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Screen Ireland announces plans to support film, TV sector during pandemic
All funding schemes will continue to be made available.
British Film Commission’s annual budget doubled by UK government
Film and high-end TV production spend in the UK hit £3.61bn last year.
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund unveils new financing programmes
The audience design award is with TorinoFilmLab and WCF ACP is for projects from Africa, the Carribean and the Pacific group of states.
Hungary’s NFI grants fresh projects; dedicates €10m to miniseries
NFI World Sales, the institute’s sales arm, is also introducing buyers to Oscar-winning István Szabó’s latest feature Final Report.
‘The King’s Man’ is first to receive VFX funding from German federal and state sources (exclusive)
Confirms Germany’s growing reputation as an international VFX hub.
Doha supports new film and TV projects by Hicham Lasri, Soudade Kaadan and Karim Aïnouz
Qatari institute supports a record 42 projects in autumn funding round.
Five new UK talents receive £10k each from Creative England’s Shortflix initiative
They will each will make a short which will be broadcast on Sky Arts in 2020.
French cinema guilds protest cut to CNC film subsidies in 2020
CNC support for cinema cut by roughly $16m to balance the books.
Panama to raise cash back incentive from 15% to 25% from 2020
The Central American country is hoping to compete with its neighbours for major productions.
Screen Star of Tomorrow among second round of 2019 John Brabourne awardees (exclusive)
The 12 recipients include UK writers, directors and producers.
Jim Sheridan to direct Native American drama ‘Murphy And The Indian’ (exclusive)
The project recieved development finance from Screen Ireland in its latest funding round.
‘Unrest’ producer awarded £15k Simon Relph bursary (exclusive)
Lindsay Dryden is producer of Oscar-shortlisted documentary ‘Unrest’.
£200k UK shorts project The Uncertain Kingdom unveils titles, first look (exclusive)
Directors include BIFA winners Jason Wingard and Carol Salter.
BFI revamps Vision Awards, launches new training programme
Awards will see up to £2.5m in lottery funding allocated to 20 UK-based producers or producer teams.
Edwin, Lav Diaz among Purin Pictures’ latest grant recipients
Bangkok-based fund is handing out four production and one post-production grants in autumn 2019 funding round.
Erik Poppe takes over directing ‘The Emigrants’ from Daniel Espinosa (exclusive)
The Norwegian Film Institute has joined the project with funding.
German funds, producers to visit China in anticipation of co-pro treaty
Delegates include the German Federal Film Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and FFF Bayern.
