All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 74
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Calls for clarification of EC's draft Cinema Communication
Many European film organisations have called for more clarification and precision in the European Commission’s (EC) draft Cinema Communication in their responses submitted by the 14 June deadline and now obtained by Screen.
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News22 new projects by Greenaway, Lungulov, Amati and Nikonova to be pitched in Moscow, 15 features presented in Sochi
New films by Peter Greenaway, Darko Lungulov, Martina Amati and Angelina Nikonova are among 22 projects to be pitched at next week’s fourth Moscow Co-production Forum.
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NewsVolker Schlöndorff calls for release of Ulzhan co-screenwriter Atabayev
German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff has called for the release of the Kazakh director and author Bolat Atabayev who was taken into custody in Almaty on Friday (June 15) for allegedly inciting social discord.
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NewsCalls for reforms to German spend incentive DFFF
Also, German reaction to EC’s proposed Cinema Communication at Film Industry Summit.
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NewsRomania's Adrian Sitaru planning first English language film with UK's Vernon Films
Anca Damian, whose animated documentary Crulic won the Grand Prix in Annecy, also now in post on her English language debut.
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NewsEurimages commissioned report on co-production convention calls for "modest modifications"
Also freezes distribution support after cases of fraud revealed.
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NewsWilliam Moseley headlines Gossner's Alpine drama
Moseley [pictured] joins a cast including Claudia Cardinale, Fritz Karl and Eugenia Costantini.
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NewsGlobal Screen picks up The Black Brothers, Beta Cinema gets The Taste Of Apple Seeds
Global Screen has taken on world sales for Xavier Koller’s action adventure family film The Black Brothers which will begin shooting in the Swiss canton of Ticino from Thursday (June 14).
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NewsDaly, Pitts, Maoz to take part in Berlinale Residency
Rebecca Daly, Rafi Pitts and Samuel Maoz are among six filmmakers who will be the first participants of the Berlinale Residency.
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NewsRival project to Kreuzpaintner's Fassbinder project planned
EXCLUSIVE: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, set up by his late mother, says it is in negotiations with European and US partners to produce a film about the director’s life and career.
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NewsTrier's Oslo, August 31st wins Transilvania Trophy
Oslo, August 31st by Norway’s Joachim Trier won this year’s € 15,000 Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) which closed at the weekend in Romania’s Cluj.
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NewsRomanian Days attracts attendees including Kosslick, Olla, Vandevorst, Slot
Radu Jude’s Everybody In Our Family [pictured] wins the event’s best feature prize.
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Eurozone crisis will see MEDIA Mundus funding limited
The present Eurozone economic crisís has prompted the European Commission (EC) to propose that planned expenditure on MEDIA Mundus projects to be capped at € 4.5m in its draft budget for 2013.
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NewsKosovo's Film Centre becomes EFP's 33rd member
Kosovo’s film body, Kosova Cinematography Center (KCC), has become the 33rd member of the pan-European film promotion umbrella European Film Promotion (EFP).
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NewsRodnyansky expands presence in Russia through launch of A Company's own distribution arm, cooperation with Fox
Company launches this week at Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival.
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NewsAscot Elite and Senator Film go on spending sprees in Cannes
Ascot Elite Entertainment and Senator Film both had busy markets in Cannes with more than half a dozen new titles apiece in their luggage.
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NewsFilm journalist Claudia Laffranchi dies, aged 49
Journalist and film expert Claudia Laffranchi, affectionately known as the “Face of the Piazza Grande” after serving as host and master of ceremonies of Locarno Film Festival’s nightly open-air screenings for seven years from 2005 to 2011, has unexpectedly died at the age of 49.
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Territories voice "key concerns" about EU's proposed Cinema Communication
The UK, Germany, France and Austria have voiced “key concerns” in a joint position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) draft Cinema Communication for state aid for films and other audiovisual works.
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UK's 011 Productions to co-produce Bettinga's feature debut
UK producer Zorana Piggott’s 011 Productions is to co-produce the feature debut of German filmmaker Eicke Bettinga who is competing in Cannes’ Short Films Competition this year with Gasp which has its world premiere on May 26.
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NewsLoznitsa plans project about Nazi massacre
Project is one of five story ideas that the director is currently developing.