All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 78
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NewsFribourg’s Grand Prix for Israel’s Never Too Late, four prizes for Brazil’s Julia Murat
Special jury award goes to Al-Abdallah’s The Last Friday.
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NewsCourage named Best Film in Vilnius, parallel industry event attracts 80 delegates
Other winnesr include Best Intentions, Untouchables, A Place We Call Home.
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NewsEast-West initiatives launched between EU and Caucasus, and CIS countries
The Stuttgart Animation Co-Production Forum and the Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) are two initiatives being launched this year to bring film professionals together from Eastern and Western Europe for collaboration on film projects.
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NewsLithuanian parliament sets May 8 tax incentive vote
The Baltic state is set to become the latest European country to join the circle of production hubs offering tax rebates to film producers.
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NewsEU committee calls for better recoupment and windows flexibility for online distribution
Flexibility of release windows, fair remuneration for rights holders for online distribution and net neutrality called for in European Parliament committee report.
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NewsLocarno's Casa Del Cinema project secures funding
The Locarno Film Festival’s long gestating Casa Del Cinema project has taken a major step forward following a CHF 10m donation by the recently established private foundation Fondazione Stella-Chiara.
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NewsAndreas Rothbauer leaving Beta Cinema
Andreas Rothbauer, Head of Theatrical Sales & International Acquisitions at Beta Cinema, is to leave after 12 years in the post.
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NewsMeise's Still Life wins at Diagonale; Fribourg opens with Salt
Michael wins several awards in Graz; Thierry Jobin takes the helm at Switzerland’s Fribourg.
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NewsBarbara leads nominations for Germany's Lola Awards
Christian Petzold’s Berlinale competition film Barbara has received eight nominations for this year’s German Film Awards, known popularly as the Lolas, which will be presented in a gala ceremony at Berlin’s Friedrichstadtpalast on April 27.
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NewsEuropean Commission's plans for Creative Europe under scrutiny
The European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a new Creative Europe programme to replace the current Culture, MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes from 2014 has come under criticism from German politicians and representatives of the German arts and media world.
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NewsSofia's Grand Prix goes to Brazil's Julia Murat, local filmmaker Bojanov receives four awards
Stories Only Exist When Remembered wins the Grand Prix for Best Film; Special Award goes to Magic Valley; Konstantin Bojanov wins Best Director and three more.
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NewsSwiss Oscar entry Summer Games receives three Swiss Film Prizes
Switzerland’s Oscar entry Summer Games was the big winner at this year’s Swiss Film Prize “Quartz 2012” ceremony held in Lucerne at the weekend, picking up the awards for Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
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NewsBoard backs Olla to remain in Eurimages post; projects by Gondry and Pawlikowski backed at latest session
Nearly €5m awarded to 16 productions.
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NewsEC launches public consultation on rules for state film support schemes
The European Commission publishes 12-page draft Cinema Communication which “intends to create a level playing field between member states and to encourage cross-border productions.”
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NewsKlitschko documentary sold to Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has picked up global rights to Sebastian Dehnhardt’s documentary Klitschko about the boxing brothers Vitaly and Vladimir.
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NewsEU's MEDIA Mundus backs 35 projects with €5m
The new Berlinale Filmmakers-in-Residence Programme, Europa Cinemas International, and EFP’s third edition of Producers Lab Toronto are among 35 projects supported with a total of € 5m by the European Union’s MEDIA Mundus programme for 2012.
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NewsSecond features by Gardev, Jalali and Achim, debuts by Segal and Chiarini to be pitched at Sofia Meetings
Second features by Javor Gardev, Babak Jalili and Gabriel Achim [pictured] and debuts by Ron Segal and Duccio Chiarini are among 14 projects being pitched at the ninth edition of the Sofia Meetings which kick off in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday (March 15).
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NewsStudio Hamburg and C-Films reteam for Simple as Night Train To Lisbon starts shooting
Markus Goller [pictured] to direct Simple, a coming-of-age story about two brothers.
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NewsUK's DCMS seeking views on EC's plans for Creative Europe
German Producers Alliance calls for changes to a future guarantee fund and retention of MEDIA Desks/Antenna.