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Italian Global Series Festival to launch in June
Bille August, Cristina Comencini and Paolo Genovese announced as first jurors for event organised by Italy’s producers’ association.
Amma Asante’s ‘The Billion Dollar Spy’ starring Russell Crowe to shoot in Hungary, do post in the UK
The Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures’ Cold War thriller starts production on April 14
European Producers Club appoints Julie-Jeanne Régnault as managing director
Régnault replaces Alexandra Lebret as head of group representing 200 European production companies.
Flanders Audiovisual Fund appoints new director
Karla Puttemans replaces Koen Van Bockstal, who stepped down at the end of last year.
Filmfest Hamburg to host European Work in Progress and distribution summit
Hamburg has also appointed film producer Fabian Massah as its new head of Industry Days.
Locarno to host restrospective on British postwar cinema
Retrospective of over 40 films will focus on British cinema from 1945-1960.
Chinese blockbuster ‘Ne Zha 2’ lands distribution across Europe, UK-Ireland
The animated feature has already topped $2bn at the global box office.
‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ nearly sells out in Europe for m-appeal (exclusive)
The third part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy won the Berlin Golden Bear last month.
Series Mania reveals 10 dramas for Buyers Upfront slate
New initiative invites select global acquisition and commissioning execs to watch 12-minute first-look screenings from upcoming series.
EFP and CPH:DOX launch European documentary showcase for US buyers
Online initiative aims to boost the visibility of European documentaries in the North American market.
Smart7 travelling festival competition includes world premiere of Romanian drama ‘Internal Zero’
This is the third edition of the travelling competition across seven European film festivals.
European Investment Fund invests €25m in latest round by Finland’s IPR.VC
EIF is backed by Creative Europe MediaInvest programme.
Hong Sangsoo’s ‘What Does That Nature Say To You’ lands distribution deals including France
The film, which played in Competition at Berlin, also sold to Italy, Spain, Taiwan and Greece.
‘Sandbag Dam’ scores US and European deals after Berlinale Generation 14plus premiere (exclusive)
Sold by Open Reel, Croatian director Čejen Černić Čanak’s film is a story of forbidden love.
Technicolor UK appoints administrators as majority of 440 employees made redundant
Administrator blames rising labour costs and impact of the 2023 writers’ strike.
Berlinale 2025 breaks all-time ticket sales record
“The spirit was high and with this energy we are already planning for 2026,” says Tricia Tuttle.
Mind-reading comedy ‘What Marielle Knows’ sells widely after Berlin competition bow (exclusive)
Frédéric Hambalek’s dark comedy is sold by recently-launched Paris-based sales company Lucky Number.
Ukrainian soldier in Berlin competition doc ‘Timestamp’ responds to Trump remarks: “Only way is to win this war”
Boris Khovriak is a protagonist of Competition title ‘Timestamp’.
Hanna Schygulla takes aim at nationalism, AfD: “It has always brought misery”
“We have the worst people in charge of the world,” says Schygulla.
Norway and Austria win at European Film Commissions Network awards
The awards took place yesterday (February 17) at the European Film Market.
