All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 59
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NewsNordisk Fond gives largest doc grant to Brugger's 'Hammerskjold'
Fond also backs two TV serires and Lisa Langseth’s new feature.
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NewsGlavonic's Depth Two wins at Open City
The London-based documentary festival gives its emerging talent prize to Algerian director Hassan Ferhani.
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NewsToni Erdmann wins top prize in Brussels
Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife wins best first film; audience award goes to Iciar Bollain’s The Olive Tree.
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NewsSweden plans six shorts inspired by Bergman
Experienced directors invited to apply for Bergman Revisited, with shorts unveiled during his centenary year of 2018.
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NewsNordic Talents pitch selects 15
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has unveiled the list of Nordic graduation students and their projects running for the $30,000 (NOK250,000) pitch prize and $6,000 (NOK 50,000) special mention prize at Nordic Talents (Aug 31-Sept 2).
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NewsNordisk takes over rights to 'Department Q' novels
Nordisk takes reins on Department Q novel adaptations following Zentropa hits.
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NewsFirst Dolby Cinema sites open in Asia
Dolby Laboratories has announced its first Dolby theatres in Asia at Wanda Cinema Line sites in Dalian, Changchun, Chongqing and Jinan.
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NewsWarner Bros' Flagship Pictures China appoints Elaine Feng
Beijing-based company is joint-venture between CMC Holdings and Warner Bros.
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NewsRaising Films survey spotlights challenges of parenting in film business
A new UK survey proves what many people already know anecdotally, that it’s a challenge being a parent and working in the film and TV industries.
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News'Rams' producers plant Sigurdsson’s 'Tree'
EXCLUSIVE: New Europe Film Sales will sell the Iceland-Denmark-Poland co-production.
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News'Borgen' star joins 'The Eternal Road'
Sidse Babett Knudsen joins cast of Finnish-Swedish-Estonian drama.
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NewsEdinburgh works in progress include Suzi Quatro doc, Christian McKay love story
EXCLUSIVE: Projects involving Damian Jones and Versailles breakout star George Blagden also pitched at Edinburgh’s first works in progress event.
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NewsFinnish producers talk buzz titles including "'Mad Max' on ice" and 'Tom Of Finland'
Wendy Mitchell talks to four Finish producers headed to Edinburgh, which is hosting a territory focus on the Scandinavian territory this year.
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NewsCEO Jonas Fors ousted from SF Studios
The news follows Swedish media allegations of misuse of funds and an inappropriate company culture.
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NewsIceland’s film tax incentive grows to 25%
Iceland’s parliament has approved a boost to the country’s film production tax incentive, increasing it from 20% to 25%.
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News'Olli Maki' producer readies 'Lashes' shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Helsinki’s Aamu Film Company, which won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard prize for The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki, is set to shoot another debut feature this summer.
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FeaturesCannes Q&A: Houda Benyamina talks 'Divines'
The French film-maker speaks to Screen about her Directors’ Fortnight entry, Divines
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NewsDenmark’s Frightgeist launches with horror 'Finale'
EXCLUSIVE: Horror marks first feature from new production company.
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NewsCannes Doc Day: Making an impact with emotions, not just issues
The Cannes Marche featured an enhanced documentary offering this year.
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NewsTruenorth lines up English-language projects
The company has added Oskar Jonasson’s The Malaga Prisoner and Michael G Kehoe’s Keflavik to its production slate.