Category: Festivals
Watch Trailer For Raoul Peck’s ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Ahead Of TIFF NA Premiere, Doc On Dystopian Trend ‘1984’ Author Foresaw
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been more than 75 years since George Orwell published his classic 1984, a crucial novel that introduced the world to Big Brother, T [...]
Festival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”, gap between festival and commercial cinema
Screening “uncomfortable and divisive films” remains part of the remit of film festivals even in a politically fraught climate, according to fou [...]
‘True North’ Shows How Black Liberation Movement Surged In 1960s Montreal; Watch Trailer For TIFF Documentary
EXCLUSIVE: When we think of key cities associated with the Civil Rights struggle and Black liberation movement in North America, Atlanta, Montgomer [...]
‘Silent Rebellion’ makes noise among buyers ahead of Venice Spotlight premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Salaud Morisset has scored its first sales for Swiss director Marie-Elsa Sgualdo’s debut feature Silent Rebellion (À bras-le-corps) t [...]
Magnify boards international sales on Venice world premiere ‘Barrio Triste’
EXCLUSIVE: Magnify has boarded international sales to Stillz’s Colombia-set coming-of-age story Barrio Triste ahead of its world premiere at Ven [...]
Former Screen Future Leader Danielle Gasher’s Vaneast to launch sales in TIFF on ‘The Confession’
EXCLUSIVE: Vaneast Pictures founder and former Screen Future Leader Danielle Gasher heads to TIFF next month with international sales rights to [...]
Michael Sheen On The “Brilliance” Of ‘The Crown’ Creator Peter Morgan And Why He & David Tennant Went From Being Rivals To Best Friends
Good Omens star Michael Sheen owes much of his success to The Crown creator Peter Morgan, who wrote his part of Tony Blair in Channel 4’s The Deal [...]
Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘1949’ starring Sandra Hüller begins shoot for Our Films, Mubi
Principal photography has begun on Oscar-winning Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski’s 1949, with shooting taking place in Poland, Germany and It [...]
Ji.hlava awards Docu Talents projects in Sarajevo including ‘Flying Cows’, selects 18 Emerging Producers
Armenian-Swiss co-production Flying Cows was among the winners of the Docu Talent awards, held by Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festiv [...]
Features from UK, Canada, Nigeria among TIFF Industry Selects line-up
Ten curated acquisition titles comprising TIFF Industry Selects include Magna Studios’ Straight Circle directed by Oscar Hudson and sold by Glob [...]