean Shooting Stars 2016 jury unveiled
Also… former Shooting Star joins Jan Forsström’s The Great Bear, pitched at this week’s Baltic Event.
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NewsAmadeus takes Tallinn title 'The Find'
Amadeus Entertainment has picked international sales for the Russian film The Find (Nakhodka) by Victor Dement.
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NewsLithuania scores Baltic Event hat-trick
Estonian project Erik Stoneheart wins Screen Best Pitch Award.
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NewsEstonia to join tax rebate club in 2016
Estonia is to become the latest European country to join the tax rebate club attracting foreign productions to shoot at its locations.
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News'The Tribe' director in first Ukraine, Norway co-pro
Luxembourg, the second feature by The Tribe director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, is set to become the first ever co-production between Ukraine and Norway.
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NewsBodrov, Mokritsky films win development funding
New projects by Sergei Bodrov and Sergei Mokritsky awarded development funding by Russian Cinema Fund
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NewsBBC, C4 respond to AV Media Services consultation
UK broadcasters BBC and Channel 4 and industry bodies FIAPF and EFADs are among more than 400 organisations and private individuals who responded to the European Commission’s (EC) public consultation on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
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NewsRussia's Ministry of Culture demands 'Dau' producer return funding
Russia’s Ministry of Culture is calling for Phenomen Films, the producer of Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s marathon project Dau, to return $340,000 (RUB22.5m) in production funding as well as $120,000 (RUB8m) in interest.
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NewsReel Suspects picks up Lithuanian drama 'King's Shift'
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent Reel Suspects has taken on international sales for Lithuanian director Ignas Miskinis’ third feature, King’s Shift (previously known as Deadweight).
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NewsCopyright on agenda at Ansip meeting with European filmmakers
A delegation of film industry professionals discussed the EC’s proposed copyright reform with vp Andrus Ansip.
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NewsNew German Film Law in the pipeline
Proposals for a new German Film Law (FFG) have been revealed in a “discussion draft” by the State Ministry for Culture and Media (BKM) a week ahead of a top-level film industry summit in Berlin.
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NewsDSM update: "portability" in first tranche of copyright proposals
Enhancing cross-border portability of content throughout Europe will be included in a ¨Communication on the modernisation of the EU copyright rules¨ as part of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy to be unveiled on December 9.
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NewsCroatia big winner in Cottbus; Iceland to the fore in Lübeck
Dalibor Matanić’s The High Sun wins hat trick at Cottbus.
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NewsUkraine, Georgia winners at connecting cottbus
In other Cottbus news, F&ME boards The Disciple and Macedonia backs Sugar Kid.
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NewsTverdovsky starts shooting second feature
Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s second feature Zoology starts production at locations in Russia tomorrow (Nov 5) a year after he took home four prizes from FilmFestival Cottbus for Corrections Class.
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NewsRussia's Supreme Court to hear Sentsov appeal
Russia’s Supreme Court will hear the appeal against Ukrainian filmmaker’s Oleg Sentsov’s 20-year sentence on November 24.
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CommentWolfgang Petersen comes home
It’s a kind of closing of the circle for German-born Hollywood director Wolfgang Petersen with his latest film project Vier gegen die Bank.