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NewsNew German sales/production outfit launched
EXCLUSIVE: Andreas Rothbauer and Alec Schulmann have joined forces to launch the Berlin-based integrated sales and production outfit Picture Tree International (PTI).
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NewsByrne, DeVito, Roth, Whedon among confirmed guests for Dublin
11th edition of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival runs Feb 14-24 and will open with Rufus Norris’ Broken [pictured].
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NewsExclusive Releasing nabs US, UK, CIS on Two Mothers
The Naomi Watts-Robin Wright Sundance drama will get a day-and-date release; marks Exclusive Releasing’s first acquisition.
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NewsBerlinale unveils Best First Feature jury
A total of 27 films from various strands have qualified for the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsBeta Cinema secures Berlin competition title Child’s Pose
German sales group Beta Cinema has acquired the world rights for Romanian drama Child’s Pose, which will premiere next month in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsPersbrandt, Dyrholm reunite for Someone You Love
Shooting on Pernille Fischer Christensen’s [pictured] new film begins tomorrow [Jan 23].
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NewsBiennale College select Memphis, Year of June, Yuri Esposito
Three projects were selected from the 15 previously selected projects from around the world.
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NewsWallonia Brussels commission backs 45 new projects
Among the projects supported are 17 feature films and 17 documentaries; total funding amounts to $4.5m (€3.4m).
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NewsConsumer spending on film up $1.3bn in 2012
Growth in 2012 generated by Asia-Pacific region but North Americans remains by far the biggest spenders on films at about $80 per capita per year, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest.
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NewsEat Sleep Die and Call Girl sweep Sweden's Guldbagge awards
Directors Gabriela Pichler and Mikael Marcimain took the lion’s share of the Guldbagge – Sweden’s national film prize – when the Swedish Film Institute presented the awards last night (Jan 21) at a televised gala in Stockholm’s Cirkus.
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NewsBerlin market on Asia's radar, Probst feted by the Swiss
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) is now firmly on the Asian film industry’s radar, according to market director Beki Probst.
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NewsRodar y Rodar unveils biggest ever slate
An English remake of The Orphanage and Julia’s Eyes are in the pipeline as well as new films by Oriol Paulo and Santiago Amodeo.
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NewsGermany’s Commerzbank doubles film finance to $400m
Commerzbank, the second biggest bank in Germany, is planning to double its commitment to the financing of film and TV production for the next four years.
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NewsAmour continues winning streak at French Lumière Awards
Rust and Bone, Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble) also come away with prizes.
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NewsBerlinale competition adds Before Midnight, Dark Blood, Prince Avalanche
New films from Richard Linklater, Bille August, David Gordon Green among final competition titles.
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NewsKosslick reveals plans for Berlinale's future
Quality international television and VoD are on festival director Dieter Kosslick’s agenda for the Berlinale’s future.
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NewsClear Vision takes multiple territories for Mission To Lars
AV Pictures handles sales and has also closed deals for Japan and Australia/New Zealand.
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NewsVartiainen to head MEDIA unit; Commission launches pilot project
Finland’s Sari Vartiainen has succeeded Constantin Daskalakis as the new head of the MEDIA unit at Brussel’s Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), with responsibility for the operational management of the EU’s MEDIA Programme.
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Newsm-appeal picks up two Berlinale titles
Berlin-based m-appeal has taken on international distribtion for two films from Cuba and Greece selected for this year’s Berlinale.
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NewsGerman incentive supports record 115 projects in 2012
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive scheme supported a record 115 projects, including 40 international co-productions and a new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, totalling $78.2m (€58.4m) in 2012.