Latest festival news – Page 59
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NewsProgrammers, execs look forward to first glimpse of buzzy Flemish projects at Connext 2023
“The number of talents and good films is amazing,” says Renata Santoro, head of programming at Giornate Degli Autori.
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NewsZurich Film Festival awards top prizes to ‘Hesitation Wound’, ‘Hollywoodgate’ and ‘In The Rearview’
Each of the winners takes home festival’s Golden Eye trophy and a CHF 20,000 cash prize.
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NewsBerlinale outlines fresh strategy for showcasing rising German filmmakers
Source: Berlinale/Ali Ghandtschi Jenni Zylka Jenni Zylka, former director of the Berlinale’s discontinued Perspektive Deutsches Kino section, has taken on a new role to discover films by up-and-coming German filmmakers, working closely with the country’s film schools. The €5,000 Heiner Carow Prize, sponsored by Germany’s Defa Foundation, ...
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NewsUkrainian drama ‘How Is Katia?’ wins best film at Molodist film festival in Hamburg
The Ukrianian festival ran as a festival within a festival at Filmfest Hamburg.
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NewsAylin Tezel’s ‘Falling Into Place’ among Tallinn First Features line-up
The line-up is made up of 11 world premieres at 5 international premieres.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg hands out three new prizes, including for best pitch of film starring an older woman
The three cash awards honour the 21-year tenure of outgoing festival director Albert Wiederspiel.
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NewsSouth International Series Festival unveils inaugural industry programme
Cadiz-based festival kicks off today with gala for refugee drama ’La Ley Del Mar’.
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NewsCharades sends horror ‘When Evil Lurks’ to key global territories (exclusive)
The fifth feature from Argentinian director Rugna premiered in Toronto’s Midnight Madness programme.
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News‘Perfect days’, ‘The Killer’ part of Evolution Mallorca 2023 line-up
This edition boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to-date at EMIFF.
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NewsEuropean Work in Progress Cologne unveils line up of 32 titles
2023 festival titles including Amat Escalante’s Lost In The Night and Faouzi Bensaidi’s Deserts previously showcased at EWIP.
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NewsBusan film festival puts aside troubles at star-studded opening night
Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat receives Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
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NewsSPC to release TIFF premiere ‘We Grown Now’ in North America
Sony Pictures Releasing International will release film internationally.
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News‘Sultana’s Dream’ seals German deal to social impact label Films That Matter (exclusive)
The 2D animation depicting a feminist utopia is premiered at San Sebastian before moving to Filmfest Hamburg.
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News‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig named AFI FEST guest artistic director
Previous filmmakers to inhabit the role include Pedro Almodóvar, David Lynch, Agnès Varda.
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NewsJames Woolley named Miami Film Festival executive director
Miami Film Festival will take place from April 5-14, 2024.
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NewsArgentina submits ‘The Delinquents’ for Oscars
Mubi to release in US, Latin America, UK, other regions.
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NewsNetflix swoops on fourth TIFF buy, ‘His Three Daughters’
Streamer takes worldwide rights in reported $7m deal.
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News‘Silver Haze’ wins top prize at Dinard as festival debates visibility of UK films in France
“It’s absolutely clear, there is a real appetite for British independent cinema in France,” said artistic director Dominque Green.
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NewsJaione Camborda’s ‘The Rye Horn’ wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian
Spanish director becomes the fourth consecutive woman director to win the festival’s top prize
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NewsRed Nation festival reveals line-up for November run, sets seminar with AFM
The Indigenous-focused programme includes recent prize-winners from the Annecy and Tribeca festivals.