Latest festival news – Page 5
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NewsInternational television execs head to Series Mania amid painful transition from peak-TV era
A record number of execs are set to attend the annual TV event in Lille.
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NewsNew York Asian Film Festival adds programmers to bring “fresh perspective” (exclusive)
NYAFF recruits Hawai‘i programmer Anna Page and filmmaker Aimee Long.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight unveils Harmony Korine-designed 2025 poster
“The characters in the painting are called Twitchys,” says Korine.
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NewsLatido bolsters Malaga slate with competition title ‘Away’ (exclusive)
Latido has added three titles to its Malaga slate.
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News‘The Accountant 2’, ‘Remaining Native’ among 2025 SXSW audience winners
Matt Johnson’s Blackberry follow-up Nirvanna The Band The Show wins in Midnighter.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab unveils line-up for 2025 comedy development programme
ComedyLab was launched last year as an annual programme to develop feature film comedies.
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News‘The Brightest Sun’, ‘Pavane For An Infant’ to open 2025 Hong Kong film festival
HKIFF will close with Berlinale Golden Bear winner ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’.
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News‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ wins Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki documentary festival
Amber Fares’ film follows Israel’s Noam Shuster Eliassi on her path from diplomat to stand-up comedian.
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NewsBrazil’s Fantaspoa 2025 to screen ‘Rich Flu’, ‘Old Teeth’, SXSW winner ‘Fucktoys’ (exclusive)
Largest genre fest in LatAm runs April 9-27 in Porto Alegre.
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NewsSPC takes worldwide rights to Sophie Brooks’ Sundance dark rom-com ‘Oh, Hi’
Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman star.
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NewsKaleem Aftab leaves Red Sea International Film Festival (exclusive)
Antoine Khalife will remain as director of Arab programmes; festival will update on international team “in due course”.
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NewsThessaloniki and Leipzig festivals launch initiative to support exiled or displaced filmmakers
Doc Together will support filmmakers by giving them access to industry decision-makers and training opportunites.
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NewsMalaga Film Festival unveils line-up of Spanish and Ibero-American titles
International attendees will be in town to for industry programme MAFIZ.
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NewsMichael Kinirons, Mika Kaurismäki among 10 directors selected for Seriesmakers lab
The lab focuses on feature filmmakers looking to develop drama series.
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NewsVisions du Reel unveils lineup, will open with pandemic documentary ‘Blame’
This year’s selections features 154 films from 57 countries.
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NewsNew distribution venture Cartuna x Dweck acquires ‘Dead Lover’ at SXSW
Yellow Veil Pictures negotiated deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
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NewsTribeca sets second edition of Lisbon festival for October
Last year’s inaugural festival opened with the local premiere of ‘Anora.’
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NewsJung Hanseok revealed as frontrunner for Busan festival director role
The Korean cinema programmer has been recommended for the long-contested position.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg to host European Work in Progress and distribution summit
Hamburg has also appointed film producer Fabian Massah as its new head of Industry Days.