All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 60
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EC to probe studios' pay-TV deals
Hollywood’s five major studios’ licensing agreements with leading European pay TV operators such as the UK’s BSkyB and France’s Canal+ are to be investigated by the European Commission (EC).
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NewsEFM first-timers line up
More than 20 companies have already been confirmed as first-time exhibitors at next month’s European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
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NewsFack Ju Gohte leads 2013 German BO
Austria’s local hits led by documentary Alphabet; Local film boom in Switzerland.
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FeaturesKristijonas Vildziunas & Uljana Kim, Seneca's Day
Martin Blaney talks to the director and producer of Seneca’s Day, winner of the best pitch award at the 2013 Baltic Event.
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NewsRaspberry&Cream boards Pierrot Lunaire
Bruce LaBruce’s film [pictured] will have its world premiere at Berlinale; Beta Cinema picks up Alain Gsponer’s Solothurn opener Akte Grüninger.
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NewsRussian government to boost film funding
Meanwhile, Russia pulls the plug on its co-development fund with Germany.
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NewsBenelux focus at When East Meets West
Benelux is the regional focus for Trieste’s fourth edition of its When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum (January 20-22, 2014) being held during the Trieste Film Festival.
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NewsPhysician producers open to sequels
Beta sells other territories on the film based on Noah Gordon’s trilogy of books.
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NewsGerman-French fund backs Pitts, Sokurov
New films by Rafi Pitts [pictured], Alexander Sokurov, Benoit Jacquot and Volker Schlöndorff are among 12 projects backed by the German-French “Mini-Traité” Co-production Fund in 2013 with a total of over €3m.
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NewsNew Europe Coalition planned
A coalition of film professionals from the EU’s new Member States is likely to be one of the results of the Audiovisual Summit in Warsaw this week.
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NewsHolland: Europe's “mental Iron Curtain”
A “mental Iron Curtain” has formed between Western and Eastern Europe, according to Polish film director Agnieszka Holland.
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FeaturesSet report: Trash
Stephen Daldry’s Trash built an enormous dump filled with fake rubbish. Martin Blaney visited the set on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
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NewsEC's Vassiliou sets out 2014 agenda
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, and Youth, has outlined key elements of her agenda for the European audiovisual industry in 2014.
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NewsThe Great Beauty wins top EFA
Other winners included Love Is All You Need, The Act of Killing, The Congress and The Broken Circle Breakdown.
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NewsEU targets production, audience growth
The European Union will invest €3.4m in co-production funds and audience development for the first time as part of its Creative Europe programme for the cultural and creative sectors from January 1.
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NewsEx-Central Partnership boss launches Dreamteam
The Russian distribution sector is gaining a new player with the launch of Dreamteam.
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NewsGreat Beauty wins EurAsia Grand Prix
Sorrentino’s Cannes hit wins at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival.
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NewsBaltic Event hands out five awards
Producers from Lithuania, Romania, Denmark and Finland were the recipients of five awards presented at the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market (Nov 26-29).
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NewsEuro producers get €4m Creative Europe boost
The European Union’s support for the development of independent producers’ projects will receive an extra €4m annually from 2014 as part of Creative Europe’s MEDIA sub-programme.