South by Southwest® (SXSW®) is heading across the pond with the launch of a London edition in June 2025.
Film Festivals
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SXSW Launching London Edition in 2025
Randel Bryan, Managing Director of SXSW London (courtesy SXSW)
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Isabelle Huppert Named President of International Jury of Venice Film Festival Competition
Isabelle Huppert (Photo Andrea Avezzu) French actress Isabelle Huppert (Elle, The Piano Teacher, La Cérémonie) has been named the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024.
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Judith Godrèche’s ‘Me Too’ Short Film Added to Official Selection of 77th Cannes Film Festival
Moi aussi (Me too) (Photo credit © Maneki Films) Moi aussi (Me too), French actress, director, screenwriter and producer Judith Godrèche’s new short film, which highlights the stories of victims of sexual violence, will be included in the Official Selection of 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and will screen at the Un Certain Regard opening ceremony.
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Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’ to World Premiere as Opening Film of 72nd San Sebastian Festival
Emmanuelle (courtesy San Sebastian Festival) Emmanuelle directed by Audrey Diwan will make its world premiere as Opening Film in Competition at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival.
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‘Your Monster’ and ‘Love and Work’ Win Top Prizes at Lower East Side Film Festival 2024
(Photo credit Alex Mendoza) Caroline Lindy’s Your Monster took home Best of Fest and Pete Ohs’ Love and Work received Best Feature Film at the 2024 Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF).
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‘Never Look Away’ to Open, ‘Black Box Diaries’ to Close 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Line-up
Never Look Away by Lucy Lawless This year’s tenth anniversary edition of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) taking place in-person from May 22-26, 2024, at venues across Mammoth Lakes, California, opens on May 22 with the California Premiere of Never Look Away, directed by Lucy Lawless.
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Actress Jessica Lange to Receive CineMerit Award at (Filmfest München) Munich Film Festival
Jessica Lange in Marlowe (Open Road Films) Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange has been named the recipient of the first CineMerit Award of this year’s 2024 Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) taking place from June 28 to July 7, 2024. Lange will receive the CineMerit in honor of her achievement in the art of film.
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Edoardo De Angelis’ ‘Comandante’ to Open 23rd Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in NYC
Comandante directed by Edoardo De Angelis Edoardo De Angelis’ Comandante, a maritime thriller set in the early years of World War II, starring Pierfrancesco Favino as an Italian Royal Navy commander, will open the 23rd edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.
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Meryl Streep to Receive Honorary Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival
Meryl Streep © Brigitte Lacombe 35 years after winning the Best Actress award for Evil Angels, Meryl Streep returns as the guest of honor at the opening ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where she will receive the Festival’s Honorary Palme d’or.
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‘Going Varsity in Mariachi’ Headlines 26th Cine Las Americas Film Festival Lineup
Going Varsity in Mariachi Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s Going Varsity in Mariachi will open the 26th Anniversary edition of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas. Taking place May 15-19, 2024 CLAIFF will close with Lone Scherfig’s La Contadora de Peliculas (The Movie Teller).
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2nd DC/DOX Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Documentaries on Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, Ani DeFranco
Look Into My Eyes by Lana Wilson DC/DOX documentary film festival in the nation’s capital unveiled the lineup including films on Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much, Ani DeFranco in 1-800-ON-HER-OWN, and designer Diane Von Furstenberg in Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge.
