All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 93
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NewsKhodorkovsky doc to premiere at Berlinale despite break-in
The world premiere in Berlin of Cyril Tuschi’s Khodorkovsky will apparently now go ahead despite reports that a final version of the film was stolen from the LALA Films offices yesterday [Feb 3].
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NewsBabelsberg to co-produce Paramount action movie
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters to star Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton [pictured].
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Films Boutique, Media Luna, Telepool line up EFM slates
Films Boutique and Media Luna New Films are among the latest sales agents to add titles to their sales lineups for the forthcoming Berlinale.
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NewsBerlin adds extra venue, Taxi Driver 4K to line-up
Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) has added another venue to its existing screening facilities due to the increase in demand for screening slots.
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NewsEgoli Tossell planning financial reorganisation
Just two weeks after winning a Golden Globe for its co-production of Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film (ETF) has announced the restructuring of the company’s finances via the German equivalent of Chapter 11 (Insolvenzplanverfahren).
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NewsWorld premieres by Kaurismäki, Dörfler added to Berlin Panorama
World premieres of new documentaries by Mika Kaurismäki (Mama Afrika) and Peter Dörfler (The Big Eden) are among the last batch of films to be confirmed by the Berlinale’s Panorama 2011 lineup.
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NewsUPDATED: Tributes pour in for Bernd Eichinger
German chancellor Merkel calls him a ‘passionate motivator and dreamer’; Berlinale adds special screening.
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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.