All articles by Martin Blaney – Page 8
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German regional fund Film- und Medienstiftung NRW appoints Walid Nakschbandi as CEO
Publishing exec will take over from Petra Müller on January 1, 2024
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International sales agents, producers and programmers salute 2023 edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop
Attendees praised the projects, atmosphere and organisation.
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Transilvania 2023 unveils competition winners of record-breaking edition
The traditional closing-night party saw revellers celebrating until breakfast.
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Romanian director Dani Saracut says ‘Blue Planet’ was inspired by the Maysles brothers, Sacha Gervasi
The film by the Cluj-Napoca native is screening at the Transilvania film festival this week.
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Why Liz and David Barnuti charted their own marriage for Transilvania doc premiere ‘My Muslim Husband’
The film documents the prejudice and religious discrimination they faced following David’s conversion to Islam.
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Mihai Mincan, director of Venice prize winner ’To The North’, reveals next projects
‘To The North’ premiered in Horizons at Venice 2022 and is now screening in Transilvania.
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‘Nasty’ doc about Ile Nastase, ‘Warboy’ part of Closed Screenings line up at Transilvania
‘Nasty’ is about the legendary Romanian tennis player and is direted by festival president Tudor Giurgiu.
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How an overhaul of Germany’s subsidy system could attract more international productions
Germany offers international producers a highly developed infrastructure and world-class workforce as well as attractive locations.
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“There is a thread of magic and mystery”: Dumitrana Lupu on Transilvania’s 2023 industry platform
Ten regional projects will be presented at the well-regarded Transilvania Pitch Stop
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Transilvania’s Mihai Chirilov gives the lowdown on this year’s festival line-up
The Transilvania International Film Festival opens with ‘Northern Comfort’
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Filmfest München 2023 to launch world premieres of six international features
Titles include Vincent Perez’s ‘The Edge Of The Blade’ and Leo Leigh’s ‘Sweet Sue’.
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‘Black Box’, ‘The Dive’, ‘Shock’ among buzzy German titles premiering at Filmfest Munchen
They will screen as part of the New German Films line-up at the 40th edition of the German festival later this month.
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Ilker Çatak’s ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ wins Germany’s Golden Lola for best film
It also won the prizes for best director, screenwiting, lead actress and editing.
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German Film Academy’s Lola nominations come under fire from exhibitors organisation AG Kino
AG Kino clamed there is ”an increasing lack of direction in the German Film Academy as far as German cinema concerned”.
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Filmfest Hamburg names Malika Rabahallah as festival director
MOIN film fund exec to succeed Albert Wiederspiel.
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Constantin Film launches investigation into alleged behaviour of Til Schweiger on set of ‘Manta Manta 2’
Germany’s biggest local star has been accused of assault and drunkenness in Der Speigel report.
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Constantin Film and Warner Bros Germany crowned FFA’s ‘Industry Tigers’ for 2022
They received the most automatic funding from the FFA for German films at the German box office.
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German box office returns to near pre-pandemic levels in first quarter of 2023
The total gross was down just 1.9% on the same period in 2019.
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German Motion Picture Fund pays out record €84.4m to high-end series in 2022
Apple TV+ secured €10m for conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series Constellation, the maximum amount that the fund can give to a single project.
