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Latest festival news – Page 204
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News‘Exemplary Behaviour’ victorious at DOK Leipzig
It was the final festival under Leena Pasanen as Christoph Terhechte takes over for 2020.
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News‘A White, White Day’ triumphs at Nordic Film Days in Lubeck
The audience prize was won by Mika Kaurismäki’s Master Cheng.
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NewsAli Ozel’s ‘Steppe’ sweeps awards at Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Joe Odagiri’s drama They Say Nothing Stays the Same wins best film in international competition.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival returning to normal dates in 2021
The festival is shifting to a later slot next year to accommodate the Oscars and Baftas.
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NewsZeynep Atakan responds to claims she stepped down from the Antalya Film Forum for political reasons
Top European producer also defends controversial decision not to have boycotted the festival in 2017 and 2018.
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NewsDelinquent doc ‘Fonja’ wins top prize at Ji.hlava film festival
Artemio Benki’s former child prodigy feature ’Solo won best Czech documentary.
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NewsTokyo International Film Festival opens with strong focus on Japan
Jury president Zhang Ziyi said the festival would be a “very special prenatal education” for her unborn baby.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights completes 2019 competition line-up
Festival adds seven world, five international and one European premiere.
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NewsEva Longoria, Ted Sarandos to take part in inaugural AFI Summit
AFI FEST 2019 runs from November 14-21.
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NewsIDFA unveils 2019 competition line-up, record female representation
Festival brass say 64% of competition titles directed by women, representing record 47% of total programme.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires world on restored jazz concert classic and NYFF selection (exclusive)
IndieCollect oversaw 4K restoration. Film will open in 2020 theatrically and on new VOD platform.
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News‘Africa’ and ‘Reborn’ share top prize at Haifa film festival
Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘While at War’ wins international award.
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NewsFrancis Ford Coppola: Marvel films are “despicable”
The Godfather director spoke out in support of Martin Scorsese’s comments that Marvel films are not “true cinema.”
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NewsIsabelle Huppert, Guillaume Nicloux head to Les Arcs Film Festival
The event takes place from December 14-21.
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NewsGoteborg to become first major film festival with a programme of 50% female directors
“We have talked about gender parity for a long time, but change is happening too slowly.”
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NewsTallinn Black Nights completes First Feature Competition line-up
Includes the world premiere of ‘Isaac’ from Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius.
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News‘Wet Season’, ‘The Fever’ win top awards at Pingyao film festival
Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever won best film in the Roberto Rossellini awards, while best film in the Fei Mu awards went to Anthony Chen’s Wet Season.
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NewsEthan Hawke ex-con drama ‘Adopt A Highway’ lands at RLJE Films
Distributor plans November 1 day-and-date release.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival sets 2020 dates, records 2019 audience rise
The 2019 event saw 178,789 admissions in London.
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NewsCologne, Brindisi project forums uncover emerging talent (exclusive)
Industry professionals get first look at new work.