A total of 13 feature films will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award award and 20,000 euros for the film’s producer or producers at the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition.
Film Festivals
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Thirteen Films will Compete for Basque Film Award at 68th San Sebastian Festival
NORA directed by Lara Izagirre Garizurie
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Toronto International Film Festival Adds Special Event Films on Autumn Peltier, Greta Thunberg
Autumn Peltier, Greta Thunberg Toronto International Film Festival announced additional programming for 2020 Festival including Special Events – I Am Greta, the new documentary on high-school climate strike organizer Greta Thunberg; and The Water Walker on 15 years old, advocate for clean water, Autumn Peltier.
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Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival Announces Lineup for Virtual 2020 Fest
Cowboys, featuring Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, and Ann Dowd Frameline announced the full program lineup for Frameline44, promising the world’s largest virtual LGBTQ+ film festival in the Fall, from Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, September 27, 2020.
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Festival of Cinema NYC Returns in Fall with Drive-In Movie Format
“Mosley” directed by Kirby Atkins After facing many challenges this year, Festival of Cinema will deliver a live film festival event to the borough of Queens, New York in the form of a Drive-In Movie Theater!
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Director Abel Ferrara to Receive Venice Film Festival’s Filmmaker award
Abel Ferrara at Lisbon Film Festival 2017 Director Abel Ferrara (Pasolini, Bad Lieutenant, King of New York) is the recipient of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award of the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 – 12, 2020), dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to innovation in contemporary cinema.
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Director Koji Fukada Gets the Spotlight at 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival
Koji Fukada at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016. (Dick Thomas Johnson) Tokyo International Film Festival will highlight the work of internationally acclaimed director Koji Fukada at the 33rd edition of the festival, running October 31 – November 9, 2020.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s WIFE OF A SPY to Open Perlak Section of 68th San Sebastian Festival
Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa will open the Perlak section of the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition, which will consist of nine films selected for international festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Deauville and Sundance.
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Lesbian Drama AMMONITE Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan will Close London Film Festival
Ammonite, directed by Francis Lee, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. The BFI London Film Festival will close this year’s 64th edition of the festival with the biopic Ammonite, directed by Francis Lee, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. The film will receive its UK premiere on Saturday October 17th and will be available to UK audiences at cinemas across UK.
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Gael Garcia Bernal’s CHICUAROTES will Open Virtual 12th Hola México Film Festival
Chicuarotes The 12th annual edition Hola México Film Festival, billed as the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, will make its virtual debut September 11-20 exclusively via the Spanish-language premium streaming service PANTAYA.
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2020 Toronto International Film Festival Unveils In Conversation With.. Speakers + Short Films Lineup
Claire Denis, Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, Saoirse Ronan Toronto International Film Festival announced today additional events for TIFF 2020 including In Conversation With… talks, Special Events, and Short Cuts lineup of 36 short films.
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Fantasia Fest Adds a Free Virtual Talk Event with Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard
Finn Wolfhard British Columbian actor and musician Finn Wolfhard burst onto the world stage in the culture-shifting Netflix series Stranger Things with subsequent performances in the IT films, The Goldfinch, The Turning, and The Addams Family, among others, and forthcoming roles in Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s recently announced Pinocchio, Wolfhard has solidified his standing as a major international talent.
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‘ARZAK Since 1897’ will Open Culinary Zinema of San Sebastian Festival
ARZAK Since 1897 ARZAK Since 1897, the documentary by Asier Altuna about the restaurant run by Juan Mari Arzak and his daughter Elena, will open the Culinary Zinema section at the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition. The other 3 films in the section include Camí lliure / Free Way (Vía libre), by Ángel Parra, which also has a strong family component and shows the relationship between chefs Raül Balam and his mother Carme Ruscalleda, while La receta del equilibrio, by Óscar Bernàcer, places the chef Ricard Camarena before the challenge of opening his premises after the lockdown. Lastly, The Truffle Hunters, by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, brings a portrait of several elderly people and their search for the coveted white truffle in Italy’s Piedmont region.