Category: Festivals
BFI’s Ben Roberts to give keynote speech at Screen’s ‘Building on the UK’s global success’ film summit
Ben Roberts, chief executive of the British Film Institute, will give a keynote speech at the 2025 Screen Summit, ‘Building on the UK’s global s [...]
LA Shorts Int’l Film Festival To Showcase 470 Films, Work Starring CCH Pounder, Wallace Shawn, Michael Gandolfini And More, Plus AI Slate
EXCLUSIVE: The 29th LA Shorts International Film Festival is about to get underway in downtown Los Angeles, an Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying event th [...]
Doug Liman’s ‘Asteroid’, Edward Berger’s ‘Submerged’ among Venice Immersive 2025 selection
Doug Liman’s Asteroid and Edward Berger’s Submerged are among 69 projects selected for Venice Immersive, the extended reality section of Venice [...]
Locarno Pro 2025 aims to match private film financiers with emerging talent
Locarno’s industry platform Locarno Pro sits right at the heart of the Swiss film festival, housing all its activities for arthouse film profess [...]
Locarno Pro First Look Canadian selection includes horror ‘Veins’
Raymond St-Jean’s horror Veins is among six Canadian features selected for First Look, the work-in-progress section of Locarno Film Festival’s i [...]
Carlos Reygadas, Joslyn Barnes join 2025 Locarno Film Festival jury
Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and US producer and writer Joslyn Barnes of Louveture Films are among the among the jurors for the 2025 Locarn [...]
Harris Dickinson’s Cannes selection ‘Urchin’ lands North American deal
Busy 1-2 Special has acquired all North American rights to Harris Dickinson’s Urchin following its world premiere in Cannes where it earned the [...]
Inaugural Dora Maar Film Festival To Unfold In Idyllic Ménerbes, Provence, With Focus On Arts Documentaries
A fresh arts-focused documentary film festival is about to launch in Ménerbes, a Provençal town described as “one of the most magical villages in F [...]
Saeed Taji Farouky project among eight Final Cut in Venice work-in-progress titles
Saeed Taji Farouky’s Egypt-UK co-production Standing At The Ruins is among the eight work-in-progress features selected for the 13th Final Cut i [...]
‘Harry Potter’ series begins production at Warner Bros Leavesden for HBO
Production on HBO’s Harry Potter series is underway at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in the UK.
A first look image of Dominic McLaughlin as the [...]