Latest festival news – Page 77
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NewsClaire Denis to head Jerusalem Film Festival jury; Helen Mirren among honorary awardees
Jurors include Whit Stillman, Florian Zeller, Maria Schrader, Joana Vicente.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils first 2023 competition titles
The 71st San Sebastian Film Festival runs September 22-30.
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NewsFilmmakers and industry execs debate the future role of film academies in Europe
The European Film Academy hosted a series of conversations in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsNicolas Cage career award, closing film among Fantasia third wave announcements
Montreal event runs July 20-August 9.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ to open 2023 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
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NewsCzech Republic to introduce streamer levy and boost incentives for international shoots
Streamers to allocate 3.5% of revenues to Czech content and more will be available for international productions.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival one-off edition includes world premiere of ’Chuck Chuck Baby’
A total of 24 feature films, including five world premieres, make up this year’s programme.
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NewsLadj Ly’s ‘Les Indésirables’ to world premiere at Toronto 2023
French filmmaker won the jury prize at Cannes with ‘Les Misérables’, which went on to secure an Oscar nomination.
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NewsSahraa Karimi’s project ‘Flight From Kabul’ heads Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises awards
Other winners included Klára Tasovská’s documentary ’I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’
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NewsLocarno unveils 2023 line-up including premieres from Radu Jude, Lav Diaz and Sofia Exarchou
International competition features 16 world premieres.
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NewsDirector Babak Jalali on subverting refugee stereotypes in his comedy drama ‘Fremont’
After successful US screenings at Sundance and SXSW, Fremont has its international premiere at Karlovy Vary.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival sets Industry Days programme including Pitch Point projects
This year’s Pitch Point includes new projects from Nir Bergman, Yona Rozenkier, Hadar Morag.
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NewsPascal Plante’s ‘Red Rooms’ scores French distribution deal ahead of Karlovy Vary world premiere (exclusive)
Cyber thriller plays in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition.
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NewsFilmfest München closes with prizes, rising admissions and chatter about future heads of German festivals
The festival closed on July 1.
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NewsEwan McGregor on “endurance” needed for blockbuster films, ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’ moustache sizes
The actor presented the international premiere of Emma Westenberg’s ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’.
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NewsBulgarian director Stephan Komandarev on his Karlovy Vary suspense thriller ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
Film about a pensioner who is victim of a phone scam world premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe Competition.
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NewsRussell Crowe directing music documentary ‘Last Breath’; confirms Hermann Goering role in ‘Nuremberg’, talks ‘Gladiator 2’
The actor-musician teased his next projects at Karlovy Vary.
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NewsRussell Crowe rocks Karlovy Vary with opening night gig after accepting honorary award
Opening ceremony featured Johnny Depp trailer, which poked fun at the actor’s 2021 attendance.
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NewsFirst trailer for Munich Film Festival drama ‘Black Box’ (exclusive)
Asli Özge’s film opened the New German Cinema section at Munich
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NewsBusan market director Oh Seok Geun resigns in latest high-level departure
The festival in South Korea has endured a series of resignations over the past several weeks.
