All articles by Tim Dams – Page 8
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NewsCape Verde, Zimbabwe and South Africa projects triumph at Durban FilmMart
Three projects won multiple prizes at Durban event focused on African storytelling.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch set for Zurich Film Festival honour
British actor to receive festival’s Golden Eye Award.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NewsOpen Reel scores North America and UK deals for ‘Only Good Things’ and ‘Keep Coming Back’
EXCLUSIVE: Italian sales agent also strikes North America deal for Alan Brown’s Other People’s Bodies.
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NewsKorea’s CJ ENM bets big on AI for future hits across film, TV and animation
Entertianment giant lays out artificial intelligence strategy for creating future film, TV and animation productions.
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FeaturesThe making and marketing of word-of-mouth UK comedy hit ‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’
Film has been championed by a wide range of podcasters, comedians, journalists and industry figures such as Notting Hill director Richard Curtis.
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NewsPauline Durand-Vialle to lead European Audiovisual Observatory
Durand-Vialle joins from the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA).
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NewsACF Investment Bank launches New York office and UK initiative
New York office will be headed by former Lazard banker Jason Rejebian, while ACF Growth will support emerging media companies.
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NewsDocaviv artistic director Michal Weits recovering after missile hits Tel Aviv home
Weits was sheltering with her husband and two children in the safe room of their Tel Aviv house when it was hit on Sunday.
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NewsKarlovy Vary reveals secret Iranian feature ‘Bidad’ for Crystal Globe competition
Festival had withheld details of film until director Soheil Beiraghi and the members of his crew could safely travel out of Iran.
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NewsLukas Dhont, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ryusuke Hamaguchi projects among €10.7m Eurimages funding recipients
European organisation’s latest round of funding has also backed films by Marie Kreutzer, Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Radu Jude.
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NewsUkraine joins European Audiovisual Observatory
European Audiovisual Observatory will now be able to include facts and figures about Ukraine in its reports and databases.
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NewsKarlovy Vary lines up Nader Saeivar, Andreas Horvath and László Csuja projects for Central Stage platform
14 projects from Central Europe taking part in new co-production platform Central Stage launched by festival’s Industry Office.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund, LFF, NFTS receive big funding boosts from UK government
The package will also include support for British Film Commission, BFI Film Academy, and CoSTAR programme.
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News‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ director Paola Cortellesi to chair Rome Film Fest jury
Actress, screenwriter and director will head jury of Progressive Cinema Competition, the festival’s competitive section.