Latest festival news – Page 55
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Munich Film Up! mentoring programme unveils 2023 participants (exclusive)
The selected participants have all recently graduated from film school and are hoping to develop their feature debut.
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“We need to shift our view about AI”: experts say tech is a tool for storytelling at Geneva
Speakers at panel on AI put forward positive use cases for the technology.
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“New technologies offer the most amazing opportunity”: Geneva Digital Market opens with rallying cry for brave new world
Hollywood veteran Christina Lee Storm delivered opening keynote at 2023 Geneva Digital Market.
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Red Sea’s Souk Project Market selects 26 projects competing for $360,000 prizes
Industry speakers at festival include ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ director Jasmila Zbanic, former Marvel exec Karim Zreik.
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Marrakech film festival to honour Mads Mikkelsen, Faouzi Bensaidi
The Marrakech International Film Festival runs November 24 – December 2.
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Bleecker Street acquires TIFF premiere ‘Ezra’ starring Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Robert De Niro
Family dramedy to get 2024 theatrical release.
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Red Sea film festival unveils line-ups for Competition and Arab Spectacular strands
Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp, will have a special screening at the festival
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UK’s Raindance Film Festival unveils winners; new dates in June 2024
Kit Vincent’s debut ‘Red Herring’ also won best UK feature
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Sarvnik Kaur’s ’Against The Tide’ wins top prize at Mumbai Film Festival
Bhutan-set political satire ’The Monk And The Gun’ takes festival’s audience award
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Goteborg Film Festival names Pia Lundberg as artistic director
Former journalist is well known and respected in the Nordics and internationally.
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Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops unveils 25 projects from Arab and African filmmakers for 2023 edition
Projects come from 11 different countries across the Arab world and African continent.
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Les Arcs selects eight emerging directors for 2023 Talent Village with Ruben Ostlund as mentor
Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker will share advice and experiences with up and coming directing talents.
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Marrakech unveils 2023 line-up and sets Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’ as opening film
Festival has programmed 75 films from 36 countries.
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‘Snow Leopard’ by late Pema Tseden wins top award at Tokyo film festival
Films and talent from China and Iran dominated the winners.
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“This has been an exceptional year”: Spanish streamers and networks on buying indie films
Valladolid International Film Week’s Independent Film Market saw Spanish distributors showcase acquired films to local streamers, TV networks and exhibitors.
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‘Photophobia’, 'Ship' lead 2023 Ji.hlava film festival winners
Croatian documentary Ship from Elvis Lenić won the Opus Bonum award, the festival’s top prize.
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BFI London Film Festival records highest attendance in five years, as ‘Gassed Up’ takes top audience award
Almost 200,000 in-person attendees tops the 2019 figure.
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Ukraine’s Molodist Kyiv Film Festival awards top prize to Emmanuelle Nicot’s ‘Love According To Dalva’
Audience prize is won by Ukrainian filmmaker Alla Savytska’s graduation film ‘Tutti’, while
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Laura Ferres’ ‘The Permanent Picture’ wins top prize at Valladolid Film Week
Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ takes Spanish festival’s audience prize.
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Newly-appointed Doclisboa director Paula Astorga shares her vision for Lisbon festival (exclusive)
Astorga takes over from outgoing Doclisboa artistic director Miguel Ribeiro.