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...
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...
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 28th edition of PÖFF in cooperation with the Georgian Film Institute. Founded in 2019 by a collective of visionary fi...
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 far from...
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 ...
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...
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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...
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...
The winners of the 2024 Venice TV Award have been revealed, showcasing the best of global television content as it competed for the prestigious Gold Medals.
The Venice TV Award continues its proud tradition of recognizing and celebrating the most outstanding achievements in television. Two weeks after the Venice Film Festival, this annual event brings together an international jury in the iconic city to honour television masterpieces from around the world. Supported by the International Music...
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 ...
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...
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...
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!
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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...
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...
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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...
On Wednesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Gotham announced the winners of the inaugural Gotham Week Honors.
Winning the U.S. Features in Development honor was Here for the Weekend, written and directed by Jane Casey Modderno. The raunchy rom-com follows three transgender best friends chasing love, success, and connection in Palm Springs, while trying desperately to keep their found-family together.
Winning the U.S. Shorts to Features honor was Thirstygirl,&nb...
On Wednesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Gotham announced the winners of the inaugural Gotham Week Honors.
Winning the U.S. Features in Development honor was Here for the Weekend, written and directed by Jane Casey Modderno. The raunchy rom-com follows three transgender best friends chasing love, success, and connection in Palm Springs, while trying desperately to keep their found-family together.
Winning the U.S. Shorts to Features honor was Thirstygirl,&nb...
Cate Blanchett in San Sebastian
The Australian actress and producer Cate Blanchett received the first Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival's 72nd edition this evening at the gala in the Kursaal Centre, where she considered it an "honour" to receive the event's highest accolade and gave an impassioned defence of the "desire to know".
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, for whom Blanchett has just worked on the miniseries Disclaimer, presente...
The director Pedro Almodóvar received the second Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition from Tilda Swinton in the Kursaal Auditorium, where 44 years after his debut in the New Filmmakers section, he made a passionate defence of freedom, in fiction and in reality. The ceremony was followed by the screening of The Room Next Door, winning movie of the Golden Lion at the Venice Mostra....
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FOR 3,000 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
TAFFF’s High School Program will Include a Special Live Q&A Session with Filmmakers Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, Actor Patrick Mille, and Composer Jérôme Rebotier
The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) will continue its tradition of hosting students from across Southern California for a very speci...
Andy Samberg as David E Scherman? Kate Winslet as Lee Miller LEE Photo By Kimberley French
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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...
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For its 10th edition, the Czech-In Festival invites you to check- in for an unforgettable adventure, from 17 to 21 October 2024, at the Cinéma Saint-André des Arts in Paris. More than just a festival, it’s a journey to the heart of Europe to discover Czech and Central European culture, where each screening transports you into a varied cinematic universe.
Once you’re on board, you’ll never come back the same!
This anniversa...
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...
