All Festivals articles – Page 779
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FeaturesProjects with potential
A showcase for Latin films seeking completion funding is growing in importance.
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NewsThe Messenger takes grand prize at Deauville
Oren Moverman’s The Messenger was awarded the grand prize at the Deauville Festival of American Film which wrapped Sunday night. Moverman’s war drama also picked up the critics prize.
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NewsJean van de Velde speaks out over Oscar row
The furore over the Dutch Oscar entry The Silent Army has been fuelled after the film’s director Jean van de Velde hit back at producers criticising its selection.
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NewsThe 17th Raindance Film Festival reveals award nominations
Independent film showcase Raindance Film Festival has revealed the shortlist for its annual awards.
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NewsLondon Film Festival boosts awards for 53rd edition
The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival is boosting its awards this year introducing new categories, including Best Film and Best British Newcomer, and hosting a dedicated ceremony for the first time.
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NewsGatlif’s Korkoro wins competition, audience prize at Montreal
Tony Gatlif’s Korkoro won the top competition prize and the audience award at the recently-wrapped Montreal World Film Festival.
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NewsHollywood Film Festival unveils crafts honourees
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, film composer Alexandre Desplat, editor Dana Glauberman, production designer Rick Carter and costume designer Colleen Atwood will be honoured at this autumn’s Hollywood Awards Gala.
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NewsEFA reveals 48-strong selection for European Film Awards
The European Film Academy has revealed the 48 films selected for this year’s European Film Awards.
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NewsSitges Film Festival reveals five world premieres for next edition
Sitges International Film Festival, Spain’s leading genre event, has revealed three world premieres for this year’s edition.
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NewsHerzog scores two films in Venice competition
Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? was revealed as the first surprise film, in competition, at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsHerzog, Solondz, Campion to play at Telluride
Venice entries Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans from Werner Herzog, Life During Wartime from Todd Solondz and John Hillcoat’s The Road are among the line-up at Telluride, which runs from September 4-7.
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NewsGhent to honour Kevin Costner with career award
Kevin Costner will receive the Joseph Plateau Honorary Award for Career Achievement at the upcoming 36th Ghent International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium.
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NewsSundance introduces Next section for low budget film-makers
Sundance Film Festival top brass have launched Next, a section dedicated to the work of cash-strapped film-makers who find new ways to tell their stories.
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NewsSundance Institute expands theatre programme with two new labs
Sundance Institute has added two new labs to its theatre programme to support playwrights, directors, composers and librettists.
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NewsJohn Greyson pulls out of TIFF over Israel-focused sidebar
Film-maker John Greyson has pulled his short film Covered out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival in protest against a sidebar dedicated to films from the Israeli capital Tel Aviv.
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NewsOMDC unveils 43 projects in International Financing Forum
New projects from Deepa Mehta, Chris Landreth, Thom Fitzgerald, Hany Abu-Assad, Ralph Fiennes, Terence Davies, Kevin Macdonald and Tony Grisoni selected for Sept 13/14 event in Toronto.
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NewsTian's Warrior gets world premiere at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival has added two final titles to its September line-up - Tian Zhuang Zhuang’s The Warrior And The Wolf and Hana Makhmalbaf’s Green Days.
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NewsMax Manus wins seven Amanda Awards as Haugesund ends
General consensus was that New Nordic Films, the market at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, offered 22 Nordic features of unusually high quality.