All articles by Tim Dams – Page 35
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NewsStreamers are more flexible on rights, say top TV drama distributors
Banijay, All3Media, Fremantle and ZDF Studios execs discuss streamer deals, writers’ strike worries and a ‘reset’ of scripted market on Series Mania panel.
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News‘Westworld’ showrunner Lisa Joy reflects on possibility of “stressful” writers’ strike
Delivering Series Mania keynote, Joy also said AI advances had made ’Westworld’ seem like a documentary.
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News“You have to put a writer at the centre of it”: Producer Nicola Shindler on the key to her success
Shindler’s credits include ‘It’s A Sin’ and ‘Happy Valley’.
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News‘The Teacher’s Lounge’ director Ilker Çatak preps ‘Yellow Letters’ with Haut et Court, Alamode (exclusive)
Project is set to film in Germany in autumn 2023.
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NewsSaudi Arabia officially launches $234m Film Sector Financing Programme
Programme is designed to help grow the Saudi film industry
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FeaturesNetflix in Europe: the inside story of the streamer’s rise, growing pains and next steps
Since launching in Europe in 2012, Netflix has had a transformational effect on the European industry.
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Features“We’re having to focus on certain markets”: how sales agents and buyers are navigating the busy TV industry calendar
How to navigate a busy calendar of markets and festivals has become a key issue for a global TV industry looking to save time and costs.
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News‘After Work’: first trailer for CPH:DOX documentary
Erik Gandini’s film explores work in the 21st century.
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NewsFremantle on course to hit €3bn turnover target in 2025 as revenues rise 22%
Superindie’s revenues hit €2.35 billion in 2022 says parent company RTL.
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NewsIdris Elba, Mo Abudu partner on Afro-centric development slate and education initiative
Partership will develop joint film and TV development slate and offer pathways into industry for new talent
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NewsUK to reform film and high-end TV tax reliefs with only marginal rise expected
The change will come into effect from January 1 2024.
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NewsEuropean showrunner programme headed by ‘Borgen’ writer secures EU and Netflix funding (exclusive)
Internationale Filmschule Köln’s showrunner programme is headed by ’Borgen’ writer Jeppe Gjervig Gram
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FeaturesFive talking points from Oscars 2023
Oscar wins diverge away from Bafta; a good night for A24 and Netflix; and few prizes for box office hits.
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News12 Saudi, Arab and Africa projects selected for Red Sea Lodge’s 2023 development programme
Programme is held in collaboration with TorinoFilmLab.
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NewsReed Hastings: Netflix is “biggest builder of cross-European culture in the EU”
Executive chairman was talking at panel at streamer’s EMEA HQ in Amsterdam
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NewsDisney+ series ‘The Good Mothers’ wins inaugural Berlinale Series Award
Berlinale Series Award is the time an A-festival has established a prize specifically for a series.
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NewsSteven Spielberg at the Berlinale: “I don’t know what I am going to do next, I have no idea”
At the festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, the director reflects on his career.
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Newsİlker Çatak’s Berlin title ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ sells widely for Be For Films (exclusive)
Film has secured multiple deals in Europe and beyond.
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FeaturesHeads of German production giants talk streamers, consolidation and international expansion
The bosses of Germany’s UFA, Leonine, Constantin Film, Beta Film, Seven.One and Studio Hamburg speak to Screen.
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NewsFrom eco-thrillers to the rise of Indian drama: Berlinale Series throws a spotlight on the trends shaping high-end TV
Berlinale Series head Julia Fidel reflects on this year’s selection.