The Berlin International Film Festival announced the 2021 International Jury, Encounters Jury, International Short Film Jury and Generation Jury. International juries will decide on the prizes for the competition Berlinale Shorts, Encounters and Generation during the Industry Event (March 1 to 5, 2021). The winners will be announced on March 4 (Berlinale Shorts, Generation) and March 5 (competition, Encounters). The award ceremony of the 71st Berlinale will take place in the presence of the audience at the Summer Special in June.
Film Festivals
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REBEL DYKES and FIREBIRD World Premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
REBEL DYKES (UK, directed by Harri Shanahan and Sian A. Williams) Two new gay and lesbian films – Rebel Dykes, a brilliant and refreshing documentary history of UK post-punk dyke culture in 1980’s London; and Firebird, a sweeping love story about freedom and love against all odds set in the Soviet Air Force at the height of the Cold War will world premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival.
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‘The 8th’ Opens and ‘Unapologetic’ Closes 25th Human Rights Watch Film Festival, UK Digital Edition Lineup
(l to r) Janaé and Bella in UNAPOLOGETIC The 2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival celebrates 25 years with a full digital edition featuring 10 powerful and uplifting new documentaries available to stream across the UK on Barbican Cinema On Demand from March 18-26, 2021.
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Asian World Film Festival 2021 Announces Official Competition Selections
True Mothers directed by Naomi Kawase The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) announce the 14 films in Official Competition to be spotlighted at the virtual 6th edition of the festival taking place March 10 – 15, 2021. All films are Asian Oscar® and/or Golden Globe® submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture Foreign Language, respectively.
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Bill Murray to Receive Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award
Bill Murray stars with Rashida Jones in “On The Rocks” Academy Award-nominated actor Bill Murray will receive the prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at the 36th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Murray will be honored on Friday, April 2nd for his long-standing contributions to the film industry, most recently in the role of Felix Keane in Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks opposite Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans, for which he received Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice nominations. Leonard Maltin will return for his 30th year to moderate the evening.
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Oxford Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup of 158 Films
Amy Winston’s “Queens of Pain” Oxford Film Festival announced the lineup of official selections for the 18th annual edition of the festival which will be a hybrid presentation including an open-air outdoor theater, drive-ins, and a full month of virtual screenings from March 24-28, and April 1-30.
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Filmfest Dresden 2021 Postponed to July
Internationales Kurzfilmfestival / International Short Fim Festival in Dresden . Foto: Oliver Killig Due to the local COVID-19 regulations, Filmfest Dresden has postponed the upcoming 33rd edition from April to the new date of July 13 to 18, 2021
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Cloris Leachman’s Final Starring Role JUMP, DARLING, to Premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
“Jump, Darling” starring Cloris Leachman In honor of Academy Award and BAFTA winning actress Cloris Leachman, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 94, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will screen Leachman’s final starring role “Jump, Darling” in the Bodies strand. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival runs digitally from the March 17th- 28th, 2021.
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Animated Fantasy Horror Film THE SPINE OF NIGHT to World Premiere at SXSW
“The Spine of Night” directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King The fantasy animation horror film The Spine of Night from directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will world premiere as part of the SXSW Midnighters section, taking place virtually next month. NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights on the film.
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Opens with Sébastien Lifshitz’s ‘Little Girl’
Little Girl directed by Sébastien Lifshitz UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the complete lineup for the 26th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the annual festival that showcases contemporary French filmmaking, scheduled for March 4-14 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
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Jacob Gentry’s Conspiracy Thriller BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION to World Premiere at SXSW 2021
Broadcast Signal Intrusion directed by Jacob Gentry Broadcast Signal Intrusion, a conspiracy thriller directed by Jacob Gentry, will have its world premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.
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San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup, MY SALINGER YEAR is Opening Night Film
Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau The 27th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (March 9-14) will open with Philippe Falardeau’s drama My Salinger Year, starring Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver; and the local photographer Brittany App’s environmental documentary Where There Once Was Water will celebrate its US premiere as the Closing Night film.