All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 7
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NewsDOK Leipzig unveils full competition line-up
The titles in the international, German, animation and audience competitions have been revealed.
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News‘The Duel’ starring Aidan Gillen, wraps principal photography in Poland
The €7.3m film is one of the biggest productions to shoot in Poland this year.
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News‘Riddick 4: Furya’ starring Vin Diesel secures €2m funding from Germany’s FFF Bayern
Fourth instalment of David Twohy’s space western will largely shoot in Bavaria, as well as Spain and the UK,
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg celebrates triumphant record-breaking edition
The German festival donated the vaue of floral bouquet gifts to the charitable Afghan Volunteer Women’s Association.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof to head jury at Kyiv’s Molodist film festival
Exiled Iranian director named as jury president of Ukrainian film festival.
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NewsBerlinale Pro’s Tanja Meissner, Hamburg’s Malika Rabahallah talk role models, work/life balance and imposter syndrome
They were joined by producer Wiebke Andresen and cinema owner Verena von Stackelberg of Wolf Kino at FIlmfest Hamburg.
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NewsHamburg Production Awards salute Red Balloon Film, Neue Bioskop Film producers
The German partners of Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays and Chiara Fleischhacker’s Vena each won cash prizes of €25,000.
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NewsEuropean Work in Progress Cologne selects 29 projects for 2024 edition
Selection includes Bulgarian filmmaker Stephan Komendarev’s seventh feature Made In EU.
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NewsRuben Östlund, David Wnendt projects receive backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Regional funding board also backs films by Jutta Brückner and Ulrike Ottinger in latest funding round
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NewsHow Germany’s Junafilm has become a go-to international partner for genre and family films
The world premiere of English-language horror title ‘Spirit In The Blood’ is taking place at Filmfest Hamburg.
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FeaturesHelge Albers on Hamburg’s MOIN film fund slate and working with Filmfest Hamburg
CEO of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund MOIN has a budget of around €16.9m.
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FeaturesFilmfest Hamburg heads talk changes, challenges and future plans
This year’s event is the first with new festival director Rabahallah at the helm.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg sets 2024 Industry Days programme
Industry programme will explore topics such as creativity, risk and reward, and experiences of women in leadership programme.
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NewsEast–West co-production market connecting cottbus unveils 2024 line-up
Connecting cottbus runs as part of Germay’s FilmFestival Cottbus in early November.
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NewsBFI’s Mia Bays, Nostradamus Report’s Johanna Koljonen to headline Filmfest Hamburg’s Explorer Conference
The Explorer Conference will launch Filmfest Hamburg’s industry programme.
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NewsGermany’s DOK Leipzig 2024 unveils co-pro market selection
The event will showcase a wide range of creative international documentary projects.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg reveals 2024 line-up, opening with Cannes award-winner ‘Holy Cow’
Pedro Almodovar’s Golden Lion winner ‘The Room Next Door’ set as the closing film
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News‘Cliffhanger 2’, Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Fountain Of Youth’ receive over €7m from Austria’s filming incentive
FISA+ has generated overall revenues in Austria of around €1bn since January 2023, according to the Ministry of Labour and Economy.
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors forced to “drastically” reduce activities from 2025 due to major budget cut
The Swiss government is redirecting cultural spending to a future Ukrainian reconstruction fund.
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NewsLocarno Open Doors doc ’The Beach Of Enchaquirados’ boarded for world sales (exclusive)
The Ecaudorian film was screened to industry as part of an invite-only showcase at Locarno’s Open Doors programme this month.