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NewsIFC Films acquires Hany Abu-Assad’s Toronto world premiere ‘Huda’s Salon’
Filmmaker’s Paradise Now was first Palestinian film nominated for foreign language Oscar in 2006.
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NewsJerusalem Film Festival to pay tribute to Cannon Films, Quentin Tarantino curates
Tarantino will also participate in panel discussion about Cannon Films on August 26.
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NewsTLA Releasing acquire UK and North American rights to two Turkish LGBTQ+ focused films
Leyla Yilmaz’s ’Not Knowing’ and Ümit Ünal’s ’Love, Spells And All That’ premiered at Antalya in 2019.
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NewsToronto selects eight titles for Platform programme, Riz Ahmed to head jury
Ahmed also stars in Michael Pearce’s ‘Encounter’ in the festival.
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NewsNetflix acquires US, multiple territories on Cannes selection ‘Prayers For The Stolen’
Tatiana Huezo’s debut fictional film premiered in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsInternational Documentary Association’s in-person awards show set for February 2022
All nominees to be announced on November 15.
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NewsSarajevo 2021 creates 'gender equality' award for female directors
The award, chosen from across festival sections, will have a dedicated jury.
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NewsCineLink projects line-up for Sarajevo 2021
The hybrid industry strand includes the Co-Production Market and Works in Progress.
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NewsMelbourne film festival cancels in-person screenings following city’s lockdown extension
The Australian city’s sixth lockdown has been extended until at least August 19.
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NewsGerman cinemas to require unvaccinated audiences to show negative Covid test in key regions
The move impacts cinemas in areas with Covid rates above 35 in 100,000 from August 23.
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NewsWorld premiere of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ’tick, tick… BOOM!’ to open AFI Fest 2021
Festival-goers who attend in-person events and/or screenings required to be fully vaccinated.
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News‘Titane’, ‘Benedetta’, ‘Flee’ on New York Film Festival main slate
No virtual screenings at this year’s event.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films, TrustNordisk strike US deal on ‘Held For Ransom’
Morten Kaufmann, Signe Leick Jensen produced for Toolbox Film.
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NewsUK’s Birds’ Eye View appoints Sheffield DocFest exec as director
Replacing Mia Bays, who is taking over at the BFI Film Fund.
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NewsCannes Camera d’Or winner ‘Murina’ secures UK-Ireland distributor (exclusive)
The film is executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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NewsThai project ‘A Useful Ghost’ leads Locarno Open Doors winners
The section concludes its three-year focus on Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
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NewsSydney, EFP unveil the 2021 Europe! Voices of Women in Film line-up
Blerta Basholli’s ‘Hive’ and Ninja Thyberg’s ‘Pleasure’ are among the films screening.
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NewsBusan selects 26 titles for Asian Project Market 2021
A selection of 26 titles from 15 different countries.
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NewsSony completes £850m purchase of anime streaming platform Crunchyroll
The platform was acquired from AT&T, owners of WarnerMedia.
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NewsKarlovy Vary film festival to honour Johnny Depp, Michael Caine, Jan Sverak
Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.