All Festivals articles – Page 693
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NewsSchamus, Sokurov impressed by Qumra filmmakers
Bespoke event nurtured development of 33 DFI grantee projects.
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News'Dheepan' and 'Paulina' triumph in Miami
Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize and Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre’s Paulina won the Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Prize at the 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
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NewsArab film-making scene expanding and diversifying, says report
Study reveals France to be top producer of independent Arab cinema alongside Egypt and Lebanon with Qatar rising as a key funder.
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NewsFrightFest to relocate with new headline sponsor
The UK genre event will take place in an expanded format at Vue Shepherd’s Bush this year.
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News'Where To Invade Next' to open Sheffield Doc/Fest
Director Michael Moore will attend the festival for the first time since 1998.
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NewsAleksandr Sokurov: "Cinema does not have any achievements"
The Golden Lion-winning filmmaker discussed his ambivalent relationship with cinema, his stormy friendship with Tarkovsky and the merit of actors, during a Qumra masterclass.
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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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NewsIceland’s Stockfish showcases hot works-in-progress
Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
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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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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.