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NewsPathé Films reorganizes French operation
Veteran Jean-Claude Bordes takes on production consultant role as 35-year-old Vivien Aslanian is promoted to head of distribution.
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NewsCPH PIX launches with Dreyer show, Iron Sky
Local productions screening include Carlsen’s Memory of My Melancholy Whores.
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NewsKim Basinger to star in new feature by Morgenthaler; One Two wraps Israeli debut Youth
Kim Basinger is set to take the lead role in Danish writer-director Anders Morgenthaler next feature film Petit which will be shooting mainly in Hamburg this summer.
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NewsMalaga Festival to show new co-productions by Benoit Jacquot, Daniel Burman
The Malaga Film Festival (April 21-28) is planning its most international line-up ever.
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NewsLincoln Center hosts Icelandic film series
The Film Society of the Lincoln Center will host a series of Icelandic films, Images From The Edge: Classic and Contemporary Icelandic Cinema, from April 18-26.
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NewsConstantin and SamFilm continue successful collaboration; von Garnier to direct first German film since 1996
Leading German distributor Constantin Film is continuing its collaboration with SamFilm after the box-office success of the Munich-based production house’s adaptation of the Enid Blyton classic Famous Five book series (Fünf Freunde).
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NewsInternational productions, foreign investment boost film jobs in Paris
Ile de France Film Commission study shows number of people employed in the cinema and audiovisual sector in greater Paris region grew in 2010.
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NewsDardennes to be guests of honour at Bergman Week
Double Palme D’Or winners the Dardenne brothers are to be guests of honour at this year’s Bergman Week (June 25 to July 1) on the island of Fårö in Sweden.In visiting Fårö, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne follow in the footsteps of such previous guests as Ang Lee and Kenneth Branagh.The ...
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Global Screen to handle sales of Oops! Noah Is Gone
Global Screen is to handle international sales for Ulysses Filmproduktion’s 3D CGI animation film Oops! Noah Is Gone… which is expected to go into production at the end of year as a co-production with Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland.
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NewsFrench director Claude Miller dies after long illness
Career spanned 50 years and some 20 pictures including Garde à Vue, Deadly Circuit (Mortelle Randonnée), L’Effrontée and The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse).
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NewsFarhadi to receive first EU MEDIA Prize
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, About Elly) will be presented with the first EU MEDIA Prize.
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NewsLoach, Gertten, Noujaim to present at Good Pitch Europe
Seven filmmakers selected to present projects at June 25 event in London.
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NewsSchweighofer kicks off Warner slate with Goller's Frau Ella
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer-director Matthias Schweighöfer is to be reunited with director Markus Goller for Frau Ella, the first project of Schweighöfer’s four-picture deal with Warner Bros Entertainment.
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NewsIron Sky co-producer turns to First World War for DH Lawrence adaptation
Oliver Damian’s Berlin-based 27 Films Productions, the German co-producer on Iron Sky, is turning to the First World War for an adaptation of DH Lawrence’s 1923 novella The Fox to be directed by Matthias Luthardt [pictured].
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NewsMIPTV Deals Day 3: BBCWorldwide, ITV Studios Global, ZDF, Revolver
BBCWorldwide announces major nature series fronted by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond, pacts with Arte; ITV sells Titanic, Endeavour; Beta announces big-budget dramas; ZDF secures raft of sales including Into the Abyss and The Killing.
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NewsConstantin Film named Germany's most successful producer and distributor of 2011
For the seventh year in a row, Constantin Film has been named by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) as the nation’s most successful producer and distributor of German films.
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NewsAtsma, Schaap to star in Van Geffen's second film in Vinex trilogy
Dutch star Barry Atsma [pictured] has taken the lead role in In Your Name, the second in Marco Van Geffen’s Vinex trilogy which began with last year’s festival hit Among Us.
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NewsA Royal Affair reigns supreme on opening weekend
Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair has had one of the strongest weekend openings ever for a local film, securing 91,578 admissions (including previews) from 101 Danish screens.
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NewsSpanish government dramatically cuts budget for film fund
Government cuts film funding in Spain more than 30%.
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NewsMichel Gondry’s Mood Indigo (L’Ecume des Jours) to start shooting April 10 for StudioCanal
Adaptation of Boris Vian’s 1947 classic novel to shoot mainly in Paris region with Francophile ensemble cast led by Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris.