All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 47
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NewsFiction version of 'The Forecaster' planned
Screenplay for the feature film is being written by the US screenwriter Matthew Wilder
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NewsVOICES call for Polish cinema focus
Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body to screen as part of Russian festival’s Polish cinema focus.
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NewsVenice, London next stops for European Film Forum
As the European Commission limbers up for its second European Film Forum in Cannes on Monday (May 18), plans are already afoot to take the audiovisual summit to the film festivals in Venice, San Sebastian, London and Tallinn.
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NewsLocarno nabs Doc Award from Cannes
Locarno Film Festival is to host the 8th Doc Alliance Selection (DAS) Award, after being announced during Cannes for the past seven years .
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NewsDavid Kross to portray legendary goalie “Bert” Trautmann
EXCLUSIVE: German actor David Kross, who appeared opposite Kate Winslet in Stephen Daldry’s Oscar-winning The Reader, has been cast as the legendary German-born goalkeeper Bernd ‘Bert’ Trautmann who was in goal for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964.
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NewsRuzowitzky to direct Hesse adaptation 'Narcissus and Goldmund'
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) is to direct Hermann Hesse’s 1930 international bestseller and cult novel Narcissus and Goldmund.
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NewsOettinger throws down gauntlet to European cinema
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his first visit to the Cannes Film Festival, European Commissioner Günther Oettinger has challenged the European film industry to deliver evidence supporting their calls for maintaining the territoriality principle.
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NewsSentsov now a year in detention in Russia
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov’s detention by the Russian authorities has been extended by yet another two months to July 11.
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NewsCannes: German firms line up market premieres
m-appeal has picked up Argentinian director Gabriel Lichtmann’s How To Win Enemies ahead of the Marché du Film in Cannes.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Austria
Austria has emerged as an attractive location in the last 12 months — and not just for film-makers looking for snow.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Germany
Germany’s well-established network of federal and state funds, and efficient film infrastructure means many big footloose productions base themselves in the territory.
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NewsCannes: Media Luna adds four to slate
EXCLUSIVE: Films by Petri Kotwica and Jan Prusinovský are among four new titles acquired by Media Luna New Films ahead of next week’s Cannes Marché.
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NewsFilm industry "concerned" over Digital Single Market plans
The European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy has failed to allay growing concerns within the European film and TV industries about the Brussels-based institution’s response to the digital revolution.
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NewsEurope unveils Digital Single Market strategy
Proposals include an end to “unjustified geo-blocking” and a modernisation of copyright law.
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NewsRoskino, Russian Cinema join forces for Cannes
Roskino and Russian Cinema are joining forces for the first time to present companies in the Russian Pavilion at the forthcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.
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News'No One's Child', 'Koza' win at Wiesbaden
Serbian director Vuk Rsumovic’s No One’s Child and Slovak filmmaker Ivan Ostrochovský fiction debut Koza were the big winners at the 15th edition of the goEast Festival of Central and East European Film (April 22-28) in Wiesbaden.
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NewsEuro commissioner looks to drop VOD geo-blocking
Geo-blocking and territoriality were high on the agenda when European Commissioner Andrus Ansip met with members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education for an ¨exchange of views¨ in Strasbourg.
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NewsAgnieszka Holland: crisis of content in Euro cinema
The European Film Academy’s (EFA) chairwoman Agnieszka Holland has spoken of a ¨crisis of content¨ in European cinema and called on the continent’s broadcasters to invest more in ambitious TV series.
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NewsEC plans Creative Europe changes
EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission (EC) is planning changes to its Creative Europe programme from 2016.