Latest festival news – Page 482
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NewsFellenius named new CEO at Goteborg festival
The Goteborg International Film Festival has tapped Mikael Fellenius as its new CEO.He is a 13-year-veteran of the Goteborg Opera and had been CEO of the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra.“It is with great enthusiasm I look forward to lead one of the largest, most beloved and respected cultural events in Gothenburg. ...
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NewsGive Up Tomorrow wins audience award at Tribeca
Director Michael Collins receives cash prize of $25,000.
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NewsTribeca awards go to She Monkeys, Bombay Beach
New filmmaker awards go to Park Jungbum and Pablo Croce.
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NewsJIFF gets underway with Golden Bear winner A Separation
The 12th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) opened on Thursday [28] with the Iranian film Nader And Simin, A Separation.
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NewsKlitschko doc lands North American deal at Tribeca
Sebastian Dehnhardt’s documentary Klitschko about the Ukrainian-born heavyweight boxing champions Vitaly and Vladimir Klitschko has been sold to US distributor Corinth Films.
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NewsGulf Film Festival hands out more than $136,000 in awards
The fourth edition of the Gulf Film Festival concluded with an awards ceremony where the best filmmakers from the region picked up more than half a million dirhams (more than $136,000) in prizes and awards.
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NewsCannes Cinefondation/Shorts jury adds Gayet, Hausner, Porumboiu and Rodrigues
Director Michel Gondry heads the jury.
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NewsCannes' new Electrolux Agora to host ceremonies, dinners
New Cannes top-tier sponsor Electrolux will create a new “Agora” pavilion near the Palais for official events of the 2011 festival.
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NewsDirectors Fortnight selections include new films from Antoniak, Téchiné, Runarsson
Twenty five titles selected for busy line-up, including six debut films and the first indigenous Palawanon film.
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NewsNine films selected for Cannes Shorts Competition
Directors include Edgerton, Holst, Tazaki and Vroda.
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NewsKnifer wins debut competition at Cyprus Film Days
Yiannis Economides’ project named best film; Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas picks up jury prize award
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NewsBergman week lines up speakers including author Henning Mankell
Bergman Week plans Family Snapshots theme for 2011.
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NewsGalter and Marais share Linz’s Crossing Europe Award
Lluís Galter’s Caracremada and Pia Marais’ At Ellen’s Age [pictured] shared the Crossing Europe Award in this year’s European Competition in the Austrian city of Linz at the weekend.
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NewsEgypt's Microphone wins Golden Tulip in Istanbul
Other prize winners include Our Grand Despair, A Useful Life, and Hair.
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NewsCannes 2011 analysis: Four women, two debuts in competition
Films in official selection are from 33 countries; total submissions were 1,715.
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NewsCopenhagen's CPH PIX kicks off with The Trip
Nordisk Film Prize goes to Anders Frithiof August.
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NewsZurich Film Festival to launch competition for German-language documentaries
The Zurich Film Festival has announced that it will be launching a new competition for German-language documentaries at its seventh edition from September 22-October 2, 2011.
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NewsBusan's Asian Cinema Fund expands
The Busan festival’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has added two new funds to support documentary film projects – the DMZ Fund for Asian projects about conflict areas and the Busan Film Commission Fund for documentary post-production support.
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NewsEdinburgh partners with Nokia for short film weekend, competition
The revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival has struck a new partnership with mobile phone company Nokia which will include staging a three-day festival event, The Nokia Shorts Weekend.