Latest festival news – Page 135
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NewsSomali Oscar submission ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ wins at Africa’s Fespaco festival
Africa’s biggest film festival unfolded in Burkina Faso from October 16 to 23.
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News‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic’ wins top prizes at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
In other prizes Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon clinches Fipresci prize and inaugural Green Award.
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NewsKorean thriller ‘Midnight’ wins best feature at UK’s Grimmfest
Other winners include ‘Blast’, ‘The Righteous’.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival records 291,000 attendees across physical and digital
Physical attendance at the 12-day festival reached 139,400.
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NewsBerlin Golden Bear winner ‘Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn’ named Romanian Oscars submission
Selection marks third consecutive year Magnolia Pictures has released Romania’s Oscar submission.
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NewsMorocco’s Hicham Lasri says new film ‘Happy Lovers’ will be more mainstream
Producer Lamia Chraibi describes it as a black comedy with elements of Irreversible and Fargo.
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News‘Titane’, ‘Passing’ and ‘A Cop Movie’ among Camerimage 2021 nominees
The festival takes place in Poland from November 13-20.
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NewsPeccadillo Pictures’ Tom Abell takes over as chair of Iris Prize
He takes the role on from outgoing chair Andrew Pierce.
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NewsProjects from Colombia, Lebanon among winners at 2021 European Work in Progress
The event was held in Cologne from October 19-21.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival contacts guests after “small number” of attendees test positive for Covid-19
Festival sent email on Wednesday referencing positive tests earlier in the day.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival artistic director Amir Ramses resigns
The resignation comes amid a challenging fifth edition for the Egyptian Red Sea event.
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NewsCan a tech start-up help to revolutionise Egypt’s local film industry?
Cinema-focused start-up incubator unveiled a new round of supported projects at the El Gouna Film Festival this year.
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NewsNew films from Gyorgy Palfi, Aku Louhimies to play in competition at Tallinn Black Nights 2021
The Grand Prix award for best film goes up to €20,000 this year, from €10,000 last year.
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NewsIDFA 2021 reveals Luminous, Frontlight titles, special screening of Dziga Vertov restoration
Vertov is best known for ’The Man With The Movie Camera’.
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Newsmk2 films unveils deals on Rome, MIA titles ‘The Young Lovers’, ‘The Love Letter’ (exclusive)
The Young Lovers, starring Fanny Ardant and Melvil Poupaud, has just world premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
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NewsWorld premiere of ‘Sing 2’ joins ‘The Power Of The Dog’ on AFI Fest line-up
Netflix to release in US cinemas on November 17, on platform on December 3.
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NewsActor Mohammad Bakri pulls out of El Gouna after Palestinian director deported
Celebrated Palestinian actor and director was to have received career achievement award.
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NewsM. Night Shyamalan to head 2022 Berlinale international jury
Next year’s festival will run as a physical event from February 10-20.
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NewsTallinn reveals 2021 Black Nights Stars
Selection includes ‘Beanpole’ star Viktoriya Miroshnichenko.
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News‘Feathers’, ‘Journey To The West’ take top awards at Pingyao film festival
Natesh Hegde’s Pedro and Wei Shujun’s Ripples Of Life were awarded best director in the Roberto Rossellini Awards and Fei Mu Awards, respectively.