All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 62
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NewsPhoebe Dynevor signs to star in US thriller ‘Wichita Libra’, Mister Smith to launch EFM sales
Henry Dunham directs his second feature; Jay Van Hoy produces.
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Features“I am genuinely excited”: European sales agents look ahead to 2023 European Film Market
After a quiet American Film Market in November, the expectation is for Berlin to be buzzing.
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NewsIrish-language feature ‘Tarrac!’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Parkland Pictures will be selling the title at the European Film Market.
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NewsBankside Films boards Ido Fluk’s real-life jazz drama ‘Köln 75’ (exclusive)
Germany’s Mala Emde and US actor John Magaro are set to star.
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NewsBFI to invest £14m in programmes for UK schoolchildren as part of ambitious education strategy
It forms part of the BFI’s Screen Culture 2033 strategy.
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NewsAltitude boards sales on true crime docu-drama ‘Speedway’
It is the debut from Australian directors Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien.
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NewsLucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as UK culture secretary
Frazer will head up a “re-focused” Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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NewsSignature Entertainment picks up UK-Ireland rights to ‘Little Bone Lodge’ (exclusive)
The title was picked up from UK sales outfit SC Films International.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures launches sales on Neon, QC Entertainment horror ‘It Lives Inside’ (exclusive)
It is the first feature from Bishal Dutta and will premiere at SXSW, with sales launching at EFM.
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News“I’ve seen so many smiling faces”: Rotterdam wraps an emotional edition
International attendees point to IFFR’s sense of community, inclusivity – and wide sweep of films.
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FeaturesHow Muayad Alayan filmed ‘A House In Jerusalem’ in Palestine and Israel during the pandemic
The title received its world premiere in the Limelight strand at Rotterdam.
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News‘Le Spectre De Boko Haram’ scoops top prize at Rotterdam 2023
Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s ’Munnel’ and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan’s ‘New Strains’ also won awards.
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NewsOliver Jackson-Cohen, Jenna Coleman star in Anton’s UK-set action thriller ‘Jackdaw’
A first-look image has also been released.
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NewsPort of Production residency programme selects four international producers
The producers hail from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Canada.
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NewsRotterdam’s Reality Check symposium calls for creation of a cross-festival coalition
“The festival industry as we know has come to be defined by a spirit of competition rather than collaboration,” said festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Masoud Kimiai banned from attending Rotterdam
The director’s film ’Killing A Traitor’ is playing in the Harbour strand.
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NewsItaly-France western ‘Heads Or Tails?’, Ukraine’s ‘Consider Vera’ big Rotterdam industry winners
Awards handed out to projects in 40th anniversary edition of CineMart.
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FeaturesUkrainian director Philip Sotnychenko has mixed feelings being at a film festival: “Our fight is on the cultural front”
’La Palisiada’, the debut feature of Kyiv-based filmmaker Philip Sotnychenko, is screening in the Tiger competition at Rotterdam.
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NewsRotterdam competition title ‘New Strains’ picked up for world sales (exclusive)
The US comedy is directed by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
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NewsBFI, Screen Producers Australia, Screen Forever launch co-production programme
UK producers and sales companies can apply now to take part in the UK-Australia programme that kicks off in May.