Film funding bill to support blockbusters made in Germany

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The German government wants to attract more filmmakers and make the country a “global player” in on-screen entertainment. A new bill would require media companies to make mandatory investments in the film industry.   Source: https://www.dw.com/en/film-funding-bill-to-support-blockbusters-made-in-germany/a-77346783

The Government reinforces its commitment to the audiovisual sector with 98 million euros for the creation of a major European group of Spanish fiction

The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function , has today approved an investment of 98 million euros in a newly created company that will promote a large European group of Spanish … Continued

This couple (literally) married AI and filmmaking. Read the pitch deck they used to raise $6 million for their startup

“There are hierarchies, there are gatekeepers,” Zhang told Business Insider. Without funding or industry connections, making it in film felt “almost impossible.”   Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/this-couple-literally-married-ai-and-filmmaking-read-the-pitch-deck-they-used-to/hgrj5e5

Pawel Pawlikowski, Lukas Dhont, Rodrigo Sorogoyen Among 4,700 Signatories of Open Letter Sounding Alarm Ahead of Cannes Over Planned EU Film Funding Overhaul

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What they claim is at stake is the future of Creative Europe’s MEDIA Program that has been a crucial EU film and TV industry driver for the past 35 years, having backed recent Oscar winners such as “Sentimental Value,” “Mr … Continued