Latest festival news – Page 218
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NewsDanish hit 'Checkered Ninja' to compete at new-look Annecy animation festival
The animation festival has also launched the Contrechamp competition.
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News"Piracy is the most successful form of distribution," says Werner Herzog
The verteran German director was giving a masterclass at Nyon’s Visions du Reel festival.
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NewsCannes Film Festival 2019 poster pays tribute to the late Agnes Varda
Poster shows Varda shooting her first film La Pointe Courte.
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NewsScreen Scotland's new £600k festivals fund backs five events
Fund increases access to and diversity of festival programmes.
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NewsUdine's Far East Film Festival announces 2019 line-up
Festival will open with Lee Jong-un’s ‘Birthday’.
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NewsJim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' to open Cannes Film Festival
The zombie dark comedy stars Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez and Steve Buscemi.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest unveils 2019 MeetMarket projects
Projects include ’The Real Truman Show’, Sally Potter’s ’Oh Moscow’ and docs about Frank Bruno and Sinead O’Connor.
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NewsCannes Directors' Fortnight makes waves at Hong Kong Arts Centre
New Waves, New Shores will screen around 20 films, pairing titles selected from past editions of Directors’ Fortnight with films from Hong Kong.
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NewsCannes 2019: Ciro Guerra appointed Critics' Week jury president
Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s ’Birds Of Passage’ opened Directors’ Fortnight last year.
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NewsJohn Waters to receive Locarno Film Festival lifetime achievement award
Previous recipients include Ken Loach, Werner Herzog and Agnès Varda.
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NewsInaugural Doc Fest Ireland launches industry-focused programme
The event’s Doc Market is accepting submissions until April 19.
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News'Ray & Liz' wins best European debut in Vilnius
The Lithuanian festival also lauded Zsófia Szilágyi’s debut ‘One Day’.
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NewsCannes 2019: Claire Denis announced as Cinéfondation, shorts jury president
Jury will present three Cinéfondation prizes.
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NewsEncounters South African Documentary Festival re-appoints former festival director
Mandisa Ralane ran the event from 2007 to 2012.
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NewsCannes 2019: Quentin Dupieux's 'Deerskin' confirmed to open Directors' Fortnight
The film stars Jean Dujardin as a man who becomes dangerously obsessed with owning a designer deerskin jacket.
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NewsZurich Film Festival co-founders to step down, announce succession plan
ZFF’s Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri to leave roles after 15 years.
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NewsSouth Korea's Jeonju film festival to open with 'Piranhas'
Jeonju International Film Festival (May 2-11) is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.
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NewsDocaviv 2019 announces 15 titles for Israeli Competition
Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin’s ’Picture Of His Life’ opens the event.
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News'A First Farewell', 'You Have The Night' win HKIFF Firebird Awards
A First Farewell won the Firebird Award in the first ever Chinese-language Young Cinema Competition.
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NewsCPH:DOX industry wrap: Greta Thunberg doc stirs interest at pitching forum
Eurimages Award goes to ’Four Brothers’ directed by Belgium’s Pieter-Jan de Pue.