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NewsCate Blanchett shines light on refugee filmmaking fund: “These stories aren’t getting into the mainstream”
Blancett officially launched €500,000 Displacement Film Fund at International Film Festival Rotterdam
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NewsIcelandic drama ‘When The Light Breaks’ leads Goteborg winners
‘Trans Memoria’, ‘Love’ among other winning films.
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NewsIFFR Pro’s Marten Rabarts explains why he believes the Dutch make the best co-producers
Raberts was appointed in the autumn to head of International Film Festival Rotterdam’s industry strand.
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NewsMike Leigh to re-team with Bleecker Street, Cornerstone, Film4, Studiocanal for next film
Cast, title and plot are under wraps.
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NewsJonathan Pryce, Nick Mohammed to star in ‘Sleeping Lions’ for Mister Smith Entertainment (exclusive)
The comedy murder mystery is directed by the UK’s Mat Whitecross.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof says Iranian prison guards asked to watch his films with him
“They praised me for how well I made the film; while I’m sitting in prison because I made said movie.”
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NewsIran’s Soheila Golestani banned from travelling to Rotterdam to serve on festival jury
Rotterdam has expressed its solidarity with Golestani, calling her ”a victim of opression”.
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NewsBe For Films boards Congo-set doctor drama ‘Muganga’, starring Isaach De Bankolé; unveils first look (exclusive)
The drama is based on the true story of a Congolese doctor and a Belgian surgeon.
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News‘Rocks’ and ‘Bring Them Down’ producers among recipients of BFI Doc Society funding
Twelve non-fiction feature projects in early development have been supported over the last year through the £61,000 RAD fund.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Companion’ creeps into 561 cinemas
Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night’ and Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ also launch.
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NewsScreen’s awards-season experts debate the state of the Oscar and Bafta races – Screen Podcast
As well as the frontrunners, categories where nominees are gathering late momentum are also highlighted.
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NewsTimeless Films boards Locksmith Animation’s Lissa Evans adaptation ‘Wed Wabbit’
It is the first independent animated feature from the Elisabeth Murdoch co-founded company behind ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ and ‘’That Christmas’.
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NewsRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic takes aim at Donald Trump in passionate opening-night speech
The festival director emphasised the power of cinema to connect pepole in an era of resurgent nationalism.
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NewsOscar-nominated ‘Emilia Perez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón issues apology over historic tweets
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt.”
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NewsZoe Saldana “saddened” over social media posts by ‘Emilia Pérez’ co-star Karla Sofía Gascón
“It saddens me that we’re having to face this setback right now.”
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NewsNetflix acquires Sundance drama ‘Train Dreams’ with Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones
Clint Bentley directed, co-wrote with Sing Sing director Greg Kwedar.
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NewsUK’s Pinewood Studios launches public consultation on expansion plans
The group wants to review the existing planning consent in response to a reduction in global content production and rising construction costs.
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NewsPluto Film takes international rights to Berlin Generation documentary ‘Circusboy’ (exclusive)
The documentary is the first to be made under a new children’s film initiative in Germany.
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NewsHanWay Films appoints director of international sales (exclusive)
Andrei Kamarowsky will replace Agathe Valentin.