Latest festival news – Page 71
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NewsU2 doc ‘Kiss The Future’ to open Sarajevo Film Festival 2023
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck produced the film.
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NewsBerlinale under fire from Germany’s arthouse cinemas for cutting Perspektive showcase
The Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar screens films from rising German filmmakers.
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NewsMichael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ to close the New York Film Festival
The likely awards contender is set to compete in Venice next month.
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NewsRiz Ahmed, Stellan Skarsgard change Locarno plans over actors’ strike; Cate Blanchett still in talks
Blanchett is executive producer of Noora Niasari’s ‘Shayda’.
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NewsToronto to open with Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’
Studio Ghibli feature will be first animated film to open the festival.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils New Directors titles in the running to win €50,000
The line-up includes Niclas Larsson’s Mother, Couch! starring Ewan McGregor, Taylor Russell and Ellen Burstyn
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NewsMelbourne film festival unveils $200,000 prize fund including First Nations award
Awards are among the most lucrative film festival prizes in the world.
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NewsTIFF Docs to feature new work from Lucy Walker, Errol Morris, Raoul Peck
Programme opens with world premiere of Copa 71 from Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine.
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NewsMike Hodges’ ‘All At Sea’ among six UK films selected for Locarno Pro’s First Look strand
Late director’s semi-autobiographical doc will be showcased alongside five other UK films.
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NewsFilms Boutique takes on sales for Gábor Reisz’s Venice Horizons film ‘Explanation For Everything’ (exclusive)
Hungarian director’s third film explores the tensions of a polarised society.
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NewsIceDocs gives top prize to ‘Against The Tide’, launches first industry programme
Iceland Documentary Film Festival ran July 19-23.
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NewsAmazon Studios, MGM set year-end release for ‘Saltburn’
Barry Keoghan plays Oxford misfit drawn into aristocratic world.
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NewsVenice head Alberto Barbera talks Hollywood strikes, ‘Saltburn’ absence, Netflix relationship
“The outcome has been quite positive and, I would hesitate to say, much better than we could have expected.”
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NewsSAG-AFTRA preparing for completed indie films to apply for interim agreements allowing talent to promote
Priority remains projects where production has been substantially delayed.
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NewsSeven talking points from the Venice 2023 line-up
Potential star power on the red carpet amid the strikes; a heavy Netflix presence; and another poor showing for women directors.
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NewsVenice artistic director Alberto Barbera insists strikes will have “quite modest” impact on festival
Says that American movies that were invited have confirmed they will play in Competition.
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NewsCharades, Anonymous Content team on genre-bending Venice Competition title ‘The Theory of Everything’ (exclusive)
Timm Kröger’s second film is a German-language psychological thriller.
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NewsVenice Film Festival reveals 2023 line-up
Includes films from David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Bradley Cooper and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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NewsDNA Films’ Andrew Macdonald named chair of Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Scottish producer will lead on the formation of a new organisation that will deliver the festival going forward.
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NewsToronto unveils 60 titles including world premieres of ‘Lee’, ‘Dumb Money’, ‘Shoshana’, ‘Pain Hustlers’
Festival runs September 7-17.