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NewsHermann named CEO of Copenhagen Film Festivals
He replaces Jorgen Ramskou who recently joined radio company 24/7.
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NewsKnifer wins debut competition at Cyprus Film Days
Yiannis Economides’ project named best film; Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas picks up jury prize award
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NewsBergman week lines up speakers including author Henning Mankell
Bergman Week plans Family Snapshots theme for 2011.
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NewsPark Jung-Bum wins at Off Plus Camera
Korean director scoops $100,000 prize at fourth edition of Krakow festival
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NewsNonStop takes on Dutch thriller Loft
NonStop Sales has taken on international rights to Dutch thriller Loft by director Antoinette Beumer.
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NewsGalter and Marais share Linz’s Crossing Europe Award
Lluís Galter’s Caracremada and Pia Marais’ At Ellen’s Age [pictured] shared the Crossing Europe Award in this year’s European Competition in the Austrian city of Linz at the weekend.
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NewsEgypt's Microphone wins Golden Tulip in Istanbul
Other prize winners include Our Grand Despair, A Useful Life, and Hair.
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NewsKaplanoglu, Teoman and Özge projects supported by new German-Turkish fund
New films by Semih Kaplanoglu, Seyfi Teoman and Asli Özge are among the first supported by the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund with a total of €100,000.
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NewsDujardin and Lellouche to direct The Two-Timers
Comedy will be comprised of different segments also directed by Kounen, Hazanavicius, Cavaye.
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NewsYellow Affair takes on sales for Swedish thriller Gone
Mattias Olsson and Henrik JP Åkesson direct the story of a kidnapped woman.
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NewsParis-based Umedia builds production slate, rebrands as Urban
Umedia, the Paris based international sales and co-production outfit launched in 2004 by Frédéric Corvez, is expanding into production and theatrical distribution - and is being rebranded in the process.
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Oliver Schmitz leaves directors chair on Russendisko, replaced by screenwriter
Berlin-based production house Black Forest Films has changed directors in the middle of shooting the film adaptation of Wladimir Kaminer’s bestseller Russendisko.
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NewsLatido take international rights to Chinese Take-away
Spanish outfit Latido Films has picked up international sales rights to Sebastian Borensztein’s successful comedy Chinese Take-away, starring Ricardo Darin, which will make its international premiere at the Cannes market.
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NewsCannes 2011 analysis: Four women, two debuts in competition
Films in official selection are from 33 countries; total submissions were 1,715.
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NewsCannes unveils Competition, Out of Competition, Un Certain Regard line-ups
Competitors include Almodovar, Ceylan, Dardennes, Kawase, Kaurismaki, Malick, Miike, Ramsay and more.
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NewsMexico’s Sanchez wins Nyon’s Grand Prix
Mexican filmmaker Tatiana Huezo Sanchez’s El Lugar Mas Pequeno won the Grand Prix for Best Feature-Length Film at this year’s Visions du Réel international documentary festival in Switzerland’s Nyon.
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NewsCopenhagen's CPH PIX kicks off with The Trip
Nordisk Film Prize goes to Anders Frithiof August.
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NewsZurich Film Festival to launch competition for German-language documentaries
The Zurich Film Festival has announced that it will be launching a new competition for German-language documentaries at its seventh edition from September 22-October 2, 2011.
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NewsTii Ricks to direct Finland-set horror
La Brea Pictures to produce its first feature film, Tii Ricks’ Rage – Midsummer’s Eve.
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NewsLolo to lead Central Partnership as Dishdishyan departs
Ruben Dishdishyan, president and founder of Central Partnership, one of Russia’s largest independent film production and distribution companies, has officially stepped down, the company has confirmed.No official reason was given for his departure.Mark Lolo, a former CEO of Central Partnership Sales House, will become Dishdishyan’s successor as president of the ...