Latest festival news – Page 170
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News‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’ wins Golden Puffin at Reykjavik Film Festival
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s debut feature launched at Venice 2019.
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News‘MLK/FBI’, ‘Gunda’ lead 18-title IDFA Masters programme
Experimental doc section Paradocs has also added 11 titles.
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NewsNetflix, Wild Bunch seal world rights deal for ‘The Swarm’ (exclusive)
The film was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week’s special 2020 label earlier this year.
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News‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’ wins top prize at Athens Film Festival
‘Gagarine’ duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh win best director award.
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NewsRome Film Fest unveils 2020 line-up; lifetime award for Steve McQueen
Festival to go ahead as a physical event with guests including Thomas Vinterberg and Francois Ozon.
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NewsSony moves up Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa action thriller ‘Monster Hunter’ to December
The Kid Detective, Escape Room 2 also move.
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NewsNadia Dresti appointed interim head of Locarno’s artistic direction
Appointment follows the sudden departure of artistic director Lili Hinstin in September.
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NewsGerman producers challenge Netflix on copyright and rights issues at Filmfest Hamburg event
Komplizen’s Janine Jackowski and Constantin’s Katharina Hiersemenzel were
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NewsCairo International Film Festival (CIFF) sets new December dates
Festival pushes back dates by two weeks to ensure proper hygiene measures are in place.
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NewsEuropean sales agents talk challenge of production downturn during pandemic
The demand for content is still there, they said at Filmfest Hamburg event.
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News‘Gunda’ wins Filmfest Hamburg audience award
Some 14,000 cinema-goers attended physical screenings across hybrid 10-day event.
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NewsFemale directors dominate Zurich Film Festival awards
‘Identifying Features’ by Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Valadez wins top prize.
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News‘Hope’, ‘The Pencil’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City film festival
Anshul Chauhan’s Kontora won best picture in the feature film category of the Japanese Film Competition.
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News‘Midsommar’ drive-in to open 6th annual Nordic International Film Festival (exclusive)
Five-day showcase runs in New York and online from October 15-20.
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NewsSlamdance sets virtual festival, desert experience for 2021
“Slamdance ‘21 isn’t about compromise because of the pandemic. It’s about community, accessibility and growth.”
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NewsUK’s Frightfest boosts 2020 line-up following shift online
Genre festival has set a new opening film after cancelling its physical edition.
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NewsPingyao film festival unveils full line-up, competition sections
The festival will open with Sun Hong’s This Is Life, while Zhang Yang’s So Far So Close will screen as the Special Presentation.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar’s ’The Human Voice’ hot seller for FilmNation (exclusive)
UK, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea among buyers.
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NewsBerlinale report confirms Nazi past of founding director Alfred Bauer
Study confirms late director “contributed to the functioning, stabilisation and legitimation of the Nazi regime”.
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NewsAva DuVernay heads BFI London Film Festival industry line-up
Programme also includes ‘Normal People’ and ‘Devs’ producers discussing move to TV.