Category: Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 unveils first titles, country of focus
Bernhard Wenger’s Peacock will screen as part of a special focus on Austria taking place at the Glasgow Film Festival (GFF), running from Februa [...]
Cineworld to close six more cinemas as part of restructuring plan
UK-based exhibitor Cineworld is closing six more cinemas as its controversial restructuring plan comes to an end, according to Javier Sotomayor, [...]
New Writing North’s Film4-backed Genre Feature Lab selects three debut projects from Northern creatives (exclusive)
New Writing North’s Film4-backed Genre Feature Lab has selected three debut feature projects for its inaugural edition.
The three selected proje [...]
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs projects including Edwin’s anticipated ‘Sleep No More’
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (WCF) has backed seven feature projects including films from Locarno-winning Indonesian auteur Edwin and Argen [...]
UK-based Olsberg SPI promotes Leon Forde to CEO; Jonathan Olsberg moves to US (exclusive)
UK-based screen sector consultancy firm Olsberg SPI has promoted Leon Forde to the newly-created position of chief executive officer.
Previously [...]
‘Emilia Perez’ leads Golden Globe nominations; ‘The Brutalist’, ‘Conclave’ next up
Emilia Perez earned the most film nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes, with 10 nods, followed by The Brutalist on seven and Conclave on six.
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Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”
Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Fremaux confessed to being “very impressed” by Red Sea International Film Festival, on his second visit to the [...]
‘Kneecap’ leads winners at 2024 Bifas with seven awards
Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap was the major winner at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), with seven wins in total including best Britis [...]
‘John Wick’ Spinoff ‘Ballerina’ To Unveil Featurette During Comic-Con Brazil Livestream
Ana De Armas is finally stepping into the John Wick universe with the next installment in the massive action franchise previously led by Kean [...]
‘The Whale’ star Brendan Fraser praises Saudi Arabian film industry at Red Sea: “You’ve got the hard part out the way”
Brendan Fraser offered praise of the Saudi Arabian film industry while speaking at Red Sea International Film Festival today (Sunday, December 8 [...]