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NewsEuropean Film Academy calls for release of Chinese director Deng Chuanbin
Deng, also known as Huang Huang, was arrested in May 2019.
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Autlook Film Sales snaps up Polaroid doc ‘An Impossible Project’ at Rotterdam (exclusive)
The film is about a charismatic Austrian figure who saved Polaroid from oblivion.
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“More stubbornness, outspokenness and ambition please,” says IFFR’s Bero Beyer as he looks forward to next chapter
The artistic director reflects on this year’s festival.
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Ágnes Kocsis readies biopic about Hungarian superstar Pál Szécsi (exclusive)
Kocsis was in Rotterdam with her third film ‘Eden’.
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Ana Elena Tejera on the ethics of filming indigenous communities in IFFR title ‘Panquiaco’
Tejera’s film follows a fisherman who returns to his native Panama.
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“The smells are more intense”: Bong Joon Ho on the black-and-white version of ‘Parasite’
Bong Joon Ho hosted a masterclass at IFFR this week.
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Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed
Asian features, female directors dominate prize winners.
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Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis calls for UK to rejoin Eurimages as Brexit looms
Davis was talking in Rotterdam where a contingent of Scotland-based writers were in attendance.
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Syndicado boards Rotterdam premiere ‘Meanwhile On Earth’ (exclusive)
Funerary industry doc directed by Carl Olsson.
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Breaker backs Rotterdam favourite ‘La Fortaleza’, reveals new projects (exclusive)
La Fortaleza’s sales agent is using Breaker’s blockchain technology to track its revenues.
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Nine Film picks up Panorama title ‘Black Milk’ (exclusive)
The project is written and directed by German-based Mongolian director Uisenma Borchu.
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Filmmakers behind Rotterdam title ‘Los Fantasmas’ talk filming in Guatemala, next projects
‘Los Fantasmas’ is screening in Bright Future at IFFR.
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Radu Jude, John Trengove projects among Rotterdam industry winners
Six prizes awarded this year at CineMart closing night.
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“We are ready to fight and go to court”: Rotterdam directors discuss censorship
Five directors spoke at a press conference at IFFR.
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“Spring will always come”: Rotterdam 2020 filmmakers talk national identity, state funding
The first five directors talked with festival director Bero Beyer and programmer Muge Demir.
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Sarah Gavron and Pedro Costa offer opposing views on industry future at Rotterdam
Masterclasses from Pedro Costa, and Sarah Gavron and Anu Henriques, offered differing perspectives.
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Don’t try and beat Disney at its own game, indie filmmakers hear at Rotterdam’s Reality Check
Film professor Dan Hassler-Forest gave a keynote speech called ’Originality in the face of monoculture’.
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Anurag Kashyap on the challenges of launching an arthouse VoD service in India
Blockchain-powered VOD platform myNK was launched in 2019 through India and Singapore-based MinersInc.
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New Dutch sales outfit Square Eyes to focus on high-end arthouse titles (exclusive)
It has been launched by Dutch exec Wouter Jansen.
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Wildstar picks up two including Marco Berger’s Rotterdam 2020 title ‘Young Hunter’ (exclusive)
The company has also acquired Lucas Santa Ana’s ‘Memories Of A Teenager’.
