Film and TV productions in Germany have come back with gusto following the three-month Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year, albeit under stringent health protection requirements.
Despite a second lockdown in November due to the rise in coronavirus cases, shooting continues around the country, both in studios and on location. Warners’ “Matrix 4,” Sony’s “Uncharted,” Apple TV Plus’ “Foundation” and the Netflix pic “Munich” are among the big international productions that have recently shot in Germany.
At Studio Babelsberg, “Matrix 4” and “Uncharted” recently wrapped after being initially shut down in March. “We are happy that we were able to carry out both productions without any major incidents in the very difficult period after the lockdown and that everything went wonderfully,” says Studio Babelsberg COO Christoph Fisser.
Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), notes that “Matrix 4” in particular was “an absolutely major project for us,...
Despite a second lockdown in November due to the rise in coronavirus cases, shooting continues around the country, both in studios and on location. Warners’ “Matrix 4,” Sony’s “Uncharted,” Apple TV Plus’ “Foundation” and the Netflix pic “Munich” are among the big international productions that have recently shot in Germany.
At Studio Babelsberg, “Matrix 4” and “Uncharted” recently wrapped after being initially shut down in March. “We are happy that we were able to carry out both productions without any major incidents in the very difficult period after the lockdown and that everything went wonderfully,” says Studio Babelsberg COO Christoph Fisser.
Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), notes that “Matrix 4” in particular was “an absolutely major project for us,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
”What do we do with a co-production which is shot in France, but the Covid-19 case happens in Germany?
The lack a cross-border insurance guarantee fund is crippling the European film industry’s abilitiy to get back on its feet in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic,said a group of experts at the European Film Forum, presented by Creative Europe at the San Sebastian International Film Festival on Tuesday (September 22).
Luis Chaby, president of the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFADs), noted seven member states have insurance guarantee funds set up nationally – “Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Germany and soon to be Ireland,...
The lack a cross-border insurance guarantee fund is crippling the European film industry’s abilitiy to get back on its feet in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic,said a group of experts at the European Film Forum, presented by Creative Europe at the San Sebastian International Film Festival on Tuesday (September 22).
Luis Chaby, president of the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFADs), noted seven member states have insurance guarantee funds set up nationally – “Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Germany and soon to be Ireland,...
- 9/23/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The European Producers Club, a lobby of Europe’s biggest independent film and TV producers, has called on European Union governments to ensure that global Ott services are obliged to invest at least 25% of their European Union turnover into European works.
80% of that should be reserved for independent producers and at least 50% dedicated to local content produced by independent producers, it added.
Presented by Morena Films’ Alvaro Longoria, Epc President, the call came during a 2020 San Sebastian European Film Forum on Tuesday where the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Gilles Fontaine put losses to Europe’s film and TV sectors induced by Covid-19 at €10 billion ($12 billion) just for 2020. That figure did not include mark-ups in production costs due to halted or postponed shoots, he added.
Global streamers’ potential industry investment proved, however, to be the biggest through-line in debate.
“We will need to make sure that U.S streamers, VOD platforms,...
80% of that should be reserved for independent producers and at least 50% dedicated to local content produced by independent producers, it added.
Presented by Morena Films’ Alvaro Longoria, Epc President, the call came during a 2020 San Sebastian European Film Forum on Tuesday where the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Gilles Fontaine put losses to Europe’s film and TV sectors induced by Covid-19 at €10 billion ($12 billion) just for 2020. That figure did not include mark-ups in production costs due to halted or postponed shoots, he added.
Global streamers’ potential industry investment proved, however, to be the biggest through-line in debate.
“We will need to make sure that U.S streamers, VOD platforms,...
- 9/22/2020
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
At a crunch time for Europe’s film and TV industries, as it faces Covid-19 crisis and streamer-propelled sea change, the San Sebastian’s Festival European Film Forum will take both bulls by the horns at its Sept. 22 conference, Beyond Covid-19: Revitalizing the European Audiovisual Industry,
Two panel discussions will be preceded by an in-depth analysis on The Impact of Covid-19 on the European A/V Sector, presented by Gilles Fontaine, head of the department for market information at the European Audiovisual Observatory.
Speakers at a first panel, entitled Incentives And Measures For Recovery, take in Lucía Recalde, head of unit, audiovisual industry and Media support programs, European Commission; Luis Chaby, President of Efad the European Film Agency Directors Assn. and president of the Board of Directors of Portugal’s Icaa agency; Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa); and Iole Maria Giannattasio, a research unit coordinator,...
Two panel discussions will be preceded by an in-depth analysis on The Impact of Covid-19 on the European A/V Sector, presented by Gilles Fontaine, head of the department for market information at the European Audiovisual Observatory.
Speakers at a first panel, entitled Incentives And Measures For Recovery, take in Lucía Recalde, head of unit, audiovisual industry and Media support programs, European Commission; Luis Chaby, President of Efad the European Film Agency Directors Assn. and president of the Board of Directors of Portugal’s Icaa agency; Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa); and Iole Maria Giannattasio, a research unit coordinator,...
- 9/22/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
There will be some events on the ground in San Sebastian.
As the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival kicks off in Spain, the festival is ensuring its industry activities are available online to those international delegates who are not able to travel this year.
“It is very important to continue maintaining the industry activities. They have been a fundamental part of our festival for years now and also San Sebastian is a bridge between Latin America and Europe, which has to be preserved,” explained festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos.
The Industry Office, headed by Saioa Riba and Esperanza Luffiego, has...
As the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival kicks off in Spain, the festival is ensuring its industry activities are available online to those international delegates who are not able to travel this year.
“It is very important to continue maintaining the industry activities. They have been a fundamental part of our festival for years now and also San Sebastian is a bridge between Latin America and Europe, which has to be preserved,” explained festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos.
The Industry Office, headed by Saioa Riba and Esperanza Luffiego, has...
- 9/19/2020
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
There will be some events on the ground in San Sebastian.
As the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival kicks off in Spain, the festival is ensuring its industry activities are available online to those international delegates who are not able to travel this year.
“It is very important to continue maintaining the industry activities. They have been a fundamental part of our festival for years now and also San Sebastian is a bridge between Latin America and Europe, which has to be preserved,” explained festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos.
The Industry Office, headed by Saioa Riba and Esperanza Luffiego, has...
As the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival kicks off in Spain, the festival is ensuring its industry activities are available online to those international delegates who are not able to travel this year.
“It is very important to continue maintaining the industry activities. They have been a fundamental part of our festival for years now and also San Sebastian is a bridge between Latin America and Europe, which has to be preserved,” explained festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos.
The Industry Office, headed by Saioa Riba and Esperanza Luffiego, has...
- 9/19/2020
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Mariette Rissenbeek, managing director of German Films, welcomed members of the international film industry to the German Films Cocktail at Cannes’ Villa Rothschild on Saturday.
German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta, whose film “Searching for Ingmar Bergman” plays in Cannes Classics, was one of those presented on stage as well as Wanuri Kahiu, the director of German co-production “Rafiki,” which plays in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Among the other German co-productions in the festival are competition titles Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “The Wild Pear Tree,” Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka,” and Alice Rohrwacher’s “Lazzaro Felice,” as well as Un Certain Regard films Sergei Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” and Ulrich Köhler’s “In My Room.”
Among the guests at the cocktail were Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics, Richard Lorber of Kino Lorber, Peter Herrmann, chairman of the board of German Films, Bernd Neumann, president of Ffa, Peter Dinges, chairman of Ffa, Dennis Lim...
German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta, whose film “Searching for Ingmar Bergman” plays in Cannes Classics, was one of those presented on stage as well as Wanuri Kahiu, the director of German co-production “Rafiki,” which plays in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Among the other German co-productions in the festival are competition titles Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “The Wild Pear Tree,” Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka,” and Alice Rohrwacher’s “Lazzaro Felice,” as well as Un Certain Regard films Sergei Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” and Ulrich Köhler’s “In My Room.”
Among the guests at the cocktail were Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics, Richard Lorber of Kino Lorber, Peter Herrmann, chairman of the board of German Films, Bernd Neumann, president of Ffa, Peter Dinges, chairman of Ffa, Dennis Lim...
- 5/14/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Forum: Peter Dinges has said the industry is still suffering the after effects of the 2008 financial crisis; execs call for ‘European Netflix’.
At a time when banks are increasingly risk averse when it comes to film production, Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), has called for new approaches to film financing within Europe.
Speaking today at a European Film Forum panel in Brussels titled How to Leverage Investment, Dinges suggested that the film industry is still suffering the after effects of the 2008 financial crisis.
The seminar explored what role Creative Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility can play in attracting more financing towards the sector.
“I have never seen banks withdrawing that fast from an industry as the banks after the financial crisis,” Dinges noted of the banks’ stampede away from film after the 2008 downturn.
Wary
Dinges welcomed the “guarantee umbrella” now provided by the European Investment Bank to...
At a time when banks are increasingly risk averse when it comes to film production, Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), has called for new approaches to film financing within Europe.
Speaking today at a European Film Forum panel in Brussels titled How to Leverage Investment, Dinges suggested that the film industry is still suffering the after effects of the 2008 financial crisis.
The seminar explored what role Creative Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility can play in attracting more financing towards the sector.
“I have never seen banks withdrawing that fast from an industry as the banks after the financial crisis,” Dinges noted of the banks’ stampede away from film after the 2008 downturn.
Wary
Dinges welcomed the “guarantee umbrella” now provided by the European Investment Bank to...
- 12/2/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Panelists spotlighted freedom of movement as one of several concerns about a post-Brexit Britain.
At today’s BFI London Film Festival industry panel, which looked at the potential ramifications of Brexit on the UK’s status as a leading international film and TV location, freedom of movement, Creative Europe funding and the potential impact on the sales and production sectors were flagged as key issues.
While Isabel Davis, head of international at the BFI and moderator for the panel, set out reassurances at the start about the UK tax credit being secure and UK co-production treaties remaining intact, panellists expressed different levels of concern over the UK’s impending departure from the EU.
Alex Hope, managing director of leading VFX house Double Negative, noted that, in order for the UK to remain a leader in the visual-effects field, freedom of movement for workers was of paramount importance.
“We want the brightest and the best coming to the...
At today’s BFI London Film Festival industry panel, which looked at the potential ramifications of Brexit on the UK’s status as a leading international film and TV location, freedom of movement, Creative Europe funding and the potential impact on the sales and production sectors were flagged as key issues.
While Isabel Davis, head of international at the BFI and moderator for the panel, set out reassurances at the start about the UK tax credit being secure and UK co-production treaties remaining intact, panellists expressed different levels of concern over the UK’s impending departure from the EU.
Alex Hope, managing director of leading VFX house Double Negative, noted that, in order for the UK to remain a leader in the visual-effects field, freedom of movement for workers was of paramount importance.
“We want the brightest and the best coming to the...
- 10/7/2016
- by matt.mueller@screendaily.com (Matt Mueller)
- ScreenDaily
Proposals for a new German Film Law (Ffg) have been revealed in a “discussion draft” by the State Ministry for Culture and Media (Bkm) a week ahead of a top-level film industry summit in Berlin.
According to the leaked document, the new Ffg - which would come into effect from Jan 1, 2017 - could include a reduction in the number of funding committees administered by the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) from the present six to only three (screenplay and project funding; distribution, sales and video funding; cinema funding), a fairer gender balance in the committees; and a greater professionalisation in the decision-making process by drawing on recognised industry experts.
In addition, the document’s authors suggest that there could be a change to the Ffg’s automatic “reference funding” category where films which have been successful at the German box office or at national and international festivals, can receive funding to invest in new projects.
In future...
According to the leaked document, the new Ffg - which would come into effect from Jan 1, 2017 - could include a reduction in the number of funding committees administered by the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) from the present six to only three (screenplay and project funding; distribution, sales and video funding; cinema funding), a fairer gender balance in the committees; and a greater professionalisation in the decision-making process by drawing on recognised industry experts.
In addition, the document’s authors suggest that there could be a change to the Ffg’s automatic “reference funding” category where films which have been successful at the German box office or at national and international festivals, can receive funding to invest in new projects.
In future...
- 11/11/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria was the big winner at this year’s German Film Awards, taking home six statuettes from its seven nominations including the Golden Lolas for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Lead Actor.
Schipper’s one-shot thriller set during a breathless night on the streets of Berlin also picked up Lolas for the Spanish actress Laia Costa, the title character, and the Danish cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen.
Victoria premiered in the Berlinale’s main competition last February where Grøvlen received a Silver Bear, was released in German cinemas on 11 June and is being handled internationally by The Match Factory.
The Silver Lola for Best Film was awarded by the members of the German Film Academy to Edward Berger’s social-realist drama Jack, with the Bronze Lola going to Johannes Naber’s black comedy Age Of Cannibals which deservedly also received the Lola for Best Screenplay for the searing dialogues by the author Stefan Weigl.
Both...
Schipper’s one-shot thriller set during a breathless night on the streets of Berlin also picked up Lolas for the Spanish actress Laia Costa, the title character, and the Danish cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen.
Victoria premiered in the Berlinale’s main competition last February where Grøvlen received a Silver Bear, was released in German cinemas on 11 June and is being handled internationally by The Match Factory.
The Silver Lola for Best Film was awarded by the members of the German Film Academy to Edward Berger’s social-realist drama Jack, with the Bronze Lola going to Johannes Naber’s black comedy Age Of Cannibals which deservedly also received the Lola for Best Screenplay for the searing dialogues by the author Stefan Weigl.
Both...
- 6/22/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Co-production between Germany and France is set to be given an additional boost with the creation of two new development funds.
A development fund with an annual budget of €200,000 has been installed by the German Federal Film Fund (Ffa) and France’s Cnc targetting young producers who want to make their first or second co-production between Germany and France.
Announcing the creation of the fund, the Ffa’s CEO Peter Dinges said that discussion about extending the German-French mini-traité co-production fund to include development support had been underway since 2007.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, producer Gerhard Meixner, co-director with Roman Paul on the German side of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris training programme, said that this new development fund would be of particular importance for the Atelier’s graduates to give them “the possibility to make the difficult first steps – for they don’t only need intellectual, but also genuine seed money in order to get cracking.”
“The new funding...
A development fund with an annual budget of €200,000 has been installed by the German Federal Film Fund (Ffa) and France’s Cnc targetting young producers who want to make their first or second co-production between Germany and France.
Announcing the creation of the fund, the Ffa’s CEO Peter Dinges said that discussion about extending the German-French mini-traité co-production fund to include development support had been underway since 2007.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, producer Gerhard Meixner, co-director with Roman Paul on the German side of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris training programme, said that this new development fund would be of particular importance for the Atelier’s graduates to give them “the possibility to make the difficult first steps – for they don’t only need intellectual, but also genuine seed money in order to get cracking.”
“The new funding...
- 6/16/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The European Commission’s plans for a Digital Single Market (Dsm) were high on the agenda as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) held its annual strategy meeting in Berlin for first time.
Representatives from all six studios attended the two-day meeting in the German capital.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Stan McCoy, MPAA’s Brussel-based president and MD for Emea, said: “Rhere are really two reasons why the MPAA came to Berlin this year.
“Firstly, film production between Germany and America has never been stronger. You don’t have to look any further than Homeland [fifth season shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburg region], Grand Budapest Hotel and Monuments Men to understand that.
“Secondly, the German industry has stepped up to take leadership on issues surrounding the Digital Single Market and the threat it poses to the film sector.
“The members of the MPAA are very much interested in understanding the situation that confronts the entire sector in Europe and understanding how we can be...
Representatives from all six studios attended the two-day meeting in the German capital.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Stan McCoy, MPAA’s Brussel-based president and MD for Emea, said: “Rhere are really two reasons why the MPAA came to Berlin this year.
“Firstly, film production between Germany and America has never been stronger. You don’t have to look any further than Homeland [fifth season shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburg region], Grand Budapest Hotel and Monuments Men to understand that.
“Secondly, the German industry has stepped up to take leadership on issues surrounding the Digital Single Market and the threat it poses to the film sector.
“The members of the MPAA are very much interested in understanding the situation that confronts the entire sector in Europe and understanding how we can be...
- 6/12/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
European Commissioner spoke with the film industry in Cannes.
The debate on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy moved from Brussels to Cannes on Sunday (May 17), with the arrival of Gunther Oettinger on the Croisette.
The European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society flew to the South of France for a whirlwind schedule of meetings with European directors and producers, most of them eager to convey their anxieties over his plans for a Dsm and related changes to copyright law.
Speaking at a conference on culture and the Dsm, organised by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Oettinger warned Europe risked being left behind if it did not find a way to unify its digital markets.
Click here for video of Oettinger in Cannes
“It’s Google, it’s Amazon and Microsoft, which will be taking the decisions, with a clearly American strategy, the aim being to dominate Europe,” he said.
“The...
The debate on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy moved from Brussels to Cannes on Sunday (May 17), with the arrival of Gunther Oettinger on the Croisette.
The European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society flew to the South of France for a whirlwind schedule of meetings with European directors and producers, most of them eager to convey their anxieties over his plans for a Dsm and related changes to copyright law.
Speaking at a conference on culture and the Dsm, organised by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Oettinger warned Europe risked being left behind if it did not find a way to unify its digital markets.
Click here for video of Oettinger in Cannes
“It’s Google, it’s Amazon and Microsoft, which will be taking the decisions, with a clearly American strategy, the aim being to dominate Europe,” he said.
“The...
- 5/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
The European Commission’s Digital Single Market (Dsm) Strategy has failed to allay growing concerns within the European film and TV industries about the Brussels-based institution’s response to the digital revolution.
An alliance of 11 international organisations from the fields of production, distribution, exhibition, publishing and sports rights issued a statement in reaction to the EC’s strategy document which was unveiled by European Commissioners Andrus Ansip and Günther Oettinger in Brussels yesterday (May 6).
The signatories - ranging from the Fiapf producers’ association and the exhibitors’ organisation Unic through the Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) and the MPAA to the International Video Federation (IVF) and the Germany’s Bundesliga - indicated that they were ¨extremely concerned¨ that some of the Commission’s policy options could ¨negatively impact the sustainability of the film and audiovisual sector, and severely decrease the level of incentives for the production, distribution and dissemination of high quality films and audiovisual works across Europe...
An alliance of 11 international organisations from the fields of production, distribution, exhibition, publishing and sports rights issued a statement in reaction to the EC’s strategy document which was unveiled by European Commissioners Andrus Ansip and Günther Oettinger in Brussels yesterday (May 6).
The signatories - ranging from the Fiapf producers’ association and the exhibitors’ organisation Unic through the Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) and the MPAA to the International Video Federation (IVF) and the Germany’s Bundesliga - indicated that they were ¨extremely concerned¨ that some of the Commission’s policy options could ¨negatively impact the sustainability of the film and audiovisual sector, and severely decrease the level of incentives for the production, distribution and dissemination of high quality films and audiovisual works across Europe...
- 5/7/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) association of national funders from 31 countries across Europe met in Berlin this week to discuss key objectives and address future challenges facing the film industry.
EFADs president Peter Dinges of Germany’s Ffa said that a formalised structure for the network of national film funders meant that it could serve as an interface between the national governments and film industries and the European institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Bulgarian-born Iveta Dimova had been appointed as General Secretary operating out of Brussels and had already began liaising with other pan-European organisations such as CineRegio, Fera and the Society of Audiovisual Authors.
¨European questions need European answers and we want to be part of the answer,¨ Dinges declared.
Mission
Speaking to Screen before the meeting which was also attended by Germany’s Minister of State for Culture and Media Monika Grütters, BFI CEO Amanda...
EFADs president Peter Dinges of Germany’s Ffa said that a formalised structure for the network of national film funders meant that it could serve as an interface between the national governments and film industries and the European institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Bulgarian-born Iveta Dimova had been appointed as General Secretary operating out of Brussels and had already began liaising with other pan-European organisations such as CineRegio, Fera and the Society of Audiovisual Authors.
¨European questions need European answers and we want to be part of the answer,¨ Dinges declared.
Mission
Speaking to Screen before the meeting which was also attended by Germany’s Minister of State for Culture and Media Monika Grütters, BFI CEO Amanda...
- 2/11/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Government officials due at the Berlinale for the signing of the treaty.
In Berlin today [Feb 7], the Dutch-German coproduction treaty will finally be ratified.
The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Dr. Jet Bussemaker and German State ministers Prof. Monika Grütters, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and Dr. Andreas Görgen, Head of Culture and Communication at the Federal Foreign Office, are due at the Berlinale for the signing of the treaty.
The German Federal Film Förderungs Anstalt (Ffa) and Netherlands Film Fund took the lead in recent years, preparing the treaty, which will boost bilateral co-production and the development of the film industry and film culture in both countries.
“With the coproduction agreement between Germany and the Netherlands, we are starting yet another chapter of our successful partnership,” Ffa Executive Managing Director Peter Dinges told ScreenDaily.
“The agreement is a logical result of the initiative of the Netherlands Film Fund and the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) and...
In Berlin today [Feb 7], the Dutch-German coproduction treaty will finally be ratified.
The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Dr. Jet Bussemaker and German State ministers Prof. Monika Grütters, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and Dr. Andreas Görgen, Head of Culture and Communication at the Federal Foreign Office, are due at the Berlinale for the signing of the treaty.
The German Federal Film Förderungs Anstalt (Ffa) and Netherlands Film Fund took the lead in recent years, preparing the treaty, which will boost bilateral co-production and the development of the film industry and film culture in both countries.
“With the coproduction agreement between Germany and the Netherlands, we are starting yet another chapter of our successful partnership,” Ffa Executive Managing Director Peter Dinges told ScreenDaily.
“The agreement is a logical result of the initiative of the Netherlands Film Fund and the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) and...
- 2/7/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The European Commission (EC) has finally adopted a new Communication on state aid for films and other audiovisual works.
The new Communication, which comes into effect as soon as it appears in the EU’s Official Journal covers, as today’s text says, “in particular, (…) State aid for a wider scope of activities, highlights the principle of subsidiarity in the area of cultural policy and the respect of internal market principles, introduces a higher maximum aid intensity level for cross-border productions and caters for the protection of and access to film heritage.”
“The Commission believes that these changes are necessary in view of the developments since 2001 and will help European works to be more competitive and pan-European in future.”
In something akin to understatement, the Commission said that the issue of territorial obligations had attracted “particular attention” and noted in its new text that “Paragraph 50 (of the Communication) sets the limits for each mechanism within which the Commission...
The new Communication, which comes into effect as soon as it appears in the EU’s Official Journal covers, as today’s text says, “in particular, (…) State aid for a wider scope of activities, highlights the principle of subsidiarity in the area of cultural policy and the respect of internal market principles, introduces a higher maximum aid intensity level for cross-border productions and caters for the protection of and access to film heritage.”
“The Commission believes that these changes are necessary in view of the developments since 2001 and will help European works to be more competitive and pan-European in future.”
In something akin to understatement, the Commission said that the issue of territorial obligations had attracted “particular attention” and noted in its new text that “Paragraph 50 (of the Communication) sets the limits for each mechanism within which the Commission...
- 11/14/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
European commissioner meets delegation including Amanda Nevill, Peter Dinges to discuss cultural diversity.
European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has expressed sympathy with continuing concerns voiced by the European Film Agency Directors (Efad) about proposed changes to the rules on ‘territorialisation’ in a new Cinema Communication.
Together with members of the European Commission’s (EC) Media unit, Vassiliou met with a delegation from the Efad’s membership, led by Frédéric Delcor, CEO of Belgium’s Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française, who is also head of the Efad state aid working group.
The delegation consisted of:
· BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill
· BFI head of strategic development Carol Comley
· Peter Dinges, CEO of Germany’s Ffa,
· Gisela von Raczeck, representative to the EU for the Ffa, German Films and the German regional funds,
· Michel Plazanet, Cnc’s assistant director for European and International affairs and consultant Gabrielle Guallar,
· Chiara Fortuna...
European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has expressed sympathy with continuing concerns voiced by the European Film Agency Directors (Efad) about proposed changes to the rules on ‘territorialisation’ in a new Cinema Communication.
Together with members of the European Commission’s (EC) Media unit, Vassiliou met with a delegation from the Efad’s membership, led by Frédéric Delcor, CEO of Belgium’s Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française, who is also head of the Efad state aid working group.
The delegation consisted of:
· BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill
· BFI head of strategic development Carol Comley
· Peter Dinges, CEO of Germany’s Ffa,
· Gisela von Raczeck, representative to the EU for the Ffa, German Films and the German regional funds,
· Michel Plazanet, Cnc’s assistant director for European and International affairs and consultant Gabrielle Guallar,
· Chiara Fortuna...
- 10/1/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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