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      NewsVenice opening night shines a spotlight on complexity of gender debate
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth puts spotlight on motherhood, female relationships and the nature of cinema itself.
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      NewsWhy a record number of industry attendees are at Venice Production Bridge this year
“Venice is becoming an interesting rendezvous,” said industry head Pascal Diot.
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      Reviews‘The Truth’: Venice Review
Japanese maestro Hirokazu Kore-Eda opens Venice 2019 with a French curio
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      FeaturesAlberto Barbera talks Venice logistics, VR and his future as artistic director
Barbera has been weathering a storm over the lack of female filmmakers in Competition.
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      Reviews‘Pelican Blood’: Venice Review
Nina Hoss anchors this tense drama from Germany’s Katrin Gebbe which opens Venice’s Horizons sidebar
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      NewsFirst trailer for Anthony Chen’s Toronto Platform world premiere ‘Wet Season’ (exclusive)
It centres a friendship between a Chinese teacher and a student with absentee parents.
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      NewsBFI London Film Festival selects 10 titles for 2019 competition
Films include ‘Saint Maud’ from Screen Star of Tomorrow 2018 Rose Glass.
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      News'Queen & Slim' starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith to open AFI FEST 2019
Universal to release in US on Nov. 27. AFI FEST 2019 runs Nov. 14-21.
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      NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival unveils 2019 line-up
‘Aladdin’ star Mena Massoud confirmed to attend.
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      NewsBerlinale Forum names selection committee for 2019
Newly-appointed head Cristina Nord selects inaugural programming team.
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      NewsAbigail Blackmore named Screen FrightFest Genre Rising Star 2019
Blackmore showcased her writer-director debut ‘Tales From The Lodge’.
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      NewsFive Nordic film festivals sign gender equality pledge (exclusive)
The pledge was signed at Sweden’s Carl International Film Festival.
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      NewsBusan to celebrate Korean film centennial, Asian women filmmakers
Festival to screen ten films from the past 100 years of Korean cinema and a special focus on Deepa Mehta, Yasmin Ahmad and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
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      NewsTrue Colours acquires Matteo Garrone-produced Venice title ‘Nevia’ (exclusive)
Film will premiere in Venice’s Orrizonti strand.
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      NewsFilm Movement acquires US rights to Israeli doc 'Advocate' (exclusive)
Cinephil holds international sales rights to multiple festival winner.
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      Reviews‘The County’: Review
An isolated Icelandic dairy farmer takes on a corrupt cooperative which threatens her livelihood
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      Features11 breakout films from the summer festivals
Between Cannes and Venice, a handful of smaller features from first and second-time directors are emerging from the summer festivals with strong word-of-mouth.
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      NewsKasi Lemmons’ ‘Harriet’ among first wave of Austin festival titles
Also screening at the Texas festival are A Hidden Life and The Truth.
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      NewsNew Filmmakers Los Angeles sets Latinx shorts festival programme
Shorts in the line-up come from emerging directors in Latin America, Australia, Spain, the US and Australia.
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      NewsAttendees excited by quality of projects at Haugesund’s works in progress event
The Eurimages Lab Award at Haugesund has gone to Norwegian director Guro Bruusgaard for Him.
 








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