Martin Blaney
Martin Blaney covers Germany for Screen.
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News‘Yellow Letters’ wins Berlinale’s Golden Bear as politics dominate closing ceremony
Other winners included Salvation by Emin Alper, Lance Hammer’s Queen At Sea and Sandra Huller for Rose.
NewsGerman-Israeli Co-Production Fund launched in Berlin
It will be open to “established and emerging talents” from both countries.
NewsThessaloniki’s Agora market, European Film Academy launch documentary think tank
The festival’s industry programme is collaborating with the Basque Audiovisual Office.
NewsBulgaria boosts project cap on tax rebate
Productions can receive a 25% cash rebate on eligible expenses up to €5m.
News“Chips” Hardy to write ‘The English Warrior’ for Swiss-UK outfit Jovera Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: “Chips” Hardy is the screenwriter father of Tom Hardy.
NewsBartosz Bielenia to star in Belarus political drama ‘Legacy’ for German outfit Tamtam Films
Tamtam is also the German minority partner on Danish historical drama ‘The Closed Book’.
NewsZentropa appoints new managing director to lead German operations
Producer Solmaz Azizi will succeed Fabian Gasmia from September 1
NewsGermany to introduce 8% streaming levy to boost local content
The investment obligation could take effect as early as April.
NewsSiddiq Barmak’s ‘The Postman’ begins shoot in Kurdistan
Set in Kabul in 1992, Barmak’s screenplay tells the story of an ordinary man, postman Amir, played by the Iraqi-Kurdish actor-director Hussein Hassan Ali.
NewsBerlinale looking for new partners to beat funding shortfall in 2027 and 2028, says festival director
“We are not sitting back and waiting for you to hand us money,” Tricia Tuttle told the Berlin senate committee.
NewsDorota Lech named festival director of Poland’s New Horizons
The experienced Lech joins from the Toronto film festival, where she has been a programmer since 2013.
NewsBerlinale’s Tricia Tuttle tells German government the festival has responsibility to “not shut down debate”
Tuttle was talking to the German Bundestag’s Culture Committee on January 14.
NewsGerman government launches €7.5m production fund for up-and-coming filmmakers
It will provide up to €500,000 for individual projects with production costs not exceeding €2m.
NewsGermany’s €15bn voluntary investment from streamers faces industry scepticism
The German industry has been pushing for a legally binding investment obligation.
NewsGerman film industry pushes for local content quotas on streamers to be made compulsory
The government has plans to make the quotas voluntary, which the industry says will not benefit the local sector.
FeaturesChristophe Terhechte reflects on six years at DOK Leipzig and gives key advice to his successor
“Maintaining institutional funding, ensuring fair pay, and securing third-party funding” are key challenges going forward.
FeaturesCo-production markets are becoming more vital than ever, says DOK Industry head Nadja Tennstedt
As financing sources change, doc filmmakers need to work with more partners.
NewsGerman government to support cinemas showing European and arthouse films
“We need the unifying power of film art,” says Germany’s culture minister Wolfram Weimer at launch of €7m fund for exhibitors.
NewsTop German arthouse distributor Neue Vision takes on streamers with its own platform
Launching today, Neue Visionen Plus streaming service will offer titles such as German Oscar entry Sound of Falling.
NewsAustrian filmmakers step up calls for a levy on streamers to invest in local content
“A levy could generate up to €40 million per year for the film industry,” read an open letter to the government.