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Udine’s Far East Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up, Zhang Yimou to be honoured 234c29
The festival will open with Chinese box office hit ‘YOLO’ and South Korean action comedy ‘Citizen Of A Kind’.
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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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How ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ is bringing women and older audiences back to Italian cinemas 51227
An unlikely success story, Paola Cortellesi’s black and white film topped the Italian box office in 2023.
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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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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils slate of French originals ahead of Max launch in 601d52
Studio announces details of three French drama originals at Series Mania.
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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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Mehran Tamadon, Tana Gilbert projects among Visions du Réel 2024 industry programme 693r2h
29 projects to be pitched at Swiss documentary festival’s VdR-Industry section.
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Palestinian documentary project ‘If These Stones Could Talk’ wins Thessaloniki industry award 1d5z25
Documentary festival’s Agora industry event unveils 2024 prize winners.
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Juliette Binoche to take over from Agnieszka Holland as European Film Academy president 736p4q
Holland is stepping down to focus on her filmmaking.
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Netflix bolsters commitment to German production with expanded local slate 234y4x
Projects, including Philip Koch feature ‘Brick’, were unveiled at a showcase event in Berlin.
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Fremantle posts fall in 2023 revenues and profits 5n2e3l
Dip comes as Fremantle chases ambitious €3bn revenue target by 2025/6.
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French female producers launch Athena collective with €6.3m investment to boost parity in cinema 3m163h
Initiative between eight female-led independents aims grow companies and fund bigger projects.
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Buyers flock to Studio 100 animation ‘Flamingo Flamenco’ (exclusive) w6e2i
The family feature has sold to territories in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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Two world premieres among Smart7 travelling festival competition line-up 395cm
Seven titles will screen at seven European film festivals, competing for a €5,000 prize.