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2024 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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Venice extends artistic director Alberto Barbera’s contract through 2026
New president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco says “I felt an immediate understanding” with Barbera.
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Jayro Bustamante’s ‘Rita’, Adams Family’s ’Hell Hole’ among Fantasia first wave
Fest runs July 18-August 4 in Montreal.
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Yellow Veil boards world sales for Cannes on Fantasia selection ‘The Dead Thing’ (exclusive)
Podcaster Elric Kane’s feature debut stars Blu Hunt from Sherlock & Daughter.
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Uruguay film festival launches $50,000 fund for Ibero-American projects
The José Ignacio International Film Festival runs in January 2025.
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Venice Film Festival to present Peter Weir with honorary Golden Lion
The Australian filmmaker is a six-time Oscar nominee for films including ‘Dead Poets Society’ and ‘The Truman Show’.
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SXSW London to debut in June 2025
Announcement draws praise from culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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Sheffield DocFest 2024 line-up includes Tilda Swinton feature directorial debut
The 109-strong line-up includes 48 world premieres.
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Sydney Film Festival reveals 2024 competition line-up
The festival is set to open with the world premiere of band documentary ‘Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line’.
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Judith Godreche’s short film ‘Me Too’ to premiere in Cannes
Godreche is leading the MeToo movement in the French film industry.
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Roschdy Zem, Sandrine Kiberlain, Elodie Bouchez to star in ‘Unchained’ for Le Pacte’s Cannes slate (exclusive)
The film is a prison-set dance feature to be directed by France’s Valerie Muller.
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Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’ to world premiere at San Sebastian film festival
The film stars Naomi Watts, Jamie Campbell Bower, Will Sharpe and Noémie Merlant.
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Hot Docs 2024 wraps, Rogers Audience Award for best Canadian doc goes to ‘Yintah’
Competition’s Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award goes to The Soldier’s Lagoon.
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A24 acquires Paolo Sorrentino’s Cannes Competition entry ‘Parthenope’
Pathé handles international sales and will also distribute in France and Switzerland.
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Autlook Filmsales closes deals on Hot Docs entry ‘Drawing A Line’ (exclusive)
Cartoonist subject Rachita Taneja receives 2024 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award at separate Switzerland ceremony
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‘My Old Ass’ to open 2024 Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
Festival at TIFF Lightbox and online will showcase 106 films from 25 countries including 30 features.
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Mitsuhiro Mihara’s ‘Takano Tofu’ wins top prize at Udine’s Far East Film Festival
Films from Japan and South Korea dominated the awards.
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Cannes Critics’ Week revamps ticketing protocol to prioritise press (exclusive)
Press badge holders will have first access to all first screenings.
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Sheffield DocFest unveils ‘Reflections On Realities’ theme with ‘No Other Land’ among films (exclusive)
A special ‘Days Of Reflection’ programme will feature four films addressing the themes.
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Hot Docs Forum awards top prize to 'Arrest The Midwife'
Hot Docs continues in Toronto through May 5.