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NewsTV spend surges for Nordisk Film & TV Fund
GOTEBORG: The Nordisk Film and TV Fund saw the level of money it allocated to TV surge in 2014 as local producers increasingly look to the small screen, according to CEO Petri Kemppinen.
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NewsVue's second CinemaxX MD quits
Christoph Ahmadi to leave exhibitor as Carsten Horn is named managing director.
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NewsRotterdam: The Tribe director among CineMart winners
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s Chernobyl-based drama wins one of three awards at International Film Festival Rotterdam’s co-production market.
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NewsSaint Laurent leads Cesar nominees
Designer biopic leads the pack with 10 nominations; Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche in the running for actress awards.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Dornford-May’s Breathe
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside South Africa to Mark Dornford-May’s Breathe Umphefumlo, which will premiere Out Of Competition at the upcoming Berlin film festival.
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NewsTom Barman planning Alcoholics feature
Antwerp musician Tom Barman, founding member of cult rock band dEUS, is setting aside time to devote to his film work and has three film projects at early stages.
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NewsForce Majeure wins top Swedish film prize
Ruben Östlund’s family drama leads the pack with six Guldbagge Awards.
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NewsAmour Fou developing films with Nobel prize-winner
Production outfit Amour Fou is in development on two projects - including a “feminist vampire” film - with Nobel prize winning Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek.
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NewsRotterdam: How festivals can evolve with audiences
At a panel in Rotterdam, the ‘next wave’ of festival programmers from across the globe debated topics such as how much to programme audience-friendly films while championing more challenging work.
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NewsRivers, Russell, Benhaim win IFFR Short Tigers
UK wins two of three Canon Tiger Awards at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR); Serbia-Germany short submitted to EFAs.
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NewsMemento sells Giannoli’s Marguerite worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent does good business at Unifrance Rendezvous.
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NewsJafar Panahi issues statement on film-making ban
EXCLUSIVE: Director issues statement on his reasons for defying filmmaking ban, ahead of Berlinale Taxi premiere.
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NewsGirard seeks Euro support for Cunningham
French producer Ilann Girard, boss of Arsam International and exec producer on March of the Penguins, has revealed further details of his new CineMart project Cunningham.
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NewsPaul Miller launches firm in Netherlands
Upcoming productions include Ahd Kamel’ s My Driver and I.
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NewsIFFR Live launches today with Atlantic
Pan-European cinema event will see five films premiere in Rotterdam and simultaneously across Europe; Distrify Media and Filmin will offer through VOD.
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NewsHannewijk takes Zeeland film commissioner role
Leo Hannewijk, festival director at Film by the Sea in Vlissingen, has taken up a new, additional role as film commissioner in Zeeland.
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NewsRotterdam: Savage Film brings new projects
Savage Film presents new projects at Rotterdam; Oscar-nominated Flemish director Michaël R. Roskam’s Belgian-set feature The Faithful planning shoot.
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NewsHeretic Outreach takes two to Rotterdam
Heretic Outreach has boarded its first projects ahead of IFFR.
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NewsVan Ewijk develops US-set Sleep
Dutch filmmaker Jan-Willem van Ewijk is developing a US-set feature, Sleep, following a father and his teenage daughter as they travel through from the Mid-West to California.