All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 89
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NewsThe Match Factory has four world premieres in Cannes
The Match Factory will be coming to Cannes this year with four new films as world premieres showing in the festival’s Official Selection.
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NewsLocarno Open Doors selects 12 Indian projects
Projects by Indian filmmakers Anup Singh [pictured] and Alka Raghuram are among 12 selected for this year’s edition of the Open Doors co-production lab to be held in Locarno from August 6-9.
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NewsEastWest Filmdistribution picks up two Cannes world premieres
EastWest Filmdistribution has pickedup international distribution rights for two films having world premieres in Cannes this year.
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NewsFilms Boutique offers two Fortnight titles, two market premieres
Berlin-based sales company’s slate includes Guilty of Romance, Iris in Bloom.
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NewsKlitschko doc lands North American deal at Tribeca
Sebastian Dehnhardt’s documentary Klitschko about the Ukrainian-born heavyweight boxing champions Vitaly and Vladimir Klitschko has been sold to US distributor Corinth Films.
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NewsAtrix Films boards The Sandman for Cannes Marché
Munich-based sales outfit readies comedy The Sandman (Der Sandmann) for Cannes.
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NewsLoznitsa re-teams with Deckert for WWII drama In The Fog
My Joy director’s second feature is set to start shooting in Latvia in September
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NewsCinepool presents four new titles in lineup at Cannes Marché
Titles include comedy, historical drama and family film.
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NewsEFP selects candidates for Producers On The Move in Cannes
25 producers to participate in 12th edition, including first producer invited from Albania.
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NewsGerman funds back new projects from Vincent Perez, Cate Shortland, Jos Stelling
Three German funds invest over $25m in new projects from Vincent Perez, Cate Shortland, Jos Stelling and others
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NewsGalter and Marais share Linz’s Crossing Europe Award
Lluís Galter’s Caracremada and Pia Marais’ At Ellen’s Age [pictured] shared the Crossing Europe Award in this year’s European Competition in the Austrian city of Linz at the weekend.
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NewsKaplanoglu, Teoman and Özge projects supported by new German-Turkish fund
New films by Semih Kaplanoglu, Seyfi Teoman and Asli Özge are among the first supported by the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund with a total of €100,000.
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Oliver Schmitz leaves directors chair on Russendisko, replaced by screenwriter
Berlin-based production house Black Forest Films has changed directors in the middle of shooting the film adaptation of Wladimir Kaminer’s bestseller Russendisko.
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NewsMexico’s Sanchez wins Nyon’s Grand Prix
Mexican filmmaker Tatiana Huezo Sanchez’s El Lugar Mas Pequeno won the Grand Prix for Best Feature-Length Film at this year’s Visions du Réel international documentary festival in Switzerland’s Nyon.
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NewsZurich Film Festival to launch competition for German-language documentaries
The Zurich Film Festival has announced that it will be launching a new competition for German-language documentaries at its seventh edition from September 22-October 2, 2011.
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NewsMike Medavoy to get honour in Locarno
Veteran US producer Mike Medavoy to receive Locarno Film Festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Prize
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NewsRomanian film critic Alex Leo Serban dies at 51
The Romanian film community is in deep shock this weekend at the news that one of its most loved and highly respected film critics Alex Leo Şerban has died of cancer at the age of 51.
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NewsVincent Wants To Sea wins gold at German Lolas
Ralf Huettner’s Vincent Wants To Sea (Vincent Will Meer) picked up the Golden Lola for best feature film at this year’s German Film Awards in Berlin. Tom Tykwer’s Three (pictured) was the big favourite heading into the awards but missed out on best film and had to settle for three ...
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NewsUK’s House of Lords calls for continued support for future MEDIA Programme
The United Kingdom’s House of Lords has added its voice to the growing line of supporters for a future MEDIA Programme.