Latest festival news – Page 7
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Michelle Yeoh makes passionate appeal to film industry gatekeepers: “Let us in!”
“Why just spoon-feed your audiences?” says ‘Wicked’ star Yeoh in Saudi Arabia.
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Cynthia Erivo warns of “dangerous” social media: “Be the voice that says the positive”
Erivo took part in an in conversation event at Red Sea.
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Red Sea film festival opens fourth edition with star-studded ceremony
Emily Blunt, Will Smith, Vin Diesel, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Douglas all in attendance.
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Chloë Sevigny, Claes Bang TIFF premiere ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ lands US deal, territory sales
Film Constellation closes deals in Spain, MENA region, Portugal.
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Rotterdam unveils line-up for 2025 CineMart project market
Projects by directors including Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Cheryl Dunyeare and Ashim Ahuwalia are among the 2025 line-up
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Emily Blunt talks ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ sequel: “There’s stuff churning around”
Blunt would “love to” do ‘Jungle Cruise 2’; teases Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ with Dwayne Johnson.
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Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ to open Berlinale
Family drama is Tykwer’s third to play at the festival.
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Spike Lee talks heading Red Sea’s jury and Cannes hopes for ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
The Oscar-winning US filmmaker outlined his approach to presiding over the jury at the festival in Saudi Arabia.
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‘Riefenstahl’ doc scores additional sales including UK & Ireland deal (exclusive)
Doc about notorious Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl has sold over 100,000 tickets in Germany.
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Luca Guadagnino reflects on North African roots at opening of Marrakech film festival
Guadadigno heads the competition jury of this year’s festival.
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Lithuania’s ‘Toxic’ wins Golden Peacock at IFFI 2024
Further winners included ‘Holy Cow’, ‘Familiar Touch’ and Romanian director Bogdan Muresanu.
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Locarno Pro’s Open Doors to turn spotlight on African talent for next four years
Locarno’s co-production and talent development initiative is to focus on the African continent for its next cycle.
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Michael Mann, Eva Longoria, Andrew Garfield join Red Sea speaker programme
Festival’s speaker line-up also includes stars from Egyptian, Turkish and Indian cinema.
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Berlinale to create new festival hub and screening venue for 2025 edition
Festival seeks to revitalise its Potsdamer Platz home which has lost around 150,000 screening seats in recent years.
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Russian director on ‘Deaf Lovers’ PÖFF controversy: “Censorship is the biggest threat to art in our world”
‘Deaf Lovers’ was removed from Tallinn’s ‘Standing With Ukraine’ programme but kept in the festival.
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‘Silent City Driver’ leads Tallinn 2024 winners; Palestinian, Israeli films take prizes
Several winners referenced ongoing global conflicts in their speeches.
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Migration stories head Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2024 winners
17 awards distributed to film projects at various development & production stages.
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Romanian tragicomedy ‘The New Year That Never Came’ scoops best film at Cairo film festival
Further winners included ‘Postmarks’, ‘Malu’ and ‘Spring Came On Laughing’.
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Rotterdam adds 11 films to Harbour, Limelight and Bright Future strands
Festival will also honour The Brutalist cinematographer Lol Crawley.
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“Like ‘Black Mirror’ without the technologies”: Tallinn filmmakers discuss working in exile
Producer Uldis Cekulis suggested making projects faster to respond to current events.