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Venice head Alberto Barbera says festival won’t disinvite guests for political views
“We’ve been asked to turn down invitations to artists – we will not do that, if they want to be here they will be here.”
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Gaza protests begin at Venice Film Festival red carpet
Political and grassroots organisations gathered on the festival’s first day.
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Lee Sang-il, Chloe Zhao to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2025
The award is presented to filmmakers who have “made waves in cinema and are expected to help guide the industry’s future”.
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Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology Of Water’ lands at The Forge
Les Films du Losange handes international sales and French distribution.
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‘Jay Kelly’ starring George Clooney to have UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival
Director Noah Baumbach and members of the cast expected to attend.
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Busan film festival reveals first Competition lineup ahead of 2025 edition
The competitive section will include 10 world premieres of titles from throughout Asia.
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San Sebastian to honour Jennifer Lawrence
Festival to present actress with Donostia Award ahead of ‘Die My Love’ screening.
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Projects involving Lulu Wang, Lily Gladstone head to 20th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum
EXCLUSIVE: Forty projects to be presented at TIFF next month.
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Guillermo del Toro named 2025 AFI Fest guest artistic director
Timely announcement comes on eve of Venice world premiere of Frankenstein.
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Serbian feature ‘Wind, Talk To Me’ wins top award at Sarajevo
Winners express solidarity with Serbian student protestors.
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Stephan Komandarev’s Venice title ‘Made In EU’ picked up for sales, releases trailer
EXCLUSIVE: The film follows a woman working in a Bulgarian clothing factory who becomes the first case of Covid in her town.
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Flanders Film Days 2025 unveils full programme
EXCLUSIVE: The event will showcase works in progress and finished films to international festival reps and sales agents.
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Sarajevo’s CineLink reveals 2025 industry winners with €250,000 of prizes
‘Places Half Empty’, ‘Stone Over Stone’, ‘Pogana’ all take prizes.
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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to open AFI Fest
20th Century Studios feature opens in North America on October 24.
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Willem Dafoe talks Martin Scorsese, Robert Eggers, Kathryn Bigelow collaborations
Dafoe discussed being crucified and buried in his sold-out Sarajevo masterclass.
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AI “tsunami” poses threat to creators’ rights, say copyright experts
“AI content will flood the commercial market and will suck out a lot of money.”
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What were the buzzy films and major talking points at this year’s Edinburgh film festival?
This year marked the second edition under the leadership of director Paul Ridd and producer Emma Boa.
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Thailand’s Oscar submission ‘A Useful Ghost’ among Morelia-bound Cannes Critics’ Week delegation
EXCLUSIVE: Delegation of sidebar competition selections continues decades-long partnership.
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Red Sea film festival boosts programming team
Toronto film curator Giovanna Fulvi, former MAMI Mumbai Film Festival artistic director Deepti D’Cunha and Good Chaos CEO Mike Goodridge are among the appointments.
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TIFF to honour Idris Elba, Nina Hoss, Jafar Panahi, Catherine O’Hara
Channing Tatum, Zacharias Kunuk, Kazu Hiro will also be honoured at TIFF’s biggest fundraiser on September 7.