All Festivals articles – Page 319
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NewsNeon acquires US rights to Ninja Thyberg’s porn industry drama ‘Pleasure’
Thyberg “happy and relieved” to find US distributor that will release “raw and uncut” version of porn industry drama.
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News‘Limbo’ wows French audiences at Dinard Festival of British Film
Ben Sharrock’s feature scooped Hitchcock d’Or Ciné and the public prize feature film award
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Reviews‘Red Pomegranate’: Busan Review
A pregnant, abandoned wife must fend for herself in Sharipa Urazbayeva’s study of sexual violence and poverty
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Reviews‘Asteroid’: Busan Review
Mehdi Hoseinivand Aalipour’s affectionate first film observes the tender bonds of one Iranian family
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NewsBerlinale confirms physical event for 2022
The size of the film programme will be roughly the same as the 2020 pre-Covid edition.
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Reviews‘Seire’: Busan Review
A disorienting, accomplished psychological drama about a new father grappling with superstition and guilt
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NewsMichel Hazanavicius to head Les Arcs jury
European cinema focused film will return to French Alps from December 11 to 18 after Covid-19 hiatus.
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NewsIsabel Coixet, Tony Grisoni and Irvine Welsh headline FEST industry programme
The physical event is taking place in Portugal from October 4-10.
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Reviews’Photocopier’: Busan Review
A compelling tech-thriller about a computing student getting to the bottom of what happened to her last night at a party
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NewsGerman industry considers future under new government
New German Film Law to come into effect in 2023.
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Reviews‘Missing’: Busan Review
A bereft widower pursues a serial killer in Katayama Shinzo’s ambitious second feature
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Reviews‘The Harder They Fall’: London Review (opening film)
Jonathan Majors and Idris Elba face off in Jeymes Samuel’s vigorously entertaining Western
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FeaturesBusan creates festival atmosphere despite pandemic limitations
With a new director at the helm, Busan International Film Festival is out to reclaim its position as Asia’s must-attend event.
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FeaturesHuh Moonyung on his first year as Busan festival director
New elements at the festival include the On Screen section, an expanded Community BIFF and two overseas screenings.
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FeaturesIm Sang-soo on his Busan opener ‘Heaven: To The Land Of Happiness’
Choi Min-sik, Park Hae-il and Yuh-Jung Youn star in film that was selected for last year’s Cannes 2020 label.
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FeaturesThe Cannes reaction to my film was like being in a car crash, says Ildiko Enyedi
Ildiko Enyedi’s ‘The Story Of My Wife’ is now screening at Filmfest Hamburg.
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NewsWhy aren’t more German films selected for international film festivals?
Speakers debated whether strict film funding rules were having a negative impact on the films greenlit.
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NewsIFC Films, FilmNation acquire US rights to Venice Golden Lion winner ‘Happening’
IFC Films to release hot button abortion drama theatrically in early 2022.
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NewsHBO Films buys ‘The Survivor’ in first key TIFF deal two weeks after festival ended
WME Independent brokered acquisition on behalf of filmmakers.
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FeaturesLukas Dhont on making his second feature ‘Close’ with producer brother Michiel Dhont
“You have this voice in your head when you make a second film that says ’I’m going to disappoint people’.”