Joe Locke, Stephen Fry Feted at Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours

Joe Locke, Stephen Fry Feted at Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours

The most effective and brightest of the U.Okay. and Eire had been celebrated final night time in a star-studded bash on the Newport Seashore Movie Competition UK & IE Honours occasion in London. These receiving honors included Icon Award honoree Stephen Fry, “Nosferatu” and Artist of Distinction honorees Emma Corrin, Sharon Horgan and Felicity Jones. … Read more

New Berlin Film Festival Director Shifts Focus From Politics to Cinema

New Berlin Film Festival Director Shifts Focus From Politics to Cinema

The Berlin Movie Competition prides itself on being a political occasion, which dates again to its inception in 1951 as a beacon of democracy in West Berlin, surrounded by Communist East Germany within the Chilly Warfare period. This yr’s version, the competition’s seventy fifth, takes place within the last two weeks of a federal election … Read more

Indian Film ‘Shadowbox’ Takes On Mental Health At Berlin Film Festival

Indian Film ‘Shadowbox’ Takes On Mental Health At Berlin Film Festival

A retired soldier’s descent into disaster and its rippling impact via a working-class Bengali household varieties the emotional core of “Shadowbox” (“Baksho Bondi”), set to world premiere on the Berlin Movie Competition‘s Views strand. The Bengali-language function marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (Oscar nominated “All That Breathes”) and editor Tanushree Das (“Eeb … Read more

Jeremy O. Harris on Reinventing the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Jeremy O. Harris on Reinventing the Williamstown Theatre Festival

When Jeremy O. Harris was tapped to assist reinvigorate the Williamstown Theatre Pageant, he didn’t simply take into consideration conventional showcases for performs and musicals. “The American festivals that work one of the best and that persons are most thrilled by are our music festivals,” he says. “Like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza. They do a extremely … Read more

Competition Lineup Unveiled at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Competition Lineup Unveiled at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Competition has unveiled the Worldwide Competitors lineup for its twenty seventh version, which runs March 6-16. The choice contains three movies that had their world premieres at Sundance, “Coexistence, My Ass!,” “Free Leonard Peltier” and “GEN_,” and one which debuts at Berlin, “Underneath the Flags, the Solar.” The remainder are world premieres. … Read more

‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter to Chair 50th Edinburgh TV Festival

‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter to Chair 50th Edinburgh TV Festival

Jane Tranter has been named advisory chair for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Pageant, which additionally marks the fiftieth anniversary of its MacTaggart Lecture. The influential TV government, whose manufacturing firm Dangerous Wolf is at the moment producing “Physician Who” alongside BBC Studios, will work with artistic director Rowan Woods to form the pageant’s editorial path. … Read more

Juliette Binoche to Preside Over 78th Cannes Film Festival Jury

Juliette Binoche to Preside Over 78th Cannes Film Festival Jury

French actor Juliette Binoche will succeed Greta Gerwig as jury president of the Cannes Movie Pageant on the upcoming 78th version. It would mark a second time in Cannes historical past that the jury will headed by a girl for 2 consecutive years. Binoche is certainly one of France’s most revered performers and has led … Read more

Nia Long, Larenz Tate Set as American Black Film Festival Ambassadors

Nia Long, Larenz Tate Set as American Black Film Festival Ambassadors

Nia Lengthy and Larenz Tate will function ambassadors for the 2025 American Black Movie Pageant.  This 12 months’s ABFF, offered by Good Crowd, shall be held in Miami Seaside June 11-15, adopted by a web based phase June 16-23 on ABFF PLAY. Of their position as ambassadors, the “Love Jones” stars will assist carry consciousness … Read more

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Readies Mammoth Edition

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Readies Mammoth Edition

Halfway between Paris and the Mediterranean coast, France’s Clermont-Ferrand has grow to be the world’s preeminent hub for short-form cinema, internet hosting each a competition and a market with unparalleled worldwide attain. Now celebrating its forty sixth version – which runs Jan. 31 – Feb. 8 – the Clermont-Ferrand Quick Movie Pageant has lengthy been … Read more

Sundance Film Festival Takeaways: No Deals, No Politics

Sundance Film Festival Takeaways: No Deals, No Politics

At Sunday evening’s premiere of “Collectively,” a body-horror movie starring real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, the Eccles Theatre erupted with shrieks, nervous laughter and cries of “Oh, shit!” Sundance audiences couldn’t get sufficient of the gory insanity unfolding on-screen, and phrase rapidly unfold that “Collectively,” with its twisty take a look at … Read more