Latest festival news – Page 7
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NewsKeri Putnam, Christo Grozev among speakers at CPH:Conference 2025
The Conference will run from March 24-28.
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News‘The Blue Trail’ takes lead on Screen’s Berlin jury grid; Michel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ also scores strong
‘The Ice Tower’, ‘Ari’, ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ also land on the grid.
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NewsAI takes centre stage at EFM Startups as entrepreneurs pitch distribution and production tools
11 start-up entrepreneurs pitched to an audience of film sales, production, finance and distribution execs.
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NewsVibeke Løkkeberg explains why her feminist doc is screening in Berlin 50 years late
The Norwegian director is in Berlin with Forum feature documentary The Long Road To The Director’s Chair.
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NewsMohamed Tarek appointed artistic director of Cairo International Film Festival
The film critic and programmer replaces Essam Zakaria.
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NewsEFM sellers rebuff AI tools
Companies say they prefer tried-and-true databases, human vendors – and old-fashioned instincts.
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NewsBong Joon Ho, Robert Pattinson reveal how bad politicians and Steve Buscemi inspired ‘Mickey 17’
The Korean filmmaker also revealed the one genre he is scared to tackle.
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NewsBerlinale embraces Israeli hostage documentary ‘A Letter To David’
Tom Shoval and Nancy Spielberg tell Screen about their ‘cinematic letter’ to Hamas hostage David Cunio.
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NewsTimothee Chalamet on making ‘A Complete Unknown’: “I don’t know if I have a lot more of these in me”
Chalamet faced the press alone in Berlin, representing ‘A Complete Unknown’.
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NewsTIFF unveils market advisory committee as talks continue on location, timing of 2026 event
Elevation Pictures co-founder Noah Segal, Indigenous Screen Office CEO Kerry Swanson among first seven members.
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NewsLocarno Pro’s works-in-progress First Look strand to focus on Canada
Six Canadian films in post-production will be showcased in collaboration with Telefilm Canada.
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News‘The Courageous’ scores international sales, UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Film will head to UK-Ireland cinemas in summer 2025.
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NewsFiery Tilda Swinton speech opens 2025 Berlinale; Israeli hostages remembered on red carpet
Swinton calls out “state-perpetrated” crimes, affirms “faith in cinema”.
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NewsMark Adams joins Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival for 2025 edition
Ray Calleja named as festival director and Mark Adams as festival curator for third edition of Malta event.
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NewsPhilip Knatchbull, Thierry Fremaux address AI usage at Berlin conference
Knatchbull said AI can help local-language production find audience worldwide.
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News‘Girls On Wire’: first trailer for Vivian Qu’s Berlinale Competition title (exclusive)
Film follows two cousins pushed apart by family struggles, who attempt to reunite.
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NewsTodd Haynes, Berlin jury speak out against Trump and rise of far-right politics
Jurors embrace political dimension of festival; “I don’t want to fear anything,” says Maria Schrader.
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NewsDOK Leipzig director Christoph Terhechte to step down two years early
Terhechte will take early retirement after this year’s edition.
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NewsCPH:DOX unveils competition titles including 56 world premieres
Dox:Award competition consists of only world premieres for third consecutive year.
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NewsConnext to relaunch as Flanders Film Days with new projects from Lukas Dhont, Felix van Groeningen, Teodora Ana Mihai (exclusive)
The film-focused event will showcase fiction, documentary and animation projects by Flemish companies and talents.