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NewsBallet gets 3D update with More2Screen project
Giselle cinema launch coming later this month in territories including UK, Russia, Australia.
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NewsTony Blair Faith Foundation launches second short film competition
Open to young film-makers aged between 14 and 18 years old, the competition aims to bring together films and religion.
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NewsSofia Meetings pitches include new films from Qurbani, Akram, Horvath
Second features by Burhan Qurbani, Barmak Akram and Viktor Chouchkov Jr and debuts by Lili Horváth and Tom Shoval are among 18 projects being pitched at the eighth edition of the Sofia Meetings which kicks off in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday.
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NewsFirst Grader producers Sixth Sense develop $25m Libya-set film
Story based on true story of Bulgarian medics tortured to confess about crimes against children.
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NewsSitges director faces pornography complaint over A Serbian Film
Spanish festival heads rally to support Angel Sala over the accusations.
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NewsHungarian Film Week announces tricky May dates
Hungarian Film Week is going ahead after funding delays, with screenings now scheduled for May 5–8.
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NewsBarroso claims threats of cuts to MEDIA are 'completely inaccurate'
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has denied that he has been behind plans to reduce or completely cut the MEDIA Programme after its current cycle comes to an end in December 2013.
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NewsKnut Hamsun's Victoria being adapted for new $6m film
Norwegian director Torun Lian, whose 2004 feature The Colour of Milk (Ikke naken ikke kledt) won her a dozen international awards, will have a crack at Victoria, Norwegian Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun’s love story from 1898.
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NewsRussia becomes member of Eurimages
The move is likely to increase opportunities for Russian and European producers to team up on projects.
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Digital Entertainment Group Europe appoints new chair
Don Hunton, Executive Vice President, Europe, Paramount Home Entertainment International, is appointed Chair of DEGE.
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NewsDimension 3 to hold fifth festival in May
Dimension 3 looks into the future of images with 5th edition Festival to take place May 24-26 in La Plaine Saint-Denis.
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NewsNew report: UK is leading audiovisual market, but not self-sustaining
A new European Audiovisual Observatory report says UK is reliant on EU and US projects.
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NewsLuisa Bonello steps down as Malta Film Commissioner
Luisa Bonello has resigned as Film Commissioner for Malta, to pursue other career opportunities in the industry.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Currently shooting across Europe are French feature Le Voile, UK thriller Airborne and German drama Error Of The Human Body.
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NewsNorwegian helmers Morten Tyldum and André Øvredal sign US deals
Directors of Headhunters and The Troll Hunter working with US producers for new projects.
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NewsTelepool has strong EFM with Leave, Days To Come
Munich-based sales company Telepool reports that this year’s European Film Market (EFM) was “a very successful market” with further deals concluded for Feo Aladag’s award-winning When We Leaveand “great interest” shown by buyers from the US in Lars Kraume’s futuristic thriller The Days To Come.
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NewsPartners launch first Scandinavian on demand film festival
Eurocinema, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Diva.AG launch the new initiative.
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NewsLaetitia Casta joins Buttons for Barratier and Wild Bunch
Christophe Barratier directing The War Of The Buttons, with other cast including Kad Merad and Gerard Jugnot.
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NewsWoody Allen considering Rome shoot for next film
Rome has emerged as the probable next stop on director Woody Allen’s filmmaking tour of European capitols.
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NewsScreen launches Independent Distribution report
Screen International today launches Independent Distribution In Western Europe 2011, a new report offering insight, analysis and data on the health and size of the indie sectors in a range of key markets: the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux and the Nordic region.