All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 61
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NewsConcussion lands Russian deal; Perez goes to US
Lesbian drama release a bold move given anti-gay legislation in Russia.
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NewsNetflix “open” to Euro investment
Netflix is “open” to investing in original European series and feature films, according to Christopher Libertelli, vp of global public policy at the US VoD provider.
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NewsCreative Europe approved by European Parliament
The European Union’s Creative Europe framework programme has been given a resounding vote of confidence by the European Parliament.
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NewsGerman distribs close AFM deals
EXCLUSIVE: New films by David Cronenberg, Quentin Dupieux and Lone Scherfig are among the titles acquired by German distributors at this year’s AFM.
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NewsEurope's Cinema Communication unveiled
The European Commission (EC) has finally adopted a new Communication on state aid for films and other audiovisual works.
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NewsTallinn market projects revealed
New projects from Pakalnina, Louhimies and Kilmi at Tallinn market.
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NewsGeographer wins Cottbus top prize
Films from Russia, Kosovo and Serbia were the main winners at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus and its parallel East-West co-production market Connecting Cottbus.
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NewsBerlinale accreditation fee up 25%
The Berlinale has introduced a 25% price hike for festival accreditation for next year’s film festival (Feb 6-16).
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NewsPounding Heart wins at DOK Leipzig
DOK Leipzig’s Golden Dove for Best International Documentary went to the US, while Norway scored a hat-trick at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.
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NewsPolish genre festival unveils line-up
Poland’s first international genre film festival to host European premiere of Tsui Hark 3D Sea Dragon
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NewsArab spring film wins at Jihlava
Arab spring compilation wins Jihlava’s main award; Best Czech film for HBO-backed doc
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NewsPan-Euro pacts ahead of Creative Europe
Two new pan-European alliances are in the process of being created ahead of the launching of the European Union’s Creative Europe framework programme in January 2014.
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NewsGerman sales agents unveil AFM titles
German sales agents have revealed a raft of market premieres to be presented at the forthcoming American Film Market (AFM) (Nov 6-13).
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NewsTykwer to direct first TV series
EXCLUSIVE: German director Tom Tykwer is to direct his first TV series, Babylon Berlin, as an internationally financed, German-language production.
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NewsIda triumphs in Warsaw
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida scored a second top festival prize in one night, after success in London.
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NewsEmerging Producers named at Jihlava
Nearly 20 rising documentary filmmakers named at the Czech Republic festival.
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NewsStalingrad best opening for Russian film
Actor-director Fedor Bondarchuk’s $30m war spectacle Stalingrad has had the strongest opening ever for a locally produced film with $14.3m takings from 1,400 screens across Russia on its first weekend.
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NewsPasolini, Polanski to bookend Warsaw
Uberto Pasolini’s Still Life to open this year’s Warsaw Film Festival (WFF) tonight, which will close with Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur on Oct 20.
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NewsMedia Luna sells four to Brazil
EXCLUSIVE: Cologne-based Media Luna New Films has closed deals for four titles to be theatrically released in Brazil.
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NewsFCC strikes sympathetic note for German film funding
Multiplex chain UCI will be hoping its ten-year odyssey to secure a ruling for its action against the constitutional nature of the German Film Law (FFG) will have a happy end at the Federal Constitutional Court.