Latest festival news – Page 191
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NewsCPH:DOX unveils 2020 competition line-up with 50/50 gender split (exclusive)
Competition line-up includes new films by Jerzy Sladkowski, Bryan Fogel, Moara Passoni and Hubert Sauper.
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NewsFirst look: Nicolas Cage amusement park horror ‘Wally’s Wonderland’ scores sales (exclusive)
Cage plays a janitor at a condemned amusement park who must battle demonic animatronic foes.
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NewsBerlinale to hold minute’s silence for Hanau shooting rampage victims
“The Berlinale stands for tolerance, respect and hospitality.”
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NewsBell Pottinger doc ‘Influence’ stirs up sales for Cinetic, EyeSteelFilm (exclusive)
France, Germany, Scandinavia among buyers.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy calls for release of Chinese director Deng Chuanbin
Deng, also known as Huang Huang, was arrested in May 2019.
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NewsSeries Mania reveals 2020 competition line-up
UK projects are Channel 4’s Adult Material and Sky’s Little Birds.
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NewsEugene Hernandez named New York Film Festival director
Dennis Lim named director of programming
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NewsBerlin Film Festival renames Alfred Bauer prize following Nazi revelations
The festival will award a special Silver Bear prize for the 70th edition in its place.
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NewsMichel Hazanavicius to lead 2020 Sarajevo Film Festival jury
Director of ‘The Artist’ follows Ruben Östlund, Asghar Farhadi in the role.
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NewsCannes Film Festival unveils 2020 selection committee
This year’s committee includes Virginie Apiou, Paul Grandsard, Laurent Jacob and Johanna Nahon.
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News‘Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President’ to open 2020 Tribeca Film Festival
Live performances by Willie Nelson, musical director Paul Shaffer to follow screening.
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NewsRémi Bonhomme appointed artistic director of Marrakech Film Festival
Bonhomme will step down from role as programme manager at Cannes Critics’ Week after 2020 edition.
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NewsNew Wave Films acquires UK rights to EFM-bound ‘Rose Plays Julie’ (exclusive)
Hyde Park International to launch sales at EFM next week.
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NewsBerlinale, Sundance winners among CPH:FORUM projects (exclusive)
New projects also selected from Oscar nominees and a Venice-winning duo.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival unveils expanded industry strand, launches mentorship scheme (exclusive)
Speakers to include NFTS Scotland’s Debbie Rowland and Film Disruptors’ Alex Stolz.
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NewsFirst English trailer for Berlinale Competition title ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ (exclusive)
It stars Welket Bungué in a contemporary version of Alfred Döblin’s 1929 classic novel.
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NewsTokyo Film Festival sets 2020 dates, new TIFFCOM venue
Festival and market will be held at the same time and in venues that are walking distance from each other.
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NewsDominique Green named artistic director of Dinard Film Festival
Hussam Hindi stepped down from the role last year after 30 years at the festival.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival reveals 2020 competition juries
Jeremy Irons previously announced to lead seven-person jury.
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News‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’, ‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ bookend Miami Film Festival 2020
Argentinian Oscar winner Juan José Campanella to present comedy The Weasels.