All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 84
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NewsLocarno's Golden Leopard awarded to Argentina's Back To Stay
The international jury headed by Portuguese producer Paolo Branco presented the festival’s top honour to Argentinian-born Milagros Mumenthaler for her debut feature Back To Stay (Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas).
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FeaturesLocarno's Pere claims 'perfect balance' for 2011 festival
The 64th Locarno Film Festival achieved “a perfect balance” this year, according to Olivier Père in his second outing as the festival’s artistic director. Also, the ambitious Casa Del Cinema project could be in place by 2015.
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NewsLocarno's Open Doors top award shared by two Indian projects
The Trapper’s Snare and Burqa Boxers win the Open Doors Co-Production Lab awards.
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NewsBrandenburg launches €5m gap financing programme
The State of Brandenburg and the regional investment bank ILB have launched a € 5m gap financing programme for films produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
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NewsSecond edition of Producers Lab Toronto selects 24 producers from Europe and Canada
Producers Lab Toronto has selected 24 producers from Europe and Canada for the second edition of the lab (Sept 7-10).The initiative is again being organised by Hamburg-based European Film Promotion (EFP) with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to foster more co-productions between Europe ...
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NewsFest hits should be rewarded, Swiss minister says
Meanwhile, Locarno kicks off with rain, Abel Ferrara honours and Cowboys & Aliens.
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NewsAviva Silver speaks about future MEDIA Programme from 2014
Role of international projects discussed going forward.
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NewsGerman films sold to Asia, South America and Scandinavia
Rainer Matsutani’s horror thriller Room 205, Christian Zübert’s comedy drama Three Quarters Moon and Joseph Vilsmaier’s mountaineering drama Nanga Parbat are among a raft of titles sold by German sales companies at this year’s German Films Previews.
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NewsHell to China and CIS, other Locarno titles picked up for sales
Also, Swiss distributor Ascot Elite adds five titles.
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NewsUFA Cinema partners for first time with Warner Bros.
Also, Warner starts shoot for Ludwig II starring Sabin Tambrea.
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NewsAttenberg wins Grand Prix at Wroclaw’s New Horizons
Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari won this year’s Grand Prix for her feature debut Attenberg at the 11th edition of the New Horizons International Film Festival which sold more than 110,000 tickets in its eleven days from July 21-31.
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NewsState of the art studio to open in Wroclaw, 2012
Wroclaw’s traditional feature film studios WFF is to be transformed into a state-of-the-art facility with a focus on innovative special effects techniques from 2012.
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NewsShooting wrapped on Zentropa Poland’s first Polish-language project
Baby Blues is the second feature from Kasia Roslaniec, who was also participating in New Horizons Studio training programme in Wroclaw this week.
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NewsCate Shortland’s Lore backed by Germany‘s DFFF
Australian director’s WWII drama latest international co-production to benefit from DFFF incentive this year.
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NewsGerman-Russian Co-Production Treaty signed after years in the works
Journey to get treaty created has been more than 10 years.
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NewsIM Global, TrustNordisk, Pacha Pictures and UK’s Blue Light among newcomers to Locarno
International sales and distribution company IM Global, Copenhagen-based TrustNordisk, the new French-Arab sales outfit Pacha Pictures, and UK producer-distributor Blue Light are among more than 20 companies already confirmed to attend Locarno’s Industry Days for the first time this year.
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NewsCalls for future MEDIA Programme to increase support for digitisation of cinemas
New report from Polish MEP calls on Europe to speed up the digital shift, as the European Commission gathers views on how Europe can move towards a digital single market.
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FeaturesKinoforum, St Petersburg
Photos from the awards ceremony at the second edition of the St Petersburg International Kinoforum which took place Jul 10-15.
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NewsBlack Blood, A Separation triumph at Kinoforum
Films from China and Iran took home the top prizes at the second edition of the Saint Petersburg International Kinoforum (Jul 10-15), which despite teething troubles was attended by 40,000 cinemagoers at six cinemas and other special venues.
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NewsGerman media mogul Leo Kirch dies at 84
Kirch Group became one of the biggest film and TV concerns in Europe