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- Production - Norway - Top European filmmakers get NFI support
Two of Europe’s leading filmmakers, Jerzy Skolimovski (Poland) and Raimo O. Niemi (Finland), were awarded NOK 1.5m and NOK 700,000 respectively by the Norwegian Film Institute for their projects The Essence of Killing and The Garbage Prince. The two minority…
- Festivals - France - DIRE members head to Les Arcs
The 1st Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 5-12 - see news) kicks off tomorrow. The ten French companies that make up DIRE (United European Independent Distributors) will head to the Alpine resort for four days to present their line-ups to exhibitors….
- Box office - France - EuropaCorp on a roll
With Luc Besson’s Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (282,000 admissions on 925 screens during its first day on release) and Radu Mihaileanu’s The Concert (1.14m viewers in four weeks), EuropaCorp Distribution is currently enjoying double success at…
- Releases - Germany - Schweiger returns with Two-Eared Chick
One film stands out among today’s new releases and promises to be a huge hit: Two-Eared Chick, by and starring Til Schweiger. The film is a sequel to box office champion Rabbit Without Ears (2007), a romantic comedy in which Ludo (Schweiger), an unscrupulous…
- European Film Awards 2009 - Wajda’s Sweet Rush wins Prix FIPRESCI
The European Film Academy (EFA) and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) announced that Sweet Rush by Polish director Andrzej Wajda had won the EFA Critics’ Award 2009 - Prix FIPRESCI. FIPRESCI’s General Secretary Klaus Eder explained…
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