All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 19
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News‘The Staffroom’: first trailer for Karlovy Vary competition title (exclusive)
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has world rights.
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NewsSquare 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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News‘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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NewsVenice film festival unveils 2021 line-up
This year’s line-up includes five female directors in competition.
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NewsFilm 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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NewsChloé Zhao, Cynthia Erivo, Alexander Nanau join Venice competition jury
Other compeition jurors are Sarah Gadon, Saverio Costanzo and Virginie Efira.
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NewsGeorge 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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NewsPedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ to open 2021 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Penélope Cruz and will screen in competition.
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NewsCannes 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.
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NewsBe For Films picks up Karlovy Vary competition title ‘Wars’ (exclusive)
‘Wars’ is Nicolas Roy’s debut feature as a director.
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NewsNew Europe picks up Karlovy Vary competition title ‘The Staffroom’ (exclusive)
The film is Sonja Tarokić’s feature debut.
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NewsThe Times and Mail Online apologise to Bafta chair over Noel Clarke reporting
Bafta made a legal complaint to both publications, citing defamation.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: How ‘It’s A Sin’ became Channel 4’s “most-binged” show ever
It’s A Sin overcame broadcaster pushback to offer a fresh – and uniquely British – take on the 1980s HIV and Aids crisis. Screen talks to creator Russell T Davies and executive producer Nicola Shindler
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NewsFirst look: Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Cannes sales title ‘The Good Neighbor’ (exclusive)
Stephan Rick directs this thriller based on 2011 German film Unter Nachbarn. He also directed the original.
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NewsUK PR agency Organic appoints head of television (exclusive)
Former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies joins as part of a new-look leadership team
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NewsCannes to honour Marco Bellochio, adds his new film to Official Selection
His documentary Marx Can Wait, has also been added to the Cannes Premiere strand.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival reveals new creative director
The position is part of a wider new role at Scotland’s Centre for the Moving Image (CMI).
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News’Manchurian Tiger’ wins top prize at Shanghai film festival
Other winners included Barbarian Invasion and The Conscience.
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NewsSteven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners signs deal with Netflix for multiple films per year
Amblin and Netflix previously teamed up on Oscar-nominated The Trial of the Chicago 7.
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NewsAltitude boards world sales on ‘Wolf Creek 3’
Making her feature debut, Rachele Wiggins directs from a screenplay by Duncan Samarasinghe.