All articles by Orlando Parfitt
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NewsFirst trailer: Claire Simon’s San Sebastian title ‘I Want To Talk About Duras’ (exclusive)
The film explores the relationship between French writer Marguerite Duras and her last partner Yann Andréa, who was 38 years her junior.
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Global box office predicted to rise 68% in 2021
Box office takings could reach $20.2bn by the end of 2021, according to Gower Street Analytics.
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‘Reflection’: first trailer for Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Venice Competition title (exclusive)
Vasyanovych won the top Horizons prize in 2019 with Atlantis.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees apologises to programming team
“We apologise to the signatories for not communicating better.”
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Sheffield Doc/Fest programming team criticises board following Cintia Gil departure
The programmers said they received no note of termination and were told they could “reapply for our jobs when the positions were advertised again.”
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UK actors face widespread institutional racism at work, survey finds
A major new study polled 1300 actors about their experiences.
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San Sebastian to open with Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’; completes competition line-up
Festival also adds Michael Showalter’s ’The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and Thierry de Peretti’s ’Undercover’.
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Sarajevo’s CineLink unveils 2021 industry award winners
Winners include Marko Grba Singh, Aleksandra Odić, Selman Nacar, Ralitza Petrova projects.
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Backlash as Hong Kong waives quarantine rules for Nicole Kidman
Kidman was allowed the skip the mandatory seven-day hotel quarantine stay for fully vaccinated arrivals from Australia.
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San Sebastian’s Zabaltegi competition includes Joanna Hogg, Radu Jude, Gaspar Noé titles
The strand features titles from Cannes, Berlin and Venice.
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BFI London Film Festival adds Jane Campion’s ‘The Power Of The Dog’
The film will receive its UK premiere on October 11 at new LFF Gala venue the Royal Festival Hall.
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‘The Staffroom’: first trailer for Karlovy Vary competition title (exclusive)
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has world rights.
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Square Eyes takes worldwide rights to Directors’ Fortnight doc ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Payal Kapadia.
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‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’: first trailer for Locarno competition title (exclusive)
The action-drama has also been selected for Toronto’s contemporary world cinema strand.
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Venice film festival unveils 2021 line-up
This year’s line-up includes five female directors in competition.
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Film and TV-focused creative agency Zero Degrees West acquired by OC
ZDW’s recent clients include Netflix, Warner Media, Amazon Studios and NBCUniversal.
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Chloé Zhao, Cynthia Erivo, Alexander Nanau join Venice competition jury
Other compeition jurors are Sarah Gadon, Saverio Costanzo and Virginie Efira.
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George Mackay, Kelly Macdonald, Hugh Bonneville join Babak Anvari’s ‘I Came By’
The project is Babak Anvari’s follow-up to Under The Shadow.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ to open 2021 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Penélope Cruz and will screen in competition.
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Cannes 2021: Julia Ducournau makes history as ‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or
Jury president Spike Lee appeared to accidentally let slip Titane ’s win early on stage.
