Latest festival news – Page 37
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NewsAlexander Payne to receive honorary Heart of Sarajevo award
Payne will hold a masterclass at the 2024 festival.
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News‘Explanation For Everything’ wins Grand Prix at Poland’s New Horizons film festival
Film wins a cash prize of €10,000.
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News‘Snow In Midsummer’, ‘Grandma’ win top awards at New York Asian Film Festival
‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ star Billkin and director Pat Boonnitipat accepted the audience award in New York.
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NewsChina’s FIRST International Film Festival jury refuses to award best film prize
The jury said there was no “outstanding” or “groundbreaking” title worthy of the award.
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NewsGermany’s ‘Every You Every Me’ leads winners at Malaysia film festival
Further awardees included ‘In The Land Of Brothers’ and Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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NewsFrench epic ‘The Count Of Monte-Cristo’ named best film at Fantasia
Alexandre Dumas’ literary classic premiered in Cannes.
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NewsJustin Kurzel’s Venice premiere ‘The Order’ secures key territory sales (exclusive)
Middle East, Thailand, Baltic States among AGC International deals.
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NewsAude Hesbert named artistic director of Deauville American Film Festival
Hesbert has also been appointed managing director of PR agency Le Public Système Cinema.
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NewsFilmmaker Shekar Kapur appointed IFFI festival director
The director of ‘Elizabeth’ will oversee the 55th and 56th editions of the International Film Festival of India.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival winners include ‘The Story Of Souleymane’, ‘Santosh’
‘Eid’ wins the award for Best Israeli Feature.
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News‘The Substance’ to open TIFF Midnight Madness; full selection revealed
Former Midnight Madness alumni include Coralie Fargeat, Joseph Kahn, Timo Tjahjanto.
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NewsSteve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ to close 2024 New York Film Festival
British director has shown ’12 Years A Slave’, ’Hunger’, others at festival.
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NewsSarajevo unveils competition programme including ‘Dwelling Among The Gods’
Five world premieres across competition and out of competition films.
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News‘Miss Kebab’ secures UK co-producer as vibrant Polish Days 2024 is praised by international attendees
“It was a very strong edition,” said one French sales agent.
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NewsToronto unveils 2024 Discovery line-up; ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ to open
First- and second-time filmmaker showcase includes new work from Canada, Argentina, Ukraine, Bangladesh.
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NewsEighty-five percent of film festivals need further public funding to survive, says ICO survey (exclusive)
The survey of 49 film festivals from around the world also unveiled 37% could operate for a year or less in the current climate.
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NewsVenice head Alberto Barbera on the return of eroticism, Netflix’s absence and the Lido’s starriest edition
Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Michael Keaton, Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton expected to attend.
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NewsEight talking points from the Venice 2024 line-up
Venice 2024 will see the return of stars, a lack of streaming titles, and a slight improvement in the number of female directors.
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NewsTIFF unveils Platform competition titles; Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Daniela Forever’ to open
Atom Egoyan leads jury of Hur Jin-ho, Jane Schoenbrun.
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NewsLes Films du Losange boards ‘My Everything’ ahead of world premiere in competition at Venice’s Horizons (exclusive)
Laure Calamy stars in Anne-Sophie Bailly’s debut feature about a mother and son.