All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 46
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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.
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NewsRussia's ArtDocFest confirms first titles
Festival runs in St Petersburg and Moscow from Dec 9-16.
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News'Brothers' wins DOK Leipzig's Golden Dove
New festival director Leena Pasanaen also talks future plans.
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NewsWide House to sell 'Hitler's Hollywood'
Sales agent Wide House is to be reunited with German filmmaker Rüdiger Suchsland on his next documentary Hitler’s Hollywood for delivery next year.
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NewsWolfgang Petersen returns to Germany for Warner Bros crime caper
Veteran German director Wolfgang Petersen is set to make his first film in Germany for 30 years.
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NewsDSM: Oettinger stresses special case for film industry
The principle of territoriality should be preserved for the European film industry in the European Commission’s (EC) plans for a Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, according to Günter Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
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News'Alaska Is A Drag' wins in Wroclaw
Round-up of news from the sixth American Film Festival and US in Progress showcase.
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NewsNorway, Belgium join expanded distribution initiative
EXCLUSIVE: Norway’s Arthaus and Belgium’s Imagine Film Distribution have joined an expanded second edition of the distribution initiative launched last year by Poland’s Gutek Film with FestivalScope as SCOPE50.
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NewsJim Carrey thriller 'True Crimes' sets Krakow shoot date
EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography on thriller True Crimes, starring Jim Carrey, will begin in Poland’s Krakow on Nov 7.