Latest festival news – Page 22
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Circus doc ‘Fantastique’ leads winners as Connext 2023 ends on a high
Emmanuel Eckert, deputy director, acquisitions at French media giant Mediawan, gave a keynote speech.
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Tinatin Kajrishvili’s ‘Citizen Saint’ named Georgia’s Oscar submission
Third feature premiered at Karlovy Vary.
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AFI FEST guest artistic director Greta Gerwig unveils five selections
US premiere of Kate Winslet starrer Lee added to selection.
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Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival rescheduled due to Israel-Hamas war
The event has been moved to October 27-November 2.
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IDFA 2023 adds 35 features in Luminous, Frontlight premieres sections
Also programmes IDFA on Stage events, plus Paradocs and queer programme.
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Sahraa Karimi, Damian Kocur projects among Tallinn Co-Production Market
The market runs November 16-17 as part of Tallinn Black Nights’ industry platform.
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Mira Nair to head Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 jury
South Asia Competition jury also includes David Michod, Isabel Sandoval and Marianne Khoury.
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Zhang Yimou to receive lifetime achievement award at Tokyo film festival
The director of ‘House Of Flying Daggers’ and ‘Full River Red’ will attend the festival in October.
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Bleecker Street acquires Anthony Hopkins drama ‘One Life’
True-life story screens at BFI London Film Festival this week.
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Netflix, Amazon among backers of German crew diversity programme NewMotion
The founders are producers Roshanak “Rosh” Khodabakhsh and Jorgo Narje.
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‘How To Have Sex’, ‘Shayda’ win at Filmfest Hamburg
The German festival posted its biggest ever audience in 2023.
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Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to return with new competition and South Asia focus
The festival has dropped its international competition in favour of a South Asia focus.
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Programmers, execs look forward to first glimpse of buzzy Flemish projects at Connext 2023
“The number of talents and good films is amazing,” says Renata Santoro, head of programming at Giornate Degli Autori.
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Zurich Film Festival awards top prizes to ‘Hesitation Wound’, ‘Hollywoodgate’ and ‘In The Rearview’
Each of the winners takes home festival’s Golden Eye trophy and a CHF 20,000 cash prize.
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Berlinale outlines fresh strategy for showcasing rising German filmmakers
Source: Berlinale/Ali Ghandtschi Jenni Zylka Jenni Zylka, former director of the Berlinale’s discontinued Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, has taken on a new role to discover films by up-and-coming German filmmakers, working closely with the country’s film schools. The €5,000 Heiner Carow Prize, sponsored by Germany’s Defa Foundation, ...
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Ukrainian drama ‘How Is Katia?’ wins best film at Molodist film festival in Hamburg
The Ukrianian festival ran as a festival within a festival at Filmfest Hamburg.
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Aylin Tezel’s ‘Falling Into Place’ among Tallinn First Features line-up
The line-up is made up of 11 world premieres at 5 international premieres.
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Filmfest Hamburg hands out three new prizes, including for best pitch of film starring an older woman
The three cash awards honour the 21-year tenure of outgoing festival director Albert Wiederspiel.
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South International Series Festival unveils inaugural industry programme
Cadiz-based festival kicks off today with gala for refugee drama ’La Ley Del Mar’.
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Charades sends horror ‘When Evil Lurks’ to key global territories (exclusive)
The fifth feature from Argentinian director Rugna premiered in Toronto’s Midnight Madness programme.