(c) Woman
WOMAN
by Anastasia Mikova & Yann Arthus-Bertrand
104’ - France
WOMAN is a worldwide project giving a voice to 2000 women across 50 different countries. Despite its very large scale, the film offers an intimate portrait of those who constitute half of the humanity.
It is an opportunity to shed light on the injustices women are subjected to all over the world, but what WOMAN would like to underline most is the inner strength of women and the...
Guro Brusgaard received the Eurimages Lab Award.
Photo: Grethe Nygaard
Tonight, we annouced the winners of eight awards during our closing ceremony of The 47th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
The Norwegian Film Critics’ Award
The jury awarded the Norwegian Film Critics’ Award to Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
The jury’s verdict:
This is a work, which excels in its audio-visual storytelling. Channelled ...
In recognition of his exceptional contribution to the art of film, Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award will be given out to British actor Tim Roth.
The Award Ceremony will be held at 20:30 on 20th August, at Raiffeisen Open Air Cinema. Before that, Roth will make a Red Carpet appereance with Photo Call. He will also hold a Masterclass on the same day, at 18:00 at Meeting Point Cinema.
Born in London, now residing in Los Angeles, Tim Roth has made a career out of portraying u...
His new work, the series The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, will have its world premiere screening Out of Competition (episodes 2 and 7).
Campari Passion for Film
La Biennale di Venezia and Campari are pleased to announce that cinematographer Luca Bigazzi (The Great Beauty, The Way We Laughed, Bread and Tulips) is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 76th Venice International Film Festival. The award, instituted last year at the 75th Venice Film Festival, seeks to ...
Celebrated Mexican actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal, the winner of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award of the 2014 Sarajevo Film Festival, will be a special guest of the Festival’s 25th edition.
In 2014 in honour of Gael Garcia Bernal, the Festival screened legendary feature AMORES PERROS in which Bernal played one of the starring roles. The film was made by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the winner of the 2019 Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award.
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© Massimo Pedrazzini / Locarno Film Festival
Hilary Swank, this award is given to you by the Locarno Film Festival in recognition of your career achievement. Your story is indeed a model of how to achieve the dream of becoming an actress. From a trailer park, via sports, to Hollywood, where it only took you a few years to win two Academy Awards. How important is tenacity in successfully expressing your talent?
I appreciate that it seems so quick! But it actually too...
Ricky Gervais is speaking to Henry Chu, International Editor, Variety
Ricky Gervais was at the Variety TV Summit in London and shared his thoughts with us (on his show "After Life, on working with Netflix, on his creative process)
Here is our coverage of the keynote:
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Photo by Diana Ringo
JOAQUIN PHOENIX TO RECEIVE TIFF TRIBUTE ACTOR AWARD ATINAUGURAL TRIBUTE GALA
TORONTO — Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced that three-time AcademyAward–nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix will be honoured with one of two TIFF Tribute Actor Awards at thisyear’s TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. Taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, ...
Tonight the 15th Annual Hollyshorts Film Festival will open at TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
Hollyshorts is an Academy Award qualifying film festival for the short film category.
Watch out for "The Trap" directed and written by Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”) and "Stucco" by Janina Gavankar and Russo Schelling, starring Debra Messing
For more information checkout today's schedule and tickets
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The world-premiere films by Nate Parker and by Graeme A. Scott & Buddy Squires set to enter the Sconfini section.
Two new films in their world premiere screenings, American Skin by American director, actor, screenwriter and producer Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) and Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope, a documentary about the work of the NGO, 'Emergency', the debut as a director of English film producer Graeme A. Scott and American cinematographer Buddy Squires, compl...
Photo by Gage Skidmore
TORONTO — Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced that Academy Award–nominated New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi will be honoured with theTIFF Ebert Director Award at this year’s new TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. The award recognizes and honours a distinguished filmmaker for their outstanding contribution to cinema.Taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, during the 44th Toronto Internation...
David Rubin has just been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The following were also elected by the Board of Governors:
• Lois Burwell, First Vice President (chair, Awards and Events Committee)
• Sid Ganis, Vice President (chair, Museum Committee)
• Larry Karaszewski, Vice President (chair, Preservation and History Committee)
• Nancy Utley, Vice President (chair, Education and Outreach Committee)
• Mark Johnson, Treasurer (c...
Panel discussion
Have Content, Will Travel
Content producers have more options than ever before to have their projects reach audiences all over the world. How are distributors fine-tuning curation and helping audiences discover new programming? Which kinds of platforms work better in which territories? What is the best way to market at scale and be engaging at the same time across countries and cultures?
Panel Speakers:
Stewart Clarke -...
Panel discussion
Platform (Di)agnostic
It’s easy to get whiplash with content options in every direction. How are global media companies broadening their reach with new platforms and new ways of accessing content? How does audience behaviour vary from territory to territory? How are online platforms staying competitive as traditional media companies sharpen their digital focus?
Panel Speakers:
Leo Barraclough - International Features Editor, Variety
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As part of London Tech week, Variety has teamed up with KNect365 and put together an impressive line-up of speakers for the Variety TV Summit in London. The speakers are giving us invaluable insights on how their respective worlds are evolving, on how they are adapting to the tech disruption brought on by players such as Netflix and Amazon in the industry.
VIDEO Day's Summary
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filmfestivals.com will be covering Variety's TV summit Europe which will be happening as part of London Tech Week.
The conference is co-organised by Variety and global events company Informa’s KNect365 division.
The one-day summit will focus on the intersection of content and tech within the multiplatform TV industry, and feature speakers across legacy and new networks, digital platforms, and services and technology partners.
“We are pleased to partner with KNect365 to expan...
