All Festivals articles – Page 5
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Reviews‘7 Miles Out’ review: Carol Morley adapts her semi-autobiographical novel into a vibrant study of life in ’70s and ’80s Stockport
Lucy Halliday and Leila Entwistle star in writer/director Morley’s London Film Festival competition premiere
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires US, UK, territories on TIFF premiere ‘The Julia Set’
Multi-territory deal includes Australia, Spain, Asia excluding Singapore.
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FeaturesPawel Pawlikowski on why a commitment to fictional authenticity doesn’t always work out
The ‘Fatherland’ filmmaker was giving a masterclass at the Rome Film Fest.
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News“Hollywood is over,” Ava DuVernay tells BFI London Film Festival audience
DuVernay discusses international audience for Black American stories.
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NewsFilmFest Cottbus selects AI-generated feature ‘A Woman Asleep’ for main competition
Artist and director Vikki Bardot’s film is one of 10 in Cottbus’ main competition.
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Reviews‘Flesh And Fuel’ review: A French trucker finds love on the road in sensitive, mature debut
Alexis Manenti and Julian Swiezewski spark in the Zurich Golden Eye-winning feature
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Reviews‘Klara And The Sun’ review: Jenna Ortega stars in Taika Waititi’s overstuffed adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel
Source: London Film Festival ‘Klara And The Sun’ Dir: Taika Waititi. New Zealand/US/UK. 2026. 116 mins Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Klara And The Sun feels well-suited to our times: it describes a polluted, unequal future world through the eyes of Klara, an AI-powered android – an ‘Artificial ...
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Features“We’re the top luxury lifestyle film festival in the US,” says Newport Beach’s Gregg Schwenk
The festival’s location is a draw for distributors and sales agents looking for awards contenders and world premieres on their doorstep.
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NewsAndrea Occhipinti reveals how his personal connection to ‘Elsinore’ propelled him to make the film
”These are issues that have touched me personally,” said the Italian producer at Rome Film Fest.
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NewsMajid Majidi’s ‘Midday Meal’ wins Busan Award as festival hits biggest audience since 2015
Further winners include Taiwanese director Lee Yun Chan for ‘To Be Ordinary’
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NewsThe diversity of the Newport Beach Film Festival; from awards contenders to niche documentaries
World premieres include British director Daniel Sharp’s Better and Vicky Wight’s Irish drama The Body Is Water.
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NewsTessa Ross says even successful producers are struggling to raise funding
“Just because you’ve made a film that’s worked doesn’t mean anybody will trust you to do another one,” she told the Rome audience.
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NewsEast-West co-production market Connecting Cottbus unveils 2026 lineup
Lineup is dominated by projects from women filmmakers from the region.
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Reviews‘Act 3’ review: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor muse on the nature of storytelling in rich, moving documentary
The filmmakers’ latest non-fiction work premieres in London Film Festival competition
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NewsTokyo film festival to host US Academy programme including Oscars talk
Academy CEO Bill Kramer will make his first visit to Asia and receive an honorary award.
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NewsSao Paulo film festival opens with ‘Paper Tiger’, unveils 392-strong roster
Broad selection of Brazilian features, Oscar submissions, festival favourites screen from October 15-29.
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News‘Wicker’ screening fire alarm causes Southbank evacuation at BFI London Film Festival
BFI says audience member’s electronic device overheated and started smoking.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights unveils 2026 Baltic Film Competition with three world premieres
The jury will award the best Baltic feature film prize worth €5,000.
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NewsRome Film Fest opens with Tessa Ross honour, Jeremy Thomas tribute and plea for European unity
Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama The Noise Of New Things was the opening gala screening.
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Reviews‘Frank And Percy’ review: Ian McKellen and Roger Allam lift good-natured, syrupy London-set romantic comedy
The film is the latest collaboration between McKellan, director Sean Mathias and writer Martin Sherman