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San Sebastian update: The Official Jury will be presided over by Jaione Camborda

The jury of the Official Selection of the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival will be chaired by the winner of the Golden Shell last year, the director Jaione Camborda, who was the first Spanish female filmmaker to win it. The author of O Corno / The Rye Horn will be accompanied in the deliberations by Argentine writer and journalist Leila Guerriero, who has published this year the...

San Sebastian´s official Presentation of the 72nd Edition

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A long list of prestigious filmmakers, actors, screenwriters and producers have confirmed their presence in San Sebastian for the Festival’s 72nd edition. As well as Donostia Award-winners Pedro Almodóvar, Cate Blanchett and Javier Bardem – the latter of whom was recognised at the last edition but has been unable to collect his tribute until now – the following will come to San Sebastian to present their movies: Pamela Anderson, Monica Bellucci, Jamie Campbell Bower, &Ua...

72 San Sebastian FIlm Festival´s Perlak/Pearls

                         Arnold, Audiard, Baker, Coppola, Courcol, Elliot, Fargeat, Kapadia, Rasoulof, Salles, Sangsoo, Schrader and Sorrentino to compete in San Sebastian Festival’s Perlak section ‘Marco’, by Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi, will close the section, also to show ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Maria Callas: Letters and Memories’ out of competition https://youtu.be/NV9mhQyiSnc?s...

72nd San Sebastian Festival: Klasikoak section

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Klasikoak to programme ‘The Piano’ by Jane Campion; ‘Sha Fu’, by Tseng Chuang-Hsiang; ‘Tatuaje’, by Bigas Luna; ‘Surcos’, by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and ‘Un rêve plus long que la nuit’, by Niki de Saint Phalle Trailer: https://youtu.be/PkDfVmVCIkw?si=kgS-W-OvC9Uj7uxR The restored copy of ‘Tasio’, by Montxo Armendáriz, will open the section on Saturday 21st in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre   ...

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Lineup

            Animales del desierto, by Santiago Loza; Crocodilla / She, Crocodile, by Gabriela Amaral Almeida; El espíritu de la ley / The Spirit of Law, by Natalia Meta; La escuela pesada / Hard-Boiled School, by Hernán Rosselli; La levedad de ella / Her Lightness, by Rosa María Rodríguez Pupo; La mujer extraña / The Strange Woman, by Martín...

The Festival Beat Summer edition N°1107

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The Festival Beat Summer edition N°1106

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Award-Winning Documentary 'Something Divine' to Screen at Lonely Seal Film Festival on August 21st

Thomas Essig’s new documentary feature Something Divine has been named an official selection of Lonely Seal Film Festival, scheduled from August 20-25, 2024 in Arlington, MA. The film will be screened on Wednesday, August 21st during the Midweek Music Movies and More themed evening.  SOMETHING DIVINE (somethingdivinefilm.com) Trailer: TRAILER — SOMETHING DIVINE (somethingdivinefilm.com) In the film, Ray Cappo, the lead singer of ...

Stonecutter Media Acquires North American Rights to Frost Pictures’ The Path

Feature Thriller to Have World Theatrical Premiere Followed by Digital and Cable Release in Mid-September   Stonecutter Media has acquired North American rights to The Path, the new feature thriller, written and directed by Tom Archdeacon, co-founder of Frost Pictures. The Path will have its world theatrical premieres on September 12 in New Jersey and September 19 in Beverly Hills and will be tentatively released digitally on September 24th on str...

The Festival Beat Summer edition N°1105

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72SSIFF: Horizontes Latinos line up

The latest films by José Luis Torres Leiva and Celina Murga will respectively open and close Horizontes Latinos, the selection of the year’s features, not yet screened in Spain, from among all those produced totally or partially in Latin America, directed by filmmakers of Latin origin or which take Latin communities in the rest of the world as their backdrop or subject matter. Four of the fourteen feature films competing for the Horizontes Award were screened in WIP Latam (includi...

72 San Sebastian Film Fest´s Official Selection line-up

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The latest features from Maite Alberdi, Edward Berger, Gia Coppola, Costa-Gavras, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Mike Leigh, Diego Lerman, Joshua Oppenheimer and François Ozon will compete for the Golden Shell alongside the debuts from Laura Carreira and Xin Huo, also included in the Official Selection of San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition, to run from 20-28 September. Maite Alberdi (Santiago de Chile, 1983) will make her first time bid for the Golden Shell with her directorial debut in...

Cate Blanchett to receive the Donostia Award in San Sebastian

Cate Blanchett, one of contemporary cinema’s leading actors, will receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition as well as featuring on the official poster of. The image of the poster is the work of graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Blanchett has racked up more than 200 acknowledgements and accolades, including two Academy Awards (and another six nominations...

The Festival Beat 1104

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Legend from 'Ten Times Better' at CAAMFest is Tracked Down

  CAAMFest, which is held in San Francisco every year, showcases the best of Asian American filmmakers. One of the many movies and documentaries to be shown was Ten Times Better. This tells the story of George Lee, who currently works at the Four Queens Resort in Las Vegas. In the past, however, he was a talented ballet dancer, who once performed for rice so he could feed his family. George Lee and the American Dream George Lee worked as a casino blackjack dealer and has wo...

Is Gladiator 2 Likely to Inspire More Independent Roman-Themed Films?

  Gladiator 2 is set to be one of the biggest cinematic events of the year, and audiences are thrilled to be revisiting Sir Ridley Scott’s vision of ancient Rome. The original 2000 offering was hugely influential throughout the entertainment industry, and the new picture could have the same effect. Indeed, there could be an influx of independent Roman-themed offerings at film festivals over the next few years in the wake of Gladiator 2.       Gladiato...

Cate Blanchett on the official poster of the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition

Cate Blanchett, one of contemporary cinema’s leading actors, will receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition as well as featuring on the official poster of. The image of the poster is the work of graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo. In 2018 the Festival revamped its posters to feature a figure from contemporary cinema. Isabelle Huppert, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Sigourney Weaver, Juliette Binoch...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Call for entries

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

The Festival Beat 1103

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The Festival Beat 1103

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Call For Entries- Accolade - September 2024 Season: Deadline August 21, 2024

ACCOLADE COMPETITION – Give your film the recognition it deserves – join the ranks of Oscar winners! Submit: https://accoladecompetition.org/film-submission/. https://filmfreeway.com/AccoladeAwardsCompetition   “Very happy we submitted, Jeff Bridges and the team are happy with the two awards we won!” ~ Susan Kucera. Accolade is the original, top-tier internationally respected global online awards competition recognizing film, TV an...

Call For Entries- Accolade - September 2024 Season: Deadline August 21, 2024

ACCOLADE COMPETITION – Give your film the recognition it deserves – join the ranks of Oscar winners! Submit: https://accoladecompetition.org/film-submission/. https://filmfreeway.com/AccoladeAwardsCompetition   “Very happy we submitted, Jeff Bridges and the team are happy with the two awards we won!” ~ Susan Kucera. Accolade is the original, top-tier internationally respected global online awards competition recognizing film, TV an...

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