All articles by Michael Gubbins – Page 7
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Cash versus culture clash for European film finance
Tension between cultural andeconomic aims have become a serious complicating factor in film financepolicies in Europe, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.At a conference oninternational partnerships at Cannes on Sunday, experts said transnationalco-production was a clearly growing trend. Accordingto its 2005 Focus report, US-launched films benefiting from European funding -like ...
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LITE launches Latin American film fund
A newBrazil-based finance and development company has launched a $1m fund to supportLatin American projects with international potential.Life In TheTropics Entertainment (LITE) says the money will nurse 10 scripts and ideasthrough early stages of development.Fundfounders Roberto d'Avila and Richard Palmgren say film-makers from across theregion will benefit not just from ...
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High-tech revolution cuts production costs
Digital technology is in theprocess of revolutionising the economics of film-making, according to ahigh-powered panel of experts at an HP-sponsored event on Saturday.At the heart of the changeis a clear trend: wide and easy access to higher computing capabilities atlower costs.Huge changes are alreadyunderway, panellists said. "Technology that was once ...
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Gilliam bids to revive Quixote with Thomas
Terry Gilliam is making abid to revive The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with his Tideland producer Jeremy Thomas and the Recorded PictureCompany.The former Python iscurrently back in the saddle with two films - The Brothers Grimm and Tideland - after seven years away. Gilliam made it clear thathe is ...
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South Africa, UK start co-production treaty talks
SouthAfrica is in talks about a co-production treaty with the UK, according to theorganisation spearheading the development of South Africanfilm.NationalFilm and Video Foundation (NFVF) chief executive Eddie Mbalo told a Cannespress conference that the UK would be added to similar agreements already beensigned with Italy, Germany and Canada."People have long ...
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Kusturica spells out judging criteria for Cannes festival
The Cannes competition titles will be judged on purelyaesthetic grounds rather than box-office potential, said jury president EmirKusturica. It's astatement that sets the tone for this year's genre-focussed and auteur-richfestival. Kusturica promised the festival would "hit the heights" by going backto the value judgements that he says have marked out ...
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Vera Drake, Aviator share top Bafta honours
The Aviator and Vera Drake shared the major honours at Saturday night's Baftas.Martin Scorsese's epicwon best picture but it was local hero Mike Leigh who finally took home hisfirst-ever directing BAFTA. Imelda Staunton, bestactress for her starring role in Vera Drake, received the biggest applause of the night, whileCate Blanchett ...
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Anti-piracy expert calls for new business models
Building legitimate alternatives to online piracy is asimportant as legal action, according the executive leading Warner Brothers'global anti-piracy operations.Darcy Antonellis told delegates at the ScreenInternational European Film Piracy conference in London thatforward-thinking business initiatives were vital to any strategy againstcounterfeiting."We need to look at new business models with content thatcan ...