Five-time Academy Award-winning Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, given to film personalities with extraordinary careers, at this year’s 77th Locarno Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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Alfonso Cuarón to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno Film Festival
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma (Netflix)
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‘Nutcrackers’ Starring Ben Stiller to Open and Rebel Wilson’s ‘The Deb’ to Close Toronto Film Festival
Ben Stiller in Nutcrackers (Nutcracker LLC) The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival will open with David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller on September 5, and close with Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb on September 15, both making their World Premiere at Roy Thomson Hall as part of the Gala program.
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Paula Ortiz’s ‘The Red Virgin’ Among 17 Spanish Titles Set for 72nd San Sebastian Festival
The Red Virgin (La Virgen Roja) by Paula Ortiz 17 Spanish produced titles – 12 feature films, one mid-length film, one short and three series – are slated for the 72nd San Sebastian Festival, taking place from September 20-28, 2024, in the Official Selection and the sections New Directors, Horizontes Latinos, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera and Velodrome.
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81st Venice Film Festival Confirms Selections in Orizzonti Short Films International Competition
Neredeyse Kesi̇nli̇kle Yanliş (Almost Certainly False) Venice International Film Festival finalized the line-up for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 81st edition taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024.
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Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Unveils Impressive Program of Over 250 Films
Inside directed by Charles Williams Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) shared an impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences running 8-25 August across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August.
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‘We Live in Time’ – Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield Star as A Couple in New A24 Romance | Trailer
We Live in Time (A24/ screenshot) A24 revealed the trailer for ‘We Live in Time’, the romantic-comedy drama film starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. From Academy Award nominated director of ‘Brooklyn’, John Crowley, the film tells a decade-spanning romance story of a couple played by Pugh and Garfield.
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77th Edinburgh International Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Closes with ‘Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands’
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland’s Girl Bands (EIFF / Credit: Euan Robertson) The 77th edition of the relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) runs from Thursday 15 August to Wednesday 21 August, 2024 with a lineup of 37 new feature films, 18 World Premieres including 10 World Premieres competing for the new Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, 4 retrospective screenings, 5 short film programs including the new Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence competition, an In Conversation event with filmmaker Gaspar Noé and a strand of Midnight Madness screenings.
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77th Locarno Film Festival Unveils Lineup
Qing Chun (Ku) (Youth (Hard Times)) by Wang Bing (courtesy Locarno FF) Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro unveiled the official selections for the 77th Locarno Film Festival described as “bold, innovative, and vibrant as ever” competition titles alongside non-competitive sections. In addition, the Excellence Award Davide Campari, given to film personalities with extraordinary careers, will this year go to French actor-directors Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet.
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Agnieszka Holland, Andrew Haigh, Zhang Ziyi Among 81st Venice Film Festival International Jury
Agnieszka Holland (courtesy Venice Film Festival) The 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 – September 7, 2024 today unveiled the jury of nine international film personalities, who will award the Golden Lion for Best Film in the Venezia 81 Competition and the other official awards.
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Ning Hao’s ‘The Movie Emperor’ Headlines 23rd Asian Film Festival of Dallas Lineup
The Movie Emperor directed by Ning Hao Ning Hao’s Chinese comedy The Movie Emperor will kick off the film lineup for this year’s 23rd edition of Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) taking place July 25-28, 2024. AFFD’s Centerpiece film will be Marc Marriott’s fish-out-of-water tale Tokyo Cowboy, and the Closing Night film is Soi Cheang’s Hong Kong action-adventure film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.
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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’, Anderson .Paak’s K-POPS, Among Films World Premiering at Toronto Film Festival
Ron Howard (dp) Ron Howard’s Eden and Anderson .Paak’s K-POPS are among five World Premiere titles in the Gala program and the Special Presentation program of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘To a Land Unknown’ Wins Top Prize at 41st Munich Film Festival
© Kurt Krieger / Filmfest München The 41st Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) presented the awards in the five international competitions (CineCoPro, CineMasters, CineVision, CineRebels, and CineKindl), the FIPRESCI Prize, the Young Jury Award, and the three Audience Awards, with the most lucrative prize, the 100,000-euro CineCoPro Award, going to the film “To a Land Unknown” by Mahdi Fleifel.