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NewsCannes Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight, ACID will not boycott Russian filmmakers
Parallel sections highlight their tradition of welcoming ”dissident artists, persecuted in their home countries”.
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NewsKorean box office improves but exports drop during 2021
Sales of cinema tickets rose but exports plummeted across a second year impacted by the pandemic.
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NewsSouth Korean film festivals join support for Ukraine
Jeonju, Busan and Bucheon have joined other festivals around the world in condemning Russia’s invasion.
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NewsUkrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov calls for Russian cinema boycott from the trenches
Director who was held for five years in Russian jails and prison camps is now a reservist volunteer on Ukraine’s frontline
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NewsTIFF bans state-backed Russian delegations from festival, will programme independent Russian films
Statement follows similar action by Cannes, Venice.
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NewsBeing a carer has “negative impact” on screen career, say 75% of respondents in Irish report
The report was published during Dublin International Film Festival.
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News‘Enys Men’, ‘Pretty Red Dress’ and Quiddity Films receive backing from UK Global Screen Fund
A further £502,882 has been allocated.
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NewsFestival regular Fatih Akin strikes first-look deal with WarnerMedia
US studio was previously a producer partner on In The Fade, The Golden Glove and Rhinegold.
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NewsStudiocanal boards Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV series ‘Families Like Ours’
Studiocanal will co-produce and oversee worldwide sales, excluding France, Benelux and Scandinavia.
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NewsUkrainian producer Denis Ivanov calls for blanket ban of Russian films in open letter
Ivanov’s credits include Oleg Sentsov’s ‘Rhino’ and Sergio Loznitsa’s ’Donbass’.
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NewsBleecker Street hires former Paramount exec Kyle Davies as head of distribution
Release slate includes Guy Nattiv’s upcoming Golda starring Helen Mirren.
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NewsTrafalgar Releasing sets worldwide release for Andrew Dominik’s ‘This Much I Know To Be True’
The film debuted as a Berlinale Special title last month.
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NewsIris Knobloch tipped as a candidate for Cannes president role, French media reports
Incumbent Cannes Film Festival president Pierre Lescure has said he could step down early from his current mandate running until 2023.
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NewsVenice Film Festival to welcome Russian filmmakers “who oppose the current regime”
Venice is the latest event to respond to the war in Ukraine.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 45 projects to be showcased at Qumra 2022
The eighth edition of the annual talent incubator takes place online from March 18-23.
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News“Our message is getting stronger”: Russian filmmakers spread the anti-war message
Younger filmmakers including Egor Abramenko and Philiip Yurev are speaking out.
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NewsBFI Network appoints new head
Bristol-based Alice Cabañas is presently a BFI Network talent executive.
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NewsUkrainian producer Julia Sinkevych to head Series Mania jury
Move follows French film and TV festival’s decision to bar official Russian organisations from edition running March 18-25
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NewsAmazon’s Prime Video pledges £10m for UK film and TV training, partners with NFTS
Prime Video will support director and post-production courses at NFTS.
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NewsHollywood pauses theatrical distribution in Russia as Paramount, Universal join response to Ukraine crisis
Screen understands films currently in release in Russia will remain in cinemas through their licensing periods.