All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 72
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NewsGermany's Oscar entry is Christian Petzold's Barbara
Nine-person jury chose the Berlinale film over other titles such as Shores Of Hope and Guardians.
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NewsUK actor Toby Kebbell to take lead in Lore producer's first English-language film
EXCLUSIVE: UK actor Toby Kebbell has been cast in the lead part of US director Tony Pemberton’s Buddha’s Little Finger, which is based on Victor Pelevin’s eponymous novel and marks Lore producer Rohfilm’s first foray into English-language production.
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NewsFirst titles unveiled for Viennale's 50th edition
There are only two months to go before the Viennale’s 50th edition opens on October 25 and festival director Hans Hurch and his team have already revealed some of the titles selected for this year’s lineup.
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NewsGlobal Screen picks up TIFF world premiere Lunarcy! and Montreal world premiere The Weekend
Company will also handle Danquart’s Run, Boy, Run! which has begun shooting.
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NewsTahar Rahim, Lea Seydoux start shoot for Zlotowski
Elle Driver handling international sales on the story of forbidden love.
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NewsLocarno's Golden Leopard awarded to Brisseau's Girl From Nowhere
Cate Shortland’s Lore wins audience award; Olivier Pere points to ‘good formula’ for programme as admissions rise.
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NewsMEDIA chief Silver has 'very positive meeting' in Locarno about Swiss membership of Creative Europe
The MEDIA Programme’s unit head Aviva Silver reports having had a “very positive meeting” in Locarno this week with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) about membership of the Creative Europe framework programme.Speaking exclusively to Screen during the festival’s Industry Days, Silver said that she had met with Jean-Frédéric ...
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NewsCaroline Link to bring Heidi to big screen
German director Caroline Link, who won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 for Nowhere In Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika), is now attached as director for a new film version of the children’s classic Heidi.
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NewsLocarno's new Step In initiative explores challenges for Eastern and Central Europe
Locarno’s new Step In initiative, which focused in its first edition on the visibility of European auteur cinema in Eastern and Central European countries drew a mixed response from the attending distributors, exhibitors and sales agents.While some festivals told Screen that they particularly welcomed the opportunity to be able to ...
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NewsFilmmakers from Senegal and Burkina Faso awarded two Open Doors awards apiece
A roundtable at Locarno’s 10th co-production lab also focussed on new local and regional initiatives that have recently been launched.
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NewsNew partners join Eye on Films from Croatia, Egypt, South Africa, South Korea
EXCLUSIVE: The network supporting first films also adds a new sales company partner.
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NewsTrieste's When East Meets West plans showcase of new Italian films
Forum also announces that German-speaking countries – Austria, Germany and Switzerland – will be the guest focus region for the third edition of the WEMW forum.
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NewsLocarno to expand beyond August dates in 2013
A new three-day event is to be held in Locarno and Monte Verità before Easter 2013; competition titles find sales companies.
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NewsLocarno's president describes festival's international profile as 'still too weak and vulnerable'
Marco Solari said festival could “continue to rank among the greatest festivals in the world, improving the efficiency of its organisation.”
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NewsSwiss culture minister ignites controversy over policy remarks
On the eve of the Locarno Film Festival Switzerland’s daily newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has reported that Alain Berset wants the government to champion more “innovative” fare, sparking concern over the future of local mainstream product.
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NewsNew Horizons awards go to Thursday Till Sunday, Donoma, Punk Syndrome
Festival presents 469 films over 11 days; Fipresci prize goes to Neighbouring Sounds by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonca. Polish-Indian co-production talks becomes reality.
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NewsGerman co-financier of Traffic and Gangs Of New York making first foray into local production
EXCLUSIVE: Splendid Medien, the Cologne-based co-financier of such US mainstream films as Traffic and Gangs Of New York, is set to make its first foray into local German production this autumn.
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NewsHaneke actress Susanne Lothar dies at 51
German actress Susanne Lothar, who appeared in four films by Michael Haneke, has died at the age of 51.
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NewsMEDIA backs new films from Greenaway, Folman, and Loznitsa; Libya now eligible for European funding
New films from Peter Greenaway (Goltzius & The Pelican Company), Ari Folman (The Congress) and Sergei Loznitsa (In The Fog, pictured) are among 38 titles awarded a total of over €1.36m by the European Commission’s MEDIA i2i Audiovisual Programme.
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NewsFirst edition of New Horizons' Polish Days includes new films from Folman, Wajda
New works in progress event in Wroclaw attracts more than 180 industry attendees.