Latest festival news – Page 490
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NewsDoha unveils programme including new 10-film Arab competition
The second Doha Tribeca Film Festival (Oct 26-30) has announced its lineup, kicking off with Rachid Bouchareb’s Algerian drama Outside The Law and closing with Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader, about a farmer learning to read in Kenya.
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Light Thief strikes at Eurasia International Film Festival
The Light Thief, from Kyrgyzstan director Aktan Arym Kubat, was awarded best film and the FIPRESCI prize at the 6th edition of the Eurasia International Film Festival (Sep 21-25), which was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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NewsKarl Spoerri: Zurich can become German-language film hub
The German-language film industry can become more successful by working together on more co-productions, Zurich Film Festival director Karl Spoerri told Screen as the festival kicked off last night.
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NewsKing's Speech, Incendies big winners as Toronto ends
The curtain closed on TIFF’s 35th edition with eight awards and $60,000 in prizes handed out during an awards brunch on Sunday [19].
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NewsTokyo Filmex to open with Palme d’Or winner Uncle Boonmee
The 11th edition will see the launch of the Next Master Tokyo initiative, which aims to support up and coming Asian talent.
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NewsThe Kids Are All Right opens 16th Athens Film Festival
Lisa Cholodenko’s Sundance hit opens the Athens International Film Festival – Opening Nights today (September 16); the event secures record number of Greek films despite local film industry crisis.
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Withoutabox adds Toronto and other festivals
Withoutabox has added Toronto and several other high-profile festivals to its International Film Festival Submissions System linking film-makers and rights-holders with festivals.
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Mongolia to hold first ever film forum and festival
The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) is set to host the inaugural East Meets West Film Forum and Festival in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar from October 5-8.
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Berwick festival to host UK premieres of Karaoke, The Wish Tree
The Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival kicks off its sixth year on Sept 15 with The Keystone Cut Ups, a specially commissioned live performance and video work by artists People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz.
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Garcia appointed executive director of Hong Kong film festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has appointed Roger Garcia as executive director, effective from the end of September.
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Campion to head jury of Mumbai Film Festival
Jane Campion will head the jury of this year’s Mumbai Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 21-28.
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NewsChang joins board of Hong Kong International Film Festival
Taiwanese actress and filmmaker Sylvia Chang has joined the board of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) in the role of vice chairman.
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Comic book veteran Mark Millar supports Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival has recruited Mark Millar as a festival ambassador.
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Cambodia launches first film festival
The inaugural Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) will take place in the city of Phnom Penh in October.
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Michelle Carey to head Melbourne's film festival
Michelle Carey, the new artistic director of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), is an internal promotion rather than new blood.Carey began her relationship with MIFF as one of the organising team behind MIFF’s 37ºSouth Market in 2007 and has been senior programmer alongside former executive director Richard Moore for ...
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NewsZurich to welcome Milos Forman for honour, retrospective
The Zurich Film Festival will give its Golden Eye Award this year to director Milos Forman.
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NewsBoyle's 127 Hours set for Toronto
Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours is to get its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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NewsDeauville announces premieres, tributes
The Deauville American Film Festival has announced a line-up including Despicable Me, The Debt and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and tributes to Annette Bening, Terry Gilliam and Gregg Araki.
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NewsLuna's Abel heads San Sebastian's Horizontes Latinos line-up
The San Sebastian film festival has announced all 11 of its Horizontes Latinos titles, which include Diego Luna’s Abel, Daniel and Diego Vega’s October and Pablo Larrain’s Post Mortem.
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NewsTavernier's Princess to close Montreal
Bertrand Tavernier’s The Princess of Montpensier has been set to close the 34th Montreal World Film Festival on September 6, with the French director in attendance.