All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 66
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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.
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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.