Latest festival news – Page 205
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NewsIranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to one year in prison
Filmmaker has been unable to leave Iran since having his passport confiscated in 2017.
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NewsSweden’s Carl Film Festival plans sustainability focus
Festival will see Swedish Film Institute launch new funding for young voices.
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NewsToronto sets out its stall as fall festival season approaches
Selections give clues to Venice, Telluride premieres.
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NewsDominik Moll’s ‘Only The Animals’ to open 2019 Venice Days programme
Independent strand of Venice festival selects 11 titles for its competition.
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News‘A Shelter Among The Clouds’ leads winners at Kosovo’s PriFest
Turkish film ‘The Announcement’ picked up two awards.
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NewsVenice Film Festival to close with Giuseppe Capotondi’s ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’
The film stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger.
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NewsFantasia-bound restored Hungarian animation classic secures US deal (exclusive)
Film will go on international festival tour ahead of early 2020 theatrical release.
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NewsOdesa film festival industry awards go to projects from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
The 10th Odesa film festival closed on Saturday, July 20.
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NewsSundance Film Festival adds Sudeep Sharma, Ania Trzebiatowska to programming team (exclusive)
New arrivals will work closely with non-fiction-focused programming team.
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NewsFestivals must be more proactive in addressing gender imbalance, say international insiders
Film festivals continue to grapple with how to achieve 50/50 by 2020.
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NewsAlejandro Amenábar’s ‘While At War’ headlines Spanish films at San Sebastian 2019
Further titles include Belén Funes’ debut ’A Thief’s Daughter’.
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NewsVenice 2019 Critics’ Week line-up includes Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘Rare Beasts’
The strand will open with Indian animation Bombay Rose, and close with Joshua Gil’s fantasy drama Sanctorum.
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NewsWhistler Film Festival Society names Angela Heck director of industry programming
Whistler Film Festival set for December 4-8.
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NewsUK’s FrightFest unveils five-person shortlist for Screen Genre Rising Star Award
Nominees include Rebecca Rogers for her role in ‘Stalked’.
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News'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band' to open 2019 Toronto Film Festival
Premiere marks the first time a Canadian-made documentary will open festival.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival unveils 2019 competition line-up
Nine films will participate in the feature film competition including ‘Heidi’.
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News“Support culture to avoid conflict”: Odesa conference highlights importance of co-production
The Ukraine industry is steadily building, but serious challenges remain.
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NewsSix African and Middle Eastern films selected for Venice works-in-progress initiative
The Final Cut in Venice initiative has been running since 2013.
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NewsLocarno Film Festival unveils 2019 line-up
Titles include Patrick Vollrath’s hijack thriller 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dutch actress Halina Reijn’s racy feature debut Instinct.
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NewsTIFF Industry Conference to focus on sustainability, innovation
Full schedule to be unveiled in August.