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TIFF unveils 2019 Canadian feature line-up, new female talent scheme
Festival also announces four Canadian Rising Stars and the annual Filmmaker Lab participants.
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First trailer for Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Locarno Competition title ‘Echo’ (exclusive)
The film is set in Iceland at Christmas time as a strange atmosphere falls on the country.
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Celine Dion music producer David Foster to receive TIFF tribute, world premiere doc slot
Barry Avrich (The Last Mogul) directs documentary.
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San Sebastian unveils 2019 New Directors titles
Strand includes Fyzal Boulifa’s Lynn + Lucy and Beyond The Horizon starring Laetitia Casta and Clémence Poésy.
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New Europe Film Sales boards hot autumn festival title ‘Disco’ (exclusive)
Film will have its European premiere in San Sebastian’s New Directors competition.
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Martin Scorsese’s 'The Irishman' to open the New York Film Festival
Anticipated premiere marks another prestige coup for festival.
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‘Synonyms’, ‘Bacurau’, ‘Transnistra’ in Sarajevo 2019 Kinoscope selection
16 titles will play across three Kinoscope sections.
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Meryl Streep to be honoured at inaugural TIFF Tribute Gala
As previously announced, Participant Media will receive TIFF Impact Award.
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Alejandro González Iñárritu to receive Sarajevo 2019 honorary award
The Mexican director will hold a masterclass during the festival.
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Netflix presence in Venice Competition provokes criticism from European cinemas body UNIC
Venice has programmed Netflix’s The Laundromat and Marriage Story in this year’s Competition.
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Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to one year in prison
Filmmaker has been unable to leave Iran since having his passport confiscated in 2017.
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Sweden’s Carl Film Festival plans sustainability focus
Festival will see Swedish Film Institute launch new funding for young voices.
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Toronto sets out its stall as fall festival season approaches
Selections give clues to Venice, Telluride premieres.
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Dominik Moll’s ‘Only The Animals’ to open 2019 Venice Days programme
Independent strand of Venice festival selects 11 titles for its competition.
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‘A Shelter Among The Clouds’ leads winners at Kosovo’s PriFest
Turkish film ‘The Announcement’ picked up two awards.
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Venice Film Festival to close with Giuseppe Capotondi’s ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’
The film stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger.
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Fantasia-bound restored Hungarian animation classic secures US deal (exclusive)
Film will go on international festival tour ahead of early 2020 theatrical release.
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Odesa film festival industry awards go to projects from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
The 10th Odesa film festival closed on Saturday, July 20.
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Sundance Film Festival adds Sudeep Sharma, Ania Trzebiatowska to programming team (exclusive)
New arrivals will work closely with non-fiction-focused programming team.
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Festivals must be more proactive in addressing gender imbalance, say international insiders
Film festivals continue to grapple with how to achieve 50/50 by 2020.