All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 2
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News‘Witches’, ‘Strike: An Uncivil War’ among 13 titles on Bifa Raindance Maverick longlist
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’, ‘The Ceremony’ score fourth spots on the longlists.
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News‘Sex’ wins $45,000 Nordic Council Film Prize
Jury notes “Sex is never just sex. Nowhere is that more evident than in ‘Sex’.”
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NewsTallinn Critics’ Picks 2024 selection includes 10 world premieres
Titles include Vincenzo Alfieri’s ‘The Body’ and Paolo Marinou-Blanco’s ‘Dreaming Of Lions’.
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NewsBifa documentary, international longlists include ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’, ‘Anora’
‘All We Imagine As Light’, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ make international list.
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NewsAfghan women documentary ‘Writing Hawa’ boarded for sales ahead of IDFA premiere (exclusive)
The film plays in IDFA’s International Competition.
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News‘The Wild Robot’ in £3.1m debut at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Apprentice’ opens third
‘Smile 2’ starts in second place.
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NewsLFF closing night disrupted by PETA animals rights protest
Pharrell Williams and LFF director Kristy Matheson both addressed the protestors.
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NewsLFF Best Film winner ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film previously won the Cristal for Best Film at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
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NewsBFI London Film festival unveils 2024 award winners
Winners hail from Australia, UK, and Palestine.
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FeaturesHow Israel’s Eran Riklis made ’Reading Lolita In Tehran’ with Golshifteh Farahani
“We stitch back what they tear apart,” says Farahani of the role of artists when making a film about Iran with an Israeli director.
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NewsSupernatural comedy horror ‘Wallace Peebles Paranormal Inspectre’ boarded for sales (exclusive)
Film is written by Steven Nesbit and Karl Hall.
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NewsTallinn completes Official Selection Competition with 11 world premieres
World premieres include Ukrainian feature ‘The Mousetrap’, filmed between military service breaks.
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NewsBifa unveils 2024 new talent filmmaker longlists
‘Bring Them Down’, ‘The Ceremony’, ‘Tuesday’ filmmakers among those selected.
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NewsAlvin Rakoff, Canadian director who gave starts to Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, dies aged 97
Rakoff directed 11 feature films including ‘Say Hello To Yesterday’ with Jean Simmons.
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NewsLaura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Carreira won Best Director for the film at San Sebastian.
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NewsBifa breakthrough performance longlist includes ‘Kneecap’, ‘Bird’ actors
‘Hoard’, ‘Sebastian’, ‘Layla’ stars also make the acting list.
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NewsItalian IDFA title ‘Personale’ acquired for worldwide sales (exclusive)
The film tells the story of a housekeeping team in a hotel in the Italian Dolomites.
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NewsWorking Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner to “make more under-$15m movies”
Speaking at the London Film Festival, the duo also told the audience that “films need to cost less money”.
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News‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release (exclusive)
Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane’s documentary has its UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival this evening.
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NewsSundance winner ‘A New Kind of Wilderness’ picked up for UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s documentary won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.