All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 88
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KfW Bank Group offers new film financing plans
Germany’s KfW Bank Group has now launched its raft of film financing instruments for development funding as well as interim and gap financing.
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FeaturesMaryanne Redpath and Florian Weghorn
The co-directors of Berlin’s Generation section talk about its new venue and why film-makers keep coming back for more.
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NewsMEDIA Mundus launched by EU Commissioner in Berlin
MEDIA Mundus aims to strengthen ties between the European and global film industries.
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FeaturesWim Wenders
The German director talks about his 3D film Pina, world premiering out of competition in Berlin this week, which explores the work of the renowned choreographer Pina Bausch.
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European cinema attendance a mixed bag in 2010
2010 was “a year of mixed results” for cinema attendance in Europe, according to provisional figures collated by the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).
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NewsLailaps plans international slate including August’s Time
German outfit takes rights to three screenplays; director Billie August attached to In A Different Time.
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FeaturesWieland Speck
Wieland Speck, who heads up the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival, talks about 30 years on the job.
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NewsSerbian football hit set for sequel; Soul Food sells original
The sequel to the current Serbian box-office hit Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, is set to begin shooting at original locations in Uruguay from March.
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NewsAktis Films picks up Thome’s Red Room and Adlon re-issue
Aktis Film International has taken on films by two New German Cinema veterans for this year’s European Film Market.
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German cinemas sold 20m fewer tickets in 2010
Ticket sales down but every sixth cinemagoer saw a 3D film.
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State Minister for Culture Neumann throws weight behind incentive extension
On the eve of this year’s Berlinale, State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann has signalled his support for further extension of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive programme.
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NewsNew films added to lineups for Media Luna, Beta Cinema and m-appeal
My Best Enemy has already pre-sold to the UK (Metrodome), Japan (Klockworx), Czech Republic/Slovakia (Hollywood C.E.) and China (ERG Film).
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NewsKhodorkovsky doc to premiere at Berlinale despite break-in
The world premiere in Berlin of Cyril Tuschi’s Khodorkovsky will apparently now go ahead despite reports that a final version of the film was stolen from the LALA Films offices yesterday [Feb 3].
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NewsBabelsberg to co-produce Paramount action movie
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters to star Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton [pictured].
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Films Boutique, Media Luna, Telepool line up EFM slates
Films Boutique and Media Luna New Films are among the latest sales agents to add titles to their sales lineups for the forthcoming Berlinale.
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NewsBerlin adds extra venue, Taxi Driver 4K to line-up
Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) has added another venue to its existing screening facilities due to the increase in demand for screening slots.
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NewsEgoli Tossell planning financial reorganisation
Just two weeks after winning a Golden Globe for its co-production of Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film (ETF) has announced the restructuring of the company’s finances via the German equivalent of Chapter 11 (Insolvenzplanverfahren).
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NewsWorld premieres by Kaurismäki, Dörfler added to Berlin Panorama
World premieres of new documentaries by Mika Kaurismäki (Mama Afrika) and Peter Dörfler (The Big Eden) are among the last batch of films to be confirmed by the Berlinale’s Panorama 2011 lineup.
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NewsUPDATED: Tributes pour in for Bernd Eichinger
German chancellor Merkel calls him a ‘passionate motivator and dreamer’; Berlinale adds special screening.