All articles by Tim Dams – Page 7
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NewsMinerva takes on sales for $1m prize-winning Tribeca comedy drama ‘Honeyjoon’
EXCLUSIVE: Lilian T. Mehrel’s film world premiered at Tribeca this summer after winning AT&T’s $1m Untold Stories pitch competition at festival last year.
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NewsVenice Film Festival sees huge Gaza protest
Thousands take part in march on the Lido but are prevented from accessing main festival area.
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Features“We will support talent in all genres,” says Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati on eve of bumper Venice
Production and distribution group has six titles in Venice’s official selection, including Paolo Sorrentino’s opening film La Grazia and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia.
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FeaturesVenice Production Bridge head Pascal Diot on what’s new for 2025 edition
Venice Production Bridge is adding an extra day to its schedule this year, the latest in a series of additions to the festival’s industry event.
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NewsSan Sebastian to honour Jennifer Lawrence
Festival to present actress with Donostia Award ahead of ‘Die My Love’ screening.
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NewsGlobal Constellation, Cinetic Media board Venice-bound ’Broken English’
EXCLUSIVE: Career-spanning portrait of singer and actress stars Tilda Swinton and George MacKay as well as Faithfull’s last recorded performance.
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Features“Investors want to feel connected to a film”: Abbout Productions on raising financing from the Lebanese diaspora
Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine have steered a slew of films to A-list festivals despite the meltdown of Lebanon’s economy.
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NewsTrue Colours boards Toronto premiere ‘Between Dreams And Hope’ and Venice feature ‘Orfeo’
EXCLUSIVE: Rome-based sales outfit True Colours takes on sales for films by Iran’s Farnoosh Samadi and Italy’s Virgilio Villoresi.
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NewsSeriesly Berlin unveils first premieres and panel lineup
Panels will explore how TV can collaborate with fashion brands, reinventing co-productions and horror series.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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NewsRome Film Festival sets Riccardo Milani’s ‘La Vita Va Così’ as opening film
Sardinia-set film will open 20th edition of festival.
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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.
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NewsMoldova set to join Creative Europe programme
Country expected to start participating in EU film and cultural programme from next year.
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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.
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NewsLocarno adds Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ to international competition
Japanese director’s latest stars Vicky Krieps.
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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.
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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.