
Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà announced the complete lineup of contemporary Italian films for the 20th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, screening May 28 – June 6 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.

Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà announced the complete lineup of contemporary Italian films for the 20th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, screening May 28 – June 6 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
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From November 13 to 22, the 33rd edition of exground filmfest will showcase independent cinema for live audiences at the Wiesbaden festival venues Caligari FilmBühne, Murnau-Filmtheater along with the Marktkirche church crypt and stream virtually online.

Due to Covid-19 and the related restrictions, the European Film Academy is announcing the EFA Feature Film Selection 2020 in two steps. Today, EFA revealed the titles of the 32 films in the first part, the second part will be announced in September. This will allow the inclusion of films that would have premiered by May 31, 2020 – be it at a festival or at a regular cinema – but could not due to the pandemic, provided they will premiere theatrically or online before the end of November 2020. Together, the films from part 1 and 2 form the EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2020. The films have been selected by a committee consisting of the EFA Board and invited experts.

The Iranian film There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof won the top prize, the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film also won the Guild Film Prize. Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned from leaving Iran and was unable to accept the Golden Bear in person.

Berlin International Film Festival today revealed the 2020 Competition lineup of 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary film. Films in competition include First Cow by Kelly Reichardt; The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter with Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney; Siberia by Abel Ferrara with Willem Dafoe.