All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 61
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NewsIda wins at Wiesbaden's goEast
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida received the Skoda Film Prize for Best Film at Wiesbaden’s goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, which ended with the awards ceremony on Tuesday evening (April 15).
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NewsGreenaway receives CNC support
Other projects supported by Romania’s film fund include Cristian Mungiu’s RMD and Tudor Giurgiu’s Apropierea.
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NewsScreen Int'l winner wins fresh funding
EXCLUSIVE: Screen award-winner among seven features funded by Lithuanian Film Centre (LFC).
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NewsGerman fund budget cut by $14m
Plans by the German government to slash the budget for incentive programme DFFF by €10m ($13.8m) has surprised the film community.
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NewsR&C boards 'explicit sex' project
Berlin-based sales outfit Raspberry&Cream (R&C) is partnering with Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion to co-produce Like Cattle Towards Glow, which aims to achieve a new way of portraying sex on screen.
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NewsEuropean creatives talk industry future
Film-makers Stephen Frears, Béla Tarr, Costa-Gavras, and veteran theatre director Peter Brook are among 50 leading figures of the European creative community to sign a declaration “For a New Deal for Culture in Europe.”
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NewsJapanese Dog wins at Vilnius
Romania was the big winner at Vilnius’ Kino Pavasaris (Cinema Spring) festival with Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s feature debut Japanese Dog was named Best Film in the New Europe - New Names competition.
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NewsPutin eyes Crimean film scene
Ahead of this week’s NIKA Awards ceremony in Moscow, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin heard the plans by Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky to re-launch the film festival in Crimea’s Yalta and the festival for children’s cinema in the small resort town of Gurzuf.
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NewsConstantin retains German crown
Constantin Film has been named by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) as the nation’s top producer of German films for the ninth consecutive year in 2013 and the top distributor for the tenth consecutive year.
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NewsFormer EFP president dies aged 56
Éva Vezér, the former European Film Promotion (EFP) president, died at the weekend following a serious illness.
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NewsGreenaway planning second Eisenstein film
Gosfilmofond to collaborate with Greenaway [pictured] on Eisenstein Among Friends; director is currently shooting Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
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NewsKeeper wins big at Swiss Film Awards
I Am The Keeper, Dreamland and Father’s Garden win at Swiss Film Awards; First Saas-Fee Filmfest honours Soldate Jeannette and Love Steaks.
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FeaturesFilmart 2014: Russia steps it up
The territory is responding to China’s growing interest in Russian films by establishing a pavilion to raise its profile at Filmart.
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NewsUK's Amadeus join Russia's Filmart stand
UK sales agent Amadeus Entertainment has joined the Russian Cinema umbrella stand at Hong Kong’s Filmart, which begins today (March 24).
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NewsKarl Baumgartner, obituary
International co-production and co-production markets around the globe will not be the same now following the news that the internationally respected German producer-distributor Karl Baumgartner has died at the age of 65.
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NewsSevastopol festival chief thanks Putin
Elena Naumova praises Russian president Putin’s agreement to annex Crimea and Sevastopol.
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NewsPrague to honour Kosslick, Wajda
Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick and veteran Polish film-maker Andrzej Wajda are to receive the Kristian Award for their Contributions to World Cinema at this week’s Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest.
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NewsBlind Dates takes top Sofia prize
Georgia was the big winner at the 18th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) which closed at the weekend with the Grand Prix for Best Film and Best Director award going to Levan Koguashvili’s second feature Blind Dates.
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NewsFestival chiefs back Ukrainian colleagues
EXCLUSIVE: Call for directors, producers and sales agents to give their films for free to festivals in troubled Ukraine.
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NewsKiri Trier moves from Fox to ARRI
Trier to develop in-house projects and co-productions at the Munich-based company.