Latest festival news – Page 424
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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.
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NewsDust wins at Toulouse festival
Guatemalan film Dust (Polvo) has led the winners at the 25th ‘Rencontres’ festival of Latin American cinema in Toulouse.
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NewsLove is not a Crime wins at Asian Side of the Doc
Fourth edition of the co-production market ran March 19-22.
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NewsGomes to head Cannes Critics jury
Portuguese filmmaker [pictured] to award Nespresso Grand Prize for La Semaine de la Critique at the upcoming 52nd Cannes.
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NewsThree Sisters wins at Fribourg
Chinese documentary wins Regard d’or and three more prizes at 27th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
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NewsBlood Brother wins at Thessaloniki
The 15th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival-Images of the 21st Century (March 15-24) and its concurrent Doc Film Market drew to a close with a series of awards.
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NewsSundance London adds three films
Additions include Jeff Nichols’ 2012 Cannes Competition title Mud [pictured].
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NewsDoc/Fest reveals 2013 guests
Michael Palin, Melvyn Bragg and Adam Buxton among confirmed guests at the festival’s 20th annual event.
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NewsThe Manor to open Hot Docs
World premiere of Shawney Cohen’s intimate family portrait [pictured] to kick off 20th edition of the festival, which runs April 25-May 5.
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NewsAustralia’s movie convention moves to October
Move will highlight Christmas line-up and is hoped to attract new international delegates.
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NewsRodnyansky to head Odessa int'l jury
Fourth edition of Odessa International Film Festival runs July 12-20.
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NewsLee Chang-dong named Asian Film Academy dean
Busan’s Asian Film Academy (AFA) has appointed Korean director Lee Chang-dong as dean of the workshop this year.
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NewsThailand to launch destination festival
The Thailand Film Office is planning to hold the inaugural Thailand International Film Destination Festival in Bangkok from April 1-10.
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NewsOh, Boy wins top Sofia prize
Jan Ole Gerster’s debut Oh, Boy won this year’s FocusFox Grand Prix at the Sofia International Film Festival’s (SIFF).
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NewsAustralian delegation returns to China
An official delegation of Australian film producers, bureaucrats and film service company representatives are heading to China for the third round of formal meetings in four years.
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NewsEdinburgh festival names first film
Feature documentary I Am Breathing is to receive its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and will also be screened around the world to mark Global Motor Neurone Disease Day.
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NewsZurich fest to focus on Brazil
The 9th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is to showcase Brazilian cinema in its New World View section.
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NewsCPH PIX reveals line-up
Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy is to be screened in full as part of the 5th CPH PIX-Copenhagen International Film Festival.
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NewsCamerimage to honour Slawomir Idziak
Slawomir Idziak, the Polish cinematographer behind Gattaca and Black Hawk Down, is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the 21st Plus Camerimage festival.
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NewsMeetings on the Bridge selects projects
Meetings on the Bridge, which runs within the Istanbual Film Festival, has announced the participants of the 2013 Film Development Workshop.