All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 92
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German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund launched
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein team with Istanbul film festival and Turkey’s Ministry for Culture.
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NewsMichael London's Groundswell climbs into Koltai's Treehouse
Jeremy Irons, Tom Sturridge and Kim Cattrall to star.
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NewsIndustry worries about MEDIA's future
Some industry observers are worried that with the current economic climate, MEDIA after 2013 will be severely curtailed or phased out.
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NewsWenders' Neue Road plan his next feature to shoot in Canada
Wim Wenders’ Berlin-based Neue Road Movies, the producer of his 3D dance film Pina, is planning to shoot two films in Eastern Europe this year and preparing Wenders’ next feature to roll in Canada in 2012.
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NewsGerman producer Grunert readies third project with David Mackenzie
Berlin/Hamburg-based producer Malte Grunert is to embark on a third collaboration with director David Mackenzie after being one of the producers on Perfect Sense and You Instead which have both screened at the EFM this week.
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NewsItaly’s state of South Tyrol launches €5m film fund
South Tyrol received the greenlight from the European Commission in Brussels this week.
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Beta Cinema books several deals for Goethe!
Beta Cinema is off to a flying start at this year’s European Film Market with sales concluded for Philipp Stölzl’s Goethe! to US distributor Music Box and Japan’s Gaga as well as to Scandinavia (Atlantic Film), the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hollywood C.E.), Greece (Strada Films) and South Korea (Daisy ...
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KfW Bank Group offers new film financing plans
Germany’s KfW Bank Group has now launched its raft of film financing instruments for development funding as well as interim and gap financing.
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FeaturesMaryanne Redpath and Florian Weghorn
The co-directors of Berlin’s Generation section talk about its new venue and why film-makers keep coming back for more.
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NewsMEDIA Mundus launched by EU Commissioner in Berlin
MEDIA Mundus aims to strengthen ties between the European and global film industries.
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FeaturesWim Wenders
The German director talks about his 3D film Pina, world premiering out of competition in Berlin this week, which explores the work of the renowned choreographer Pina Bausch.
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European cinema attendance a mixed bag in 2010
2010 was “a year of mixed results” for cinema attendance in Europe, according to provisional figures collated by the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).
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NewsLailaps plans international slate including August’s Time
German outfit takes rights to three screenplays; director Billie August attached to In A Different Time.
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FeaturesWieland Speck
Wieland Speck, who heads up the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival, talks about 30 years on the job.
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NewsSerbian football hit set for sequel; Soul Food sells original
The sequel to the current Serbian box-office hit Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, is set to begin shooting at original locations in Uruguay from March.
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NewsAktis Films picks up Thome’s Red Room and Adlon re-issue
Aktis Film International has taken on films by two New German Cinema veterans for this year’s European Film Market.
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German cinemas sold 20m fewer tickets in 2010
Ticket sales down but every sixth cinemagoer saw a 3D film.
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State Minister for Culture Neumann throws weight behind incentive extension
On the eve of this year’s Berlinale, State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann has signalled his support for further extension of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive programme.
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NewsNew films added to lineups for Media Luna, Beta Cinema and m-appeal
My Best Enemy has already pre-sold to the UK (Metrodome), Japan (Klockworx), Czech Republic/Slovakia (Hollywood C.E.) and China (ERG Film).