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International execs choose favourite projects, praise youth focus of Tallinn’s 28th edition
‘Emi’, ’The Worker’ and ‘Late Shift’ all gathered plaudits from industry attendees.
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Russian director on ‘Deaf Lovers’ PÖFF controversy: “Censorship is the biggest threat to art in our world”
‘Deaf Lovers’ was removed from Tallinn’s ‘Standing With Ukraine’ programme but kept in the festival.
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Tallinn’s industry head looks forward to presenting projects, talking AI and debating funding sources
The Tallinn industry programme closed attendance applications early for the first time.
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How IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen on why this year’s theme is ‘This Is Not A Simulation’
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How a European fund is investing Nordic private equity in the indie film sector
Already partnering with A24, XYZ Films and mk2 Films, Finnish‑founded investment fund IPR.VC has ambitions to expand its footprint even further.
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How Israel’s Eran Riklis made ’Reading Lolita In Tehran’ with Golshifteh Farahani
“We stitch back what they tear apart,” says Farahani of the role of artists when making a film about Iran with an Israeli director.
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Bringing “quality to mass audiences”: Amazon’s UK and European originals heads talk film and scripted strategy
Tara Erer and Nicole Morganti explain how local talent and targeted demographics are the route to global hits.
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Joshua Oppenheimer on giving a musical twist to the apocalypse in ‘The End’
‘The End’ stars Tilda Swinton and George MacKay and had its world premiere at Telluride.
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Tilda Swinton, Marvel and jellyfish tents: what goes on at the Venice Immersive island?
Projects include ‘Impulse: Playing With Reality’ and Marvel work ‘What If…?’
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“It’s a step up,” say Sarajevo industry heads of boosted 2024 programme
The 45 projects in this year’s CineLink include several from Turkey.
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Sarajevo’s Jovan Marjanovic talks physical expansion, hometown heroes and tackling tricky issues
“We hope it becomes the new centre of the city, and the country,” says the festival director of the newly-expanded festival.
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How FIRST International Film Festival offers a springboard for new Chinese directors
FIFF founder and head Song Wen discusses the spirit of the festival and future of Chinese independent and arthouse cinema.
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Why Malaysian censors cleared sensitive riot drama ‘Snow In Midsummer’ (exclusive)
Chong Keat Aun’s award-winning feature is the first local film about Kuala Lumpur’s tragic race riots of May 1969 to secure a release.
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“We’re taking risks”: How New York Asian Film Festival’s biggest ever edition is mixing star power with new talent
Stars from South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and beyond are set to attend the festival.
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‘Eno’ director on the film’s innovative generative AI engine and how it could work on streaming
Sundance title ‘Eno’ plays a different version each time the film screens.
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Eight rising stars of German cinema at Munich 2024
They include several filmmakers moving behind the camera with 20 years experience in different fields.
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Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl reveal how Munich International Film Festival is evolving under their watch
The festival will screen six world premieres of international titles
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The personal touch made all the difference to the second series shoot of ‘Tokyo Vice’ in Japan
The show’s creative team reveal how filming series two was “night and day” compared to series one
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Roger Ross Williams on social-issue stories and shaking up Ampas’s documentary branch
The US director of films including God Loves Uganda, Life, Animated and Stamped From The Beginning held a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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Italian industry debates tax credit reform, co-productions and exploiting local stories at AVP Summit
The Audiovisual Producers Summit in Calabria was attended by international execs from companies including Sony, Amazon, FIlm France and the BFI.