All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 46
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NewsRussia's Gosfilmofond plans Cannes alternative
Russia’s National Film Foundation Gosfilmofond is planning an alternative international film festival to be staged in Nice during next year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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News'Concrete Night', 'They Have Escaped' win in Helsinki
Pirjo Honkasolo’s Concrete Night and J-P Valkeapään’s They Have Escaped were among the winners at the Finnish Film Week (Sept 18-24) in Helsinki.
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NewsEastWest picks up hamster drama 'Raffi'
Vienna-based sales agent EastWest Distribution has picked up international distribution for Raffi (Rettet Raffi) by the German film-maker Arend Agthe.
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NewsGerman Directors' Guild nominates 'Labyrinth of Lies', 'Summers Downstairs'
Oscar submission Labyrinth of Lies and comedy drama Summers Downstairs are among films on the shortlist for the Metropolis 2015 directing prize awarded by the German Directors’ Guild.
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News'1944' producer turns to comedy with 'The Reunion' remake
The Danish comedy The Reunion (Klassefesten) from 2011 is being given an Estonian remake by 1944’s producer Kristian Taska of Taska Film.
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News'Dragonfly' doc named best pitch at Finnish Film Affair
Once I Was A Dragonfly was selected from 10 works in progress presented to the festival’s jury.
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NewsMannheim to honour Olivier Assayas
Clouds of Sils Maria director to receive Master of Cinema Award.
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News'Summers Downstairs' wins at Oldenburg
Tom Sommerlatte’s debut Summers Downstairs (Im Sommer wohnt er unten) was picked by the audience at this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sep 16-20) for the German Independence Award.
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NewsEC to launch geo-blocking consultation
Also… European Parliament lends support to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.
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News'Ida' wins at Polish Film Institute Awards
Ida producer Opus Film and distributors Against Gravity and Next Film were among the winners at the 8th Polish Film Institute Awards.
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CommentLithuanian-Polish industry talk co-pros...on the high seas
Ahead of the Gdynia Film Festival, Lithuanian and Polish industry took part in a co-production meeting with a difference.
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NewsSokurov's 'Francofonia' scores sales
EXCLUSIVE: Films Boutique has racked up a slew of sales for Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia, following its world premiere at Venice last week.
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NewsMannheim-Heidelberg fest adds TV strand
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg is the latest film festival to dedicate a section to quality television serial drama with the launching of a new competition for the New Creators Award.
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NewsVenice: Makhmalbaf dedicates award to Oleg Sentsov
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf has dedicated the Robert Bresson Award to imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.
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NewsMatch Factory reunites with Sam Garbarski on 'Bye-Bye Germany'
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory is working again with Belgian director Sam Garbarski on international sales for his new feature film, starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Alba Rohrwacher.
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NewsEU cuts MEDIA Programme budget for 2016
Creative Europe’s MEDIA sub-programme’s budget has been set at $116.3m, down from $117.5m in 2014.
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NewsFilms Boutique to sell Ofir Raul Graizer's 'The Cakemaker'
Drama will explore gay relationships as well as connections between Israel and Germany.
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FeaturesOldenburg grows as discovery channel
Festival director Torsten Neumann speaks to Martin Blaney about this year’s Oldenburg film festival, an event dubbed ‘the German Sundance’
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NewsArthouse exhibitors criticise EU bonus scheme
Arthouse exhibitors from Poland to Venezuela have added their voices to the chorus of disapproval about Europa Cinemas’ new bonus payment scheme to promote partnerships between cinemas and online distribution platforms.
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NewsInternational outrage at Oleg Sentsov verdict
The sentences handed down by a Russian military court to the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and activist Alexander Kolchenko have provoked a wave of international protest.