Latest festival news – Page 487
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NewsRotterdam CineMart awards go to Touch Me Not and Kid
Deals during CineMart include Le Pacte handling sales on Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux.
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NewsCannes to open with Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris
The comedy will get its world premiere on May 11, the same day it is due to open across France.
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NewsEgyptian film 678 added to Rotterdam programme
Cairo-set film will screen in IFFR’s Bright Future section.
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NewsFestivals can't be substitute for distribution, Rotterdam panel says
Film festivals should not become a replacement for distribution, festival experts said at today’s Rotterdam panel entitled Film Festivals, Who Needs Them?
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NewsAndrea Picard to oversee curation for Toronto's Visions strand
Andrea Picard, Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque Programmer and Wavelengths curator, will also now be responsible for the overall curation of Visions.
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NewsGoteborg opens with lucrative Dragon competition
Audience expected to exceed 200,000 at the largest Scandinavian showcase.
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NewsAdelaide competitors include Aboriginal drama Here I Am
Beck Cole’s drama Here I Am [pictured], about a young Aboriginal woman who has to find her feet after leaving prison, is the one world premiere that will be competing for the top prize at the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF), which opens on Feb 24.
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NewsRotterdam kicks off with private funding drive, support for Panahi
The 40th anniversary IFFR opened with Greek drama Wasted Youth [pictured].
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NewsWorld premieres by Kaurismäki, Dörfler added to Berlin Panorama
World premieres of new documentaries by Mika Kaurismäki (Mama Afrika) and Peter Dörfler (The Big Eden) are among the last batch of films to be confirmed by the Berlinale’s Panorama 2011 lineup.
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NewsRotterdam recruits The Fighter as new closing film
The 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam has moved quickly to plug the hole left in its schedule by the surprise last-minute withdrawal of The King’s Speech as closing film on Feb 5.
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NewsMumbai film festival to take place October 13-20
The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has announced that the next edition of the Mumbai Film Festival will take place Oct 13-20.
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NewsLocarno dedicates 2011 to Vincente Minelli and gets more funding
This year’s Locarno Film Festival (Aug 3-13) will dedicate its retrospective to the work of the American director Vincente Minnelli.
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NewsSundance kicks off with strong screenings, sales buzz
Last night’s clutch of well received opening night films at Sundance combined with SPWA’s preemptive swoop on the Morgan Spurlock documentary earlier in the day has instilled hope among attendees that this will be a busy festival.
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NewsGlasgow to host world premiere of Mackenzie's You Instead
Francois Ozon’s Potiche will open the seventh Glasgow Film Festival and Kevin Mcdonald’s The Eagle will close.
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NewsFormer Tiger competitors bring new films to Rotterdam
A one-off Return of The Tiger award will be voted upon by this year’s competition directors.
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NewsUPDATE: Berlin competition adds premieres by Tarr, Marston, Köhler
German production companies are involved in about half the Competition titles.
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NewsBerlinale announces Forum titles
There are 24 world premieres and 12 international premieres among the 39 titles in the main programme.
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NewsBerlinale boss says 2011 festival will be 'the usual Kosslick mixture'
Dieter Kosslick tells Screen that the programme is also notable for films by and about women, as well as Latin American and Indian work, plus a diverse group of 3D films.
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Rotterdam Lab to welcome 57 young film producers
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 26-Feb 6) has announced the 57 emerging producers selected for the 11th edition of Rotterdam Lab.
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NewsHong Kong film fest draws award-winning directors for Quattro
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is planning a second omnibus project, Quattro Hong Kong 2, with short films directed by Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza, Malaysia’s Ho Yuhang and Hong Kong’s Stanley Kwan.