Latest festival news – Page 188
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NewsVirtual Cannes market participants monitoring situation after festival postponement
Original festival due to run May 12-23.
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NewsCannes delay prompts mixed response from US independent sector
“Everybody wants to see it exist in one shape or another this year.”
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NewsDoha Film Institute moves Qumra online
Rithy Panh, Karim Ainouz, Annemarie Jacir, Tala Hadid, Ghassan Salhab join efforts to continue key project development activities.
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NewsBFI Flare festival reveals digital plans after coronavirus cancellation
LGBTIQ+ festival to launch BFI Flare at Home on streaming service BFI Player.
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NewsSeattle International Film Festival cancelled
Leadership talks of “stronger, more sustainable and exciting future for SIFF”.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival postponed due to coronavirus
This year’s festival was due to run June 17-28.
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NewsSeries Mania launches Digital Forum initiative following cancellation
Some 35 projects in development will be pitched online and another 60 new series showcased.
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NewsCPH:DOX to offer 40 digital film screenings; FORUM pitches will go ahead online (exclusive)
Juries will watch online and deliberate remotely.
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NewsBFI Flare festival cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
LGBTIQ+ film festival was due to run March 18-29.
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NewsAmman International Film Festival postponed, tentatively rescheduled for late August
Inaugural edition was to have taken place in Jordanian capital April 13 to 18.
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NewsPlatino Awards, Guadalajara, Cartagena postponed over coronavirus concerns
Panama IFF also not going ahead.
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NewsHot Docs postpones festival amid coronavirus pandemic, plans virtual market
“We remain committed to bringing these outstanding documentary films to our audiences.”
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NewsSXSW to judge 2020 competition films digitally
“This was going to a transformative event, and with the cancellation, the filmmakers were left stranded and scrambling.”
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NewsIstanbul, Belfast Film Festivals become latest coronavirus postponements
The Istanbul industry strand will proceed online.
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NewsTribeca Film Festival postponed amid coronavirus fears
Agencies, studios order staff to work from home.
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NewsDenmark’s CPH:DOX cancels physical event, plans virtual stand-in (update)
220 films and directors ”have been sent home”.
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NewsVerdict on Thessaloniki’s virtual pitch forum: Cheaper, more intimate but nothing can replace face-to-face
Pitching forum moved online in the wake of coronavirus concerns.
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NewsAustria’s Diagonale film festival cancelled as coronavirus spreads
Festival of Austrian Film was due to run March 24-29.
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NewsCannes president Pierre Lescure “optimistic”, debunks insurance company claims
Cannes management team hopes peak of coronavirus epidemic in France will be over by end of March.
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NewsKorea’s Jeonju International Film Festival postponed due to coronavirus
Originally scheduled to run April 30-May 9, the festival’s dates have been moved to May 28-June 6.