All Festivals articles – Page 151
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal (Mexico and Iceland)
Bernal works for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival and Reykjavik International Film Festival.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Kimberley Sheehan (UK)
She’s curating a programme at BFI Southbank this summer called Discomfort Movies, which examines films that trigger fear, stress and anxiety
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Paul Struthers (Australia)
He hunts outside typical channels for new discovers, with Letterboxd a favourite haunt.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Carmen Thompson (UK)
Thompson curates for festivals across the UK, Middle East and Africa from her home in Scotland
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Thong Kay Wee (Singapore)
On his radar are smaller festivals such as FIDMarseille, Museum of Modern Art’s New Directors/New Films, First International Film Festival, IndieLisboa and Jeonju.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Andrea Voges (South Africa)
Voges worked at the Durban International Film Festival in programme administration from 2010-14 before returning in 2023 in her current post.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Elsa Charbit (France)
She championed Weston Razooli’s ’Riddle Of Fire’ and Pham Thien An’s ’Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell’ in last year’s Quinzaine selection
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NewsScreen unveils 2024 Cannes film festival jury grid critics
This year’s critics include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Justin Chang from The New Yorker.
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News“We tried for a festival without controversy”: Cannes head tries to shift focus onto the films
Thierry Fremaux skirted questions about the impact of a potentially damaging #MeToo report but lamented impact of rumours.
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News‘Kneecap’ to open Galway as Irish festival selects Palestine as country of focus
The Irish-language hip-hop biopic won the audience award in Sundance’s Next strand.
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NewsDoha Film Institute Qumra Special 2024
The Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) incubator event that took place March 1-6.
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FeaturesThe lowdown on all the Cannes 2024 titles
Screen profiles all the films in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection and parallel sections.
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NewsVenice 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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NewsJayro Bustamante’s ‘Rita’, Adams Family’s ’Hell Hole’ among Fantasia first wave
Fest runs July 18-August 4 in Montreal.
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NewsYellow 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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NewsUruguay film festival launches $50,000 fund for Ibero-American projects
The José Ignacio International Film Festival runs in January 2025.
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NewsVenice 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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NewsSXSW London to debut in June 2025
Announcement draws praise from culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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NewsSheffield DocFest 2024 line-up includes Tilda Swinton feature directorial debut
The 109-strong line-up includes 48 world premieres.