Latest festival news – Page 131
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NewsRotterdam confirms physical 2022 edition and unveils opening film
The festival will open on January 26, with the industry component online.
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News‘Brighton 4th’ wins best film at Saudi’s first Red Sea International Film Festival
Giuseppe Tornatore was jury president for the inaugural competition featuring 16 features.
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NewsBlack directors make just 1% of competition films at major festivals (exclusive)
Just eight of 670 competition films over three years came from black filmmakers.
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NewsFestival do Rio opens in-person 2021 edition after 2020 absence
Seventy-one Brazilian features and shorts as well as international awards contenders.
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NewsFront Row’s Gianluca Chakra on the first year of his Saudi distribution label
New label has released 40 titles in Saudi Arabia including The Father, Another Round and Pinocchio.
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NewsBerlinale 2022 poster revealed, aims to ignite “curiosity and good spirits”
The festival is set to take place in-person February 10-20.
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NewsSaudi Arabia sets sights on 100 feature films by 2030
Ministry of Investment official was speaking at a Red Sea industry talk
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NewsSundance 2022 line-up includes ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’, ‘Living’, ‘Final Cut’
More than half of 82-strong feature roster directed by filmmakers who identify as women.
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NewsMichelle Yeoh action sci-fi ’Everything Everywhere All At Once’ to open SXSW 2022
Feature marks follow-up to The Daniels’ ’Swiss Army Man’
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NewsAGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford talks shooting $100m ‘Desert Warrior’ in Saudi Arabia
With a budget in excess of $100m, it is the biggest production to shoot in Saudi Arabia since the lifting of its 35-year cinema ban.
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NewsHybrid Slamdance 2022 unveils line-up as $25,000 AGBO Fellowship returns
Festival runs in Park City and online from January 20-30, 2022. $25,000 AGBO Fellowship returns.
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NewsRotterdam forced to delay decision on physical event but industry programme moves online
Festival organisers announced programme details including a focus on US filmmaker Amanda Kramer.
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News“They are willing to walk with you” say Red Sea Lodge filmmakers in Lab’s second year
The Red Sea Lodge is a year-round incubator that nurtures 12 feature film projects.
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NewsJuan Jose Campanella series ‘Los Enviados’ among Paramount+ LatAm showcase
Series to debut on platform on December 12.
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NewsRed Sea artistic director Edouard Waintrop cancels trip to festival
Former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight artistic director oversaw selection of inaugural edition.
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NewsRed Sea film festival opens as Haifaa Al Mansour steals the show
Hollywood and regional stars hit the red carpet event in Jeddah’s Al-Balad historic centre.
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NewsSundance Film Festival heads “confident” in 2022 hybrid model amid global Covid rise
Plan is ”to continue reviewing or adapting our health safety protocols as the festival nears and as new variants become identified”.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival launches defining first edition
International film festival launches in Jeddah exactly four years after lifting of Saudi’s 35-year cinema ban.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London hires Wendy Mitchell as producer (exclusive)
Mitchell replaces Mia Bays, who has taken over at the BFI Film Fund.