Latest festival news – Page 87
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NewsCannes 2023: What’s in the running?
Screen’s team looks at which titles are lining up for a potential slot in either Official Selection or one of the parallel sections.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires North American rights to Sundance prize-winner ‘Scrapper’ (exclusive)
Charades has secured a further raft of international deals, including to Italy, Japan and South Korea.
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NewsCannes Marché du Film to spotlight Spain as country of honour
The film market will highlight Spanish content and talent
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London sets 2023 dates, opening night film (exclusive)
The festival will open with a prizewinner from Sundance in the US.
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NewsFirst titles selected for ‘Smart7’ travelling festival competition
Seven European film festivals have joined forces to launch an alliance called ’Smart7’.
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NewsSouth Korea’s DMZ Docs appoints new festival director
Xangdean Jung stepping down following his term.
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NewsCriminal justice reform doc ‘The First Step’ gets worldwide deal after pandemic bow (exclusive)
Kartemquin Films’ Gordon Quinn served as consulting producer.
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NewsAlice Rohrwacher to give Visions du Reel 2023 masterclass
Italian filmmaker will attend the festival as a special guest.
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NewsSPC acquires multiple territories to Berlin Panorama award winner ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’
Leonie Benesch stars as idealistic teacher in Ilker Çatak’s fourth feature.
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NewsQueer filmmaking in Nigeria and ‘The Stroll’ filmmakers feature in BFI Flare industry programme (exclusive)
The queer festival runs from March 15-26.
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NewsSideshow, Janus Films acquire Lila Avilés’ Berlinale entry ‘Tótem’
Cast led by newcomer Naíma Sentíes in first role.
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NewsBerlin co-heads Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek reflect on 2023 edition, racism debate and next steps
Chatrian and Rissenbeek are four years into their five-year contracts.
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NewsBerlinale sets 2024 dates; reveals 2023 ticket sales
The festival sold 320,000 tickets, near to pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsRuben Östlund named jury president of 76th Cannes Film Festival
Appointment comes 50 years after fellow Swede Ingrid Bergman presided over 1973 festival jury.
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NewsNicolas Philibert’s French doc ‘On The Adamant’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale 2023
The gender-neutral acting prize was won by Spain’s Sofía Otero for ’20,000 Species of Bees’.
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NewsMubi takes additional territories on ‘Passages’ after Berlin European premiere
Deal follows prior acquisition of US, UK, Latin American rights at Sundance.
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NewsLatido Films scores sales for ‘The Beasts’, ‘Tobacco Barns’, ‘Jezabel’ at the EFM (exclusive)
Major deals close for Latin American and Spanish content at EFM.
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News‘Afire’ lands second on Screen’s Berlin jury grid; middling scores for other new titles
‘Music’, ‘The Plough’, ‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ and ‘Bad Living’ have also been scored.
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NewsDisney+ series ‘The Good Mothers’ wins inaugural Berlinale Series Award
Berlinale Series Award is the time an A-festival has established a prize specifically for a series.
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NewsBerlinale reports strong ticket sales so far as it aims to reach 2020 figures
The festival has revealed an increase on 2022, which included Covid restrictions.