Latest festival news – Page 403
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NewsCinefestOZ launches $100,000 prize
Australian films and co-productions are eligible, if they have not had a theatrical release locally.
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NewsIda wins top Les Arcs prize
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Polish nun drama adds to a growing haul of prizes. Other winners include Starred Up and Of Horses and Men
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NewsKiarostami to give Cartagena masterclass
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will give a masterclass at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias –FICCI.
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NewsBerlin unveils first Panorama films
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and new films by Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman and Robert Lepage are to feature in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand, which will open with Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent.
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NewsBenelux focus at When East Meets West
Benelux is the regional focus for Trieste’s fourth edition of its When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum (January 20-22, 2014) being held during the Trieste Film Festival.
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NewsSundance adds Wish I Was Here
Festival top brass announced two additions to the line-up on December 18.
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NewsBerlin's Perspektive strand selects six
The first six films for the 2014 Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme of the Berlinale include four feature films and two documentaries.
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NewsCineMart unveils 25 selections
New projects from Peter Webber, Naomi Kawase [pictured], Alessandro Comodin, Eran Kolirin are in the 2014 selection.
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NewsTop Balkan directors reveal struggles
Award-winning directors Danis Tanovic, Jasmila Zbanic and Srdan Golubovic have revealed stories of “corruption” and “sickness” in their local film industries.
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NewsPunk Singer to open London Short FF
Shorts starring Sally Hawkins and Maxine Peake among those in the line-up.
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NewsNymphomaniac producer optimistic for European cinema
Danish producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen of Zentropa is “enthusiastic” for the future of European cinema – but doesn’t “give a shit” about the Danish film industry.
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NewsBerlin reveals competition titles
‘71, Life of Riley and Aloft selected. A Long Way Down, The Turning among Berlinale Special titles.
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NewsZbanic slams “unjust” treatment of women in cinema
Award-winning director Jasmila Zbanic has echoed Jane Campion’s call to mandate that 50% of all films should be made by women.
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NewsWolf boy film wins Les Arcs WiP
Serbian film No One’s Child, about a boy raised by wolves, has been named top project at the Les Arcs European Film Festival’s Work-in-Progress screenings.
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NewsDIFF: docs growing in strength
A strong line-up of documentaries including Mahmoud Kaabour’s Champ Of The Camp and Jehane Noujaim’s The Square, about the Egyptian revolution, were attracting as much critical and public attention as the dramas at this year’s DIFF, highlighting the growing strengh of factual filmmaking in the region.
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NewsSundance USA titles announced
The Sundance Institute hierarchy announced on December 12 the nine films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival that will screen in independent theatres across the country on January 30.
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NewsBerlin unveils first Generation titles
Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl among 12 films announced for next year’s Berlinale.
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NewsEdinburgh to boost prize money
EXCLUSIVE: EIFF to significantly boost prize money, introduce a documentary award and double the number of galas.
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NewsMiami Jewish fest unveils line-up
When Comedy Went to School will open the 17th annual Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF), set to run from January 23-February 3 2014.
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NewsGeorge MacKay among Shooting Stars
The star of How I Live Now and For Those In Peril will be feted at the Berlinale alongside stars of Waltz for Monica, Kon-Tiki and Beyond the Hills among others.