All Festivals articles – Page 895
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NewsLa Mission, Dare bookend LA Outfest 2009
Peter Bratt’s drama La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt and Adam Salky’s debut feature Dare starring Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Zach Gilford bookend Outfest 2009.
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NewsPhiladelphia gay & lesbian festival relaunches as Philadelphia QFest
In its 15th year the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival has been rebranded the Philadelphia QFest as organisers announced other changes ahead of the July 9-20 event.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Blunt with Britannia Award
BAFTA/LA will honour Emily Blunt with the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.
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NewsLos Angeles Film Festival to host US premiere of Transformers sequel
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen will have its US premiere on June 22 as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsCineVegas to honour Voight, Dafoe and Kuchars
Actors Jon Voight and Willem Dafoe and homemade movie pioneers George & Mike Kuchar will be among the Vanguard Award honorees at CineVegas 2009.
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Sarasota's Kielbasa heads to Virginia Film Festival
Jody Kielbasa has been named as the new director of the Virginia Film Festival.
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NewsScherfig, Otto join Sydney competition jury
Danish director Lone Scherfig and Australian actress Miranda Otto have joined the judging panel for the official competition of this year’s Sydney Film Festival (June 3-14).
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NewsNewport festival to kick off June 3 with In The Loop
The 12th annual Newport International Film Festival will open June 3 with Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop, and will close on June 7 with Pierre Marcel’s new documentary Tabarly.
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NewsMacDowell, Lau and Im join Shanghai juries
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced actress Andie MacDowell and Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau will join the Jinjue Awards jury.
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NewsTop Un Certain Regard prize goes to Dogtooth
Un Certain Regard sidebar honoured Dogtooth by Greece’s Yorgos Lanthimos with its Fondation Groupama Gan For Cinema prize on May 23 in Cannes.
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NewsEcumenical jury awards Looking for Eric
Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric took top prize of the Ecumenical jury while special mention went to Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon.
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NewsHolland’s Doku.Arts Festival reveals 2009 programme
The Doku.Arts Festival has revealed a programmed of 23 features and 10 shorts for this year’s edition, which runs from June 11 – 14.
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NewsSarajevo selects 19 for CineLink
The Sarajevo Film Festival has selected 19 projects for its 2009 CineLink and CineLink+ co-production market.
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NewsAngelopoulos demands overhaul of Greek national film awards
Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos is threatening to boycott the Greek national film awards claiming that the current jury system is corrupt and biased.
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NewsSundance announces projects for 2009 Ford Fellowship
The Sundance Institute has announced the four Fellows and projects selected for the 2009 Ford Foundation Film Fellowship.
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NewsShanghai announces competition line-up
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled its competition line-up.
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NewsThe Cove wins audience prize at Hot Docs
US filmmaker Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove won the 2009 Audience Prize at Toronto’s international documentary film festival Hot Docs. The film tells of efforts of environmentalists and animal rights activists to end the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
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NewsDeneuve to receive Taormina Film Festival's Arte Award
Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve will receive the Taormina Film Festival’s Arte Award during the 55th edition of the Sicilian festival.
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NewsGus van Sant named as jury president of KunstFilmBiennale
US filmmaker Gus van Sant will serve as the president of the International Jury for this year’s KunstFilmBiennale.
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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.