All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 79
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NewsProjects by Fridriksson, Cvitkovic, Ronde to be pitched at Trieste co-production market
Second edition of multi-region co-production forum to be held Jan 19-21 in Trieste.
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NewsEurimages mooting idea of associate membership for the likes of South Africa, Argentina
Eurimages head notes that non-member UK is “special case.”
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NewsEuropean Film Promotion unveils 2012 Shooting Stars longlist
UK actor Riz Ahmed and Germany’s Anna Maria Mühe are among ten up-and-coming European acting talents selected from a longlist of 23 candidates.
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NewsBychkova, Quabeck and Mindadze films among 12 projects submitted to German-Russian Co-Development Fund
Also, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg launches another two artist in residence initiatives with Mumbai and Hong Kong.
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NewsMEDIA head calls for more lobbying; working paper suggests possible MEDIA financial breakdown
Commission Staff Working Paper says bigger countries could see more slate funding; Europa Cinemas could get almost €100m.
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NewsMelancholia wins top prize at European Film Awards
Other winners include In A Better World, The King’s Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Kid With A Bike and Pina. Special honours bestowed upon Michel Piccoli [pictured] and Mads Mikkelsen.
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NewsGerman broadcasters allay producers' concerns after the dismissal of Degeto CEO
Germany’s public broadcaster ARD has sought to allay producers’ concerns after the dismissal of Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan, CEO of ARD’s central film purchasing agency Degeto Film, this week “for serious organisational deficiencies“.
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Finnish drama Never Alone among Baltic Event winners
Films from Finland, Georgia and Hungary were voted by sales agents, distributors and potential co-producers as the most promising projects at the Baltic Event’s 7th Co-Production Market which came to a close on Friday evening (Dec 2).
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NewsChristian Lemche elected new EFP president
Danish Film Institute’s Lemche takes over presidency of European Film Promotion from Eva Vezer
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NewsTallinn's Black Nights gives grand prix to A Simple Life
Other festival prize winners include We Need To Talk About Kevin, Barzakh, 33 Animals of Santa Claus, and Kotoko.
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NewsGerman and French film producers meet to discuss projects at Paris Rendezvous
A dramatic comedy with Holocaust survivors, a horror film set in Morocco and a Balkan Romeo and Juliet love story were among 25 projects presented to potential production partners at this year’s German-French Film Meeting in Paris (Nov 23-24).
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NewsEC commissioner unveils Creative Europe programme details
Vassiliou says new programme (which replaces MEDIA) will allocate more than €900m for film/audiovisual sectors; European parliament passes resolution on digitisation.
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NewsIreland's Parked wins top prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg
Irish filmmaker Darragh Byrne’s feature directorial debut Parked, starring Colm Meaney and Colin Morgan, won the main award at this year’s edition of the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival which came to a close on Sunday evening.
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NewsIndustry disputes claims of European 'subsidy race'
European Commission had argued in consultation on EU state aid for film industry that countries were in a race to attract US productions.
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NewsLindhardt, Solomon among jurors for EFP's Shooting Stars
The jury of experts has been named to select Europe’s 10 best acting talents for European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Shooting Stars 2012 showcase, which will be held during the upcoming Berlinale from Feb 11-13, 2012
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NewsUK films among world premiere line-up at Mannheim-Heidelberg
World premieres of films by UK directors Martin Wallace and Zam Salim are in the lineup of the 60th anniversary edition of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg which kicked off on Wednesday (9) with the international premiere of Reynir Lyngdal’s Our Own Oslo.
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NewsOunpuu, Härö and Kotwica projects at Baltic co-production market
13 projects from 10 countries will be presented at the Baltic Event’s 7th Co-Production Market in the Estonian capital of Tallinn from November 29 to December 2.
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NewsRussian films triumph in Cottbus, Zelenka gives Best Pitch
Russian cinema was the big winner at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus with Angelina Nikonova’s feature debut Twilight Portrait taking home the € 20,000 main prize for best film.
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NewsVerhoeven's hit sequel among Beta's half dozen market premieres
Beta’s AFM slate includes Men In The City II, Summer In Orange, Westwind.
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NewsCzech director Martin Marecek big winner in Jihlava
Czech director Martin Marecek’s Solar Eclipse was the evening’s big winner at the weekend’s awards ceremony of the 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival which was followed by a screening of Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not A Film.