All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 85
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NewsColla and Madsen among 20 European filmmakers showcased by EFP in Korea's Busan
Switzerland’s Rolando Colla, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru and Denmark’s Ole Christian Madsen are among 20 European directors who will be having their latest films showcased by European Film Promotion (EFP) at the forthcoming Busan International Film Festival (Oct 6-14).
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NewsPage Eight, A Dangerous Method to book-end Warsaw
David Hare’s Page Eight and David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method will open and close this year’s Warsaw Film Festival (WFF) which is running for ten days on nine cinema screens with a programme of 127 feature-length films and 97 shorts from 59 countries from October 7-16.
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NewsQuiet Revolution, Fobic Films to co-produce Enthoven's Winnipeg
Belgian director Geoffrey Enthoven’s dark comedy Winnipeg, will be an English language Canada/Belgium co-production
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg 2011 programme unveiled, No Sex Is No Option opens Filmfest Oldenburg
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s Good Bye will kick-off Filmfest Hamburg’s 2011 lineup of over 150 titles on September 29.
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NewsFuture MEDIA Programme should promote ‘film literacy’
The European Union’s MEDIA Programme should be opened up to cultural goals and promote ‘film literacy’ in the support programme’s next generation from 2014, according to recommendations made during the European Culture Congress in the Polish city of Wroclaw at the weekend.
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NewsCloud Atlas awarded the maximum amount by German incentive programme
The €100m Cloud Atlas has become the first project in the history of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive programme to be awarded the maximum possible sum of Euros 10m.
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Gabriela Bacher joins Kreuzpaintner’s Summerstorm as CEO and co-shareholder
Bacher joins Berlin-based production outfit after recent success with local hit What A Man
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NewsBerlin Today Award to be presented for last time in 2012, new screening venue added for Berlinale
The Berlinale Talent Campus (BTC) will making its last presentation of the Berlin Today Award (BTA) during the Campus‘ 10th anniversary edition next February.
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NewsTyrannosaur marks Bavaria Film’s return to theatrical distribution
UK actor Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur is set to mark Bavaria Film’s return to the world of theatrical distribution when the film opens in German cinemas on October 13.
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NewsViennale paying tribute to Jeremy Thomas, Harry Belafonte and Chantal Akerman
This year’s Viennale (Oct 20 – Nov 2) will be staging special programmes to celebrate the work of UK producer Jeremy Thomas [pictured], US actor and political activitist Harry Belafonte and the Belgian director Chantal Akerman.
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NewsNew genre pitching forum coming to Croatia's Zadar festival
Industry figures will discuss a new pitching forum dedicated to films in the thriller and horror genres at the upcoming Film Forum Zadar festival in Croatia.
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NewsFilms Boutique takes on new films from Enthoven, Tsitos and Jude
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has secured international distribution rights for new films from Geoffrey Enthoven, Filipos Tsitos and Radu Jude.
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NewsThe Match Factory picks up Orizzonti opener Cut, and new Petzold film
The Match Factory has picked up international distribution rights for Iranian filmmaker Amir Naderi’s new feature Cut which will have its world premiere as the opening film of Venice’s Horizons (Orizzonti) section on Sept 1.
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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.