All articles by Tim Dams – Page 9 5tz13
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Heretic co-founder Konstantinos Kontovrakis to depart company (exclusive) 5p35w
Producer’s credits include ’How To Have Sex’ and ’Triangle Of Sadness’.
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Sebastián Lelio wraps production, releases first look images for musical film ‘The Wave’ 1s2b4k
Produced through Fabula, the film is co-financed by Participant and Fremantle.
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Studiocanal closes US deal for Caribbean-set action thriller ‘Invasion’ 3a3o40
Dutch drama has been picked up for territories including North America.
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TorinoFilmLab selects three films for €45,000 Audience Design Fund awards (exclusive) 4v4o2z
Each of the three selected projects - hailing from India, Egypt and Nepal - are in post-production.
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European cinemas focus: Italy’s exhibitor association CEO on the country’s cinema landscape 6e416
Italy’s post‑pandemic recovery was behind the pace, but surged ahead in 2023 — helped by one enormous local hit.
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TorinoFilmLab unveils selection for first ever ComedyLab feature development programme (exclusive) 3e6w64
ComedyLab pairs directors and scriptwriters with comedians to help develop comedy feature film projects.
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European content garnering 30% viewing share on Europe’s SVoD plaforms 1z2x34
Spain is the country with the highest share of viewtime for national works.
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Agnieszka Holland, Carla Simon and Joachim Trier projects among €7m Eurimages funding recipients 3o1941
26 features have received co-production funding from Eurimages
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Italy reduces streamer investment obligations, removes IP protections for indie producers b1i56
Services such Netflix and Disney+ must now invest 16% of their Italian turnover into European works, down from 20%.
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Why “survive till 2025” was the motto of scripted TV producers at Series Mania 5vl
Screen reports on the key talking points from this year’s Series Mania industry Forum.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to begin rollout of Max streaming platform in Europe on May 21 4c592f
Launch date was announced by president of global streaming JB Perrette at Series Mania.
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Kevin Macdonald, Barbera Albert and Erik Matti projects win series development prizes at Seriesmakers 2v4e31
Acclaimed filmmakers take top honours at Series Mania’s programme for film directors moving into TV.
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In focus: the major European production and distribution groups 444869
In this special report, Screen International profiles Europe’s key groups and asks what the future holds for them.
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TorinoFilmLab unveils projects and participants for 2024 ScriptLab (exclusive) 3v2333
Development lab selects 16 projects and 23 participants for 2024 edition
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Slovakian political drama ‘Our People’ wins best project award at Series Mania 333p67
Series was one of 15 projects pitched at festival’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
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Palestinian activists stage Series Mania protest 6q504m
Festival becomes latest European event to experience protest since the start of the Israel-Hamas war
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Netflix EMEA head talks European investment, “restrictive” local quotas 6a412a
Streamer’s vice president of EMEA Content, Larry Tanz, says Netflix has 40 shows in production in Europe in March.
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Rosa Bosch s Spanish sales outfit Begin Again Films 4e2i5c
Veteran exec partners with Madrid-based arthouse film distributor and sales agent.
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Omar Sy, Louis Leterrier and Thomas Benski launch Carrousel Studios 286u6m
New outfit is billed as an artists-first European independent studio.
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Major European production and distribution groups: Banijay 6d1w1a
Sebt-fuelled deal-making has propelled Banijay to the front ranks of the indie production sector.