All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 5
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NewsFormer Global Screen execs launch Beta Film-backed sales outfit Epsilon Film (exclusive)
Epsilon will be at the EFM with its first two projects.
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News‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ second season to shoot in Germany and Austria
Production is now underway in Bavaria and Austria as well as in sound stages at Penzing Studios west of Munich this year.
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NewsGerman box office rises year on year by almost 25%
Local box office share fell by 4.6% in 2023, as US films dominated cinema screens.
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NewsBerlinale receives major funding boost for 2024 and 2025 editions
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has also received a budget increase of €700,000 for both 2024 and 2025.
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NewsGerman box office takings grow by 24% in 2023
641 films were released in German cinemas during the year, with ’Barbie’ taking top spot at the box office.
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NewsSylvester Stallone’s ‘Cliffhanger’ sequel wins backing from German fund ahead of summer 2024 shoot
FFF Bayern awards funding to action thriller follow-up which now has French director Jean-François Richet on board
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NewsEmily Atef, Hafsia Herzi projects among six backed by German-French Funding Commission
French-Iranian director Emily Atef’s Mercy received €450,000, the biggest slice of funding
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NewsGerman industry warms to news of Tricia Tuttle as first female director of the Berlinale
Tuttle revealed she will move to Berlin, learn to speak German and is excited by the state of German-language cinema.
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NewsKlaus Harö’s Second World War drama ‘Never Alone’ wraps in Finland
Never Alone received the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the 2011 edition of the Baltic Event co-production market.
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NewsUkraine’s Molodist Kyiv Film Festival awards top prize to Emmanuelle Nicot’s ‘Love According To Dalva’
Audience prize is won by Ukrainian filmmaker Alla Savytska’s graduation film ‘Tutti’, while
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NewsConstantin Film takes action after Til Schweiger abuse and bullying investigation
German producer-distributor announces measures to improve working environment for filmmakers.
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NewsIndie distributors consider how to reach an online demographic at Cologne summit
“As a distributor you need to build a brand,” said Enrique Costa of Spain’s Elastica Films.
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NewsAustrian producers welcome massive financial boost for film and TV incentive schemes
Both the ÖFI+ scheme for local films and the FISA+ scheme for international shoots are being significantly enhanced.
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NewsFilms by Haneke, Varda, Rohmer and Assayas to feature in new European streaming network
Four existing central and eastern European platforms have come togethe to leverage their combined buying and marketing power.
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NewsEuropean Work In Progress Cologne selects 2023 award winners
Sixth edition of European Work in Progress in Cologne ran October 16-18.
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NewsPeter Mettler’s ‘While The Green Grass Grows’ wins best film at DOK Leipzig
Asmae El Moudir’sThe Mother Of All Lies won the audience award at the presigtious German festival,
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NewsKyiv’s Molodist film festival sets line-up for first full edition since Russian invasion
The festival runs October 21 - 29.
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NewsEast-West co-pro event Connecting Cottbus unveils project lineup
The event is an important incubator for European arthouse projects.
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NewsNetflix, Amazon among backers of German crew diversity programme NewMotion
The founders are producers Roshanak “Rosh” Khodabakhsh and Jorgo Narje.
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News‘How To Have Sex’, ‘Shayda’ win at Filmfest Hamburg
The German festival posted its biggest ever audience in 2023.