Director Jane Campion will be honored with the prestigious Pardo d’Onore Manor, the award for outstanding achievement in cinema, at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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Jane Campion to Receive the Pardo d’Onore Manor Award at Locarno Film Festival
Jane Campion © Patrick Swirc / Locarno Film Festival
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29th Nantucket Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Thelma, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and More
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Photo by Herb Ritts / AUGUST.) The 29th Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) which will run from June 19 – 24, 2024, unveiled its lineup, honorees, and Signature Programs.
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Belgian Actress Lubna Azabal Heads Jury of Cannes Film Festival’s Shorts and La Cinef Competition
© Lubna Azabal © Dominique Charriau/Getty Images / Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar @ Guy Ferrandis / Paolo Moretti © Angèle Marignac-Serra ECAL / Claudine Nougaret © Raymond Depardon / Vladimir Perišić © Philippe Lebruman 11 short films from 10 countries and for its 27th edition La Cinef will present 14 live-action and 4 animated short films in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
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2024 Tribeca Festival Unveils Short Films and Music Video Lineup
The 2024 Tribeca Festival unveiled its lineup of 87 short narrative, documentary, and animated films, including 65 films in competition and 10 music videos. This year’s Festival, which takes place June 5-16, showcases 12 short film sections, presented by Starbucks, programmed to delight audiences with heartwarming and hilarious storytelling.
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11th Sundance Film Festival London Unveils Lineup – Sasquatch Sunset, My Old Ass, Girls Will Be Girls
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in My Old Ass (Photo Marni Grossman © Amazon Content Services LLC) The 11th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London 2024, taking place from 6 to 9 June at Picturehouse Central announced the lineup of 11 feature fiction and documentary films, a specially curated program of UK short films and a strand of repertory titles to celebrate the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S.
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New Films by Oliver Stone, Michel Hazanavicius, Rúnar Rúnarsson Added to Cannes Film Festival
(© Shochiku Co., Ltd. – Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (1991) / Graphic creation © Hartland Villa) The 77th Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Poster featuring a scene from the film Rhapsody in August, directed by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the time.
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‘Sensitive Content’ Wins €20,000 Top Prize at 36th Filmfest Dresden Short Film Festival
Sensitive Content (courtesy Filmfest Dresden) The German film Sensitive Content by Narges Kalhor walked away with the €20,000 Saxon Film Promotion Prize at the 36th Filmfest Dresden international short film festival in Dresden, Germany. The jury commented, “The winning film interweaves found footage, animation and sound in a skillful and precise way, taking the viewer to the scene of the action. Who is allowed to show themselves, who can act and who is denied the opportunity to look and participate? The film powerfully denounces patriarchal structures and shows the fearless struggle of women. In terms of the form and content, the jury was completely captivated from the very first second.”
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21st The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Unveils Lineup of Cultural Heritage Films
A Bronze Halberd: A Symbol of Civilizational Change directed by Krzysztof Paluszyński The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival returns with some of the world’s best cultural heritage films for its 21st annual edition in Eugene, Oregon from May 15th to the 19th, 2024
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Restoration of Napoléon by Abel Gance to Open Cannes Classics at Cannes Film Festival
Napoléon by Abel Gance © La Cinémathèque française After taking more than sixteen years to bring Abel Gance’s masterwork back to life, the restored Napoléon (1st period) will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere as the opening film of Cannes Classics at the 77th Festival de Cannes
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Sarah Polley on Board as Executive Producer of ‘Beethoven’s Nine: Ode To Humanity’ Documentary | Trailer
Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity, the new feature documentary from Emmy-winning and Oscar®-nominated Canadian filmmaker Larry Weinstein will have its World Premiere at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival on April 28.
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2024 Tribeca Festival Announces Television and NOW Lineup, World Premiere of Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Presumed Innocent’
Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+) The 2024 Tribeca Festival announced its lineup of television and original indie episodic series.
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Studio Ghibli to Receive Honorary Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival
© Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli Cannes Film Festival will bestow its most prestigious honor, the honorary Palme d’or, on Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio created by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. This is the first time the award traditionally given to a cinema legend, will be given to a group.