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Swiss national fund backs five international co-productions
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture (BAK) has awarded over $2.6m (CHF 2.5m) to five international co-productions in the latest round of funding from its film section.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
New films on the online production listings, Screenbase, include an array of French co-productions including Des Vents Contraires, Les Amants De Low Life as well as German film Arschkalt.
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NewsDenmark picks Bier's In a Better World for Oscar race
Danish director Susanne Bier will have a second chance at the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, after the Danish Oscar committee yesterday [23] decided to submit her eleventh feature, In A Better World (Hævnen), as Denmark’s candidate for the nominations this year. Bier’s After the Wedding (Efter Brylluppet) was ...
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Zurich Film Foundation doles out $1m; Film Office plans afoot
New feature films from Oliver Paulus, Isabel Kleefeld and Friederike Jehn are among the projects supported with over USD 1m (CHF 1m) by the Zurich Film Foundation at its latest sitting.
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NewsKarl Spoerri: Zurich can become German-language film hub
The German-language film industry can become more successful by working together on more co-productions, Zurich Film Festival director Karl Spoerri told Screen as the festival kicked off last night.
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NewsSennentuntschi's long road to Zurich opening night
Michael Steiner had several years of waiting for last night’s world premiere of his much-anticipated fourth feature Sennentuntschi.
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NewsReturn of Gordon Gekko puts heat under Sony's Evil
Fox International’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps opens in around 40 territories day-and-date with North America this weekend.
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NewsIFTA members vote in new executive committee and board
IFTA (Independent Film & Television Alliance) has announced its new executive committee and board of directors.
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NewsBeckinsale back as Selene for next Underworld episode
Kate Beckinsale has signed on to reprise her role as the warrior vampire Selene in Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment’s fourth Underworld instalment.
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Aurora CineStreem Corporation unveils secure streaming service
Aurora CineStreem Corporation has unveiled a professional set top box to provide a secure streaming service for film dailies and offer a safe platform in lieu of DVD screeners.
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Lerner to receive lifetime honour from IFF
Nu Image/Millennium Films co-chairman and CEO Avi Lerner will receive the 2010 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 20.
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NewsLove & Other Drugs, Black Swan bookend AFI FEST
Edward Zwick’s Love & Other Drugs will open the AFI FEST 2010 in Los Angeles on November 4 and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan will close the event a week later.
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IndieWIRE founder Hernandez assumes Lincoln Center digital role
IndieWIRE founder Eugene Hernandez is leaving the site to become director of digital strategy at the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
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Debt-laden Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Blockbuster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US as the company tries to manage approximately $1.4bn in debt and the challenge of nimble rivals like Netflix and Coinstar’s Redbox.
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EMI/Virgin to release Swedish House Mafia film
EMI and Virgin Records will release Christian Larson’s Take One on DVD and download on Nov 29.
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Pellegrino sets up new company with writer-director Birgit Stein
Producer-financier Roland Pellegrino has set up the Stuttgart-based production outfit PS-Filmproduction with writer-director Birgit Stein to produce her feature debut No Mercy.
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TVE increases film spend and stands firm on sales business
Major Spanish public broadcaster TVE has increased its investment in films by 20% to $47m (€35m) for 2010 and will continue its film sales activities, despite former TVE head of cinema insisting sales activities would be wound down.
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Groen to direct UK-Dutch co-pro Lilet Never Happened
Dutch filmmaker Jacco Groen has written and will direct Lilet Never Happened, a drama about child prostitution in the Philippines, which is based on a real story.
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NewsHuman Resources Manager enters Oscar race for Israel
Eran Riklis’ The Human Resources Managerhas been chosen as the Foreign Language Oscar submission from Israel.
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Simon Glass to make feature debut with East End thriller
UK director Simon Glass is to make his feature debut with noir thriller The Existentialist: and The MysteriousMurder of God, which will be produced by Arid Pictures.