All Festivals articles – Page 896
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NewsVenice to screen 3D Toy Story films, Princess & the Frog
The Venice Film Festival will host the world premiere 3D screenings of both Toy Story films and a partially completed version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest 2D film The Princess And The Frog to celebrate the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to John Lasseter and the directors of Pixar.
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BFI sets out plans following $2.7m LFF cash boost
The BFI has set out its plans for The Times London Film Festival, following a $2.7 million cash injection from the UKFC.Speaking earlier today at an event to formally announce the funding, Sandra Hebron, the festival director, outlined the BFI’s plans to raise the profile of the festival on an ...
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NewsKinotavr Russian showcase announces competition lineup
The Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival today announced the competition lineup for its 20th edition, including new titles from Euphoria director Ivan Vyrypaev and Kremen director Aleksei Mizgiryov.
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NewsHarold Ramis to receive Nantucket screenwriting tribute
Harold Ramis and Ben Stiller will participate on a comedy panel and Ramis will receive the annual Screenwriters Tribute at the 14th Annual Nantucket Film Festival, set to run from June 18-21.
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FeaturesHollywood gets thrifty
Expect to see fewer stars at the Hotel Du Cap as budget-conscious US sales agents try to deliver realistically priced product to international buyers.
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NewsTrevor Groth named Sundance director of programming
Trevor Groth has been named director of programming for the Sundance Film Festival in the wake of John Cooper’s appointment as festival director.
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NewsEIFF to host 23 world premieres
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will host 23 world premieres, including Max Meyer’s Adam which will bring the 63rd edition to a close.
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NewsPublic Enemies named LA Film Festival centrepiece screening
Michael Mann’s Depression era gangster thriller Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard will receive its world premiere as the centrepiece screening for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from June 18-28.
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NewsCity Island wins Heineken Audience Award
Raymond De Felitta’s comedy City Island, starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies, has won the eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival Heineken Audience Award.De Felitta will receive a cah prize of $25,000 for his film, which received its world premiere during the festival and tells of a Bronx family riddled with ...
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NewsWerner Herzog honoured by 50th Thessaloniki festival
A tribute to the legendary German director Werner Herzog will be the centerpiece of this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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NewsIn The Loop, Lost In Rio bookend Seattle Film Festival
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop and Michel Hazanavicius’ spy spoof sequel OSS 117: Lost In Rio bookend the 35th Seattle International Film Festival, set to run from May 21-June 14.
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FeaturesYear of the heavyweights
Cannes has invited the A-list world of cinema to a festival that is ready to excite critics and prise open dusty wallets.
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NewsEIFF to welcome Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) to interview Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore about her cinema career and work with the UN
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NewsVolkswagen drops Berlinale sponsorship
Volkswagen is scrapping its seven year sponsorship of the Berlinale, ahead of the festival’s 60th anniversary next year.
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NewsCosta-Gavras scoops top prize as COLCOA draws to a close
Costa-Gavras’ Eden Is West was awarded the top prize by the jury of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association at the 13th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels, (COLCOA).
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NewsSundance names 12 for June Directors and Screenwriters Labs
Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 2-26.
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NewsWrong Rosary wins Crossing Europe
Turkish director Mahmut Fazil Coskun’s Wrong Rosary has won the European Competition at the 6th Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz.
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Laila's Birthday takes top honour at Singapore fest
The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival has awarded its top honour, the Silver Screen Awards’Best Asian Feature Film, to Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi’s Laila’s Birthday.
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Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.
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ESPN claims first Tribeca deal with The Lost Son Of Havana
In the first announced acquisition of Tribeca 2009, ESPN said it had taken TV rights for its ESPN Films division to the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival selection The Lost Son Of Havana, set to get its world premiere on Thursday evening [April 23].