Latest festival news – Page 7
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NewsBerlinale faces up to political conflicts in opening ceremony: “We must adapt the rules for dealing with one another”
Mariette Rissenbeek and Claudia Roth gave passionate speeches championing democracy, criticising AfD.
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NewsCillian Murphy on Ireland’s “collective trauma” laid bare in Berlinale opener ‘Small Things Like These’
“When I started out, getting work in the 90s, you would see movies like this all the time,” noted executive producer Matt Damon.
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NewsThe Party boards Belfast-set documentary ‘The Flats’ ahead of CPH: DOX premiere (exclusive)
Alessandra Celesia directs the film about a man looking back on his youth growing up during the Troubles.
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NewsPolitics dominates tense Berlinale jury press conference
Jurors received numerous questions on the AfD, Gaza and Ukraine.
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NewsCPH:DOX unveils competitions, adds human rights award
New:Vision titles include Germany-Israel-Palestine co-production ‘Silent Night’.
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NewsEdinburgh director Paul Ridd reveals details of £50,000 filmmaker award (exclusive)
It is backed by The Sean Connery Foundation, which will also award a £15,000 short film prize.
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NewsAlex Gibney, Asmae El Moudir among CPH:Conference 2024 speakers
Conference will kick off with new ‘Our Declaration Of Independence’ session.
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NewsBerlinale workers criticise festival’s response to Gaza conflict
The open letter was published on Instagram on Monday (February 12) by an account called ‘Berlinale Workers Voice’.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival unveils full line-up
The line-up features four world premieres.
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NewsHorror Collective’s ‘Silence Of The Prey’ to open Golden State festival (exclusive)
Lead Karyna Kudzina also co-directs and produces the social justice-themed horror outing.
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NewsRoadside, Vertical acquire biopic ‘Lee’ starring Kate Winslet
Theatrical release set for September 20.
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NewsBerlinale disinvites far-right AfD politicians from opening ceremony
“It is important for us to take an unequivocal stand in favour of an open democracy.”
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NewsMexican love story ‘Demons At Dawn’ acquired by The Open Reel (exclusive)
Hernández has twice won the Teddy Award at Berlin.
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NewsCPH:Forum selects new projects from ‘Flee’, ‘Cow’ producers; refreshes industry awards
The Innovation award and Outreach award replace the Eurimages Co-Production Development award.
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NewsSXSW 2024 unveils second wave: Alice Lowe, Dev Patel, Sydney Sweeney among selection
Festival runs March 8-16 in Austin, Texas.
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NewsWarner Bros. Discovery confirms deal on Sundance doc ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’
Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui co-directed Premieres selection.
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NewsAgnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border’ wins Rotterdam audience award
IFFR recorded 253,500 visits across its programme of films, art installations and talks for its 2024 edition.
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NewsClaire Denis, Leos Carax, Jim Sheridan among Qumra Masters for 10th edition
Atom Egoyan, Martin Hernandez will also be Masters at the event.
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NewsBerlinale to contact far-right AfD party amid invitation controversy; open letter goes offline
Open letter criticising AfD attendance was down on Sunday morning.