All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 90
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NewsDFFF pays out more than $9m for Hansel and Gretel in 3D
Tommy Wirkola’s 3D feature started shooting last month at Babelsberg.
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NewsEU culture ministers reaffirm support for MEDIA Programme
Future support for the European Union’s MEDIA Programme was given additional boost at an informal meeting of EU Ministers for Culture held at the Royal Palace in the Hungarian town of Gödöllö this week.
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NewsPoetry wins Grand Prix in Fribourg, The Fatherless bags prizes at Graz’s Diagonale
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-Dong’s Poetry picked up the Le Regard d’Or Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Award at Switzerland’s Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) which celebrated its 25th edition this year.
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NewsOberhausen launches VOD platform that gives filmmakers more options
Short films by Robert Frank, Jan Svankmajer and Jeanne Faust are among the first titles available at Oberhausen Films Online, a new kind of video-on-demand platform launched by the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
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NewsEuropean sales companies join forces to launch Europa International
Michael Weber [pictured] of The Match Factory is the founding president of the group, which also includes representatives from HanWay, TrustNordisk and Fortissimo, among others.
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NewsEuropean Commission supporting film in the Mediterranean with $15m
The European Commission is supporting the film industry in the Mediterranean region through a third edition of its Euromed Audiovisual Programme with $15m (€11m) between 2011-2013.
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NewsEC President commits to 'close cooperation' with industry for MEDIA's future
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has committed to a “close and permanent exchange and cooperation” with European filmmakers for planning the framework of the future MEDIA Programme, according to France’s ARP.
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NewsMungiu: European filmmakers able to take risks thanks to MEDIA
European filmmakers have been able to take risks thanks to the European Union’s MEDIA Programme, director Cristian Mungiu declared in a keynote speech during the public hearing on MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus in Brussels today.
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NewsEuropean film industry faces MEDIA showdown with EU
Securing the future of the MEDIA Programme could be just one battle of many to come betwen leading lights of theEuropean film industry and their counterparts at the European Commission.
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NewsBulgarian filmmakers appeal to prime minister
Continuing concerns about the future of the Bulgarian film industry have led the local community to petition Prime Minister Boyko Borissov [pictured] “to find a lasting solution for the tremendous problems of Bulgarian cinema.”
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NewsEuropean Commission earmarks $19.5m for African, Caribbean and Pacific films
The European Commission is to support filmmakers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) with a total of $19.5m (€14m) as part of its new ACP-EU Support Programme to the ACP Cultural Sectors running between 2011 and 2016.
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NewsShelter wins in Sofia; Indian Wife, Youth take pitches awards
Dragomir Sholev’s feature debut Shelter has become the first Bulgarian film to win the Grand Prix of Sofia International Film Festival’s (SIFF) International Competition.
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NewsSwiss Oscar entry wins two awards at this year’s Swiss Film Prize
Switzerland’s 2011 Oscar entry La Petite Chambre by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond won the awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay at this year’s Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2011.
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NewsTykwer’s Three picks up six Lola nominations
Tom Tykwer’s love triangle with a difference Three (Drei) has picked up six nominations for this year’s German Film Awards which will be presented at a gala ceremony in Berlin’s Friedrichstadtpalast on Friday, April 8.
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NewsEC Commissioner Vassiliou responds to producers' fears about MEDIA
Androulla Vassiliou, EC Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, has sought to allay European producers’ concerns about the financial independence of a future MEDIA Programme.
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FeaturesEuropean industry mobilises ahead of MEDIA hearing
European film professionals are anxious to hear what’s discussed on March 18 about the hotly debated future of the MEDIA Programme.
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NewsSofia Meetings pitches include new films from Qurbani, Akram, Horvath
Second features by Burhan Qurbani, Barmak Akram and Viktor Chouchkov Jr and debuts by Lili Horváth and Tom Shoval are among 18 projects being pitched at the eighth edition of the Sofia Meetings which kicks off in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday.
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NewsBarroso claims threats of cuts to MEDIA are 'completely inaccurate'
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has denied that he has been behind plans to reduce or completely cut the MEDIA Programme after its current cycle comes to an end in December 2013.
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NewsTelepool has strong EFM with Leave, Days To Come
Munich-based sales company Telepool reports that this year’s European Film Market (EFM) was “a very successful market” with further deals concluded for Feo Aladag’s award-winning When We Leaveand “great interest” shown by buyers from the US in Lars Kraume’s futuristic thriller The Days To Come.
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FeaturesFlying Concorde
In an extract from Screen’s new Independent Distribution Report, Martin Blaney looks at how larger German independents grew their market share despite an overall dip in box office.