All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 90
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News2010 3D releases mitigate German admissions drop
Additional revenues generated by 3D releases in 2010 cushioned the negative effects of a year-on-year decline in film-going in Germany.
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German culture and media minister Neumann agrees to finance boost
State Minister For Culture And Media Bernd Neumann handed German producers and the country’s reputation as film hub a boost after he agreed with the Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW) to a package of financing instruments for development funding as well as intermediate and gap financing.
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Illegal wins Golden Bull at Festival on Wheels in Artvin
Olivier Masset-Depasse’s second feature Illegal has won this year’s Golden Bull at the International Golden Bull Film Competition held in Turkey’s Artvin as part of the 16th edition of Festival on Wheels.
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NewsBerlin’s European Film Market "nearly booked solid"; new docs services offered
With just under two months before Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) opens its doors on February 10, 2011, the organizers are already reporting that exhibition space in the EFM venues at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel are “nearly booked solid” with companies from almost 50 countries set to attend.
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NewsAndrea Riseborough and Alexander Fehling among 2011 Shooting Stars
UK actress Andrea Riseborough (pictured) and Germany’s Alexander Fehling are among ten up-and-coming European acting talents which have been selected from a longlist of 25 candiates for European Film Promotion’s Shooting Stars showcase at next February’s Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsSwiss market share climbs by 50% as record number of local films released in cinemas
Swiss films’ market share climbed year-on-year by around 50% to 5.2% in 2010 from last year’s 3.5% with a record number of local film – 82 – released in the cinemas.
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NewsMy Joy wins in Tallinn, Baltic Event expanded further East, but fewer buyers
In co-pro market, Hungarian director Arpad Bogdan and his producer Gabor Sipos from Laokoon Filmgroup won for thriller Necromancer.
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NewsUPDATED: Polanski's Ghost Writer has record-setting wins at EFAs
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer was the big winner at the 23rd European Film Awards which took place in Tallinn, Estonia, on Saturday night.
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News10 1/2 wins top prize at Mannheim Heidelberg
10 1/2 by Canada’s Daniel Grou (aka Podz) picked up the Main Award of this year’s Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival which ended on Sunday evening.
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NewsSkanhaus Group plans to invest $24m in new studio complex near Berlin
UK-based Skanhaus Group is planning to invest $24m (Euros 18m) in the construction of a new film production complex north-east of Berlin which is being billed as the world’s “first eco-friendly film studio.”
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Madsen, Kolar among jurors for EFP's Shooting Stars
The jury of experts has been named to select Europe’s ten most talented up-and-coming actors to participate in European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Shooting Stars 2011 showcase, which will be held during the forthcoming Berlinale from Feb 12-14, 2011.
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NewsBize’s The Life Of Fish opens 59th Mannheim-Heidelberg festival
The Chilean film-maker’s film will open the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival today (November 11) and runs until November 21.
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NewsNew pitching platform at Berlinale for Central European producers
Berlin’s Hungarian Institute (Collegium Hungaricum Berlin) is to host a new pitching platform, Pitch Stop, for producers from Central Europe as part of its “Cinema Total” initiative during the forthcoming Berlin Film Festival.
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NewsNew Austrian incentive FISA backs 5 films with €1m
Peter Payer’s Where Is Little Manuela is one of five projects to be supported by Austria’s new film financing incentive Film Location Austria.
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NewsSerbia's White White World wins Cottbus top prize
Serbian filmmaker Oleg Novkovic’s modern-day Greek tragedy White White World (Beli, Beli Svet) has been awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 20th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus (Nov 2-7).
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NewsViennale posts record attendance as German zombie film and Romanian debut win prizes
Mexican director Pedro González-Rubio’s Alamar and the Austrian avant-garde short Shadow Cuts were the closing films tonight of this year’s edition of the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) which posted record attendance figures.
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NewsThe Woman With A Broken Nose opens 20th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus
Culture Minister Neumann attending; Connecting Cottbus copro market convenes for 12th time.
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NewsWarsaw’s CentEast market welcomes more than 200 participants
Over 200 participants attended the sixth edition of the CentEast Market, the industry arm of the Warsaw International Film Festival , running from Oct 15-17.
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Berlinale market extends birthday discount offer for second year for 'early birds'
The Berlin International Film Festival is retaining the € 100 discount on its market badges, which was introduced as a 60th birthday present last year, as an offer for “early birds” for a limited period.