All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 79
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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.
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NewsCannes European Rendezvous talks Creative Europe
New EU initiatives for European cinema such as the Prix MEDIA and the proposed Creative Europe programme are at the focus of the 10th edition of the European Rendezvous in Cannes from May 20-22.
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NewsResnais' co-producer Alamode Film boards two German projects
Munich-based distributor Alamode Film is already lining up its next projects after making its first foray into production by serving as the German co-producer on 89-year-old French director Alain Resnais’ latest feature You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu).
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Alamode Film boards two German projects
Munich-based distributor Alamode Film is already lining up its next projects after making its first foray into production by serving as the German co-producer on Alain Resnais’ competition title You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu).
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NewsBavaria teams with Russia and Italy for sci-fi film Amphibian Man
English-language project to be penned by writer-director Sergei Bodrov [pictured].
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NewsWenders to stay with 3D for next feature project starring Sarah Polley
Director Wim Wenders is to stay with the 3D format for his next feature film project Every Thing Will Be Fine.
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NewsHawke in talks for Georgia-UK project Epic
Tbilisi-based Producer on the Move Vladimer Katcharava of 20 Steps Productions will partner with the UK’s Film & Music Entertainment for the first co-production between the UK and Georgia, Epic.
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NewsFilm Base Berlin, Shaftesbury Films team for Paul Black's The Same Eyes
Don 2’s German co-producer Film Base Berlin is teaming up with Patrick Cassavetti of Canada’s Shaftesbury Films to produce Paul Black’s second feature The Same Eyes.
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NewsEurope's Ministers of Culture agree to a 'balanced compromise text' for the Creative Europe programme
The European Union’s Council of Culture Ministers agreed at a session in Brussels on Wednesday morning to a so-called partial general approach to the European Commission’s proposed Creative Europe programme after the Danish EU Presidency made a number of adjustments the proposal’s text.
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NewsEuropean Commission rules that Spain must recover €265m public funding granted to Ciudad de la Luz studio
The European Commission (EC) has ruled that Spain must recover the €265m public funding granted by the Valencia Regional Government in 2000 to the Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) studio complex in Alicante.
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NewsFirst European shoot for Korean action director Ryoo
South Korean action specialist Ryoo Seung-wan is shooting in Europe for the first time with his $9m spy thriller In Berlin which is filming in the German capital for nine days before moving to Latvia’s Riga for another 15 day of shooting.
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NewsMedia Luna adds two new Cannes titles
Cologne-based sales agent Media Luna New Films has unveiled two new titles to its lineup at this year’s Marché du Film in Cannes.