Latest festival news – Page 20
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof expresses “gratitude” over German Oscar entry for ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’
The dissident Iranian filmmaker is in South Korea presiding over the main competition at Busan International Film Festival.
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News‘Rust’ to world premiere at Camerimage in honour of Halyna Hutchins
World premiere takes place almost three years after the death on set of its cinematographer.
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NewsRotterdam names Marten Rabarts as head of IFFR Pro
Veteran exec previously worked at New Zealand Film Festival and Binger Filmlab.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires Venice prize-winning documentary ‘Riefenstahl’
Theatrical release planned in 2025.
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NewsBelfast Film Festival world premieres include James Nesbitt comedy ‘The UnHolylands’
The festival runs from October 31-November 9.
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NewsRome Film Festival sets Viggo Mortensen, Dennis Lehane, Chiara Mastroianni masterclasses
Other speakers at festival include Mexican stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna and director Saverio Costanzo.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios pushes hot awards contender ‘Nickel Boys’ to mid-December US release
Expansion to follow in January.
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NewsBusan film festival opens with Kiyoshi Kurosawa honour, Lee Sun-kyun tribute
Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho among those to honour the Japanese filmmaker.
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NewsVenice Special Jury Prize winner ‘April’ finds US home
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s drama receives US premiere at New York Film Festival on October 7.
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NewsBerlinale Pro’s Tanja Meissner, Hamburg’s Malika Rabahallah talk role models, work/life balance and imposter syndrome
They were joined by producer Wiebke Andresen and cinema owner Verena von Stackelberg of Wolf Kino at FIlmfest Hamburg.
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News‘All We Imagine As Light’, ‘September 5’ join AFI FEST line-up
New titles in full line-up announcement include Samir Oliveros’s The Luckiest Man In America, Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault’s Zurawski v Texas.
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News‘The Room Next Door’, ‘A Real Pain’ bookend Miami Film Festival GEMS
Alfonso Cuarón, costume designer Arianne Phillips, Sebastian Stan to receive Precious Gem Award.
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NewsFormer Match Factory exec joins Berlinale Talents as programme manager
Pausinger is part of a dual leadership team of the Berlinale’s talent development initiative.
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NewsHamburg Production Awards salute Red Balloon Film, Neue Bioskop Film producers
The German partners of Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays and Chiara Fleischhacker’s Vena each won cash prizes of €25,000.
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NewsEuropean Work in Progress Cologne selects 29 projects for 2024 edition
Selection includes Bulgarian filmmaker Stephan Komendarev’s seventh feature Made In EU.
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NewsGuadaLAjara Film Festival to open with Mexican Oscar submission ‘Sujo’
Source: Sundance ‘Sujo’ The 14th GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF) in Los Angeles running November 1-3 will open with Mexican Oscar submission Sujo. The Forge holds North American rights to the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner from Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez about a youngster growing up under ...
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NewsIFC Films, Sapan Studio buy US rights to TIFF selection ‘The Luckiest Man In America’
IFC Films planning 2025 theatrical release on true-life drama starring Paul Walter Hauser.
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NewsRoadside Attractions buys TIFF hit ’The Last Showgirl’ starring Pamela Anderson
Awards push is planned for Utopia Originals drama.
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News‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ win top prizes at Pingyao film festival
Further winners included ‘The Story Of Souleymane’, ‘Happyend’ and ‘Good One’.
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NewsAlbert Serra’s bullfighting doc ‘Afternoons Of Solitude’ wins best film at San Sebastian 2024
Gia Coppola’s ‘The Last Showgirl’, starring Pamela Anderson, won the special jury prize.