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Cannes Classics lineup unveiled
Restorations of Once Upon A Time In America, Tess and Jaws are among the films screening in the 2012 Cannes Classics programme.
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NewsPoliceman wins Best Film Award at BAFICI
The 14th edition of the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Bafici) closed its doors at the weekend with record attendance figures.
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NewsCPH PIX to host events for 25 emerging film-makers
Denmark’s CPH PIX (April 12-29) is to hold networking events for emerging film-makers this weekend.
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NewsLiving takes top prize at goEast; Crossing Europe opens
Russian newcomer wins Golden Lily and FIPRESCI prize at Wiesbaden’s goEast, Crossing Europe gets underway with Crulic – The Path To Beyond and others and Plzen launches Industry Days
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NewsPatrice Leconte’s The Suicide Shop to open Annecy
Films in competition include Approved For Adoption, Zarafa and Ronal The Barbarian; Irish animation to be spotlighted in country focus.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight features Ben Wheatley, Michel Gondry, Jaime Rosales and Anurag Kashyap
Bookended by two films about time travel, the Fortnight runs May 17-27 and will showcase 21 features and 10 shorts.
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NewsCameron, Gianopulos address Beijing film fest
James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos were among the heavyweights who spoke at the Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) today about co-production and China’s growing role in the international film business.
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NewsBritish Independent Film Festival opens with Airborne
Third annual festival takes place in five UK cities
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week to open with Rufus Norris’ Broken
Feature selection also includes Alejandro Fadel’s Los Salvajes, Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance and Meni Yaesh’s Les Voisins de Dieu
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NewsFound Memories, The Boy Who Was A King win at RiverRun
Audience awards go to Monsieur Lazhar, Chasing Ice, and Small, Beautifully Moving Parts.
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NewsSpanish film summit calls for festival revamps; patronage law
Better practices needed for some Spanish festivals; conference also discusses online windows.
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NewsSarajevo’s CineLink to include Mirjana Karanovic’s directing debut
Co-production market will also feature new projects by Kutlug Ataman, Ognjen Sviličić, and Hanna A.W. Slak.
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News17 projects selected for Sarajevo’s Cinelink
17 projects have been selected for Cinelink, the development and financing platform for local projects designed as European co-productions, that takes place under the auspices of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6 to 14).
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Extranjero wins Sundance London short film competition
Extranjero by Daniel Lumb and Crinan Campbell is the winner of the Short Film Competition at the first Sundance London festival.
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News12 Israeli premieres compete at Docaviv in May
Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry will open Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival which runs this year from 3-12 May.
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NewsVadim Yusov to be honoured at Camerimage Festival
The veteran Russian DOP will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s festival, which takes place in November.
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NewsIron Sky secures double win at Brussels Film Festival
Highly anticipated Finnish-German-Australian coproduction Iron Sky has scooped both the Silver Méliès and the Audience Award at this year’s Brussels International Film Festival.
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NewsSundance ties with Shine Group
Shine Group’s youth production arm is to produce a series of highlights packages of the inaugural Sundance London film and music festival.
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NewsCannes shorts competition includes first selections from Syria, Puerto Rico
Shorts competition got 4,500 entries; Cinefondation had 1,700 entries from 320 film schools.
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NewsKVIFF to screen restored version of The Fireman's Ball
The screening is part of the festival’s long-term project to digitally restore major works of Czechoslovak cinematography.