All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 92
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NewsAtrix sells out on Turtle doc, adding sales to Japan and China
Hot sellers are Turtle: The Incredible Journey and How To Cook Your Life.
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NewsBavaria sells Silence; EEAP takes on Kokowääh
Bavaria Film International has closed a series of all-rights deals for Baran bo Odar’s debut feature The Silence (Das letzte Schweigen).
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Switzerland, Austria select Academy Award submissions
Switzerland and Austria have announced their entries for the best foreign language film category at the Academy Awards, selecting fiction feature debuts by directing duos.
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NewsWhen We Leave named Germany's Oscar submission
Feo Aladag’s feature debut When We Leave (Die Fremde) has been selected by Germany as its national entry for the Academy Awards’ Foreign Language Film category.
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NewsBerlinale revamps EFM local cinema showcase
The German Cinema sidebar at EFM will now feature films from the longlist for the German Film Awards.
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Austria launches 20m euros film financing incentive
Austria launches new film incentive after green light from Brussels; International co-productions attract most support from German fund this year
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NewsMatch Factory sells Attenberg to Benelux and Austria
Cologne-based sales agent The Match Factory signed deals for Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg to Benelux and Austria ahead of the awarding of the Best Actress Coppa Volpi to Ariane Lebed in Venice on Saturday evening.
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Films Boutique picks up Colombian animated doc
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has picked up the international rights for Jairo Eduardo Carrillo’s Little Voices which premiered in Venice Days..
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NewsWhen We Leave finds North American buyers
Munich-based sales agent Telepool has sold Feo Aladag’s feature debut When We Leave (Die Fremde) to the US and Canada.
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Berlin-based EEAP signs exclusive distribution deal with Bulgaria
Berlin-based license trader Eastern European Acquisition Pool (EEAP) has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Bulgaria’s leading theatrical distributor and exhibitor Alexandra Groupholding.
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World premiere of Sennentunschi opens Zurich Film Festival
Michael Steiner’s long-awaited fourth film Sennentuntschi will open this year’s Zurich Film Festival as a world premiere.
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NewsCamino Filmverleih to release Womb in Germany
Stuttgart-based distributor Camino Filmverleih will release Benedek Fliegauf’s English language debut Womb in Germany next spring.
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m-appeal picks up The Christening; Media Luna New Films Silence is Golden
Berlin-based sales company m-appeal has added Polish filmmaker Marcin Wrona’s second feature film The Christening to its lineup ahead of its international premiere in Toronto’s Vanguard sidebar next week.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up international distribution for Special Treatment
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has taken on international distribution for writer-director Jeanne Labrune’s Special Treatment (Sans Queue Ni Tete) which will have its world premiere as a Special Presentation at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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Bavaria, Beta bulk up slates ahead of awards season
Bavaria Film International has taken on worldwide sales rights to Icelandic film-maker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s melancholic comedy Mamma Gogo ahead of its international premiere in Toronto.
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NewsGerman writer/director Christoph Schlingensief dies at 49
Christoph Schlingensief, the “enfant terrible“ of the German theatre and film scene, has lost his battle against lung cancer at the age of 49 on Aug 21.
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NewsSquareOne takes on Hungry Rabbit Jumps, Dark Tide, Ironclad
German independent licence trader SquareOne Entertainment is set to consolidate its new position in the German theatrical market with further acquisitions to be released with distribution partner Universum Film.
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NewsFrench sales company picks up Golden Leopard winner; Lubitsch retrospective to tour
French sales agent/theatrical distributor Capricci Films has taken on international sales for Winter Vacation by China’s Li Hongqi, which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard at the weekend. Plus other touring news from Locarno.
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NewsChina's Winter Vacation lights up Locarno summer
Locarno’s top award, the Golden Leopard (Pardo d’oro), has been awarded by the international jury headed by Singaporean film-maker Eric Choo to Li Hongqi for his third feature Winter Vacation.
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NewsOlivier Père says his first Locarno exceeds expectations
Ahead of the awards ceremony at the Piazza Grande on Saturday evening, Olivier Père is very enthusiastic about his first outing as Locarno’s artistic director.