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Latest festival news – Page 6
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News‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’, ‘Bad Apples’ among BFI London Film Festival 2025 competition lineup
This year’s competition features 10 films from 12 countries.
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NewsHlynur Palmason’s ‘Joan Of Arc’ to world premiere at San Sebastian’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera lineup
Films from Harris Dickinson, Lucile Hadzihalilovic and Sergio Oksman are also competing.
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NewsIlya Khrzhanovsky updates on ‘DAU’ films, talks Gaza conflict, Mubi funding criticism
“I love Israel, but what is happening on the West Bank and in Gaza is terrible.”
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News‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’: first trailer for Karlovy Vary winner with late Frantisek Klisik
EXCLUSIVE: Protagonist Klisik died hours after the film’s Karlovy Vary win.
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NewsAbdolreza Kahani’s ‘Mortician’ wins £50,000 Edinburgh 2025 top prize
Kahani’s film has won the second Sean Connery prize for feature filmmaking excellence.
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NewsFestival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”
“Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable,” said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.
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NewsDominga Sotomayor’s ‘Limpia’ to open San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos 2025
The €35,000 prize will now be split between the majority producer, not director, and the Spanish distributor.
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NewsFormer Screen Future Leader Danielle Gasher’s Vaneast to launch sales in TIFF on ‘The Confession’
EXCLUSIVE: Will Canon, whose credits include 2010 SXSW audience winner Brotherhood, wrote and directed.
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NewsMagnify boards international sales on Venice world premiere ‘Barrio Triste’
EXCLUSIVE: Music video director Stillz makes feature debut for EDGLRD, WeOwnTheCity.
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NewsFilmmakers can learn from Christian content success, notes Sarajevo panel
“We may not like that kind of film but they are making money.”
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NewsSan Sebastian adds nine titles including Juliette Binoche’s directing debut
Festival also selects world premiere of Joachim Lafosse’s ’Six Days In Spring’.
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NewsRay Winstone calls for UK industry to make more culturally British films
“The French do it, the Germans do it – that’s the way it should be, that’s where good filmmakers come from.”
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NewsFeatures from UK, Canada, Nigeria among TIFF Industry Selects line-up
Curated annual showcase brings sample of “standout, audience-ready” sales titles.
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NewsTIFF Industry Conference to introduce Buyers In Focus series alongside panels, conversations
Event runs September 5-9.
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NewsJi.hlava awards Docu Talents projects in Sarajevo, selects 18 Emerging Producers
One producer is from Ethiopia, guest country of the programme.
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News‘Past Life’ starring Jeremy Piven, Pixie Lott to open UK’s Grimmfest
The horror festival runs October 9-12 in Manchester.
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NewsBangkok International Film Festival relaunch moves up to September
The revived festival is set to open with the world premiere of ‘Death Whisperer 3’.
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NewsPaolo Sorrentino addresses “genocide” in Gaza: “No film can prevent these things”
Sorrentino says he prefers Disney films to violent films; talks working with cinematographers.
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News‘Fantasy’: first trailer for Kukla’s Locarno, Sarajevo gender exploration title
EXCLUSIVE: Totem Films is handling international sales on the film.
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NewsBlack Bear looking at US rights to Matthew McConaughey SXSW hit ‘The Rivals Of Amziah King’
Film has remained without a distributor since spring.