All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 99
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Petra Müller named managing director of Filmstiftung NRW
She replaces Michael Schmid Ospach as the head of the film fund.
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NewsEFP selects candidates for Producers On The Move in Cannes
The line-up includes Son Of Babylon producer Isabelle Stead and Lauranne Bourrachot, who produced A Prophet.
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NewsVolcano casts cloud on Linz’s Crossing Europe
The seventh edition of the festival will be affected by the travel chaos
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NewsMorawetz to join Kinowelt in Austria
Outgoing Disney manager to become Kinowelt’s new distribution partner in Austria.
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NewsLiman’s Cannes competition debut among Ascot Elite acquisitions
The Swiss distributor has also secured rights to Soderbergh’s Knockout and Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham.
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Luciano Barisone suceeds Jean Perret as director of Visions du Réel
Luciano Barisone, artistic director of Florence’s Festival dei Popoli since 2008, has been named the successor to Jean Perret as director of Nyon’s Visions du Réel.
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Sony Pictures to release new children’s film franchise Yoko
Franziska Buch will direct the German-Austrian-Swedish co-production about an 11 year old girl and her friendship with a yeti.
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NewsVeteran German filmmaker Werner Schroeter dies at 65
The Golden Bear winning director had been battling cancer
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NewsBavarianBankFund extended for another 10 years
The fund has provided gap financing for the production and distribution of commercially promising feature films.
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EFP working with Toronto for new Producers Lab
The three-day event during TIFF 2010 will include pitching sessions, roundtable meetings and case studies.
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NewsGerman box office up 18% in first quarter
German cinemas have reported that box office takings climbed 18% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2010 thanks to such 3D releases as Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
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NewsConstantin Film named Germany’s most successful producer and distributor of 2009
Company gets FFA “Industry Tiger” award and was allocated over €2.8m “reference” funding for future projects.
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NewsSquareOne Entertainment moves into German theatrical market
The Munich-based outfit will start by co-distributing StreetDance 3D with Universum Film in June.
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NewsGerman funds back new projects from Kusturica, Wright, von Garnier
Projects backed in $15m funding round include Joe Wright’s thriller Hanna, now shooting at Babelsburg Studios.
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NewsNyon's Visions du Reel to present 30 world premieres
Festival will open with Kinshasa Symphony on April 15.
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NewsgoEast unveils competition for April festival
Alexey Popogrebsky’s Silver Bear winner How I Ended This Summer, Peter Calin Netzer’s Medal Of Honor and Robert Glinski’s Piggies are in the programme.
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NewsHessen extends film funding scheme until 2013
The German state has extended its film investment programme for a further four years.
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NewsLa Pivellina wins Diagonale Grand Prix
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s La Pivellina won the Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Austrian Feature Film at festival director Barbara Pichler’s second year heading up the annual national showcase of Austrian cinema in Graz.