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All Europe articles – Page 612
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Ukranian government's new laws to boost film industry
New laws, scheduled to come into effect in Ukraine from Jan 1, are expected to help to provide the recovery of the country’s film industry, which has been in decline since the collapse of the USSR.
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival ticket sales up despite Dutch doubts
Netherlands Film Festival Director Willemien van Aalst has called on any new Dutch Government to respect the “social significance” of Dutch cinema.
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Constantin Film and Michael Steiner plan future collaborations
Constantin Film Schweiz and Michael Steiner, director of Zurich Film Festival’s opening film Sennentuntschi, are to collaborate on film projects in the future.
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Swiss national fund backs five international co-productions
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture (BAK) has awarded over $2.6m (CHF 2.5m) to five international co-productions in the latest round of funding from its film section.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
New films on the online production listings, Screenbase, include an array of French co-productions including Des Vents Contraires, Les Amants De Low Life as well as German film Arschkalt.
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NewsDenmark picks Bier's In a Better World for Oscar race
Danish director Susanne Bier will have a second chance at the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, after the Danish Oscar committee yesterday [23] decided to submit her eleventh feature, In A Better World (Hævnen), as Denmark’s candidate for the nominations this year. Bier’s After the Wedding (Efter Brylluppet) was ...
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Zurich Film Foundation doles out $1m; Film Office plans afoot
New feature films from Oliver Paulus, Isabel Kleefeld and Friederike Jehn are among the projects supported with over USD 1m (CHF 1m) by the Zurich Film Foundation at its latest sitting.
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NewsKarl Spoerri: Zurich can become German-language film hub
The German-language film industry can become more successful by working together on more co-productions, Zurich Film Festival director Karl Spoerri told Screen as the festival kicked off last night.
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NewsSennentuntschi's long road to Zurich opening night
Michael Steiner had several years of waiting for last night’s world premiere of his much-anticipated fourth feature Sennentuntschi.
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Pellegrino sets up new company with writer-director Birgit Stein
Producer-financier Roland Pellegrino has set up the Stuttgart-based production outfit PS-Filmproduction with writer-director Birgit Stein to produce her feature debut No Mercy.
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TVE increases film spend and stands firm on sales business
Major Spanish public broadcaster TVE has increased its investment in films by 20% to $47m (€35m) for 2010 and will continue its film sales activities, despite former TVE head of cinema insisting sales activities would be wound down.
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Groen to direct UK-Dutch co-pro Lilet Never Happened
Dutch filmmaker Jacco Groen has written and will direct Lilet Never Happened, a drama about child prostitution in the Philippines, which is based on a real story.
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FeaturesReto Schaerli
Sarah Cooper talks to Swiss producer Reto Schaerli, who has two very different films screening at the Zurich Film Festival.
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IMAX signs three-theatre deal with Karo Film Management
Russian exhibitor Karo Film Management has agreed a deal for up to three digital IMAX theatre systems in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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FeaturesCan Eye galvanise Dutch film culture?
It could be rocky times ahead for Dutch public spending. A figure of 22% is bandied about as the possible hit that Dutch cultural organisations may have to take. As the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht begins, the prospect of such savage cuts is inevitably causing alarm.
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NewsOldman to lead cast for Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Working Title today confirmed the cast for Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carre novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, due to shoot at the end of Sept.
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Two Mexican dramas win San Sebastian’s Films In Progress awards
Bernardo Arellano’s Entre La Noche Y El Dia and Iria Gomez Concheiro’s Asalto Al Cine have picked up San Sebastian’s Films In Progress awards for incomplete Latin American projects.
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NewsReykjavik festival kicks off today, presenting 140 films
The seventh Reykjavik International Film Festival kicks off tonight with Cyrus by Jay and Mark Duplass.
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NewsAtrix sells out on Turtle doc, adding sales to Japan and China
Hot sellers are Turtle: The Incredible Journey and How To Cook Your Life.
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Norway selects Angel for Oscar race
Maria Vonnevie stars as a heroin addict who wants a better life for her daughter.