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In the light of the present crisis in arthouse distribution, Ghent s Flanders International Film Festival FIFF will be revising its awards policy for the 30th edition from October 7-18.While the festival will be increasing the total prize money by 10% to just over Eur stanley cup os 81,000, the major change is that the money attached to the festival s top competition winners stanley cup will go entirely to the distributors which acquire the titles and release them theatrically in the Benelux territories. Until last year, the prize monies were split between the winning film s distributor and the director, composer stanley cup or scriptwriter.FIFF, whose competition focuses on The Impact of Music on Film awards four prizes worth Euros 57,500 - the Grand Prize for Best Film Euros 25,000 , Best Music Euros 15,000 , Best Script Euros 12,500 and Best Director Euros 5,000 , while the remaining money goes to the winners of the festival s shorts competitions and the winner of the FNAC Audience Award. Another innovation at this year s event is that the competition will be open exclusively to Benelux premieres, 70% of which have no local distributor attached at the start of the festival. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Yxcv Turturro delivers masterclass in Jerusalem
EXCLUSIVE: UK deals for Nicolas Cage and Jennifer Connelly films.UK distributor Arrow Films continues to build on recent partnership with US sales outfit Voltage Pictures with new acquisitions Pay The Ghost, starring Nicolas Cage, and Shelter, Paul Bettanys directorial debut starring Jennifer Connelly.In Uli Edel-directed thriller Pay the Ghost, Cage stars as a professor frantically searching for his son who was abducted duri stanley usa ng stanley germany a Halloween parade.Connelly and Anthony Mackie star in drama Shelter, about a couple who fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York.Both films are due to be released in late 2015, with Voltages Good Kill also set for release on April 10th.Tom Stewart, acquisitions director for Arrow Films, said: We are delighted to be continuing our very positive relationship with the Voltage team on Pay the Ghost which looks set to be Nic Cages most exciting project for years. Likewise, Shelter represents Connelly at the top of her game and with Paul Bettany at the helm it is a compelling proposition for distribution. Voltages Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard added: Following a positive start to our stanley italy relationship with Arrow, we are excited that theyve come on-board two of our latest star driven features. Arrow is fast proving itself a highly strategic and able distributor that embraces the wonderfully diverse films that Voltage produces and supports. TopicsDistributionUK/IrelandUnited States No comments |
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