Latest festival news – Page 423
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NewsCPH PIX kicks off with Northwest; Munk wins Nordisk prize
Copenhagen festival will screen 160 features.
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NewsBirds Eye View unveils winners
Festival wrapped last night [April 10] with Susan Youssef’s Dubai award-winning romance Habibi.
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NewsOur Children wins at Athens Francophone festival
Festival guests include Alexandre Desplat and Carole Bouquet.
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NewsGulf Film Festival to feature 78 world premieres
Sixth edition opens today [April 11] with Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Wadjda.
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NewsUdine to open with The Berlin File
15th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival to feature two world premieres and 19 European premieres.
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NewsCineEurope to honour Weststrate
UNIC Achievement Award to be presented at Barcelona convention on June 24.
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NewsFabrique des Cinémas du Monde unveils Cannes 2013 slate
Filipino Joanna Arong, Burkinabe Michel K. Zongo and Brazilian Gustavo Pizzi head to Cannes with latest projects. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck [pictured] is honorary patron.
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NewsSundance London talks include Barbara Kopple, Jeff Nichols
Sundance London (April 25-28) has unveiled the talks and musical performances at its Festival Hub under Cinewrold at the O2.
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NewsBerlinale to show restored Dr. Caligari
Berlinale Classics screening to include world premiere of John Zorn’s new music.
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NewsSleep Alone takes Curacao prize
More than 8,500 attendees turned up for second Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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NewsJane Campion to receive Carrosse d'Or
New Zealand filmmaker will be presented with the honorary award on the opening night of Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
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NewsCuracao IFFR opens with Blancanieves
The second edition of the Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam is to open with Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves.
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NewsGulf fest readies first film market
The 6th Gulf Film Festival (GFF) has announced it will screen 169 films later this month for free to the public and will host the inaugural Gulf Film Market.
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NewsSheffield MeetMarket draws record pitches
A record 612 projects have applied for MeetMarket, the two-day pitching forum at Sheffield Doc/Fest that is also hosting funding opportunities from the BFI, Channel 4, Wellcome Trust and others.
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NewsTokyo plots Asian focus
Incoming Tokyo International Film Festival director general Yasushi Shiina says he will keep Tokyo’s green carpet theme, but that he is also looking for new initiatives and ways to improve the programme.
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NewsCork fest CEO, programmer laid off
Surprise move sees veterans shown the door. Board claims structure was “unsustainable.”
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NewsAll In to open UK-Argentine festival
The Ritzy cinema, Hackney Picturehouse and Cineworld Haymarket will feature 10 new films from and about Argentina.
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NewsMyFrenchFilmFestival.com generates 750,000 screenings
Screenings drop year-on-year but receipts for exporters increase; Pierre Pinaud’s On Air [pictured] was the most viewed film.
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NewsSaint Tropez to open COLCOA
This year’s festival will host three international premieres, 11 North American or US premieres and 16 West Coast premieres.
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NewsWadjda to open Gulf Film Festival
Haifaa Al Mansour’s award-winning drama [pictured] will launch the sixth edition of the festival on April 11.