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All Festivals articles – Page 826
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NewsToronto unveils new city section, announces first programme selections
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the first selections for its 34th edition (September 10-19).
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NewsKarlovy Vary hosts 19 world premieres
The 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival host 19 world premieres at this year’s edition, which will run July 3 – 11.
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NewsPula Film Festival to include Almodovar retrospective
The Pula Film Festival, the oldest film festival in Croatia, has introduced a new section focusing on European directors. The first retrospective will be dedicated to Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodóvar.
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The Long Night wins Golden Tauro at Taormina Film Festival
Hatem Ali’s The Long Night (Al Layl Al-Tawil) won The Golden Tauro for best film in the Mediterranean Competition section of the 55th Taormina International Film Festival.
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NewsNantucket honours The Cove, Dabis and Deller
The 14th annual Nantucket Film Festival closed tonight with Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition award going to Jenny Deller for her script Future Weather.
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NewsOctober Country, Mugabe take top awards at Silverdocs
Silverdocs, the AFI/Discover Channel Documentary Festival, has given out $80,000 in prizes along with its top awards this afternoon.
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NewsMoscow celebrates golden year with greater international focus
The Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) is seeking to boost its position on the festival circuit with a 16-strong competition line-up, including world and Russian premieres.
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NewsTelluride picks Payne as guest director for 2009 festival
Alexander Payne will serve as the guest director for the 36th Telluride Film Festival, which will run September 4-7.
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NewsPiFan to open with international premiere of M.W.
This year’s Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will feature 15 world premieres and 15 international premieres, including opening film M.W., a live-action adaptation of the Osamu Tezuka manga of the same name.
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NewsSharon Gless, Chad Allen among honourees at upcoming QFest
The Philadelphia Cinema Alliance has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards that will collect their prizes at the upcoming 15th Philadelphia QFest from July 9-20.
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NewsVolchok debutants snap up three top Kinotavr prizes
Vasili Sigarev’s directorial debut Volchok scooped The Grand Prize at Russia’s 20th Kinotavr Open Film Festival, which wrapped yesterday (June 14).
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NewsJoe Wright to head up Edinburgh’s Michael Powell jury
Atonement and Pride And Prejudice director Joe Wright has been named as president of the Michael Powell jury for best British film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
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NewsThe Other Bank awarded Grand Jury prize in Seattle
George Ovashvili’s Georgian-Kazakh drama The Other Bank won the 35th Seattle International Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize as Barbara Schroeder’s US entry Talhotblond took documentary honours.
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NewsEasier With Practice wins top CineVegas prize
Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Easier With Practice won the 11th Annual CineVegas Film Festival’s grand jury prize as the festival came to a close on June 14.
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NewsTilda Swinton’s film festival gets funding from EventScotland
Tilda Swinton, organiser of Swinton Pilgrimage: A Scottish Road Movie Film Festival, is to receive an investment of $15,000 (£9,000) from EventScotland, the national events agency.
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NewsSmall Crime to open Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
The third annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival will open on June 25 with Christos Georgiou’s Small Crime and close on June 28 with Alexis Kardaras’ Guinness.
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NewsMumbai fest changes dates, increases prize money
The International Film Festival of Mumbai has changed its dates and introduced a series of cash prizes totalling $200,000.
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NewsWhatever Works, Peter And Vandy bookend Provincetown
Woody Allen’s Whatever Works and Jay DiPietro’s Peter And Vandy bookend the Provincetown International Film Festival, set to run in Massachusetts from June 17-21.
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NewsTornatore's Barria to open 66th Venice Film Festival
The 66th Venice Film Festival will open with Baaria, the new film from Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore, it will also be in competition.
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NewsPiFan unveils five projects for KOFIC development lab
Korea’s Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) has announced the five projects that will take part in the KOFIC Filmmakers’ Development Lab (FDL), which this year will take place during the festival.