All Festivals articles – Page 865
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Film Movement takes US rights to Israeli thriller For My Father
Film Movement will release Dror Zahavi’s For My Father this winter after acquiring US rights to the Israeli Academy Awards nominee.
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NewsPasolini’s Machan wins Golden Iris in Brussels
Uberto Pasolini’s directorial debut Machan won the Golden Iris Award at the 7th Brussels Film Festival, which closed on Sunday (July 5).
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NewsJust For Laughs to honour Todd Phillips, Etan Cohen
Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival’s Comedy Conference (July 23-25) will welcome Todd Phillips, director of The Hangover, to receive Comedy Director of the Year Award while Etan Cohen will receive the Comedy Writer of the Year Award.
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NewsThe 6th Glasgow Film Festival calls for submissions
The Glasgow Film Festival is calling for submissions for next year’s event, which will run from February 18 – 28.
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CommentIn times of crisis, film must make itself heard
Producer and policy-maker Lord Puttnam called for a stronger political voice from film-makers, when he delivered the keynote at last week’s Edinburgh International Film Festival
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NewsComic-Con Film Festival announces 64 selections
The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival has announced the selections for its festival, which runs concurrent to larger San Diego Comic-Con (July 23-26).
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NewsDark Sky plans midnight theatrical events for Deadgirl
Dark Sky Films has unveiled an unusual theatrical distribution pattern for its provocative festival hit Deadgirl.
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NewsTilda Swinton takes Scottish film festival on tour
Actress Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins, the former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival, are hitting the Highland trail with the first travelling film festival ever staged in the UK.
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NewsMontreal's Fantasia genre festival expands for two more days
Montreal’s Fantastia Festival will open with Takashi Miike’s Yatterman. Producer Yoshinori Chiba will be in attendance for the Canadian premiere.
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NewsPalm Springs ShortFest winners include The Dinner, Jonathan's Home
The Palm Springs International ShortFest wrapped its 15th edition Sunday night with the the Best of Festival Award going to The Dinner (Vacsora) by Hungary’s Karchi Perlmann.
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NewsIl Divo snaps up top award at Silver Ribbons
Paolo Sorrentino’s political drama Il Divo took the top prize at Italy’s Silver Ribbons (Nastri D’Argento) awards, announced this weekend.
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NewsWah Do Dem, Those Who Remain get Target awards at LAFF
The Los Angeles Film Festival wrapped its 15th edition Sunday, with the Target Filmmaker Award going to Sam Fleischner & Ben Chace’s Wah Do Dem (What They Do).
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival appoints new director
In a move that has been warmly received in Dutch film circles, Willemien van Aalst has been appointed as the new director of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF).
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NewsGrand Rapids plans first festival in August
Grand Rapids, Michigan will host the inaugural Grand Rapids Film Festival from August 26-28.
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NewsPierre Morel to be honoured at Cinema Expo Awards
Pierre Morel is to be named International Director of the Year, for his film Taken, at the 2009 Cinema Expo Awards Ceremony tonight. The film starring Liam Neeson took $77m internationally and grossed $222m at the box office worldwide.
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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.