All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 58
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NewsFack Ju producer moves to Constantin
Lena Schömann, producer of box office hit Fack Ju Göhte (Suck Me Shakespeer), is switching to Constantin Film after 12 years at the distributor-producer’s subsidiary Rat Pack Filmproduktion.
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NewsRussian cash for Solondz, Fiennes projects
Films by Todd Solondz, Ralph Fiennes and Andrei Konchalovsky as well as an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s White Nights, starring Daniel Brühl, are among 12 projects to be supported by Russia’s Ministry of Culture this year.
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NewsTransilvania expands industry offering
A gala open-air screening of Stephen Frears’ Philomena will tonight (May 30) launch the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) which is expanding its industry dimension for its 13th edition.
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NewsCannes winner to head Kinotavr jury
After winning Best Screenplay at Cannes for Leviathan, Andrei Zvyagintsev is to head the jury at the 25th “Kinotavr” Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi.
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NewsHelma Sanders-Brahms dies aged 73
The German film industry is mourning the passing of film-maker Helma Sanders-Brahms, one of the leading women directors of the New German Cinema with a broad international following, at the age of 73 after a long illness.
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NewsEU-US free trade talks under fire
The TTIP free-trade talks between the EU and US continue to come under fire from a growing chorus of European film-makers and EU Culture Ministers.
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NewsUkrainian director arrested by Russian Secret Service
Oleg Sentsov has been allegedly “kidnapped” by the FSB.
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FeaturesSwiss industry quietly confident about return to MEDIA
As Swiss producers, distributors and cinema-owners gather in Cannes, those dark days of February’s Berlinale seem far away when the Swiss referendum on an ¨ Initiative against mass immigration¨ looked like resulting in the Swiss industry being denied access in future to the EU’s Creative Europe programme.At the beginning of ...
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NewsRohfilm to reunite with Asher
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based production house to team up with The Slut director on Deadsea.
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Distribution analysis to be presented in Cannes
Findings of analysis into three new distribution strategies to be presented today.
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NewsARP Seléction picks up Maidan
EXCLUSIVE: Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary world premieres as a special screening in Official Selection.
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NewsGold for Reitz's Home From Home
The Golden Lola for best feature film went to veteran director Edgar Reitz’s Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision at the German Film Awards.
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NewsBeta boards Jim Broadbent drama
EXCLUSIVE: Beta Cinema will handle international sales on German director Isabelle Stevers’ grotesque drama Cooking Cats, which began shooting in Cologne last week.
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NewsComedy on Films Boutique's Cannes slate
EXCLUSIVE: Comedies dominate Films Boutique’s line-up of market premieres at next week’s Marché du Film in Cannes.
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NewsLatin American docs triumph in Nyon
Documentaries from Latin America were the big winners at this year’s Visions du Réel (April 25-May 3) in Switzerland’s Nyon.
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NewsSacro GRA gets triple day-and-date
Doc Alliance lines up triple day-and-date premiere with Venice winner.
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NewsGlobal Screen, Picture Tree reveal Cannes market premieres
New films by actor-director Matthias Schweighofer, Marco Kreuzpaintner, Robert Glinski, and Bettina Oberli are among the titles being lined up by German sales agents Global Screen and Picture Tree International (PTI) for the Marché du Film in Cannes next month.
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NewsGerman producers join Ataman project
Detailfilm reunites with director Kutlug Ataman following their collaboration on The Lamb.