All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 72
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NewsWizart's 'Sheep And Wolves' secures China release
Flame Node to handle Chinese release of animation.
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FeaturesPaul Verhoeven talks returning to Cannes with 'Elle'
The Dutch director, whose Basic Instinct opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1992, discusses his Competition title Elle.
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NewsBeta launches Ruzowitzky, Holland, Dresen, Netzer films
EXCLUSIVE: Titles on Beta’s slate include films from Agnieszka Holland and Stefan Ruzowitzky.
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NewsFX drama 'Snowfall' signs Belgian directors of 'Black'
EXCLUSIVE: Hard-hitting TV drama will recount the crack cocaine epidemic of 1980s LA.
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NewsNetflix acquires four from Dutch Features
EXCLUSIVE: Acquisitions by SVOD giant include Ivona Juka’s You Carry Me.
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NewsSplendid opens Benelux distribution arm
Former A-Fim exec Erik Engelen will head the new company.
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FeaturesUK Private Financiers: Adventure Capital
Investor confidence in the UK film industry is growing thanks to the country’s embedded tax credit and the efforts of an increasing number of dynamic private financers. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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NewsM-Appeal picks up duo for Cannes Marché
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based sales outfit scores films from Home Sick director and Lav Diaz protégé.
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NewsSpielberg fund backs Warsaw Ghetto documentary
May shoot for Who Will Write Our History about the Oyneg Shabes archive; Nancy Spielberg produces with support from Steven Spielberg-chaired fund.
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NewsLord Puttnam calls for greater VPF transparency and new BFI distribution fund
The Labour Lord and former producer has addressed VPFs, Brexit and the potential for a new specialised BFI distribution fund in a wide-ranging speech to industry.
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NewsIndustry reaction: Daniel Battsek to head Film4
Room producer Ed Guiney and Number 9 Films’ Stephen Woolley among those to voice reaction to the appointment of David Kosse’s successor at Film4.
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News'Broken Circle Breakdown' star Veerle Baetens to direct 'The Melting'
Award-winning Belgian star to make directorial debut on novel adaptation.
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NewsUK industry react to David Kosse's departure from Film4
Screen canvassed the UK industry for reaction to the surprise news.
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NewsNelleke Driessen to leave Fortissimo
Driessen has been involved with the sales company since it was founded in the early 90s, and has been MD since 2004.
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FeaturesTraining: Diversity - an attainable dream
The UK’s diversity challenge is being tackled by both film schools and high schools. Geoffrey Macnab reports on the efforts being made to ensure every child and teenager in the country considers the creative industries a viable career choice
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts, Erik Van Looy thrillers to press on with Brussels shoots
Belgian thriller The Prime Minister, about a terrorist plot to kidnap the US president, is currently filming in and around Brussels.
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FeaturesVirtual Print Fee: cold comforts
As the UK industry eyes the end of the controversial Virtual Print Fee, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how well it has worked, and asks whether it has adversely affected foreign-language and specialist film distribution
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FeaturesBrexit: Together… for how long?
A devastating loss of influence and financial support or a liberating release from knotty European regulations? Geoffrey Macnab plunges into the Brexit debate to explore the potential impact of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the country’s film industry.
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NewsEuropean co-production treaty set for radical overhaul
EXCLUSIVE: Co-pro treaty could be opened to non-European countries, making it easier for the likes of Argentina and Brazil to find co-pro partners.
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