Latest festival news – Page 409
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NewsDepp surprises Lee at LFF awards
Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at the BFI London Film Festival awards to present Sir Christopher Lee with a BFI Fellowship honour.
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NewsWhite Storm to close Rome
Benny Chan’s The White Storm to close Rome Film Festival; Amit Dutta’s The Seventh Walk to close CinemaXXI strand.
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NewsAlison Owen: internet won’t kill movies
Producer Alison Owen says it is “crazy to say the internet is going to kill off movies”.
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NewsWeinstein talks Grandmaster cuts
Harvey Weinstein introduced The Grandmaster as the BFI London Film Festival’s surprise film and addressed the cuts made to Wong Kar Wai’s martial arts epic.
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NewsUK’s African film festivals unite
Four biggest African film festivals in the UK unite to share films and filmmakers.
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NewsEmerging Producers named at Jihlava
Nearly 20 rising documentary filmmakers named at the Czech Republic festival.
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NewsHanks kicks off Tokyo IFF
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has kicked off with Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks on the fest’s signature green carpet for opening film Captain Phillips.
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NewsAFI unveils galas, special screenings
John Wells’ August: Osage County, a 3D version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and the world premiere of Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor will screen as galas at the TCL Chinese Theatre next month.
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NewsAbu Dhabi reveals masterclasses
Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton and The Missing Picture producer Catherine Dussart among those to host masterclasses.
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NewsCamerimage to honour John Turturro
Cinematography festival will also honour Avatar production designer Rick Carter and documentary cinematographer Joan Churchill.
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NewsLumière fest launches Classic Films Market
Heritage festival spearheaded by Thierry Fremaux bumps up industry presence.
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NewsSXSW announces daily keynotes
Filmmakers Lena Dunham, Jason Blum and Casey Neistat will deliver daily keynote addresses at SXSW 2014.
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NewsLondon Korean FF reveals line-up
Box office smash Hide and Seek to open festival; Kim Jee-woon to present his favourite short films.
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NewsIDFA to open with Return to Homs
Feature documentary is about two Syrian friends in devastated city of Homs.
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NewsFilm Nation unveils anti-piracy ad
Film made by UK teenagers to be shown before every screening at this month’s National Youth Film Festival.
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NewsLocarno opens doors to Sub-Saharan Africa
The 12th edition of Locarno’s Open Doors co-production forum to focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
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NewsCPH:DOX reveals 2013 programme
Line-up includes two programmes curated by Ai Weiwei and The Yes Men.
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NewsRome Film Festival unveils line-up
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Seventh Code and Takashi Miike’s The Mole Song added to the competition titles.
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NewsVenice selects 12 for filmmaking scheme
A total of 12 projects have been selected for the second edition of Venice filmmaking scheme, the Biennale College - Cinema, a programme for training young filmmakers and producing micro-budget films.
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NewsScreen and Broadcast launch diversity forum
Baroness Oona King to chair event at BAFTA, speakers include Danny Cohen, Ben Roberts, Bettany Hughes, Lenny Henry, Pat Younge, Damian Jones.