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NewsBusan film festival nominates Park Kwang-su as chairman
Appointment of a new festival director and ACFM director is ongoing.
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NewsGamer documentary ‘Ibelin’ leads Tromso winners as ‘Grandmonster’ takes pitching prize
Fiction Norway event was attended by executives from Participant, Searchlight, FilmNation.
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NewsTaiwanese filmmakers issue appeal claiming funding shift could cause “irreparable damage”
TAICCA recently announced it would shift an international funding scheme to more mainstream projects.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects in latest funding round, including ‘Naseem, Fight With Grace’
Three UK co-production features among the 44 titles.
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NewsFormer Warner Bros marketing exec Julian Senior dies, aged 85
Senior worked on campaigns for notable films including ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ’Goodfellas’ and ‘Chariots Of Fire’
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NewsFinecut picks up Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin Competition drama ‘A Traveler’s Needs’
The film stars Isabelle Huppert.
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News‘Mean Girls’ knocks ‘Wonka’ off top spot at UK-Ireland box office with £2.5m opening weekend
‘Anyone But You’ has another £1m+ session; ‘The Holdovers’ starts well with £600,000.
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NewsRediance boards Berlin Encounters title ‘Sleep With Your Eyes Open’ (exclusive)
Huang Shuli’s short ‘Goodbye First Love’ also picked up.
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NewsMarian Quinn’s ‘Twig’ to open Dublin film festival 2024 (exclusive)
The 2024 line-up also includes a season of African films, with Cannes premieres ’Four Daughters’, ’Goodbye Julia’ and ’Banel & Adama’ among the titles programmed.
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NewsBerlinale heads Carlo Chatrian, Mariette Rissenbeek discuss stepping down from the festival
Chatrian and Rissenbeek will both step down after the 2024 festival.
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NewsMatch Factory acquires Matthias Glasner’s Berlinale competition title ‘Dying’
Film about an estranged family meeting again has a ensemble cast including German star Lars Eidinger
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News‘William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill’ sells to UK-Ireland, key territories (exclusive)
The SXSW doc is being sold by the UK’s Blue Finch Films.
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NewsBerlin film festival reveals 2024 competition line-up
Includes new films from Claire Burger, Olivier Assayas, Hong Sangsoo, Bruno Dumont, Abderrahmane Sissako and Mati Diop.
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NewsAustralia’s Umbrella Entertainment makes key hire as part of international expansion (exclusive)
Jasmine McSweeney joins the ‘Talk To Me’ distributor from the New Zealand Film Commission.
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News‘The Beekeeper’ rises to top spot at global box office in weak session; ‘Anyone But You’ hits $100m
’The Beekeeper’ has topped the latest worldwide chart thanks to an extraordinary lack of competition.
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News‘Let Gaza Live’ pro-Palestinian rally shuts down Main Street during Sundance
Rally not affiliated to Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsSearchlight delivers first major deal of Sundance in $10m worldwide buy on ‘A Real Pain’
Jesse Eisenberg directs, stars opposite Kieran Culkin. Emma Stone among producers.
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News‘Black Box Diaries’ director leads Sundance audience in ‘I Will Survive’ karaoke
Spontaneous event followed Saturday Q&A session at world premiere.
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News‘Thelma’ director Josh Margolin on Sundance “ode” to his grandmother, what June Squibb told Richard Roundtree
Premieres selection screens again on Saturday night, throughout the week.
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News‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’, ‘A Real Pain’, ’Thelma’ among early Sundance buzz (update)
Saturday premieres bring Krazy House, My Old Ass, Exhibiting Forgiveness.