All Festivals articles – Page 583
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NewsAleksandr Sokurov planning Second World War 'comedy'
The Russian Ark director is plotting a return to the subject of war.
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NewsJoshua Oppenheimer's next projects include a Samuel Beckett-inspired musical
EXCLUSIVE: The Act Of Killing director’s next film will be a documentary, but he is also developing two narrative features including a musical inspired by a Samuel Beckett play.
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NewsCannes regular Naomi Kawase on directing: "Waiting is important"
Japanese filmmaker talks in Doha about the power of making the audience wait and her surprise over the popularity of her latest film An back home.
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News'Elvis & Nixon' named Tribeca centrepiece
Festival top brass unveiled on Tuesday the Spotlight, Midnight, Special screenings, centrepiece, Works In Progress screenings and the line-up for the 10th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.
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NewsCannes: Cinefondation's Atelier unveils 15 titles
Promising projects from Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East will be showcased for international co-production opportunities.
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NewsPalme d'Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: "Making mistakes is the best teacher"
Director talked about his combative writing relationship with wife Ebru Ceylan and his love of ambiguity on the big screen during a Qumra masterclass.
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News'Letter To The King' director Zaman plans Armenia story
EXCLUSIVE: Letter To The King and Before Snowfall director Hisham Zaman has two films in post and plans to shoot in Armenia in 2017.
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NewsJames Schamus: Gulf can learn from China's box-office boom
James Schamus delivers masterclass in Doha, touching on the need to build a movie-going culture in the Gulf and how Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon established the modern international blockbuster.
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NewsJames Schamus working on projects from 'micro' to 'quite huge'
EXCLUSIVE: Former Focus Features executive James Schamus is building a busy but bespoke slate at his new company Symbolic Exchange, including a TV project with European partners.
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NewsOrhan Pamuk to novelise 'Innocence Of Memories' screenplay
The Nobel Prize-winning author and screenwriter is refashioning his script for BFI-backed Venice title, originally adapted from his novel The Museum Of Innocence.
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NewsIceland’s Stockfish showcases hot works-in-progress
Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
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NewsKurdish cinema highlighted at !f Istanbul awards
The 15th edition of the Turkish indie festival gave prizes to two films that depict Kurdish issues.
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NewsDFI reveals 33 projects for Qumra
The directors and producers of the selected projects will participate in a six-day programme with industry figures including Joshua Oppenheimer and Aleksandr Sokurov.
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NewsHKIFF to open with Trivisa, Chongqing Hotpot
Johnnie To-produced Trivisa and Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hotpot will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21-April 4), while Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy will close the event.
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NewsSan Sebastian's Zabaltegi gets competitive; changes name
Jury of three to award $22,000 prize in the “open zone” strand.
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NewsTribeca to open with 'The First Monday In May'
The Magnolia Pictures art documentary will open the 15th Tribeca Film Festival, which is scheduled to run in New York from April 13-24.
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NewsRefugee crisis dominates Berlin Film Festival awards
Golden Bear winner Gianfranco Rosi among those calling for “awareness” of migrant tragedies.
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NewsGianfranco Rosi’s 'Fire at Sea' wins Berlin's Golden Bear
Gianfranco Rosi’s migrant documentary Fire At Sea (Fuocoammare) took home the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival, which handed out its competition awards on Saturday night.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival 2016: Full list of winners
Documentary Fire At Sea wins Golden Bear; Death In Sarajevo wins Jury Prize
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NewsBerlin: 'Junction 48', 'Who's Gonna Love Me Now?' win Panorama awards
Israeli directors win both top awards; runners-up include Steve Coogan’s Shepherds And Butchers and Madonna dancer documentary Strike A Pose.