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Cannes 2008 - Awards/ Belgium - Dardenne brothers scoop another award

2008-05-27 10:37:50

The Dardenne brothers no longer need any introduction, and yet their latest film is, in a sense, radically different from their previous works. The directors set down their camera, or rather, let it take a rest. In reference to Lorna's Silence, they said: “We wanted to record rather than write with the camera”. The subtle camerawork is used to observe the film's heroine...

Production - Switzerland/Luxembourg - A notorious swindler arrives in Luxembourg

2008-07-24 05:00:18

Filming on Swiss-German-Luxembourg co-production Der Fürsorger (“The Welfare Worker”) is scheduled to start on August 5 in the Grand Duchy. The film is the first theatrical feature of German-born TV director Lutz Konermann in years. Written by Konermann and Felix Benesch, Der Fürsorger tells the true story of the rise and fall of notorious Swiss liar and swindler Hans-Peter...

Legislation - Italy - Tax shelter implemented with notification to EU

2008-08-26 05:00:04

Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi announced that the General Direction for Cinema has formally notified the European Union that it will implement measures granting fiscal incentives to film production and distribution companies - through a tax shelter and tax credit. "I entrusted the functionaries of my ministry to follow the proceedings with the utmost attention in order to accelerate...

Festivals - Latvia - Monotony reigns at Arsenals

2008-10-06 05:00:05

During the closing night of the 19th Riga International Film Forum Arsenals on September 20, Austrian Ambassador to Lativa Hermine Popeller presented the new €1,500 Best Baltic Debutant Award to Monotony, the feature film debut by established Latvian documentary filmmaker Juris Poškus. Vogelfrei - by Jānis Kalējs, Jānis Putniņš, Anna Viduleja and Gatis...

Festivals - Switzerland - Another Man screens at Warsaw

2008-10-11 05:00:07

Selected in competition at Locarno, Pusan and Vienna, Lionel Baier's latest feature will vie for the Free Spirit Award at the 24th Warsaw Film Festival, to be held in the Polish capital from October 10-19. Produced by Saga Production, Another Man is set to be released in Switzerland and France in January 2009. Moreover, the film has been sold to Creative Films (Spain), Filmladen...

Funding - France - CNC backs I'm Not A Fucking Princess

2009-01-14 02:11:16

Six debut feature film projects were selected at the last 2008 session of the National Film Centre (CNC) advances on receipts committee. These include actress Eva Ionesco's I'm Not A Fucking Princess, which will be piloted by Love Streams Agnès B. Productions in co-production with Romanian company Libra Films for an estimated €3.5m. The daughter of famous and controversial...

Funding - Ireland - Eurimages supports As If I'm Not There

2009-06-12 09:00:09

The Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund has agreed to support the co-production of 14 feature films for a total amount of €4.87m (see news). Amongst them is Irish writer/director Juanita Wilson's As If I'm Not There, which has received €220,000. The film has also received €520,000 from the Irish Film Board and is also backed by the Macedonian...

Releases - Germany - Another perspective on the RAF

2009-06-26 09:00:05

Hitting German screens today is Long Shadows, by acclaimed director Connie Walther (whose most recent project, Frau Böhm sagt Nein, starring Senta Berger, is currently in competition at the Ludwigshafen German Film Festival). Unlike this year's Oscar-nominated German hit, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Long Shadows looks at Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorism from the victims' point of...

Releases - Italy - Football film Piede di Dio another example of self-distribution

2009-08-18 09:00:07

Elia has a talent. He has a “golden foot” and has never missed a penalty kick in his life. But Elia also has a problem: he has the brain of a 12-year-old in an 18-year-old body. Michele also has a problem. An accident prevented him from achieving his dream of becoming a football player. But he also a talent: recognizing the qualities in young footballers and drawing out the...

Venice 2009 - Venice Days, Serbia/Albania - Paskaljevic returns with not-so-romantic Honeymoons

2009-09-06 09:00:04

Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic returns to Venice after his highly acclaimed The Powder Keg, which screened in the festival in 1999. This time, with the first-ever Albanian-Serbian co-production Honeymoons, selected in Venice Days. Shot in two countries over two different moments, Honeymooon's Serbian and Albanian actors had never met until this morning, when most of the film's cast was...

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