Latest festival news – Page 394
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NewsSundance London shorts winners named
Russian Roulette wins Official Selection Award, to screen at fest.
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NewsBergman Week unveils 2014 programme
Guests attending the festival including Richard Ayoade and Catherine Breillat, while one of the themes focuses on The Seventh Seal.
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NewsPulp to open Sheffield Doc/Fest
Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Britpop band to receive its European premiere at the festival.
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NewsIs there enough 'art' in Danish film?
A panel of experts at CPH PIX say that the luxury of public support for Danish film may be inhibiting risktaking and creating a ‘monoculture’ on screen.
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NewsBlind, Horses win at CPH PIX
Eskil Vogt’s debut feature Blind continues its winning spree by taking home CPH PIX’s New Talent Grand Pix.
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NewsPanama fest grows with first market
With its third edition, which concluded on Wednesday, the Panama International Film Festival continued the year-on-year growth that is turning it into one of the region’s most important showcases for Ibero-American cinema.
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NewsParty Girl to open Un Certain Regard
Debut feature is from co-directors Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.
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NewsCholodenko named LAFF guest director
The filmmaker behind hit The Kids Are All Right will be in situ at the Los Angeles Film Festival, set to run from June 11-19.
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NewsMacondo, Tale Of Iya take HKIFF prizes
Sudabeh Mortezai’s Macondo won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), while Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s The Tale Of Iya took the Jury Prize.
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NewsSan Seb unveils Eastern European focus
The San Sebastian Film Festival has lined up 50 Eastern European features made since 2000.
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NewsJeonju to open with 3D zombie film
The 15th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has announced its line-up with Opening Film to be the world premiere of Mad Sad Bad, a 3D zombie omnibus directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, Han Ji-seung and Kim Tae-yong.
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NewsJapanese Dog wins at Vilnius
Romania was the big winner at Vilnius’ Kino Pavasaris (Cinema Spring) festival with Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s feature debut Japanese Dog was named Best Film in the New Europe - New Names competition.
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NewsPutin eyes Crimean film scene
Ahead of this week’s NIKA Awards ceremony in Moscow, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin heard the plans by Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky to re-launch the film festival in Crimea’s Yalta and the festival for children’s cinema in the small resort town of Gurzuf.
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NewsHolmberg new Goteborg artistic director
Jonas Holmberg has succeeded Marit Kapla as the new artistic director at the Göteborg International Film Festival.
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NewsCOLCOA announces 2014 line-up
Claude Lelouch’s We Love You, You Bastard to open Hollywood event.
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NewsGulf Film Festival postponed
The 2014 Gulf Film Festival has been put on hold just a week before it was set to begin.
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NewsSony boards Cannes Critics’ Week prize
The Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize to be awarded to the best short or medium-length film in the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsBBC arts doc fest confirms lineup
The BBC has confirmed the lineup for its new documentary festival Art Screen, which runs in Glasgow April 10-13.
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NewsIn Bloom to get Ultra VOD UK launch
Birds Eye View and Curzon Home Cinema are offering an Ultra VOD UK premiere for Curzon Artificial Eye title In Bloom.
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NewsNatural Sciences wins at Guadalajara
Echo of the Mountain also scoops a top prize at the film festival in Mexico.