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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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NewsHow do the UK and Ireland fare in Venice 2024 line-up?
Films with UK ties in competition include ‘Harvest’ and ’The Brutalist’.
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NewsTIFF unveils Platform competition titles; Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Daniela Forever’ to open
Atom Egoyan leads jury of Hur Jin-ho, Jane Schoenbrun.
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NewsLes Films du Losange boards ‘My Everything’ ahead of world premiere in competition at Venice’s Horizons (exclusive)
Laure Calamy stars in Anne-Sophie Bailly’s debut feature about a mother and son.
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NewsKiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cloud’ lands Europe, Asia sales ahead of Venice premiere (exclusive)
The Japanese auteur previously won best director at Venice with ’Wife Of A Spy’.
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NewsUK’s Raw hires former Brouhaha Entertainment, BBC Film exec to bolster scripted and features arm
Sam Gordon has also held posts at Baby Cow and Calamity Films.
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NewsVenice Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up
21-strong Competition includes new films from Todd Phillips, Pedro Almodovar, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Luca Guadagino, Pablo Larrain and Justin Kurzel.
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NewsMike Bowers named chair of The Cinema Foundation
Executive serves as president and CEO of Harkins Theatres.
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NewsSundance unveils first details on programme size, venues for 2025 edition
Festival runs January 23-February 2, 2025.
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NewsUzbekistan drama ‘Sunday’, India’s ‘Stolen’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City
Further winners included Yoshihiko Taniguchi’s ‘Happy Life’.
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NewsToronto adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles
Festival runs September 5-15.
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NewsNew York Film Festival to open with Ramell Ross’s ‘Nickel Boys’
62nd edition runs September 27–October 14.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund supports ‘Bird’, ‘Santosh’, ‘Sister Midnight’ in latest funding round
Modern Films and Wild Swim Films have also received awards.
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NewsVenice Critics’ Week title ‘Perfumed With Mint’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
It is the feature debut from Egyptian filmmaker Muhammed Hamdy.
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News‘Despicable Me 4’ withstands ‘Twisters’ to top UK-Ireland box office with £4.9m
‘Twisters’ opens in second with £3.1m; ‘Longlegs’ posts excellent hold.
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NewsVenice Critics’ Week 2024 line-up includes UK feature ‘Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’, Trump doc ‘Homegrown’
Aude Léa Rapin’s ’Planet B’ is the Critics’ Week opening film, with ’Little Jaffna’ closing.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video acquires UK’s Bray Film Studios
The studio housed production on series two of ’The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’.
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NewsVenice Horizons sidebar unveils juries, opening film
US filmmaker Debra Granik will chair the Horizons jury of seven international directors.
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News‘Twisters’ rules global box office with $108m session; ‘Inside Out 2’ poised to become biggest animation of all time
The worldwide total of ‘Twisters’ so far is $123.2m.
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NewsSXSW London sets dates and senior hires for inaugural festival
Cannes Lions and BFI execs join in leadership roles.