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All Europe articles – Page 618
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NewsSquareOne takes on Hungry Rabbit Jumps, Dark Tide, Ironclad
German independent licence trader SquareOne Entertainment is set to consolidate its new position in the German theatrical market with further acquisitions to be released with distribution partner Universum Film.
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NewsRecord industry attendees head to New Nordic Films in Haugesund
The market, co-production and film financing forum (Aug 18-21) also boasts 13 world premieres in market programme.
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Nordisk Fund, Power to the Pixel pact for kids cross-media project development
Nordisk Film & TV Fond is joining forces with UK cross-media company Power to the Pixel to collaborate on developing six pre-selected Nordic cross-media projects for children.
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NewsFrench sales company picks up Golden Leopard winner; Lubitsch retrospective to tour
French sales agent/theatrical distributor Capricci Films has taken on international sales for Winter Vacation by China’s Li Hongqi, which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard at the weekend. Plus other touring news from Locarno.
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NewsJerzy Skolimowski to get lifetime achievement award at Plus Camerimage
Jerzy Skolimowski will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for a Director with Unique Visual Sensibility at this year’s Plus Camerimage festival in Poland.
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NewsJulia Roberts to receive San Sebastian's Donostia award
Julia Roberts will collect the Donostia lifetime acheievement award at this year’s San Sebastian film festival where she will also be promoting her new film Eat Pray Love, which will feature in official selection.
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NewsChina's Winter Vacation lights up Locarno summer
Locarno’s top award, the Golden Leopard (Pardo d’oro), has been awarded by the international jury headed by Singaporean film-maker Eric Choo to Li Hongqi for his third feature Winter Vacation.
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NewsOlivier Père says his first Locarno exceeds expectations
Ahead of the awards ceremony at the Piazza Grande on Saturday evening, Olivier Père is very enthusiastic about his first outing as Locarno’s artistic director.
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NewsDeauville to welcome David Chase, John C. Reilly, Zac Efron
The Deauville Festival of American Film this year will add a TV component for the first time.
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NewsImagina sells Spanish drama Paper Birds to Japan
Spanish outfit Imagina has sold Emilio Aragon’s $8m music drama Paper Birds to Alcine-Terran for theatrical distribution in Japan, ahead of its premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase include Spanish co-productions Windows, Wednesday and Callejon, as well as a German 3-D adaptation of Tarzan.
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NewsRussian movies slip in local market-share
Box-office in Russia is up 29% over last year, but domestic films are suffering compared to Hollywood 3D blockbusters.
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CommentRedistributing the wealth
With new titles increasingly being squeezed into the schedules of the four major festivals, is it time that sales agents took a punt on other festivals, like Locarno?
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FeaturesNew Greek talents triumph despite country's financial woes
Confirming the rule that in times of crisis artistic production thrives, four Greek films will travel to the upcoming Venice film festival — overcoming financial crisis, internal industry feuding and lack of initiative by the Culture Ministry.
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German film investor CP Medien to wind down
German film investor CP Medien, who raised €450m from private investors to channel into around 40 films between 1995 and 2002, is currently being wound up.
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NewsZurich to welcome Milos Forman for honour, retrospective
The Zurich Film Festival will give its Golden Eye Award this year to director Milos Forman.
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Sony strikes digital deal with Odeon & UCI
Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group (Odeon/UCI) has agreed a non-exclusive digital film deal with Sony Pictures Releasing International Corporation (SPRI).
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Yelmo strikes 370-screen digital deal with Arts Alliance
Spanish exhibitor Yelmo Cines has struck a deal with digital distribution service Arts Alliance Media (AAM) to digitise 370 of its screens.
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NewsBelgian distributor Belga set to move into production
The news of Belga’s forthcoming foray into production and development comes as the company’s ownership structure has changed.
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NewsLars Grarup joins Nordisk Film as development director
In his new role the former media director of Danish public broadcaster DR will initiate feature film projects as well as boosting TV drama.