Latest festival news – Page 133
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News‘Mukagali’: first trailer for Kazakh poet biopic before Tallinn competition debut (exclusive)
The film is one of two Kazakh titles in competition.
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NewsWaZabi Films closes US deals on Canadian Oscar submission ‘Drunken Birds’, ‘Flee The Light’ (exclusive)
Transactions follow virtual AFM.
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NewsLes Arcs unveils 2021 co-production, talent industry selections
Selected directors include Stephan Komandarev, Dzintars Dreibergs, Laetitia Dosch.
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NewsOrwa Nyrabia on the direction in which he is steering International Film Festival Amsterdam
The IDFA festival director talks projects, backers and the tyranny of the 90-minute film-making trope.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund reveals 10 projects in 2021 autumn selection
10 projects will receive €10,000 HBF Script and Project Development support.
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NewsSamuel Theis’ ‘Softie’ wins top prize at Thessaloniki
Greece’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) took place as a hybrid event from November 4-14.
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News‘Captains Of Zaatari’ scoops top prize at Doha’s Ajyal Film Festival
The ninth edition of Doha Film Institute’s youth and family-focused festival ran November 7-13.
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NewsKarlovy Vary revamps East of the West competition
The new Proxima competition will be open to projects from around the world.
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News‘Herd Immunity’: first trailer for Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s Tallinn competition title (exclusive)
Yerzhanov has made three features in the past year.
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NewsHow IDFA will go ahead as an in-person event despite Netherlands’ partial lockdown
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia confirmed that less than 1% of the expected 2,000 industry delegates have cancelled their trips.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof’s ‘There Is No Evil’ wins top prize at Sydney Film Festival
Ben Sharrock’s Limbo received a special mention.
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NewsIDFA to go ahead in person despite partial Dutch lockdown
Industry activities such as IDFA Forum, Docs for Sale, IDFAcademy, and IDFA DocLab to continue as planned.
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NewsBerlinale, Series Mania, MIA execs among experts for Balkan Way series pitching event
The winning Balkan development stage TV series will receive €5000.
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NewsFrance’s Les Arcs unveils line-up for first physical edition since 2019
Event running in French ski resort of Les Arcs will showcase more than 120 films.
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NewsJoe Wright’s ‘Cyrano’ to open Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, full line-up revealed
The inaugural edition will showcase 138 films from 67 countries.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival announces line-up for 2021 hybrid edition
Filmmaker Menelik Shabazz will be honoured posthumously.
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NewsIDFA’s Bertha Fund to significantly increase support for doc features (exclusive)
The Bertha Fund supports filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Oceania region.
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NewsCairo to open with ‘Official Competition’, unveils 2021 line-up
Thirteen films will screen in the international competition.
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News‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’ wins two prizes at Raindance Film Festival
Best director and best debut feature.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights 2021 doubles prize money, reveals full line-up
Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Mr Landsbergis’ joins the Baltic Competition, while ‘Belfast’ and ‘Flee’ make the Screen International Critics’ Choice line-up.