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All Europe articles – Page 579
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NewsEU culture ministers reaffirm support for MEDIA Programme
Future support for the European Union’s MEDIA Programme was given additional boost at an informal meeting of EU Ministers for Culture held at the Royal Palace in the Hungarian town of Gödöllö this week.
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NewsIMAX and Cinema Park sign deal for eight more theatres in Russia
Russia’s Cinema Park becomes Europe’s largest IMAX exhibitor.
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NewsNBC Universal restructures international team; Jeff Shell new president
Restructure of London-based office follows transfer to Comcast majority ownership; Peter Smith steps down in early March.
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NewsCentral Media Enterprises acquires Bontonfilm
The vertically integrated entertainment company has bought film distribution company Bontonfilm, which is based in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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NewsSerbia passes 15% cash rebate for international productions
The Serbian government has passed a decree establishing a new Film Incentive programme.
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NewsFestival Scope to partner with documentary festivals
The online service has teamed up with Cinema Du Reel, CPH: DOX, FID Marseille and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to add a collection of festival docs to its offering.
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NewsPoetry wins Grand Prix in Fribourg, The Fatherless bags prizes at Graz’s Diagonale
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-Dong’s Poetry picked up the Le Regard d’Or Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Award at Switzerland’s Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) which celebrated its 25th edition this year.
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NewsEmir Kusturica to head up Un Certain Regard jury
The Serbian film-maker is a double Palme d’Or winner and has previously sat on the Cannes competition jury.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
This week a werewolf invades Galicia in Juan Martínez Moreno’s horror comedy and two teenagers kidnap their teacher in Safy Nebbou’s new feature set in France.
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NewsNonStop strikes DVD deal with Warner Bros for Nordics
Deal starts this month and upcoming titles include Let Me In and Barney’s Version.
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NewsZbanic receives $593,580 from Croatia for Love Island
Jasmila Zbanic’s new project Love Island has received $593,580 at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre’s competition for funding of film productions.
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NewsDocumentary pioneer Richard Leacock dies at age 89
Pioneering documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock died on Wednesday at the age of 89, at his home in Paris.
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NewsOberhausen launches VOD platform that gives filmmakers more options
Short films by Robert Frank, Jan Svankmajer and Jeanne Faust are among the first titles available at Oberhausen Films Online, a new kind of video-on-demand platform launched by the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
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NewsLars von Trier considers Nymphomaniac project
The film could be his most controversial to date, about a woman who discovers her eroticism.
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FeaturesAtli Orvarsson
The composer talks about the ‘archaeological journey’ of scoring The Eagle, real instruments vs. samples, and Hans Zimmer’s influence.
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NewsItaly's new culture minister named; arts budget reinstated to 2010 levels
Giancarlo Galan, the former governor of Italy’s Veneto region and most recently minister of Agriculture, has been named Italy’s new culture minister.
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NewsSpain’s Lazona to adapt Ugly Duckling series for big screen
Madrid based outfit Lazona is in development on two new projects, one a coming-of-age comedy with popular director Roberto Santiago and the other a film adaptation of the International Emmy-nominated series Ugly Duckling (Patito Feo).
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NewsTornasol to work with Cell 211 director Daniel Monzon on murder mystery
Spanish outfit Tornasol Films, producers of Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes, will work on an English-language murder mystery film with director Daniel Monzon, hot off his huge success with Cell 211.
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NewsAuteuil plans three more Pagnol adaptations with AS Films, Pathe
Daniel Auteuil is planning a series of three new films based on Marcel Pagnol’s plays Marius, Fanny and Cesar.