All articles by Tim Dams – Page 23
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NewsEight talking points from the Venice 2024 line-up
Venice 2024 will see the return of stars, a lack of streaming titles, and a slight improvement in the number of female directors.
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NewsVenice embraces difficult topics for 2024 edition
Line-up will cover Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas wars, migration, climate catastrophe and the rise of far-right movements.
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NewsVenice’s Giornate degli Autori line-up includes Quay Brothers animation and Peaches biopic
Independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival has 10 films in competition.
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NewsStudiocanal promotes sales and distribution head Anne Chérel
Exec will continue to supervise global distribution and will also help develop US business as chief commercial officer.
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NewsPayal Kapadia, Tim Blake Nelson join Locarno film festival jury
Italian actor Luca Marinelli and Belgian producer Diana Elbaum also join International Competition jury.
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NewsAlfonso Cuarón to receive lifetime achievement award from Locarno
Mexican filmmaker will receive the award on August 11 in Locarno’s Piazza Grande
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NewsEuropean Film Academy calls for release of Belarusian filmmaker Andrei Gnyot
Gnyot is at risk of being extradited to Belarus where he faces ”imprisonment, torture and even the possibility of a death penalty”
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NewsIvana Gloria talks Karlovy Vary title ‘Chlorophyll’: “It’s about finding your own identity”
Italian film played in the festival’s Proxima Competition.
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NewsLocarno unveils 2024 line-up including premieres from Hong Sangsoo, Wang Bing and Ben Rivers
Other directors world premiering out of competition include Radu Jude, Fabrice du Welz, Aislinn Clarke and Bertrand Mandico.
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News’A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things’, ‘Loveable’ lead Karlovy Vary winners
Cousins’ documentary takes Crystal Globe, while divorce drama ‘Loveable’ wins five prizes.
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NewsCzech industry calls for increase in production incentives to 25%
The Czech Audiovisual Producers´ Association says current 20% offer is not competitive enough.
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NewsKarlovy Vary’s industry strand Eastern Promises unveils 2024 winners
Winners come from festival’s works in progress and development programmes.
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NewsJason Ropell, Mubi’s chief content officer, talks growth ambitions and theatrical plans
”We need to have global theatrical distribution capabilities on top of the global streaming ability which we have,” he said.
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NewsBerlinale launches €50,000 Perspectives competition for feature debuts, drops Encounters section
Berlinale says Perspectives strand will “shine a brighter spotlight on new filmmakers within the festival.”
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NewsLocarno to honour Indian star Shah Rukh Khan with Pardo Alla Carriera award
Award will pay tribute to actor’s career in Indian cinema.
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NewsFremantle strikes first look deal with Stefano Sollima’s AlterEgo
Sollima’s film Adagio world premiered last year at Venice film festival.
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FeaturesUkrainian soldier and director Oleh Sentsov on his “immersive” battlefield documentary ‘Real’
World premiering at Karlovy Vary, the documentary takes place in real time over 90-minutes within the confines of one Ukrainian-held trench.
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NewsLilith Kraxner and Milena Czernovsky’s ‘bluish’ wins top prize at FIDMarseille
The Austrian directors win Grand Prix in international competition with their second film.
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NewsMia Hansen-Løve to direct biopic of pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft
If Love Should Die will shoot next year in the UK, France, Scandinavia and Portugal.
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NewsChristine Vachon, Mubi’s Jason Ropell, EFA’s Fatih Abay headline Karlovy Vary industry programme
The programme also includes the Eastern Promises project pitches.