Latest festival news – Page 7
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NewsSeries Mania unveils 2025 Co-Pro Pitching shortlist
Fifteen drama series projects have been selected to be presented at Series Mania Forum next month in Lille.
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NewsMind-reading comedy ‘What Marielle Knows’ sells widely after Berlin competition bow (exclusive)
Frédéric Hambalek’s dark comedy is sold by recently-launched Paris-based sales company Lucky Number.
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NewsMagnolia Pictures, Visit Films strike deal on TIFF action thriller ‘40 Acres’
Summer theatrical release planned. Danielle Deadwyler stars.
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NewsCPH:DOX adds Summit event to 2025 industry programme
The Summit will convene politicians, thought leaders and screen professionals.
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NewsBerlinale 2025 ticket sales up 5% at midway point; EFM attendees remain level
Timothee Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Jacob Elordi among stars to have attended.
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NewsHanna Schygulla takes aim at nationalism, AfD: “It has always brought misery”
“We have the worst people in charge of the world,” says Schygulla.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival adds youth-focused award
Award presented in conjunction with the Council of Europe.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch on producing plans, going against “alpha male machismo” in ‘The Thing With Feathers’
The UK drama screens at Berlin as a Special Gala.
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NewsKeri Putnam, Christo Grozev among speakers at CPH:Conference 2025
The Conference will run from March 24-28.
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News‘The Blue Trail’ takes lead on Screen’s Berlin jury grid; Michel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ also scores strong
‘The Ice Tower’, ‘Ari’, ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ also land on the grid.
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NewsAI takes centre stage at EFM Startups as entrepreneurs pitch distribution and production tools
11 start-up entrepreneurs pitched to an audience of film sales, production, finance and distribution execs.
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NewsVibeke Løkkeberg explains why her feminist doc is screening in Berlin 50 years late
The Norwegian director is in Berlin with Forum feature documentary The Long Road To The Director’s Chair.
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NewsMohamed Tarek appointed artistic director of Cairo International Film Festival
The film critic and programmer replaces Essam Zakaria.
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NewsEFM sellers rebuff AI tools
Companies say they prefer tried-and-true databases, human vendors – and old-fashioned instincts.
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NewsBong Joon Ho, Robert Pattinson reveal how bad politicians and Steve Buscemi inspired ‘Mickey 17’
The Korean filmmaker also revealed the one genre he is scared to tackle.
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NewsBerlinale embraces Israeli hostage documentary ‘A Letter To David’
Tom Shoval and Nancy Spielberg tell Screen about their ‘cinematic letter’ to Hamas hostage David Cunio.
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NewsTimothee Chalamet on making ‘A Complete Unknown’: “I don’t know if I have a lot more of these in me”
Chalamet faced the press alone in Berlin, representing ‘A Complete Unknown’.
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NewsTIFF unveils market advisory committee as talks continue on location, timing of 2026 event
Elevation Pictures co-founder Noah Segal, Indigenous Screen Office CEO Kerry Swanson among first seven members.
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NewsLocarno Pro’s works-in-progress First Look strand to focus on Canada
Six Canadian films in post-production will be showcased in collaboration with Telefilm Canada.
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News‘The Courageous’ scores international sales, UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Film will head to UK-Ireland cinemas in summer 2025.