Latest festival news – Page 485
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NewsOkinawa fest to go ahead despite Japan disaster
Third edition of festival will run March 18-27.
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NewsHot Docs’ co-production day to welcome a record nine delegations
A record nine delegations from the UK, US, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa and the Nordic region will participate in Hot Docs’ International Co-Production Day on May 2 during this year’s festival in Toronto (April 28 to May 8).
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NewsSundance, AEG Europe plan pre-Olympics London arts festival
The event, which will include a film component, will run at London’s O2 from April 26-29, 2012.
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NewsArgentina and Chile dominate the Toulouse Films In Progress titles
The Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse has announced its six projects which will compete in the 19th Films In Progress programme, all of which are either Chilean or Argentinian co-productions.
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NewsMinghella Film Festival awards four shorts
The inaugural awards took place as part of the Minghella Film Festival on the Isle of Wight, which was set up in 2009 in memory of the late British director Anthony Minghella.
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NewsOliver Stone to head Short Awards jury at ScreenSingapore
Winner of the Asian Short Film Awards will receive a cash prize worth more than $15,000.
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Incident By A Bank triumphs at Tampere
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s Incident By A Bank won the Grand Prix at the 41st Tampere Film Festival.
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NewsRutger Hauer's Milan festival taps jurors including Robert Rodriguez, Ridley Scott
The fourth edition of Milan-set international film festival I’ve Seen Films — which is founded and directly managed by actor Rutger Hauer since 2008 — has announced its international jury of the upcoming edition.
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NewsShelter wins in Sofia; Indian Wife, Youth take pitches awards
Dragomir Sholev’s feature debut Shelter has become the first Bulgarian film to win the Grand Prix of Sofia International Film Festival’s (SIFF) International Competition.
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NewsL’Atelier selects directors including Kenyeres, Verbeek, Al-Daradji, Vega brothers
L’Atelier invites 15 projects from 15 countries to participate in the Cinefondation-supported programme.
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NewsSofia Meetings pitches include new films from Qurbani, Akram, Horvath
Second features by Burhan Qurbani, Barmak Akram and Viktor Chouchkov Jr and debuts by Lili Horváth and Tom Shoval are among 18 projects being pitched at the eighth edition of the Sofia Meetings which kicks off in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday.
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NewsSitges director faces pornography complaint over A Serbian Film
Spanish festival heads rally to support Angel Sala over the accusations.
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NewsExpanded Tribeca to screen 87 features, to offer new awards
Organisers of the upcoming 10th Tribeca Film Festival have announced the world narrative and documentary competition selections for the expanded event set run from Apr 20-May 1 in lower Manhattan.
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NewsIncendies wins top prize at Adelaide; fest eyes new timeslot for 2013
Local films having world premieres include Mrs Carey’s Concert, Snowtown, The Tall Man, Hail and Here I Am.
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NewsDimension 3 to hold fifth festival in May
Dimension 3 looks into the future of images with 5th edition Festival to take place May 24-26 in La Plaine Saint-Denis.
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NewsLarrain's Post Mortem wins best film at Cartagena
Other prizes go to Octubre, Puzzle, The Cinema Hold-Up and Little Voices.
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NewsHubert Bals, Jan Vrijman funds plan second tour of African festivals
The joint film programme will run again in June 2011.
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NewsDublin's audience award goes to documentary Benda Bilili!
Career achievement prizes given to Martin Sheen, Kevin Brownlow, and Francois Ozon.
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NewsGlasgow fest closes with The Eagle; attendance up 10%
The Eagle, directed by Glasgow-born Kevin Macdonald, was the closing night gala Sunday night for the growing Glasgow Film Festival.
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NewsHong Kong International Film Festival unveils line-up for 35th edition
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and Quattro Hong Kong 2, from four South-East Asian filmmakers, have been announced as the opening films of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).