Latest festival news – Page 24
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NewsLes Arcs selects eight emerging directors for 2024 Talent Village
Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi named as 2024 ambassador of festival’s talent initiative.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Kazuya Shiraishi’s Udine Far East Film Festival winner ‘Bushido’ (exclusive)
Period samurai drama to open theatrically in 2025.
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NewsSingapore film festival unveils 2024 line-up; launches Industry Days conference
Taiwanese actors Lee Kang-sheng and Yang Kuei-mei to receive honorary awards.
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NewsJapan prime minster pledges support for content industry at Tokyo film festival opening
The festival opened with period action feature ’11 Rebels’.
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NewsVenice winner ‘Vermiglio’, Cannes hit ‘All We Imagine As Light’ take top Chicago fest honours
Grand Tour, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig among prize-winners.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival opens 2024 edition with star power and calls for peace
The night also saw an honorary award presented to actor and producer Mahmoud Hemida.
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NewsUK film industry adapting to Brexit, says ‘Bring Them Down’ director
Bring Them Down was a co-production between the UK, Ireland, and Belgium.
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NewsLina Soualem, Djanis Bouzyani, and Mouloud Ouyahia projects selected for Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
The Atlas Workshops nurture and showcase projects by filmmakers from the MENA region.
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NewsVisit Films closes US, UK deals on SXSW doc ‘Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound’ (exclusive)
The Adler Entertainment, Blazing Griffin, Screen Scotland produced documentary.
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NewsGuadaLAjara Film Festival to honour ‘Baby Reindeer’ star Nava Mau, Ilse Salas, Diane Guerrero (exclusive)
Rodrigo Prieto, Eugenio Caballero, Salas to attend Pedro Páramo screening on November 2.
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NewsEl Gouna Film Festival pulls opening film ‘The Last Miracle’ hours before screening
The festival in Egypt will instead open with Palme d’Or-winning short ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent’.
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NewsMagnolia’s Magnet Releasing acquires Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection ‘Sister Midnight’
Film will play AFI Fest this month. Magnet plans spring 2025 theatrical release
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NewsDavid Dietl’s ‘Long Story Short’ to open Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
German focus programme comprises 15 new German films.
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NewsRotterdam selects 13 world premieres in first wave of Bright Future, Harbour films
Titles include Lilly Hu’s ‘One Girl Infinite’, executive-produced by Eric Roth.
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NewsBleecker Street takes Telluride, TIFF drama ‘The Friend’ starring Naomi Watts
Bill Murray and Bing the Great Dane also star in Telluride world premiere.
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News‘All We Imagine As Light,’ ‘September Says’ among competition line-up at Geneva 2024
Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ debuted at Cannes this year.
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NewsTallinn Critics’ Picks 2024 selection includes 10 world premieres
Titles include Vincenzo Alfieri’s ‘The Body’ and Paolo Marinou-Blanco’s ‘Dreaming Of Lions’.
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NewsIndia’s Film Bazaar Co-Production Market titles include UK, Germany projects
The market has also introduced a new strand for web series.
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NewsLightdox picks up ‘Valentina And The MUOSters’ doc ahead of DOK Leipzig
The Swiss-Italian feature, set on the island of Sicily, will play in international competition.
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NewsItalian artist duo Masbedo on their Rome premiere ‘Arsa’: “Everyone can build a rich inner life”
Set on the volcanic island of Stromboli, ‘Arsa’ centres on an enigmatic young woman who has just lost her father.