Latest festival news – Page 392
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest line-up unveiled
Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The New York Review of Books to receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsSydney reveals competition line-up
Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth and titles set for Cannes among Sydney Film Festival competiton contenders.
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NewsHistory Of Fear wins at Jeonju
Benjamin Naishtat’s debut feature picked up the Grand Prize at the festival in South Korea.
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NewsEdinburgh launches Teen Spirit strand
New section is aimed at engaging young audiences and programmed by a teenage team.
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NewsEast End fest unveils line-up
World premiere of Dermaphoria, starring The Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan and Ron Perlman, to open 13th edition of the London festival.
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NewsJeonju Project unveils market winners
The 6th Jeonju Project Market (JPM) has announced award winners with Park Jong-keun’s Baby Rose taking the Grand Prize for Feature Film Pitching in the Jeonju Project Promotion (JPP).
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NewsGong Li to head Shanghai jury
Chinese actress Gong Li will serve as jury president for this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which will take place June 14-22.
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NewsTransilvania unveils competition titles
12 films in official competition include six debut features; Krzysztof Zanussi [pictured] to receive lifetime achievement award.
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NewsVenice unveils Final Cut dates
Second edition of workshop to run Aug 31-Sept 1 as part of the Venice Film Market.
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NewsGeorge R.R. Martin to attend NIFFF
Author of A Song of Ice and Fire series that spawned Game of Thrones TV show to attend Swiss genre festival in July.
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NewsTaipei fest unveils new talent line-up
The Taipei Film Festival has unveiled the 12 films that have been selected for its International New Talent Competition, including the world premiere of local production Partners In Crime.
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NewsJeonju mourns ferry disaster victims
The Jeonju International Film Festival opened without a red carpet or outdoor performances as South Korea continues to mourn the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking.
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NewsFrightFest to relocate
Genre festival moves to Vue West End in London’s Leicester Square for its 15th edition.
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NewsCannes Classics 2014 unveiled
Sophia Loren named guest of honour and Kieslowski returns to Cannes Film Festival. No 35mm prints to be screened for the first time.
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NewsCannes adds six to Official Selection
New additions include El Ardor [pictured] by Pablo Fendrik starring Cannes jury member Gael Garcia Bernal, and a film starring Catherine Deneuve based on the mysterious disappearance of French casino heiress Agnès Le Roux.
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NewsEdinburgh reveals closing film
We’ll Never Have Paris, from Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg, to close the festival, which has also revealed details of its Germany focus.
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NewsLocarno to honour Nansun Shi
Hong Kong producer to be the recipient of the Best Independent Producer Award.
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NewsKarlovy Vary to honour Friedkin, Anonymous Content
Festival will also host Lech Walesa for a director’s cut of Walesa: Man of Hope.
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NewsRefn, Coppola on Cannes jury
Willem Dafoe and Gael Garcia Bernal also among those called up for jury service at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsZero, Chef, Keep triumph at Tribeca
Talya Lavie’s Israeli film Zero Motivation (pictured) claimed the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature while Marshall Curry’s Point And Shoot was named best documentary feature as the New York festival came to a close at the weekend.