All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 14
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NewsDeckert Distribution boards Venetian Nights Burkina Faso doc ‘Land Of Upright People’ (exclusive)
Project from Italian director Christian Carmosino Mereu tells the story of Burkina Faso’s 2014 revolution.
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NewsSaudi’s Red Sea Film Festival teams with Venice Final Cut
RSIFF will give a cash award of €5,000 to one of the projects.
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NewsUS’ Cohen Media Group acquires Jeremy Thomas’ UK outfit HanWay Films
HanWay will continue to be branded as an independent label.
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NewsVenice plans red carpet flash mob protest for Jafar Panahi premiere
Panahi, whose film No Bears plays in Venice’s Competition, was sentenced to six years in prison in June.
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NewsEwan McGregor to star in Paramount+ series ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’
The series is written by showrunner and executive producer Ben Vanstone (The Last Kingdom).
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NewsCineworld preparing to file for bankruptcy - reports
The WSJ report claims Cineworld is expected to file a chapter 11 petition in the US and is considering insolvency proceedings in the UK.
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NewsLocarno appoints head of Open Doors programme
Zsuzsi Bánkuti was interim head of this year’s Open Doors event.
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NewsActress Anne Heche “not expected to survive” car accident, says family
Film credits include Donnie Brasco, Six Days Seven Nights, Wag The Dog, I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights adds new Critics’ Picks competition strand
The section will showcase up to 10 films selected by the festival’s programming team.
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NewsSan Sebastian competition line-up includes Sebastián Lelio, Hong Sang-soo titles
Lelio makes his San Sebastian competition debut with The Wonder starring Florence Pugh.
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NewsWill Smith says Chris Rock “not ready” to speak to him after Oscars slap
Smith has opened up about the incident in an emotional video posted on YouTube
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NewsFrance rejigs international Oscar submissions process
Committee will now no longer include three permanent members.
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NewsVenice film festival unveils 2022 line-up
Includes films by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Joanna Hogg, Olivia Wilde, Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Dominik, Luca Guadagnino and Florian Zeller.
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News‘Dune: Part Two’ starts shooting at international locations for Warner Bros, Legendary Entertainment
Part 2 will be based in Hungary and is also returning to Abu Dhabi and Jordan.
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NewsSanaa Lathan’s directorial debut ‘On The Come Up’ to world premiere at Toronto
The film is based on the novel by Angie Thomas about a 16 year-old rapper.
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NewsFirst trailer for Karlovy Vary competition title ‘Silence 6-9’ (exclusive)
Christos Passalis directs and stars in the project.
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NewsDavid Harewood’s ‘Benn/Eubank’ sets lead cast
David Jonsson will play Chris Eubank, with Joshua Maynard making his film debut as Nigel Benn.
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NewsFirst trailer for Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Under The Fig Trees’ (exclusive)
The production is Sehiri’s first fiction feature after her 2018 award-winning documentary Railway Men and short work My Father’s Facebook.
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NewsScreen International at Cannes 2022
Screen International’s coverage of the Cannes Film Festival will be bigger than ever in 2022 to mark the event’s 75th edition.
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NewsNoel Clarke to sue Bafta, Guardian Media Group for defamation
In March, the Metropolitan Police said Clarke would not face a criminal investigation into the allegations.