All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 62
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NewsRio spotlights co-production
Brazilian producers’ growing interest in co-production was under the spotlight at this year’s RioMarket, held alongside the Rio International Film Festival.
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NewsVassiliou, industry discuss cinema communication
European commissioner meets delegation including Amanda Nevill, Peter Dinges to discuss cultural diversity.
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NewsVon Gunten tackles climate change
Look Now! will release ThuleTuvalu [pictured] in Swiss cinemas in early 2014.
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NewsAscot acquires Tracks from HanWay
Swiss distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment has acquired all German rights from HanWay Film Sales for John Curran’s Tracks.
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NewsFAMA lines up country and western doc
Switzerland’s fascination with the Wild West and country music is one of the next projects for Zurich-based FAMA Film, which has produced Anne Thommen’s Zurich title Neuland.
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NewsDares producer works on debuts
Germany’s Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion, the producer of Marc Rensing’s The Woman Who Dares which has its world premiere at Zurich, is currently shooting the feature debuts from Marc Brumund and Christina Schiewe.
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NewsWarsaw, Brindisi, Cottbus reveal projects
New films by Krzysztof Zanussi, Merab Kokochashvili and Jan Cvitkovic are among the projects from Eastern Europe being presented at platforms in Warsaw, Brindisi and Cottbus in the coming weeks.
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NewsHooligan film barred over "human rights" issues
Anton Bormatov’s social drama Kicking In taken out of competition over “human rights” issues.
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NewsRussian director forgoes funding in gay row
Kirill Serebrennikov to look abroad to finance his planned biopic on the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky following a heated debate about the composer’s sexuality.
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NewsEFP reveals Busan line-up
Albert Serra and Pawel Pawlikowski are among 23 European film-makers who will be presenting their films in person as part of European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Opening Doors programme at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 3-13).
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NewsCreative Europe guarantee facility delayed
The guarantee facility scheme planned as part of the Creative Europe framework programme is now not expected to begin fully operating until 2016.
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NewsKeanu Reeves eyes Finnish thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Keanu Reeves has been approached to star in Antti J. Jokinen’s thriller The Criminal about organised crime in Finland and Russia.
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NewsAnt!pode adopts Fedorchenko’s Baby
EXCLUSIVE: Fledgling Russian sales outfit Ant!pode Sales & Distribution will handle international sales for Alexey Fedorchenko’s adaptation of the Strugatsky brothers’ sci-fi novella Baby.
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NewsEternal Return travels to US, Germany
EXCLUSIVE: Rights to The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas have been sold by m-appeal to North America and Germany ahead of its North American premiere in Toronto.
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NewsNew Russian fund backs three
The recently created Saint-Petersburg-based Point Of View (POV) Development Fund has backed three film projects a total of $86,000 (€65,000).
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NewsGermany selects Two Lives for Oscars
Georg Maas’ Two Lives (Zwei Leben) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 86th Academy Awards.
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NewsPicture Tree takes two Toronto titles
Berlin-based sales agent Picture Tree International (PTI) has picked up two Toronto titles – Mary Queen Of Scots and Metalhead – for international distribution.
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NewsRussia readies first online premiere
Russia’s new anti-piracy legislation will be put to the test with the country’s first online premiere ahead of a theatrical release.
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NewsSerra's Death wins Locarno Golden Leopard
Europa Cinemas Label awarded to Tableau Noir; Fipresci prize goes to What Now? Remind Me. Talk of Marco Mueller’s return with new Palazzo project.
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NewsGodard, Meier join Sarajevo omnibus
EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Luc Godard and Ursula Meier are among 14 directors set to participate in an omnibus film that will mark next year’s centenary of the First World War.