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European Producers Club (EPC) heads to China
The European Producers Club (EPC) announced yesterday that they will partner with the Beijing International Film Festival to bring its first edition to life on April 23-28.
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NewsFuturikon follows Dragon Hunters with Playground Stories
French animation specialist Futurikon plans its first live action feature.
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NewsOscar winner Susanne Bier heads to Italy for All You Need Is Love
Fresh off her awards season success, Oscar winning Danish director Susanne Bier is heading to Italy to shoot her next film, which the director says will take a lighter, more comic tone than her intense drama In A Better World.
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NewsFinnish hit Niko getting a $10m sequel
Niko - the Finnish, CGI-animated young reindeer – will ride again, trying to repeat Finland’s biggest iinternational success.The Finnish Film Foundation has chipped in $1.1m (€800,000) for the production of Niko 2, which Finnish director Kari Juusonen will shoot on a record $10.2 million (€ 7.4 million) budget from a ...
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NewsFrench film star Annie Girardot dies at 79
Beloved French actress Annie Girardot, aged 79, died Monday after years of living with Alzheimer’s disease.
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NewsTelepool handling sales for first film from Cinema Jenin
Munich-based Telepool is handling international sales on the documentary After The Silence, which is the first film project to be supported by the German-Palestinian initiative Cinema Jenin.Produced by Marcus Vetter, the director of the award-winning The Heart of Jenin, After The Silence has been directed by two young German filmmakers ...
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NewsHubert Bals, Jan Vrijman funds plan second tour of African festivals
The joint film programme will run again in June 2011.
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NewsInside Pictures extends reach outside UK
The UK training programme will be open to applicants from the EU for the first time in 2011.
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NewsFandango Portobello shakes Salt Of Life for more deals
Italian comedy The Salt Of Life sells in ten more territories, including the UK, Germany and Spain.
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Italian government approves continuation of film tax incentives
Second passage of incentive for cinema will remain active through 2013.
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NewsFilms Boutique does roaring trade on The Turin Horse
The sales company secures deals for Bela Tarr’s latest in 25 territories at EFM, with more under negotiation.
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NewsEuropa Distribution offers united front in support of MEDIA
European body representing independent distributors requests meeting with European Commission to discuss the future of MEDIA programme.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs new feature about Politskovskaya's assassination
Marina Goldovskaya’s fictional feature debut, A Bitter Taste of Freedom, will be made with Swedish director Malcolm Dixelius.
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NewsStudios could ramp up Russian production as economy recovers
The Hollywood studios are considering ramping up their activities in Russia amid the recovery of the local film industry from the effects of the recession and the ever-growing local box office.
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NewsMikael Persbrandt cast as Carl Hamilton for Guillou trilogy
Danish director Katrine Windfeld will helm first part of the trilogy, In The Interest Of The Nation.
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NewsIndependent's We Need To Talk About Kevin travels to Diaphana for France
The Lynne Ramsay film, now in post, has also sold to Benelux, Israel, Greece and the Middle East.
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NewsVenice 2011 to offer updated venues, competitive hotel prices
The Venice Film Festival is wading through its infrastructure problems at good pace, upgrading key venues like the Sala Grande screening room and negotiating better hotel fees in time for the upcoming 68th edition.
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CPH PIX plans new editing initiative
As a 2011 pilot project, CPH PIX has created a new platform for knowledge-sharing and creative professional cooperation between filmmaker and film editor.
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NewsMatch Factory signs slew of deals on The Future
German sales outfit seals deals for UK, Spain, Benelux, Scandinavia and others.
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NewsA-Film picks up slew of titles for Benelux at EFM
Benelux distributor A-Film Distribution has been on an acquisition spree, picking up a number of titles for its Quality label.