All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 79
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NewsCalls for minimum budget for each of Creative Europe's strands
Calls have been growing for the European Commission to be more specific on the level of the budgets allocated to the three stands in its proposed Creative Europe framework programme.
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NewsScud makes Voyage to Europe
Hong Kong filmmaker Scud has made his first foray into shooting in Europe with his fifth feature Voyage which was filming in Germany’s Hanover this week before moving on to the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
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NewsThorsten Ritter joins Beta Cinema
Thorsten Ritter, formerly head of Bavaria Film International, has joined the Munich-based sales company Beta Cinema as executive vice president with responsibility for worldwide acquisitions, sales and marketing.
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NewsStudioCanal Germany boards Christian Alvart's Banklady
StudioCanal Germany has boarded Banklady, Christian Alvart’s first German language film since Antibodies in 2005, and Oscar winner Caroline Link’s latest project Exit Marrakech (working title) as a co-producer and distributor.
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NewsAntonia Campbell-Hughes to star in Constantin biopic
Rising Irish star Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as Natascha Kampusch in Constantin Film’s English-language biopic 3096 (working title) to be directed by German-American Sherry Hormann at the Bavaria Film studios outside Munich from next month.
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NewsUwe Boll back in the director's chair for Bailout
Maverick German director Uwe Boll has been reunited with the Vancouver-based independent production house Brightlight Pictures Inc. for his new feature project The Bailout which has begun shooting in the Canadian city before travelling to New York.
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NewsMarc-Daniel Dichant to oversee expansion at Falcom Media
Marc-Daniel Dichant has joined producer-distributor Falcom Media to oversee an expansion of its production output.
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NewsKim Basinger to star in new feature by Morgenthaler; One Two wraps Israeli debut Youth
Kim Basinger is set to take the lead role in Danish writer-director Anders Morgenthaler next feature film Petit which will be shooting mainly in Hamburg this summer.
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NewsConstantin and SamFilm continue successful collaboration; von Garnier to direct first German film since 1996
Leading German distributor Constantin Film is continuing its collaboration with SamFilm after the box-office success of the Munich-based production house’s adaptation of the Enid Blyton classic Famous Five book series (Fünf Freunde).
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Global Screen to handle sales of Oops! Noah Is Gone
Global Screen is to handle international sales for Ulysses Filmproduktion’s 3D CGI animation film Oops! Noah Is Gone… which is expected to go into production at the end of year as a co-production with Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland.
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NewsSchweighofer kicks off Warner slate with Goller's Frau Ella
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer-director Matthias Schweighöfer is to be reunited with director Markus Goller for Frau Ella, the first project of Schweighöfer’s four-picture deal with Warner Bros Entertainment.
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NewsIron Sky co-producer turns to First World War for DH Lawrence adaptation
Oliver Damian’s Berlin-based 27 Films Productions, the German co-producer on Iron Sky, is turning to the First World War for an adaptation of DH Lawrence’s 1923 novella The Fox to be directed by Matthias Luthardt [pictured].
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NewsConstantin Film named Germany's most successful producer and distributor of 2011
For the seventh year in a row, Constantin Film has been named by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) as the nation’s most successful producer and distributor of German films.
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NewsARRI Media Worldsales to handle Reitz's Die andere Heimat
79-year-old director will start shooting the project on April 17.
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NewsBavaria Film and Senator Film strike partnership
Bavaria Film and Senator Film are to become partners as Senator’s Munich-based production arm Senator Film München comes on board Bavaria Film’s subsidiary Bavaria Pictures.
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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.