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Latest festival news – Page 178
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News‘Hope’, ‘The Pencil’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City film festival
Anshul Chauhan’s Kontora won best picture in the feature film category of the Japanese Film Competition.
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News‘Midsommar’ drive-in to open 6th annual Nordic International Film Festival (exclusive)
Five-day showcase runs in New York and online from October 15-20.
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NewsSlamdance sets virtual festival, desert experience for 2021
“Slamdance ‘21 isn’t about compromise because of the pandemic. It’s about community, accessibility and growth.”
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NewsUK’s Frightfest boosts 2020 line-up following shift online
Genre festival has set a new opening film after cancelling its physical edition.
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NewsPingyao film festival unveils full line-up, competition sections
The festival will open with Sun Hong’s This Is Life, while Zhang Yang’s So Far So Close will screen as the Special Presentation.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar’s ’The Human Voice’ hot seller for FilmNation (exclusive)
UK, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea among buyers.
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NewsBerlinale report confirms Nazi past of founding director Alfred Bauer
Study confirms late director “contributed to the functioning, stabilisation and legitimation of the Nazi regime”.
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NewsAva DuVernay heads BFI London Film Festival industry line-up
Programme also includes ‘Normal People’ and ‘Devs’ producers discussing move to TV.
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NewsNeon acquires Venice grand jury prize-winner ‘New Order’
Dystopian drama plays next at BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival.
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NewsTokyo film festival unveils full line-up, including Tokyo Premiere section
New section introduced in response to Covid-19 travel restrictions will screen 32 films of which 25 are world premieres.
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NewsDocumentary festival favourites of 2020 to physically screen at IDFA
The Amsterdam event is planned as a hybrid physical-digital edition.
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News‘Lockdown’ anthology starring Matthias Schoenaerts set for Re>Connext
Collection of shorts was filmed with Covid-19 safety measures in place by directors including Michael R Roskam (‘Bullhead’).
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NewsSix talking points from the Zurich Summit
Top executives from the US and Europe gathered in Zurich.
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NewsDea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘Beginning’ wins Golden Shell for best film at San Sebastian 2020
The film also won best director, best actress and best screenplay.
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NewsRelief and joy as San Sebastian becomes the second major festival to be held in pandemic era
“It has given us a renewed hope in cinema.”
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NewsViggo Mortensen on choosing projects, working with David Cronenberg and moving behind the camera
”’I’m a bad poker player; it would show if I didn’t believe in what I do.”
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils broad sweep of industry prizes
Ivan Dusk’s Dusk Stone won the WIP Latam award.
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NewsHorror ‘The Twin’ wins best project at Finnish Film Affair
Mormon documentary ‘The Mission’ also triumphs.
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival launches 40th edition with nationwide cinema push
Hybrid edition has shifted industry showcase online.
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NewsNetflix’s Francisco Ramos: Spanish-language content has to keep its ‘specificity’
Ramos says credibility of different cultures is crucial in an online talk organised by San Sebastian.