All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 69
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NewsBoe Følsgaard, Rosendahl among 2013 Shooting Stars
Ten up-and-coming European acting talents unveiled for European Film Promotion’s Shooting Stars showcase at next year’s Berlinale.
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NewsStatus Quo set to rock Berlin market
EXCLUSIVE: Status Quo are set to rock next February’s Berlinale as they join the army of sellers at the festival’s parallel European Film Market (EFM).
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German funds back new projects by Akin, Aladag and Verhoeven
Christmas has come early this year for Germany’s producers as national and regional funds paid out a total of more than €12m production support to such filmmakers as Fatih Akin, Feo Aladag, Rosa von Praunheim and Simon Verhoeven in their last funding sessions for 2012.
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NewsQuartet co-producer DCM boards Buck's second children's film
DCM, the Berlin-based German co-producer of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet, is to produce Detlev Buck’s second children’s film after his 2007 adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s Hands Off Mississippi.
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NewsEC reveals plans for copyright in the digital age
European Commission agrees on two-track action to ensure copyright stays “fit for purpose” in the digital economy.
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NewsWenders and Loach sign Creators' Petition
Wim Wenders, Bela Tarr, Ken Loach [pictured] and Paul Laverty are among nearly 16,000 names from the European film industry who have so far signed a Creators’ Petition arguing for the safeguarding of authors’ rights.
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NewsEC's Cinema Communication debate dominates Rendez-Vous in Berlin
CNC president Eric Garandeau and the German Federal Film Board board member Peter Dinges are criticial of EC’s plan.
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NewsEC backs Euro VOD festival in China
The European Commission is backing the first EU Film Festival Online (EUFF) in China.
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NewsBaltic Event names top co-pro titles
Projects from Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Estonia were voted by sales agents, distributors and potential co-producers as the most promising at the Baltic Event’s 8th Co-Production Market.
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NewsEC addresses Cinema Communication concerns
European Commission VP Joaquín Almunia has tried to allay EU member states’ concerns about the forthcoming Cinema Communication, which aims to set out new State aid rules for films and other audiovisual works.
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NewsCreative Europe reaches “important milestone”
The proposed Creative Europe programme reached “an important milestone” yesterday (26 Nov) after a decision taken by the EU’s 27 ministers of culture at a meeting in Brussels of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council under the chairmanship of Cyprus’ Minister for Education & Culture George Demosthenous.
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NewsCo-pro projects emerge ahead of Rendez-Vous
New projects by Arslan, Azoulay, Elkabetz to pitched at co-production market during 10th German-French Rendez-Vous
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NewsEuropa Cinemas secures two years of MEDIA funding
The Europa Cinemas (EC) network has secured a further two years of funding from the European Union’s MEDIA Programme.
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NewsEurimages to lower funding cap
Pan-European co-production fund Eurimages has unveiled a number of changes to its guidelines that will come into effect from January 2013.
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NewsGerman distributors secure AFM deals
Several German distributors returned from this year’s American Film Market with signed and sealed deals for new acquisitions.
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NewsFirst European VoD film festival reveals line-up
The programme has been unveiled for Europe’s first video on demand film festival, which will screen through seven VoD providers.
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NewsIran’s Karimi wins Mannheim-Heidelberg awards
Iranian filmmaker Niki Karimi has received the main award and Newcomer of the Year at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival.
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NewsGermany drafts new VoD regulations
Angela Merkel’s coalition cabinet has greenlit new regulations concerning video-on-demand (VoD) services in the draft German Film Law (FFG) that would come into effect from the beginning of 2014.
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NewsCreative Europe faces 470+ amendments; Almodovar supports threatened student project
EXCLUSIVE: European Parliament deputies have tabled over 470 amendments to the European Commission’s proposed Creative Europe programme following the draft report by Italian MEP Silvia Costa (Screen Daily, Oct 2).