All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 85
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NewsAlexey German Jr’s Under Electric Clouds starts casting
Russian-Ukrainian-Polish co-production to start shooting from October after German Jr completes short film From Tokyo
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NewsRussia’s Rock Films joins Friends From France
Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski’s 1982-set feature will shoot in Germany, Russia and Israel
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NewsFrench-Russian Film Academy launched, Carole Bouquet and Pavel Lungin serve as presidents
Relations between the French and Russian film industries are set to be given an additional boost with the creation of the French-Russian Film Academy.
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NewsTyrannosaur crowned king at VOICES, St Petersburg's Kinoforum kicks off
Pure also wins big in Vologda; Kinoforum, presents two competition programmes.
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NewsRalph Fiennes in talks to return to 19th century Russia
Ralph Fiennes is in talks to star in another adaptation of 19th Russian literature – Ivan Turgenev’s 1872 play A Month In The Country.
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NewsGerman Films Previews to include films by Glawogger, Fehlmann, Thalheim
75 buyers set to attend the Hamburg event starting July 10.
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NewsLe Quattro Volte producer to partner on Italian remake of Uchitel’s The Stroll
Project is discussed by Cinecitta Luce at Russia’s Voices festival, where there is a strong Italian presence.
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Switzerland, Germany and Austria sign trilateral co-production agreement
Trilateral co-production agreement between Switzerland, Germany and Austria comes into effect, but international visibility of Swiss cinema dealt a blow by ministry’s cost-cutting.
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NewsAktis acquires KVIFF competitor Lollipop Monster
Aktis Film International has acquired the international distribution rights for Ziska Riemann’s feature debut Lollipop Monster which has its international premiere in Karlovy Vary’s main competition today (July 6).
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NewsSherry Hormann to direct one of Bernd Eichinger's last screenplays
The US born director of Desert Flower has been picked by producer-distributor Constantin Film to direct Kampusch, one of the last projects which Bernd Eichinger had been working on before his untimely death in January this year.
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NewsLe Havre, In A Better World amongst winners at Filmfest Munchen
Hell and In A Better World also picked up awards at the festival in St Petersberg.
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NewsEC proposes €1.6bn for culture and the audiovisual industry from 2014-2020
The European Commission has proposed in its Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 to allocate €1.6bn for culture and the audiovisual industry.
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NewsUkraine eyeing Eurimages membership
Ukraine is the next East European country signalling interest to become a member of the Council of Europe’s co-production fund Eurimages.
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NewsSecond edition of Moscow Business Square attended by about 350 professionals
Moscow Co-Production Forum included new project from team behind Innocent Saturday, as well as Sarah Bernhardt English-language project.
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NewsNew international film festival to start in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent is to host its first international film festival this October organised by the Uzbekkino National Agency and the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan.
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NewsGeorgia to become 36th Eurimages member
“Revolutionary” change to guidelines making projects with non-European directors eligible, collaboration between European Producers Club and Russian Cinema Fund
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NewsBekmambetov goes outside Russia for Six Degrees sequel
The sequel to Russian hit comedy Six Degrees Of Celebration has begun shooting with directors including Oksana Bychkova and Alexander Kott.
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NewsGerman funds partner with Russia's RCF to encourage joint development of films
Also German-Polish co-production treaty in the works.
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NewsMunich to open with The Kid With A Bike
Festival will show 237 titles in festival director Andreas Strohl’s last edition.
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NewsEuropean Commission launches public consultation on EU state aid for film industry
The European Commission has launched a public consultation as part of a review of the criteria for assessing the compatibility of national, regional, and local film and audiovisual support schemes with European Union state aid rules.