Latest festival news – Page 28
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NewsLithuanian drama ‘Toxic’ wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard
Kurdwin Ayub’s Moon won the special jury prize.
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NewsRoadside Attractions buys SXSW double prize winner ‘Bob Trevino Likes It’
Myriad Pictures represents international sales.
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NewsSarajevo’s Jovan Marjanovic talks physical expansion, hometown heroes and tackling tricky issues
“We hope it becomes the new centre of the city, and the country,” says the festival director of the newly-expanded festival.
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NewsTIFF unveils Industry Conference line-up, 10 Industry Selects titles
Sessions run September 6-10.
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NewsReason8 joins rare Ukrainian drama and Venice premiere ‘Honeymoon’ (exclusive)
‘Honeymoon’ is one of the few Ukrainian fiction features to shoot in the country since the Russian invasion began.
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NewsZurich adds world premieres ’Der Spitzname’ and ‘Landesverräter’ to line-up
‘Conclave’, ‘The Last Showgirl’ and ‘Blitz’ will also screen in the gala premieres section.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest to open with ‘Black Cab’ starring Nick Frost; full line-up unveiled
The UK horror and sci-fi fantasy film festival runs October 3-6 in Manchester.
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors forced to “drastically” reduce activities from 2025 due to major budget cut
The Swiss government is redirecting cultural spending to a future Ukrainian reconstruction fund.
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NewsNew York Film Festival Spotlight films include ’Maria’, ‘Emilia Perez’, Elton John doc
Fest runs September 27–October 14.
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NewsAustralian producer Mat Govoni wins top prize at Melbourne’s 37º South Market
Mat Govoni’s credits include ’Late Night With The Devil’, released by IFC in North America earlier this year.
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NewsCate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Malala Yousafzai among TIFF on-stage participants
Festival Street to return from September 5-8.
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NewsKino Lorber, Zeitgeist Films acquire Cannes UCR entry ‘Holy Cow’
Distributors brokered deal with Pyramide International.
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NewsToronto adds 20 titles including ‘William Tell’, ‘The Salt Path’, ‘On Swift Horses’
New arrivals bring total of TIFF films to 278.
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NewsBusan’s Asian Project Market 2024 selects new films from Kirsten Tan, Woo Ming Jin, Daishi Matsunaga
A total of 30 projects have been selected for Asia’s biggest investment and co-production market.
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NewsBlue Ice Docs acquires Canadian rights to TIFF doc ‘Your Tomorrow’
Company plans “robust” theatrical release.
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NewsIrene Bartolomé‘s experimental ‘Dream Of Another Summer’ leads Locarno Pro winners
Projects from Spain, Germany and France were among the first round of winners announced at the weekend in an awards ceremony at the Locarno Pro industry platform.
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News‘Erin Brockovich’ producer Stacey Sher: ’This is a job of psychotic optimism’
Leading US producer was speaking in Locarno where she received the Raimondo Rezzonico Award.
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NewsTIFF Primetime includes new series from Joe Wright, Thomas Vinterberg, Alfonso Cuarón
Short Cuts programme brings 48 shorts; includes inaugural Strange Cuts championing genre titles.
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NewsIcarus Films, dGenerate Films acquire Wang Bing’s final ‘Youth’ instalments
Films will premiere in Locarno, Venice.
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NewsDeauville American Film Festival unveils 50th anniversary competition line-up
The French festival runs September 6-15.