All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 54
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NewsOdessa unveils works in progress
EXCLUSIVE: The Battle of Sevastopol among 11 projects being presented next week.
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NewsAward-winner pulled due to Russian obscenity law
EXCLUSIVE: Festival screening of Yes and Yes [pictured] pulled due to Russia’s new anti-obscenity law.
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NewsGerman producers 'regret' over €10m cuts proposal
Germany’s film producers have expressed ¨exceptional regret¨ at learning that Angela Merkel’s cabinet has proposed reducing the annual budget for the DFFF ¨German spend¨ incentive by another €10m to €50m in the global federal budget for 2015.
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NewsDepardieu eyed for children's fantasy
Actor Gérard Depardieu is being considered for a Russian fantasy feature.
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NewsRussia fears death of arthouse cinema
New legislation banning use of obscene words came into effect yesterday [July 1].
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NewsUK Focus at Vologda's VOICES
UK film-makers are in the spotlight at the fifth edition of Vologda’s VOICES festival (July 4-8), which will open with Ken Loach’s Cannes Competition film Jimmy’s Hall.
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NewsFirst MBS deals announced
EXCLUSIVE: Among the deals, Mexico’s In Films We Trust will buy a package of eight Russian films from Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs.
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NewsJapan is big winner in Moscow
Japan was the big winner at this year’s Moscow International Film Festival which ended on Saturday evening with the Golden St. George trophy for best film going to Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s My Man (Watashi-No Otoko) [pictured].The film, which also received the Silver St. George best actor honours for Tadanobu Asano, had ...
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NewsBondarchuk says Battalion will top Stalingrad
Stalingrad 3D’s producer-director Fyodor Bondarchuk has a US major in his sights for the national and international distribution of the forthcoming Russian war film, Battalion Of Death, set during the First World War.
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NewsRussian 'leaders' pitch projects to RCF
31 projects were presented by nine Russian production houses at a pitching to the Russian Cinema Fund.
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NewsBondarchuk prepared to bleep obscenities
Leading Russian actor-director-producer Fyodor Bondarchuk has indicated that he is prepared to bleep out the obscenities in Valeria Gai Germanika’s new film Yes And Yes (Da I Da) to ensure its Russian theatrical release.
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NewsFramestore, David Kelly board Mexican Cold War film
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Framestore and producer David P. Kelly are set to partner on a $5m Mexican Cold War feature Lunik III, pitched at this week’s Moscow Business Square (MBS).
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NewsPatrick Cassavetti boards Lenin?!
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran UK producer Patrick Cassavetti has boarded Marat Alykulov’s black comedy Lenin?!.
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NewsCreative Europe chief to step down
EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Troussard to leave after 12 months in role.
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NewsSerbia first non-EU country to sign Creative Europe agreement
Serbia has become the first non-European Union country to sign up and participate in the European Union’s new Creative Europe programme.
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NewsEC backs Berlinale, Rotterdam funds
Co-production funds run by the Berlin and Rotterdam film festivals and a new day-and-date initiative are among new projects by supported by the European Commission (EC).
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NewsThe Tribe wins at Tarkovsky fest
Ukrainian feature wins Grand Prix at ‘Zerkalo’ Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival.
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NewsSentsov's lawyer speaks out
Ukrainian film-maker “cruelly beaten”, threatened with rape and isolated from lawyers.
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NewsBerlinale and Cannes winners competing in Odessa
Peter Webber to head jury, David Puttnam to deliver lecture during fifth edition of the Ukranian festival.