Latest festival news – Page 394
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NewsBerlin selects co-pro projects
New films from Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin.
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NewsIFFR unveils shorts lineup
24 films will compete for three Canon Tiger awards for short films; programme will also include tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack and Swiss film-maker and artist HannesSchüpbach.
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NewsSheffield CrossoverMarket adds cash prize
Sheffield Doc/Fest’s second CrossoverMarket will now offer one winner a €3000 cash award for the first Ramillas Sheffield Interactive Fund.
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NewsRotterdam to open with Qissa
The 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is to open with the European premiere of Indian drama Qissa, celebrating 25 years of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF).
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NewsFestivals: Santa Barbara, Capri honours
Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 6.
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NewsPSIFF unveils Cine Latino contenders
Organisers at the 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival have announced the 21 films eligible for the Cine Latino Award. The festival kicks off on January 3.
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NewsCinefestOZ launches $100,000 prize
Australian films and co-productions are eligible, if they have not had a theatrical release locally.
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NewsIda wins top Les Arcs prize
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Polish nun drama adds to a growing haul of prizes. Other winners include Starred Up and Of Horses and Men
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NewsKiarostami to give Cartagena masterclass
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will give a masterclass at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias –FICCI.
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NewsBerlin unveils first Panorama films
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and new films by Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman and Robert Lepage are to feature in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand, which will open with Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent.
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NewsBenelux focus at When East Meets West
Benelux is the regional focus for Trieste’s fourth edition of its When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum (January 20-22, 2014) being held during the Trieste Film Festival.
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NewsSundance adds Wish I Was Here
Festival top brass announced two additions to the line-up on December 18.
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NewsBerlin's Perspektive strand selects six
The first six films for the 2014 Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme of the Berlinale include four feature films and two documentaries.
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NewsCineMart unveils 25 selections
New projects from Peter Webber, Naomi Kawase [pictured], Alessandro Comodin, Eran Kolirin are in the 2014 selection.
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NewsTop Balkan directors reveal struggles
Award-winning directors Danis Tanovic, Jasmila Zbanic and Srdan Golubovic have revealed stories of “corruption” and “sickness” in their local film industries.
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NewsPunk Singer to open London Short FF
Shorts starring Sally Hawkins and Maxine Peake among those in the line-up.
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NewsNymphomaniac producer optimistic for European cinema
Danish producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen of Zentropa is “enthusiastic” for the future of European cinema – but doesn’t “give a shit” about the Danish film industry.
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NewsBerlin reveals competition titles
‘71, Life of Riley and Aloft selected. A Long Way Down, The Turning among Berlinale Special titles.
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NewsZbanic slams “unjust” treatment of women in cinema
Award-winning director Jasmila Zbanic has echoed Jane Campion’s call to mandate that 50% of all films should be made by women.