Latest festival news – Page 483
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NewsNew Horizons picks up The Turin Horse, Pina for Poland
The New Horizons Association has picked up Polish theatrical, DVD and TV rights to Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse and Wim Wenders’ Pina.
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NewsDeneuve, Kusturica, Cardinale attend Athens French Speaking Film Festival
Lily Sometimes takes jury prize for best film at 12th annual event.
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Bertolucci to receive first official Honorary Palme D'Or
The award, which will be presented to important film-makers who have never received the Palme d’Or, is to become an annual fixture at the Cannes Film Festival as of this year.
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NewsBong Joon Ho to lead Cannes Camera d'Or jury
The jury selects best debut film from across Cannes official selection.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest partners with IndieGoGo
The documentary festival is teaming up with crowdfunding website IndieGoGo to promote alternative ways of financing films.
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival announces new prizes
The fifth edition of the festival will have an increased focus on Arab film-makers; producers awards added to competition sections.
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NewsIstvan Szabo to head Karlovy Vary jury
Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo will serve as president of the international jury at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July.
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NewsTarifa Africa Film Festival to host 10 African film pitches
Africa Produce co-production forum will run in June in Spain.
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NewsBafici kicks off with Vaquero
More than 325 features set to screen before festival wraps on April 17; Argentine festival landscape shifting.
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NewsMIPTV 2011 kicks off with early sellers including Pompeii and royal wedding doc
Over 11,000 professionals are attending this year’s shortened MIPTV (April 4-7) in Cannes.
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NewsKrakow's national competition expands to include documentaries
The 51st Krakow Film Festival (May 23-29) has unveiled the 35 selections for its national competition.
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NewsDimension 3 plans young talents spotlights, augmented reality conferences
The Dimension 3 Festival is planning several new programmes for its fifth edition (May 24-26) in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
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NewsTransilvania IFF to open with Potiche, buzz about Romanian incentives
As the 10th Transilvania International Film Festival plans to open June 3 with a gala screening of Francois Ozon’s Potiche, local and international producers are buzzing about Romania’s new film financing scheme which triples the territory’s support for filmmakers.
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NewsRevamped Guadalajara fest hands out more than $320,000 in awards
Guests at festival included Werner Herzog, Willem Dafoe, Guillermo Arriaga, Edward James Olmos and Eva Longoria.
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NewsSecond films from Miranda July and Athina Rachel Tsangari in competition in Sydney
The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) today named three of its 12 competition titles: Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood, Miranda July’s The Future and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg.
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NewsOld Dog wins digital competition at Hong Kong fest
Pema Tsedan’s Old Dog scooped the Golden Digital Award in the Asian Digital Competition at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).
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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival to screen 180 films
Running Apr 28-May 7, the festival programme includes a retrospective of cinematographer James Wong Howe and the C3 Digital Conference and will open with Fast Five.
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NewsBudapest's Titanic festival cuts €10,000 award
Hungary’s ongoing financial crisis cuts part of budget for the festival.
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NewsCannes to honour Jean-Paul Belmondo
The upcoming Cannes Film Festival will host a tribute to the French actor which will include the premiere of Vincent Perrot and Jeff Domenech’s documentary Belmondo, The Career.