Category: Festivals
Off The Fence strikes UK, Germany deals for Amazon rainforest doc ‘We Are Guardians’
EXCLUSIVE: ZDF Studios-owned Off the Fence, the company behind Oscar winner My Octopus Teacher, has signed deals with Prime Video to release its [...]
Sheffield DocFest World Premiere: ‘North South Man Woman’ Explores Love Across A Cold War Divide
EXCLUSIVE: In South Korea, a matchmaker is testing whether love can bridge a Cold War chasm.
Yujin Han, “a sharp, charismatic entrepreneur” [...]
John McVay to step down as Pact chief executive
John McVay is to step down as chief executive of UK producers organisation Pact after a quarter of a century in the role.
McVay will remain in p [...]
Inaugural Roger Ross Williams Award To Be Presented At The Americas Film Festival Of New York
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams has won numerous honors in his career – an Academy Award for Music by Prudence, Primetime Emmy Awards for [...]
“Hilarity And Sadness And Wisdom”: Award-Winning Documentary ‘Come See Me In The Good Light’ Lights Up DC/DOX Festival
In one of her poems from the collection Love Letter from the Afterlife, Andrea Gibson writes, “Why did no one tell us that to die is to be reincarn [...]
Bucheon film festival expands into “AI step 2” as it reveals 2025 lineup
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) is further embracing AI with an opening film driven by the technology, a ded [...]
Rosario Dawson Boarded ‘Kiss My Grass’ Doc To Spotlight Black Women “Risking All” In Cannabis — Tribeca
Growing up in a multiracial family in New York City, Rosario Dawson had a unique first-hand perspective on how cannabis is used as a tool for racis [...]
Jason Isaacs, Celia Imrie to receive UK’s Raindance Icon Award
UK actors Jason Isaacs and Celia Imrie will be honoured with the Raindance Icon award at this year’s festival, which runs June 18-27 in London. [...]
DC/DOX Festival Kicks Off With Rousing Documentary On Amy Goodman, ‘Democracy Now!’ Host Who Gives Voice To People “Outside The Frame”
Hours before tanks rumbled into Washington for Donald Trump’s military parade, ground shaking applause erupted in DC for someone who couldn’t be mo [...]
Francisca Alegría’s ‘Nativity’ wins Screen International ECAM Forum Award in Madrid
Nativity, by Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegría and produced by Quijote Films and Madre Content, has won the Screen International ECAM Forum Aw [...]