Latest Berlin news – Page 58
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NewsBerlin joins industry calls for release of Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
AMPAS member Kuka’s works include aKasha and Beats Of The Antonov.
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NewsUniFrance voices support for ‘Cuties’ director Maïmouna Doucouré
Director and film have faced backlash in US over its complex themes.
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NewsEFA, Berlinale demand immediate release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh is known in cinema circles for her work with Jafar Panahi and appearing as one of the passengers in Taxi Tehran.
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NewsDennis Ruh to head Berlin’s European Film Market
EFM set to go ahead as a hybrid event in 2021.
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NewsWill Venice Production Bridge be the last physical industry event of 2020?
Some 800 professionals have registered to physically attend the hybrid onsite-digital industry strand of the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires BFI London Film Festival doc winner ‘White Riot’ (exclusive)
Film set in 1970’s Britain deeply divided over immigration.
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NewsBerlinale 2021 to run as physical event; EFM sets hybrid model
The festival has also revealed its acting awards will be gender-neutral from 2021.
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 14 projects
A total of €395,000 awarded to projects from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
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NewsIranian Sundance prize-winner ‘Yalda’ lands US distribution (exclusive)
Drama also nominated for Generation 14-plus Crystal Bear in Berlin.
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NewsAGC Studios to finance, Ridley Scott to EP prison thriller ‘Panopticon’
Production earmarked for autumn start; project out to casting.
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NewsMatthijs Wouter Knol leaving Berlin’s EFM for European Film Academy
Marion Döring to retire from the European Film Academy after more than 30 years at the organisation.
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NewsEuropean film industry pays tribute to Francine Brücher
Brücher piloted international promotions at Swiss Films and was a well-known figure on the festival and market circuit.
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NewsNew Berlin-based films sales hub Cinemarket goes live
Former Pyramide International head of sales Lucero Garzon has recently been appointed as commercial director.
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NewsLocarno chief Lili Hinstin talks completely new 2020 iteration
“We looked at what would be helpful for the films and their creators.”
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NewsKino Lorber buys Berlin Golden Bear winner ‘There is No Evil’
US distributor released Mohammad Rasoulof’s 2013 thriller Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
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NewsBleecker Street, US theatres set virtual release for ‘The Roads Not Taken’
Screenings to start on April 10 in association with aprticipating theatres.
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NewsFocus Features moves ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ to on-demand amid theatre closures
Acclaimed drama film originally opened theatrically on March 13 before cinema closures.
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NewsDevilworks seals US deals for ‘Welcome To The Circle’, ‘Dead Dicks’ (exclusive)
Deals for both titles were signed at last month’s European Film Market.
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NewsThe Match Factory strikes deals on Christian Petzold’s Berlinale award-winner ‘Undine’ (exclusive)
The company has also secured deals on Berlin titles ‘Bad Tales’ and ‘Father’.
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NewsWild Bunch posts raft of deals on Berlinale prize winner ‘Delete History’ (exclusive)
Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s eighth joint feature won the Berlinale’s special Silver Bear this year.