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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 16
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Features'Game Of Thrones' producer Frank Doelger talks ambitious new European drama series ‘The Swarm’
The makers of Berlinale Series opener The Swarm had to navigate choppy waters to create one of most ambitious European drama series ever made.
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News‘To Leslie’, ‘Jeanne DuBarry’ head to Paradiso (exclusive)
Leading Benelux distributor is busying buying at the EFM.
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News‘Stella.A.Life’ starring Paula Beer racks up sales for Global Screen (exclusive)
Second World War drama directed by Kilian Riedhof.
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NewsBuyers get animated for Dutch family features (exclusive)
Incredible Film and SKOOP Media are enjoying a busy EFM.
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NewsEuropean sellers divided on dealing with Russia: “I can lose money, I don’t care”
A year on from the invasion, some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
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NewsBenelux’s September Films goes on buying spree of international festival films (exclusive)
September has snapped up films from Sundance and Berlin and some Cannes contenders.
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NewsOdin’s Eye tackles family troll animation ‘Trolgar & Me’ (exclusive)
The film joins Odin’s Eye’s EFM slate that also includes ’Shimmy: The First Monkey King’.
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FeaturesEFM 2023: The buzz titles from Spain, Italy, Germany and the Nordics
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2023 European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsGlobal Screen’s ‘Lassie - A New Adventure’ finds buyers ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The first film, ‘Lassie Come Home’, grossed $2.4m in 2020.
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NewsEpic Pictures acquires US rights to Dutch WWII drama ‘Betrayal’ from DFW International (exclusive)
Dutch sales outfit also agrees South Korean and German deals.
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FeaturesProducer Alexander Rodnyansky on building a fresh, high-profile slate since fleeing Russia
Includes projects with Russian exiles Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
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NewsM-Appeal picks up steamy Argentinian title ‘Vera And The Pleasure Of Others’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Argentinian directors Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis.
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Features“Anything but drama”: What are UK film financiers looking for in a post-Covid world?
Genre and concept are king in the new landscape; dramas are not.
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NewsMedia Luna boards Mexican narco thriller, German concentration camp drama and Austrian crime movie (exclusive)
Cologne-based sales house will bring three new titles to EFM.
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Features“I am genuinely excited”: European sales agents look ahead to 2023 European Film Market
After a quiet American Film Market in November, the expectation is for Berlin to be buzzing.
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FeaturesHow a new think tank aims to tackle unconscious racism in the European film industry
Eave, the European training, project development and networking organisation, held its first anti-racism think tank last month.
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NewsFour new projects chosen for Netherlands, South Africa co-development fund, Thuthuka
Each project will now receive €40,000 toward further script development.
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NewsBero Beyer temporarily steps down from Netherlands Film Fund for health reasons
Peter Schrurs has taken over as interim director for at least three months.
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NewsFortissimo boards Jacqueline van Vugt’s ‘Crossing’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
This is van Vugt’s feature fiction debut after several award-winning documentaries.
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NewsBeta acquires Tromso audience winner ‘Let The River Flow’ (exclusive)
The film about the Sámi minority is now screening in competition at Goteborg.