All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 89
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NewsBernd Eichinger dies at 61
The German film industry is in a state of deep shock at the news that film producer Bernd Eichinger has died at the age of 61 from a heart attack during a meal with family and friends in Los Angeles on Monday evening.
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NewsOphuls winner The Albanian to screen at Berlinale, Culinary Cinema lineup unveiled
Johannes Naber’s feature debut The Albanian (Der Albaner) will be presented in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar after winning the main prize at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival in Saarbrücken at the weekend.
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NewsAamir Khan, Sandy Powell among members of Berlinale's jury
Festival holding place open for Panahi; Berlinale Special screenings to include Late Bloomers, The King’s Speech, Toast.
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NewsLocarno dedicates 2011 to Vincente Minelli and gets more funding
This year’s Locarno Film Festival (Aug 3-13) will dedicate its retrospective to the work of the American director Vincente Minnelli.
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Newsm-appeal picks up Rent Boys and Karen
m-appeal has picked up Rosa von Praunheim’s Rent Boys (Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo) ahead of its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Panorama next month.
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NewsBerlin's Panorama programme adds more titles
New films by Constantine Giannaris, Sabine Bernardi and Iciar Bollain have been added as the organisers for the Berlinale’s Panorama are close to finalising the 2011 lineup for Berlin’s Panorama section. Also added is UK 3D film The Mortician (pictured).
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NewsBerlin's EFM to screen a record 40 3D films
At least 40 3D films to screen at EFM; new exhibitors at market will include Albania and UAE.
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NewsUPDATE: Berlin competition adds premieres by Tarr, Marston, Köhler
German production companies are involved in about half the Competition titles.
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Berlinale plans Jafar Panahi film screenings, censorship discussion
Panahi had been invited to serve on Berlinale jury before his conviction; Rafi Pitts plans global protest in support of Panahi during Berlinale.
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NewsLOLAs longlist out; German Film Academy joins forces with Berlinale
Berlinale competition films Pina and If Not Us, Who? and Sundance documentary The Green Wave on LOLA longlist, premiere of new Berlinale programme LOLA@Berlinale as collaboration between festival and German Film Academy
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NewsBerlinale boss says 2011 festival will be 'the usual Kosslick mixture'
Dieter Kosslick tells Screen that the programme is also notable for films by and about women, as well as Latin American and Indian work, plus a diverse group of 3D films.
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NewsMundruczo, Riklis projects selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market
New films by such award-winning directors as Lucia Puenzo, Eran Riklis, Uberto Pasolini and Kornel Mundruczo [pictured] are among 38 projects from 25 countries which have been selected for pitching to 450 potential co-production and financing partners at the eighth Berlinale Co-Production Market (Feb 13-15).
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NewsFilm critic Thierry Jobin named new director of Fribourg festival
Thierry Jobin, responsible for the film section of the Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps since 1998, has unanimously been appointed the director of the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) which will celebrate its 25th anniversary from March 19-26.
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NewsBerlinale Generation to include Street Kids United, Jorgen + Anne
The Berlinale’s Generation sidebar has finalised its 2011 lineup of 59 films (including 32 shorts) from 32 countries selected for the competitions of Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus.
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NewsRecord number of films supported in DFFF incentive’s fourth year
A record number of 114 projects were supported with $ 75.4m (€ 57.9m) by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) in its fourth year of operations.
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NewsUtopia Ltd. to open Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The Perspektive’s new section head Linda Söffker has now completed her lineup of 11 films.
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NewsGermany box office revenues slip almost 9% in 2010, local films struggle
Box-office revenues in Germany fell year-on-year by almost 9% in 2010, according to figures collated by Rentrak EDI.
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NewsBerlin's Panorama selections include Elite Squad 2, Mothers
The Berlinale’s Panorama section has now unveiled almost half of its 2011 lineup for next month’s festival, including 10 world premieres of new films by such directors as Rosa von Praunheim, Alexander Zeldovich and newcomers Jan Schomburg and Marie Kreutzer.
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NewsHeisenberg's The Robber leads nominations for Austrian Film Awards
Hausner’s Venice and Roehler’s Jud Suess - Film Ohne Gewissen also have multiple nominations.
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FeaturesBaltic Event Best Pitch winner: Under Electric Clouds
The Screen International Best Pitch Award was presented for the third time during Tallinn’s Baltic Event co-production market (Dec 1-3). This year’s winners, Russian director Alexei German Jr and producer Artem Vassiliev, talk about their project Under Electric Clouds.