All Finance articles – Page 69
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NewsCinema Communication deadline extended
Deadline for feedback on Cinema Communication extended as EU plans criticised by almost 70 European film funds.
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NewsUK Skills fund rises to $50m
High end TV, animation and film productions using tax breaks will be levied 0.5% of their core UK expenditure to address skills shortages.
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NewsMetrodome to leave AIM after 2012 loss
UK distributor plans to cancel listing on AIM after 2012 loss.
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NewsEU ploughing $4.6m into digital projects
The European Union’s MEDIA Programme is to provide €3.5m ($4.6m) for new initiatives developed for the digital era, which must be launched from January 2014.
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NewsWallonia-Brussels supports 46 projects
Among them, the latest from Our Children director Joachim Lafosse [pictured].
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NewsEuropaCorp revenue jumps 10%
Hike led by sales of TV series including XIII, No Limit and Flight of the Storks.
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NewsLionsgate breaks its Cannes record
Lionsgate has revealed record sales in Cannes, earning more than $250m on the slate of nine titles including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and 2, Step Up 5 and The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsScreen Australia backs dozen
Kriv Stenders, director of Red Dog, the eighth biggest Australian hit of all time in its home market, is attached to two of the 12 projects that have just received development money from Screen Australia.
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NewsWenders: loss of 'cultural exception' would be disaster
German director Wim Wenders has waded into the increasingly fractious debate about the “cultural exception” possibly being abandoned in new trading relations between the EU and US. Wenders has insisted that the European film industry must have state subsidy and support if it is to survive.
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NewsDamon: Cannes 2013 lacking riches
While deals are starting to hot up at Cannes 2013, major buyers are less impressed with the offering than in previous years, agreed a FilmFinanceTV industry panel yesterday.
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NewsCorsan on board for Silence
Paul Breuls’ Belgian-based financing and production outfit Corsan has come on board new Martin Scorsese film Silence (sold in the market by IM Global and based on the acclaimed 1960s novel by Shusaku Endo).
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NewsCEG, Thunder Road sign financing deal
Philip Moross’ Cutting Edge Group (CEG) has signed a slate financing deal with Basil Iwanyk’s ambitious Thunder Road.
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NewsHubert Bals supports two co-pros
Each production will receive €50,000 from The Netherlands Film Fund for co-producing a Hubert Bals Fund-supported film.
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NewsRobot Overlords sparks new investment
EXCLUSIVE: UK sci-fi Our Robot Overlords nabs closing finance from Pinewood Pictures, new financier Umbra Telegraph.
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NewsWiley launches film finance application
London-based former Woody Allen producer Gareth Wiley [pictured] (Match Point, Scoop) is in Cannes this week to launch Screen Advantage, the new online tool for financiers and producers.
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NewsDoha expands grants programme
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has expanded its grants programme to include first and second-time filmmakers from outside the Middle East.
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FeaturesThe keys to unlocking film finance
Financing independent films is notoriously tough, so how can new producers attract backing? Geoffrey Macnab speaks to the seasoned professionals
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NewsIM3 soars past $700m global
The Marvel Studios blockbuster merited a mention by Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger in Tuesday’s [7] earnings call and has reached $711.3m worldwide and $525.8m internationally.
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NewsFilmNation closes $50m financing
The investment follows last year’s mighty 2012 when films licensed by the New York-based company generated $420m at the international box office.