All articles by Tim Dams
-
NewsSeriesly Berlin unveils first premieres and panel lineup
Panels will explore how TV can collaborate with fashion brands, reinventing co-productions and horror series.
-
NewsJackie Chan and ‘Sentimental Value’ draw huge crowds at Locarno Film Festival
Locarno’s Piazza Grande screenings have been packed out, while the festival has seen a busy industry focus and widespread condemnation of suffering in Gaza.
-
News‘The Birthday Party’ starring Willem Dafoe unveils slew of international sales after Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Miguel Angel Jimenez-directed 1970s-set tale of secrets, ambition and familial tension world premiered in Locarno’s Piazza Grande
-
NewsStreamers “significantly underpaying” for pay 1 and pay 2 licence fees, Locarno think tank hears
Stuart Ford, Tricia Tuttle and Ed Guiney were talking at Locarno’s StepIn think tank.
-
NewsLocarno’s Piazza Grande sees protest against war in Gaza ahead of screening
Demonstration took place ahead of the world premiere screening of Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s The Birthday Party, starring Willem Dafoe.
-
NewsRome Film Festival sets Riccardo Milani’s ‘La Vita Va Così’ as opening film
Sardinia-set film will open 20th edition of festival.
-
NewsCoproduction Office closes early sales on Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Korean director’s latest blends dystopian sci-fi with psychological and political undercurrents.
-
NewsMoldova set to join Creative Europe programme
Country expected to start participating in EU film and cultural programme from next year.
-
NewsTorinoFilmLab awards €50,000 co-production grant to ‘9 Temples To Heaven’
Chidgasornpongse’s fiction debut wins €50,000 production grant plus TFL training sessions.
-
NewsLocarno adds Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ to international competition
Japanese director’s latest stars Vicky Krieps.
-
NewsCAT&Docs takes on sales for Parsifal Reparato’s Locarno Critics Week title ‘She’
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary focuses on female workers in one of the largest electronic industrial plants based in Vietnam.
-
NewsHubert Bals Fund selects 15 projects for 2025 development support scheme
Fund back projects from directors such as Amanda Nell Eu, Mamadou Dia, Farida Baqi and Xiaoxuan Jiang.
-
NewsCape Verde, Zimbabwe and South Africa projects triumph at Durban FilmMart
Three projects won multiple prizes at Durban event focused on African storytelling.
-
NewsBenedict Cumberbatch set for Zurich Film Festival honour
British actor to receive festival’s Golden Eye Award.
-
NewsTrue Colours takes on sales for Franco Maresco’s Venice competition title ‘Bravo Bene!’
EXCLUSIVE: Italian director was previously in Venice competition with Mafia Is Not What It Used To Be (2019)
-
FeaturesEight talking points from the Venice 2025 line-up
Long films, up to 305 minutes; starry nights, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney set to attend; political topics.
-
NewsIntramovies acquires Tereza Nvotová’s Venice Horizons premiere ‘Father’
EXCLUSIVE: Father won the Screen International award last year at MIA Market’s work-in-progress programme C EU Soon.
-
FeaturesLocarno Pro 2025 aims to match private film financiers with emerging talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner reveals some of the highlights of the festival’s industry programme.
-
NewsNicola Borrelli, head of cinema at Italy’s ministry of culture, steps down
Borrelli’s departure comes amid a mounting scandal over the way the country’s tax credit funds are used.
-
News“We’re an antidote to the algorithm,” says BFI Player director as platform goes international
BFI Player director Paul Lewis on growing the service’s international footprint and addressing tech issues to make it more accessible.