Latest festival news – Page 331
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NewsJust So, Doc/Fest launch $90,000 fund
New online platform Postcards has been launched to support new and upcoming short form documentary talent.
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NewsSundance unveils Premieres, Spotlight
Top brass at the Park City festival have rounded out the feature line-up with a dazzling selection on paper that includes new work from Asif Kapadia and other returning alumni such as Todd Solondz, Taika Waititi and Joshua Marston.
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NewsBrie Larson, Paola Cortellesi to share top honours at Capri fest
Brie Larson and Paola Cortellesi will share the Best Actress Of The Year awards at this year’s 20th edition of Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival.
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News'Paper Planes', 'Scarecrow' and 'Walls' clinch Ajyal awards
Doha’s youth-focused film festival screened 80 pictures from 36 countries.
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NewsKawase, Martel confirmed as first Qumra masters
Doha Film Institute’s talent and project development event to take place March 4-9, 2016.
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NewsIndia's 'The Fourth Direction' takes top award at Singapore fest
Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh’s The Fourth Direction won the top award of best film at the 26th Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards.
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NewsCoens' 'Hail, Caesar!' to open Berlin Film Festival
Hail, Caesar! directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, to open the Berlinale.
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NewsSundance: New Frontier line-up revealed
Sundance top brass celebrate the tenth anniversary of the New Frontier programme with an exhibition of new work that includes VR projects involving Björk and Ridley Scott’s global hit The Martian.
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NewsUKTI seeks tech ambassadors for SXSW 2016
UKTI is searching for 15 innovative British businesses to become tech ambassadors at film festival SXSW 2016.
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NewsSundance: US, World Competition titles revealed
Titles include Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney, and Chad Hartigan’s Morris From America (pictured); NEXT strand also announced.
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NewsFour Biennale College titles progress to production
The four micro-budget projects will be presented at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival in 2016.
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NewsBlack Nights winner donates prize money to festival
The producers of The Throne have returned their $10,600 prize, citing a desire to help the festival’s growth.
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NewsBerlin: 'Goodfellas' cinematographer Michael Ballhaus to get Golden Bear
Festival will feature 10 films from the German cinematographer in February.
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NewsSlamdance unveils 2016 roster
Festival top brass announced on Monday the 12 Narrative and eight Documentary Feature Film Competition films in 22nd edition, set to run in Park City from January 22-28, 2016.
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News'Tharlo' wins top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s Tharlo was awarded both the Grand Prize and the student jury prize at this year’s Tokyo Filmex, which wrapped on Sunday night (Nov 29).
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NewsBerlin 2016: TV strand to extend across festival
The television drama strand will again showcase premium titles at next year’s Berlinale, extending from two days to being spread across the festival.
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News'Gurgaon', 'Machines' win Film Bazaar awards
Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon and Rahul Jain’s Machines both picked up Prasad Digital Intermediate Awards at the close of Film Bazaar on Nov 25.
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News'Don Juan', 'Ukrainian Sheriffs' win at IDFA
Festival also confirms Michael Moore set to compile next year’s ‘Top 10’.
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NewsCAT&Docs picks up IDFA winner 'Don Juan'
Jerzy Sladkowski’s documentary centres on an autistic man whose mother attempts to make him ‘normal’.
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NewsCPH PIX merges with BUSTER; moves to autumn
From 2016, CPH PIX is moving from its April dates to an autumn slot and will merge with its sister children’s/youth film festival, BUSTER (which formerly ran in September).
