All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 9
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NewsTogether Films boards Sheffield DocFest opener ‘Tish’, unveils UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
A UK-Ireland deal with distributor Modern Films has already been signed.
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NewsSheffield DocFest appoints Raul Niño Zambrano as creative director following interim stint
Zambrano has served as acting creative director over the past year.
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NewsCannes Film Festival reveals dates for 2024 edition
The festival announced the dates with the message: “See you next year for a new celebration of cinema from around the world!”
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News‘How To Have Sex’ wins top Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes 2023
Other winners included ’Hounds’, ’The Mother Of All Lies’, ’Goodbye Julia’ and ’The Buriti Flower’.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight SACD prize goes to Pierre Creton’s ‘A Prince’
Creton also features in the cast, with Mathieu Amalric providing the inner voice for one of the characters.
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News‘The Pot-Au-Feu’ posts solid score on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ falters
New films by Tran Anh Hung and Nanni Moretti take their place on the grid.
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NewsNuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsWorld Soundtrack Awards matches composers with filmmakers (exclusive)
Composers including Howard Shore, Patrick Doyle and Daniel Pemberton have taken part.
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NewsWang Bing’s ‘Youth (Spring)’ takes early lead on Screen’s 2023 Cannes jury grid
Documentary about rural Chinese people who move to work in a textile factory is currently on a 2.7 average.
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NewsScreen International at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Screen is launching the Global Production Awards at Cannes this year, and celebrates anniversaries for Stars of Tomorrow and the jury grid.
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NewsWorking Title, Independent set Frankie Goes to Hollywood biopic ‘Relax’ starring Callum Scott Howells
The film was written and will be directed by Bernard Rose, the director of the original ’Relax’ music video.
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NewsVisions du Réel awards top prize to ‘While The Green Grass Grows’
The Swiss documentary festival runs April 21-April 30.
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NewsEva Green wins “painful and damaging” UK court battle over collapse of sci-fi film ‘A Patriot’
In a statement Green said she was proud to stand up against “bully-boy tactics”.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics picks up Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way Of Life’ with Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal
SPC picked up the short in pre-production and will release in the autumn.
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NewsKevin Spacey set to stand trial for sex offences in the UK in June
The US actor appeared via video link at Southwark Crown Court at a pre-trial review.
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NewsCannes Film Festival to close with Pixar’s ‘Elemental’
It is the fourth Pixar feature to be presented in Cannes’ Official Selection.
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NewsCannes parallel section ACID unveils 2023 selection
ACID focuses on first films and films without French distribution.
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NewsCineworld sets business restructure with lenders and drops sale of US, UK businesses
The proposed agreement would reduce the company’s indebtedness by around $4.53bn.
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NewsFocus unveils first trailer for Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’
Focus will distribute the film in the US and Universal Pictures International handles international distribution.
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NewsCineworld creditors could install new executive team - reports
The report suggests CEO Mooky Greidinger and deputy Israel Greidinger could be replaced after nine years heading the company.