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Germany plans major funding increase for production incentive programmes
Funding pot for country’s two main 30% incentive schemes would rise to €250m a year.
Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies launches world sales division
EXCLUSIVE: Cologne-based distributor-producer expands operations with new sales arm.
Moldova set to join Creative Europe programme
Country expected to start participating in EU film and cultural programme from next year.
Be For Films takes on sales for Claire Simon’s Annie Ernaux documentary ahead of Venice premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through The Eyes Of High School Students premieres in festival’s Giornate degli Autori sidebar.
Chinese war epic ‘Dongji Rescue’ scores Europe, UK-Ireland distribution
Inspired by true events from the Second World War, it marks the latest from Cannes award-winning filmmaker Guan Hu.
German box office flatlines in first half of 2025 but Steve Coogan starrer ‘The Penguin Lessons’ impresses
Walt Disney led the field of distributors with a market share of 26%.
Creative Europe to receive substantial budget increase under EC proposals
Fiad welcomes budget increase; expresses concern over Creative Europe combination.
František Klišík from ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ dies just after film’s Karlovy Vary win
Klišík drowned in a pond just hours after the film won the Karlovy Vary Grand Prix, according to Czech media reports.
Karlovy Vary film festival unveils 2025 winners
Awards for ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’, Iranian film ‘Bidad’.
Emily Atef, Babak Jalali projects among Venice Gap-Financing Market 2025
67 projects have been selected, with a focus on the UK, Chile and Morocco.
“It has given us confidence”: Czech producers welcome reforms and incentive uplift
“The hope is there will be significantly more resources available for local production,” says one producer.
Director Nina Knag talks forbidden liaisons in her Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Don’t Call Me Mama’
Norwegian director’s debut centres on a respected pillar of the community who has an affair with a young asylum seeker.
‘Battalion Records’, ‘In Vacuo’ lead Karlovy Vary industry winners
UK project ‘Soyboy’ also among awardees.
Peter Sarsgaard calls for “collective action” at Karlovy Vary opening
Festival pays tribute to Jiri Bartoska, screening an hour-long interview with the late president.
RTL Group acquires Sky Deutschland
€150m deal will create German streamer with 11.5m subscribers.
Pauline Durand-Vialle to lead European Audiovisual Observatory
Durand-Vialle joins from the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA).
Dino Mustafic’s ‘The Pavilion’ to open Sarajevo Film Festival 2025
The dark comedy will receive its world premiere at the 31st edition of the festival.
Lukas Dhont, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ryusuke Hamaguchi projects among €10.7m Eurimages funding recipients
European organisation’s latest round of funding has also backed films by Marie Kreutzer, Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Radu Jude.
Ukraine joins European Audiovisual Observatory
European Audiovisual Observatory will now be able to include facts and figures about Ukraine in its reports and databases.
Transilvania’s Tudor Giurgiu shines light on event's role as a "festival of discovery"
President reflects on Romanian festival in Cluj which wrapped on Sunday.
