Latest festival news – Page 436
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NewsKaleidoscope acquires The Seasoning House
London-based sales outfit takes worldwide rights on Paul Hyett’s directorial debut [pictured] which premiered at FrightFest, and will screen it at AFM.
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NewsUPDATED: LFF boasts highest attendance, winners include Rust And Bone, My Brother The Devil, Beasts, Mea Maxima Culpa
UPDATED: BFI boasts a 12% increase in festival attendance with the highest ever audience turn-out with 149,000 across London venues.
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NewsFonteyne's Tango Libre wins Warsaw Grand Prix
Festival director Stefan Laudyn also announced that the CentEast Market will “hopefully” expand next year to include films from Chinese independent filmmakers.
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NewsTinker, Tailor’s Iglesias named Film Composer of the Year
Alberto Iglesias picked up the main prize at the World Soundtrack Awards for his work on The Monk, The Skin I Live In and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
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NewsVIDEO: 56th BFI London Film Festival
View the latest videos from the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsAraf, Hidden Beauties among winners at Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Araf/Somewhere in Between, directed by Turkey’s Yesim Ustaglu, won the Black Pearl Award for best narrative film at the close of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20). Nouri Bouzid took best director from the Arab world for Hidden Beauties, about two Tunisian women demanding their rights during the revolution.
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NewsCuerda's All Is Silence kicks off Valladolid Festival this weekend
On Saturday, the 57th edition of the Valladolid Film Festival opens with the world premiere of All Is Silence, the new film by José Luis Cuerda [pictured].
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NewsRed Square Screenings boasts Pussy Riot and Jason Flemyng projects
The punk feminist band Pussy Riot [pictured’] and UK actor Jason Flemyng might seem unlikely bedfellows, but not for those attending the first edition of the Red Square Screenings (RSS) (Oct 15-19) where they appeared in ‘works in progress’ presented to 100 industry professionals.
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Djin awarded The Director's Eye at the African Film Festival of Cordoba
Kenyan filmmaker Hawa Essuman [pictured] receives €25,000 for the film’s development as a result of the award.
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NewsBurn It Up Djassa, Restless City, On The Edge to compete at inaugural Colors of the Nile festival
58 African films from around the continent will be highlighted during the festival, which runs Nov 7-11.
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NewsRealD to launch limited edition glasses for Tokyo world premiere of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Andrew Adamson’s film [pictured] opens the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival tomorrow night (Oct 20).
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NewsMurk Light, Dreams In Their Eyes among winners of ADFF's Emirates Film Competition
Abu Dhabi Film Festival also announce winners of international short film competition, including Iair Said’s 9 Vaccines.
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NewsZhang Yimou honoured at opening of Mumbai film festival
The 14th Mumbai film festival opened last night (Oct 18) with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook and the presentation of the lifetime achievement award to Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou.
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NewsEuropa Distribution AGM opens in Lyon with film heritage debate
Body representing 125 independent distributors across Europe will also discuss future of the Media Programme and examine cinema-on-demand distribution schemes.
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NewsShorts from Milner, Guerrier brothers, Zamatov to screen at Aesthetica
Second edition of short film festival, which runs Nov 8-11, to feature shorts from over 25 countries.
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NewsCall Girl to open 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival
Marciman’s debut [pictured] among three new Swedish features to compete for the grand prix for Best Film at the festival, which runs Nov 7-18.
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NewsLatest projects from Porterfield, Andalman selected for US in Progress Wrocław
Two-day works in progress event to take place during third American Film Festival, which runs Nov 13-18.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: Arab filmmakers recount troubled beginnings
Five leading Arab filmmakers outlined the difficulties they experienced in launching their careers in a troubled region at an Abu Dhabi Film Festival panel on Tuesday.
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NewsIDFA Forum includes new projects from Shamir, Ostergaard
Programme expands to include work in progress screenings.
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NewsBelgian KIKK Festival explores the digital frontier
International digital festival, which runs Nov 8-9, aims to explore the economic and artistic implications of new technologies.