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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in focus  
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival reveals the selection for the First Feature Competition 2024.
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The strand, dedicated exclusively for the full-length film debutants, includes 7 world premieres and 4 international premieres. All of the authors will be present in Tallinn.  "Even before we received our A-class status in 2014, we've made it a priority to support new talents, especially those making their debut. This is our niche in the global festival stage", said Tiina Lokk, the Festival Director. She elaborated: "We've made our...
 
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  The 11-piece competition strand includes six world premieres and five international premieres.  The new team is led by Estonian documentary director, producer and Associate professor at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University, Marianna Kaat (The Last Relic, PÖFF 2023). The other three programmers are: self-shooting producer/director Mike Arnott, long-time PÖFF programmer Edvinas Pukšta; and the head of Youth and Children's Fil...
 
 
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) launches new Doc@PÖFF competition programme
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Anna Hints, the winner of Baltic Film Competition at PÖFF 2023 for her documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood. Photo: Erlend Štaub.    Tallinn Black Nights Festival adds the sixth competition programme, Doc@PÖFF, to it's 28th edition taking place in November 2024. Submissions are open until the 25th of August.  Doc@PÖFF will join the existing competitions - The Official Selection, First Feature, Baltic Film, Critic's Pick...
 
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    Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) supports Georgian autonomous filmmakers with a special programme. Dedicated to the work of filmmakers protesting against restrictions on freedom of expression, the programme is entitled "Flowers are not silent. Georgian independent film on the rise". The programme will be screened at the
 
FESTIVALS IN FOCUS   
The lineup of the 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
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The 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival starts in two weeks. The programme will offer more than three hundred films and includes a revealing retrospective of Swiss filmmaker Anne Marie Miéville and a showcase of award-winning Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang. The festival will be attended by director Kirsten Johnson, the author of this year's Ji.hlava festival trailer, among other guests are directors Roberto Minervini, Albert Serra and Andr...
 

09.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Latin & Spanish Film Roadshow
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Posted By Robin Menken Outsider Pictures presents Award-winning Latin & Spanish Film Roadshow, a unique showcase of award-winning Latin and Spanish films that can be viewed either individually or as a 1-week long mini-festival of sorts – of five award-wining films screened at Cannes, San Sebastian, Berlin, Karlovy Vary with 50+ International festival awards between them.   The films will screen individually in rotation each day of the week, and can be seen separately or by pu...
 
Artis—Naples Announces Official Selections for the 2024 Naples International Film Festival (October 24-27)
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NIFF presents a New Perspectives celebration of Short Films on Opening Night and will close with Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) accompanied live by the Naples Philharmonic Shaun Seneviratne’s Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts, Matthew Leutwyler’s Fight Like a Girl, and Steven Grayhm’s Sheepdog compete for the Narrative Feature Juried Prize Joe Wein’s 76 Days Adrift, Anthony Wonke’s The Accidental Spy and Jeremy Power Regi...
 

07.10.2024 | Editor's blog

The Key West Film Festival announced the recipient of its ninth annual Golden Key for Excellence in Costume Design
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 The Key West Film Festival announced today the recipient of its ninth annual Golden Key for Excellence in Costume Design, honoring Academy Award-nominated costume designer Danny Glicker. As part of the honor, Glicker will participate in a discussion of his work, to be moderated by Stephanie Zacharek of Time. Mr. Glicker will accept his award in person at the festival, which will feature a pre-recorded presentation by Oscar nominated Costume Designer,&nb...
 

07.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Cucalorus announces 103 short and features in its lineup
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  Cucalorus is blessing plums and shouting from the beaches! We're proud to announce 103 short and feature films have been selected for this year's festival, ranging from edgy comedies to daring documentaries and beyond. The official schedule and the full list of performances and parties will be released next week, so stay tuned and get your eyeballs ready for a cinematic experience like no other at Cucalorus 30!   ...
 

06.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Byron Bay Film Festival ready to kick in
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  IT'S TWO WEEKS UNTIL OUR OPENING NIGHT There are less than 50 tickets left for our 18th Opening Night Red Carpet Gala. Palace capacity is limited but this is going to be a special night - celebrating all that we love about the free spirit of the region! We've created an after-party that echoes the ethos of that transformative era. This celebratory event will feature live DJs remixing classic tracks, psychedelic visuals, and an Aquarius dress code, embodying the cultural and s...
 

06.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Lineup for the 27th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival taking place Oct. 26 - Nov. 2
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  Nation’s Largest University-Run Film Festival to Close with ‘Maria’ and Include Centerpiece Screening of ‘Better Man’   The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 27th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival will take place Oct. 26 - Nov. 2. The largest university-run film festival in the U.S., this eight-day celebration of cinematic excellence honors both professional and student filmmakers and welcomes major industry luminaries, including...
 

06.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Tryon International Film Festival postponed due to the regional damage from hurricane Helene
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  TRYON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Polk County Film Initiative 285 N. Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782   Message from the festival director! We hope this message finds you well and safe. I am writing to share that due to the regional damage from hurricane Helene we have decided to postpone the Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF24).  Our region is without crucial community resources and has suffered loss of life and our businesses will need a few weeks to recover and r... 
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FILMS IN FOCUS
Series at the Berlinale 2025
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Fotos: Berlinale Series Market: © Juliane Eirich / Co-Pro Series: © Carlos Collado   Serialised filmmaking has long been an integral part of the Berlinale, as both a cultural showcase in the public programme and as an important creative and business exchange within the Berlinale Pro* industry programmes. In 2025, the Berlinale reaffirms its commitment with exciting new series due to be presented in the public programme, at the Berlinale Series...
 
 
Jigra, Review: JigrAlia
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  Jigra, Review: JigrAlia Though ‘jigar’ literally means liver in Hindustani, ‘jigra’ means courage, guts and gumption, essential qualities of a brave-heart. In an era of super-heroes and super-heroines, the title gives little away. So you try to relate the title to its star, Alia Bhatt. Having made a terrific impact with her performances in the last 2-3 years, you feel this might be a new avenue, an action showcase, for her considerable talent. You would not be fa...
 
 
Is MEGALOPOLIS Coppola’s own Singularity?
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By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   “Imagine today’s Society as a branch of civilization about to reach a dead end.” You want to defend and explain Francis Ford Coppola’s MEGALOPOLIS just as much as narrator Laurence Fishburne, who tries to make the case during the movie that this oddball gorgeous landscape of mildly psychotic imagery is historic. You want to love Adam Driver and his maniacal urban hive-builder genius as someone amazing and heretofore...
 
 
"Lee" a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman
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Andy Samberg as David E Scherman? Kate Winslet as Lee Miller LEE Photo By Kimberley French posted by Robin Menken    Lee Miller was a fashion model IT girl before becoming the radical war correspondent whose intimate images of  the siege of St Malo, and the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald have become some of the most famous images of World War ll. Discovered on the street by Condé Nast, who supposedly stopped her from...
 
 
‘Soy Nevenka / I Am Nevenka’ wins the Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award
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Soy Nevenka / I Am Nevenka, directed by Iciar Bollain, has carried off the Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award given, for the third year running, by the Basque Government in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival, to the film that best reflects the values of sustainability and solidarity as the key flagships of the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The award comes with 20,000 euros for the majority producer of the winning feature film. The jur... 
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PEOPLE IN FOCUS
Berlinale Appoints Tobias Pausinger as New Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents
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  Tobias Pausinger, der neue Programmleiter von Berlinale Talents / Tobias Pausinger, the new Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents  © Steffen Junghans   On October 1, Tobias Pausinger will take over the programme management of Berlinale Talents, completing the dual leadership team of the talent development initiative alongside Project Manager Nikola Joetze.   Tobias, a seasoned, interdisciplinary creative executive, has made a...
 

11.10.2024 | Berlin's blog

73rd IFFMH to honour Lynne Ramsay with the GRAND IFFMH AWARD and Agnieszka Holland in a HOMAGE
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As in previous years, the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival will be honouring two distinguished special guests. Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay will receive the GRAND IFFMH AWARD, while the festival will dedicate a HOMAGE to Polish director Agnieszka Holland. By conferring these honours, the festival will be recognising two of the most eminent female directors of our time for their work in cinema. Festival director Dr Sascha Keilholz: “This year we are honouring two ...
 

09.10.2024 | Editor's blog

Justin Martyniuk joins as the Sydney Festival’s new Head of Programs, Lisa Kitching promoted to Head of Industry
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Sydney Film Festival (SFF) announces the appointment of Justin Martyniuk as the Festival’s new Head of Programs. Justin has been a core member of the SFF programming team for several years, working alongside outgoing Head of Programs, Jenny Neighbour, and brings over eight years of experience curating film programs. Alongside this announcement, Lisa Kitching, who has been with the Festival for ten years, has been promoted to Head of Industry and Special Projects. Lisa’s promotion ... 
Variety to Honor Amy Poehler With the Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Newport Beach Film Festival
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  Variety will honor Amy Poehler with the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at the Newport Beach Festival on Sunday, October 20. The award is reserved for those who have broken barriers in the industry and withstood the test of time. Poehler will accept the honor for her career achievements, including the recent success of “Inside Out 2.”   Reprising her role as the voice of Joy in “Inside Out 2,” Poehler served as a leader of the emotions inside Ril... 
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