All articles by Tim Dams – Page 10
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NewsRome Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Johnny Depp, Francis Ford Coppola to be honoured
World premieres in competition include Tony Kaye’s ’The Trainer’ and Eran Riklis’s ’Reading Lolita in Tehran’
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NewsZurich Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Edward Berger to be honoured
ZFF’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films.
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NewsCarlo Chatrian to head Italy’s National Museum of Cinema
Chatrian joins after five years as artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival.
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NewsEx-Cinecittà Studios boss Nicola Maccanico no longer joining Fremantle Italy as CEO
Maccanico had only been unveiled as Fremantle Italy CEO last week
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NewsRome’s MIA unveils 60 projects for 2024 co-production market
14 feature-length film projects among those being presented this year.
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NewsTed Sarandos issues spirited defence of ‘Baby Reindeer’ creator Richard Gadd, talks up UK creative industries
Netflix co-CEO says streamers top four shows in first half of 2024 were made in the UK.
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NewsMubi, Anton Corp, Match Factory execs heading to San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference
The conference will also include a fireside conversation with veteran UK producer Jeremy Thomas.
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NewsThierry Breton, EU commissioner in charge of Creative Europe Media programme, resigns amid von der Leyen row
Breton resignation follows spat with EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen
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NewsBelgium selects Leonardo Van Dijl’s ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ as Oscar entry
Van Dijl’s feature debut premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week and has just had its North America premiere at Toronto.
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NewsEgyptian authorities close down MENA’s largest piracy site
Laroza site provided access to more than 29,000 movies and TV series viewed the world over.
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NewsFremantle hires former Cinecittà Studios boss Nicola Maccanico
European group also promotes Bruno Fallot to run its French, Iberia and Israel operations.
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NewsNew Zealand drama ‘Ka Whawhai Tonu’ scores German sale ahead of Toronto premiere
’Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End’, which plays in TIFF’s Centrepiece section this week, is NZ’s top grossing local film this year.
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NewsLes Films du Losange, WME board Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology Of Water’
First image released from Stewart’s directorial feature debut which filmed this summer.
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NewsFive talking points from the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Lots of stars (but lack of access), sweaty days and nights, and a few big deals.
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NewsZurich lines up fantasy drama ‘Hagen’ and western ‘The Unholy Trinity’ as Gala world premieres
Two Swiss productions - Frieda’s Case and Aiming High - A Race Against The Limits will also world premiere in the ten strong Gala section.
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NewsMorad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut programme
’Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ is debut feature for Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Mostafa.
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NewsGeorgian film ‘The Antique’ cleared to screen in Venice after court decree overturned
Rusudan Glurjidze’s film had been prevented from screening at the festival by a Court of Venice emergency decree obtained by the film’s co-producers.
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NewsAutlook takes on international sales for Toronto doc ‘Patrice: The Movie’ (exclusive)
Billed as a documentary romcom, Patrice: The Movie is being released by Hulu in the US.
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NewsEuropean and Middle Eastern film execs talk challenges and opportunities of preserving film heritage
Screen International roundtable at the Venice Film Festival explored topics such as AI, costs and technology of restoring classic movies.
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News‘Riefenstahl’ doc scores key sales following Venice and Telluride premieres
Andres Veiel’s documentary investigates influential director Leni Riefenstahl’s close involvement with the Nazis.