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  • Two funding agencies to jointly promote children’s cinema at BIFF

    Two funding agencies to jointly promote children’s cinema at BIFF

    NEW DELHI: The Netherlands Film Fund and the MDM, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, have established a co-development fund to jointly support script development for original children’s film projects.

     

    Children’s films have always played a major role within the policy of both funds. By joining forces the funds aim to develop and coproduce high quality stories for children that will find their audience in both countries and beyond.

     

    MDM director Manfred Schmidt and Netherlands Film Fund CEO Doreen Boonekamp launched the initiative at the Berlinale co-production market at the International Film Festival Berlin. The initiative reinforces the recently signed coproduction treaty between Germany and the Netherlands in order to enhance the collaboration and coproduction between the two countries.

     

    Proposals for original, live action feature films for children in the age groups 4-6, 6-9 and 9-12 years old are eligible. The film projects should be about contemporary matters and are to be told from the perspective of children. There are no limitations regarding style or genre.

     

    Priority will be given to projects that already have a co-producer or co-writer attached from Germany or the Netherlands. Applications should originate from the Netherlands or from the region of Mitteldeutschland (Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thueringen).

     

    The initial budget of the fund amounts up to € 100,000, each party contributing € 50,000. Projects will be selected by a selection committee existing of the CEOs of both funds or their representatives. The first application date for the new fund is 14 April 2015.

     

    In the past years several German Dutch children’s films were developed and produced like Supernova (2013, script writer, director Tamar van den Dop, production: Revolver Amsterdam (NL) in co-production with IJswater Films (NL) Coin Film (DE) and Epidemic (BE), Tony Ten (2012, script writer Mieke de Jong, director Mischa Kamp, production Lemming Film (NL), in co-production with Heino Deckert Ma.ja.de. (DE) and Lepel (2004, script writer Mieke de Jong, director Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, production Lemming Film (NL), in co-production with: Egoli Tossel Films (DE).

  • HCL appoints Puri as SVP retail, media & entertainment in North America

    HCL appoints Puri as SVP retail, media & entertainment in North America

    MUMBAI: HCL Technologies Ltd has appointed Karan Puri to the position of senior vice president for North America, to manage the company’s retail, media, and entertainment groups.

    HCL Technologies provides integrated services in technology, business process operations (BPO) and infrastructure management, enabling customers to transform their businesses, in markets worldwide.

    “Today, these three market groups in North America are poised for transformation and HCL aims to lead their transformation initiatives, which requires a leader of Karan Puri’s caliber, expertise and vision. Karan brings over 20 years experience in IT, BPO and IP development, managing global clients In India, Europe and the US, thereby providing HCL’s North American businesses with a go-to leader who is skilled at solving some of the toughest IT Issues around. These are exciting times, and Karan’s Mission to drive these groups at an executive level, demonstrates HCL’s commitment to be a market leader In the coming quarters,” said HCL Technologies America president Shaml Khorana.

    In the quickly evolving digital media space, adoption of new generation technologies like digital asset management (DAM) and digital rights management (DRM) are leading the charge. With new distribution channels like broadband and wireless networks, licensed digital content, and content security, the industry is investing and consolidating their revenue models. This means leading investments in platform shifts, and managing new revenue models dynamically. Likewise, the gaming and entertainment industry, too, is morphing to meet the Internet-led explosion in consumer traffic.

    The company’s media and entertainment division has the privilege of very strong relationships with key industry players such as GTECH, Thomson Financial, Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Lexis Nexls and others.

    In retail, in addition to the thought leadership provided through its joint ventures with the $5 billion dollar Jones Apparel Group; HCL, under Puri’s leadership, will build scale in specific micro-verticals, by investing in emerging initiatives like supply chain visibility, RFID and Master Data Management (MDM).

  • HCL appoints Puri as SVP retail, media & entertainment in North America

    HCL appoints Puri as SVP retail, media & entertainment in North America

    MUMBAI: HCL Technologies Ltd has appointed Karan Puri to the position of senior vice president for North America, to manage the company’s retail, media, and entertainment groups.

    HCL Technologies provides integrated services in technology, business process operations (BPO) and infrastructure management, enabling customers to transform their businesses, in markets worldwide.

    “Today, these three market groups in North America are poised for transformation and HCL aims to lead their transformation initiatives, which requires a leader of Karan Puri’s caliber, expertise and vision. Karan brings over 20 years experience in IT, BPO and IP development, managing global clients In India, Europe and the US, thereby providing HCL’s North American businesses with a go-to leader who is skilled at solving some of the toughest IT Issues around. These are exciting times, and Karan’s Mission to drive these groups at an executive level, demonstrates HCL’s commitment to be a market leader In the coming quarters,” said HCL Technologies America president Shaml Khorana.

    In the quickly evolving digital media space, adoption of new generation technologies like digital asset management (DAM) and digital rights management (DRM) are leading the charge. With new distribution channels like broadband and wireless networks, licensed digital content, and content security, the industry is investing and consolidating their revenue models. This means leading investments in platform shifts, and managing new revenue models dynamically. Likewise, the gaming and entertainment industry, too, is morphing to meet the Internet-led explosion in consumer traffic.

    The company’s media and entertainment division has the privilege of very strong relationships with key industry players such as GTECH, Thomson Financial, Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Lexis Nexls and others.

    In retail, in addition to the thought leadership provided through its joint ventures with the $5 billion dollar Jones Apparel Group; HCL, under Puri’s leadership, will build scale in specific micro-verticals, by investing in emerging initiatives like supply chain visibility, RFID and Master Data Management (MDM).