All Festivals articles – Page 689
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FeaturesSundance deals: Big spenders
This year’s Sundance Film Festival (Jan 17-27) saw a flurry of pick-ups — with buyers paying a lot of money for the right films. Jeremy Kay reports
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Berlinale to host Shooting Star's inaugural public forum
European Film Promotion (EFP) is set to host a public forum, open to anyone interested in building a career as a performer in the film industry, at this month’s Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsRotterdam names Tiger Award winners
FIPRESCI award goes to The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser; NETPAC prize goes to What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love; inaugural Big Screen Award won by Pretty Butterflies; and The Future wins critics prize.
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NewsUK's Pan-Asia festival to host new films from Kitano, Ratanaruang, Shimizu
The Pan-Asia Film Festival will run from March 6-17 in London with special screenings in Glasgow, Brighton and Leeds.
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NewsUK's Kinoteka festival to open with classic The Promised Land
Other selections include Imagine, Baby Blues and To Kill A Beaver [pictured].
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NewsLanthimos, Martel, Nyholm scoop Rotterdam’s CineMart prizes
Established art house directors Yorgos Lanthimos and Lucrecia Martel won cash prizes as International Film Festival Rotterdam’s 30th coproduction market CineMart announced its prizes last night.
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NewsButterfly’s Dream to open second annual LA Turkish FF
Yilmaz Erdogan’s historical drama will receive its North American premiere on Feb 28 at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater.
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NewsJoss Whedon to attend Glasgow Film Festival
Avengers director Joss Whedon is to introduce the UK premiere of his latest film Much Ado About Nothing at the Glasgow Film Festival, which will also host talent including Neil Jordan, Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Eli Roth and Régis Roinsard
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NewsCuracao festival starts new regional competition
As it heads into its second year, the Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam is starting a new competition for emerging talents from region around the Caribbean Sea.
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NewsMedia Luna scales Matterhorn in first wave of Rotterdam deals
Mid-way through the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), details of the first pick-ups and sales have emerged.
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NewsBFI unveils £1m Film Festival Fund
The BFI has launched a new Film Festival Fund that aims to help boost the film choices available across the UK and support both regional and national festivals with global reach.
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NewsZappelphillip (The Fidgeter) wins Grand Prize at FIPA
German drama Zappelphillip (The Fidgeter) has won the Golden FIPA Grand Prize at the 26th Festival International des Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA) in Biarritz.
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NewsBabak Najafi wins lucrative Göteborg award
Sweden’s Göteborg International Film Festival has awarded director Babak Najafi the Startsladden Award - one of the industry’s biggest prizes for a short film.
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NewsBerlin unveils competition jury
Filmmakers Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen and Shirin Neshat have been named as members of the Berlinale’s seven-person International Jury headed by Chinese director Wong Kar Wai.
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NewsHungarian Film Week cancelled after 47 years
The war of words between the Hungarian Film Fund and Bela Tarr, president of the Hungarian Filmmakers’ Association, is continuing following the cancellation of Hungarian Film Week for the first time since 1965.
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NewsMemento picks up S-VHS following Sundance premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome horror feature complements French sales and production company’s growing genre slate.
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CommentSundance: McConaughey, Gordon-Levitt and Radcliffe head to Nikki Beach pop-up
Screen International’s good friend Nikki Beach made its long-awaited debut at Sundance and sure as snow (well, actually it didn’t snow while Screen was there) the celebrities did follow.
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NewsGoteborg to spotlight Norwegian features
Sweden’s 36th Göteborg International Film Festival, which opens tonight (Jan 25) with Norwegian directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning’s action-adventure Kon-Tiki, have improved services for the 1,500 film professionals expected for the showcase, which runs through Feb 4.
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NewsBeta Cinema unveils Berlin slate
Beta reveals busy Berlin slate, including Oh Boy, Turkish for Beginners and Bernd Eichinger doc Der Bernd.
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NewsSundance Channel takes five at festival
AMC/Sundance Channel has picked up five indie titles from this year’s festival and locked fresh distribution agreements around the world.