Latest festival news – Page 171
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NewsNeon acquires Venice grand jury prize-winner ‘New Order’
Dystopian drama plays next at BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival.
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NewsTokyo film festival unveils full line-up, including Tokyo Premiere section
New section introduced in response to Covid-19 travel restrictions will screen 32 films of which 25 are world premieres.
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NewsDocumentary festival favourites of 2020 to physically screen at IDFA
The Amsterdam event is planned as a hybrid physical-digital edition.
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News‘Lockdown’ anthology starring Matthias Schoenaerts set for Re>Connext
Collection of shorts was filmed with Covid-19 safety measures in place by directors including Michael R Roskam (‘Bullhead’).
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NewsSix talking points from the Zurich Summit
Top executives from the US and Europe gathered in Zurich.
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NewsDea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘Beginning’ wins Golden Shell for best film at San Sebastian 2020
The film also won best director, best actress and best screenplay.
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NewsRelief and joy as San Sebastian becomes the second major festival to be held in pandemic era
“It has given us a renewed hope in cinema.”
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NewsViggo Mortensen on choosing projects, working with David Cronenberg and moving behind the camera
”’I’m a bad poker player; it would show if I didn’t believe in what I do.”
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils broad sweep of industry prizes
Ivan Dusk’s Dusk Stone won the WIP Latam award.
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NewsHorror ‘The Twin’ wins best project at Finnish Film Affair
Mormon documentary ‘The Mission’ also triumphs.
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival launches 40th edition with nationwide cinema push
Hybrid edition has shifted industry showcase online.
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NewsNetflix’s Francisco Ramos: Spanish-language content has to keep its ‘specificity’
Ramos says credibility of different cultures is crucial in an online talk organised by San Sebastian.
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NewsNetflix buys fourth TIFF film ‘I Care A Lot’
Deal brings Netflix’s total TIFF spend to roughly $70m.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg’s Albert Wiederspiel on the importance of introducing new talent to audiences
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
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NewsTribeca to add video games to 2021 official selection
Selected games will compete for inaugural Tribeca Games Award.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg looks forward to physical festival, online industry programme
The German festival opens tonight with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s Enfant Terrible.
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NewsLili Hinstin steps down as artistic director of Locarno Film Festival
French festival professional was appointed to the role in 2018.
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NewsExperts call for European cross-border insurance guarantee fund
”What do we do with a co-production which is shot in France, but the Covid-19 case happens in Germany?
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NewsUK’s FrightFest cancels physical edition and moves online
New Covid restrictions were a “tipping point”: said organisers.
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NewsPandemic intensifies need for platforms to invest in local indie content, say Euro producers
The European Producers Club unveiled its Covid-19 recovery manifesto in San Sebastian.