All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 65
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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.
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News‘Chechnya’ wins top Locarno co-pro prize
Film-makers from Georgia were the big winners at the Open Doors awards ceremony at the Locarno Film Festival.
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NewsSwiss move into talks for Creative Europe membership
European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou also talks about future funding for Locarno festival.
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NewsLocarno roundup: Wetlands stirs controversy
Social media platforms ban explicit trailer for Wetlands.
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NewsMatch Factory strikes deals for Locarno films
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has signed a raft of deals for Sam Garbarski’s Vijay And I and David Wnendt’s Wetlands ahead of their world premieres in Locarno.
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NewsWalesa producer plans Polish Mafia film
EXCLUSIVE: Poland’s Akson Studio, producer of Andrzej Wajda’s Venice title Walesa. Man Of Hope, is preparing a film set in the world of the Polish mafia.
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NewsKosslick to “godfather” SOFA training
Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick is to serve as a “godfather” to the new training venture School of Film Agents (SOFA) and has revealed he wants attract more TV product to Berlin’s EFM.
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NewsCelestial Wives wins at Wroclaw
Rural Russian film takes top prize at Poland’s New Horizons International Film Festival.