The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 15, 2024 with the world premiere of Small Things Like These, an Irish-Belgian production. Directed by Tim Mielants from a screenplay by Enda Walsh, the international cast includes Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley and Emily Watson. Small Things Like These will screen in Competition.
The film is based on the book by the award-winning Irish writer Claire Keegan (who also wrote...
20 films will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, among them two first features as well as two documentary forms. Productions from 30 countries are represented. 19 films are world premieres. Six films were directed or co-directed by women. Nine filmmakers have been at the festival before, six in Competition.
“We are particularly proud of this year’s selection which achieves the best possible balance between auteurs we cherish and admire and powerful ...
By Emmanuel Itier
I remember meeting Peter H. Gilmore, the high priest of the Church of Satan when I was doing a documentary about the notion of “God”. I had to admit I was quite puzzled by this intriguing gentleman and his approach of satanism which goes against the notion of scarifying children on the alter or killing a virgin. Furthermore, I learned that their approach was more about rebelling against the politically correct approach of life in general. Remember that Sa...
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Christine Camdessus (general delegate) with Anne Georget (president) and Maider Arosteguy Mayor of Biarritz.
The festival kicked off the 6th edition this friday evening to a full house at the magnificent Theatre de "La Gare du Midi", the opening film was preceded by a 15 minute overview of the festival program and its jury members by Christine Camdessus (FIPADOC General Delegate) and Anne Georget (FIPADOC President), and Maider Arosteguy (Mayor of Biarritz) Onstage ...
Thelma is a 2024 American comedy film written and directed by Josh Margolin. It stars June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, and Malcolm McDowell. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024.
Zoë Worth (producer) spoke in Park City with filmfestivals.com James Nelson ahead of it s film premiere.
The Sundance Film Festival (40th edition) takes place from January 18–28 2024.
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Welcome to day one of the Festival! We’re starting off with some highly-anticipated feature film premieres, such as Freaky Tales, Thelma, Stress Positions, Girls State, and I Saw The TV Glow. Be on the lookout for second screenings in person and online later in the Festival. Right now limited tickets are still available for Girls State, Eno, LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA, Ibelin, Sujo, and Gaucho Gaucho. Don’t wait!&...
12 Projects to Be Developed at Annual January Screenwriters Lab in Utah
8 Projects to Take Part in March Online Screenwriters Intensive
Park City, UT, January 12, 2024 – Sundance Institute announced today the fellows selected for its 2024 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which provide emerging artists with a creative and nurturing space to develop their first and second independent features. Out of over&nbs...
2024 Sundance Film Festival’s 40th Edition Kicks Off On Thursday January 18
The nonprofit Sundance Institute is commemorating the four decades of extraordinary independ...
On January 18 Sundance festival is kicking off the 2024 Festival edition, honoring Christopher Nolan with the first-ever Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award, Kristen Stewart with the Sundance Institute Visionary Award, Celine Song and Maite Alberdi with Sundance Institute Vanguard Awards Presented by Acura, and Pat Mitchell with the Sundance Institute Vanguard Award for Philanthropy.
Honorees
Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award – Christopher Nolan
Christophe...
The meeting place for all forms of documentary
Fipadoc, the first international documentary meeting in France, returns from January 19th to 27th in Biarritz for a 6th edition which opens the year and sheds light on winter and the world by sharing and celebrating all forms of documentary storytelling for all screens: from cinema, television, and series, including virtual reality, podcasts with the link to the musical creation.
The plural and unique meeting place in Biarritz...
8 - 19 October 2024, 51st edition Film Fest Gent
15 - 17 October 2024, WSA Film Music Days 2024
Film Fest Gent releases FFG Session with composer Natalie Holt
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Christopher Nolan to Be Honored with Inaugural Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award at 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years Presented by Chase Sapphire®
Celine Song and Maite Alberdi To Receive Annual Vanguard Awards Presented by Acura
Annual Event Recognizes Outstanding Independent Storytellers and Raises Funds to Support Nonprofit’s Year-Round Programs
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today unveiled details ...
The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s juried award winners on January 13. The festival took place from January 4-15, 2024 and screened 184 films from over 70 countries, including 48 premieres. The line-up includes 41 of the International Feature Film Oscar® Submissions along with Talking Pictures, New Voices New Visions, Modern Masters, Queer Cinema, True Stories, World Cinema Now, and more.
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Ryan Gosling speaks onstage while accepting award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award Honoring Ryan Gosling at The Ritz Carlton Bacara on January 13, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival)
After a joyous pre-reception, attendees joined the award recipient for an upscale dinner. During the evening’s festivities, a wide range of figures, including SBIFF Executive Dir...
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Here is the programme for the 47th Göteborg Film Festival, the largest film festival in the Nordic countries. This year the festival will screen close to 250 films during ten days, January 26 – February 4, around cinemas in Göteborg and with a selection of almost 50 films available online in Sweden. In addition, the programme includes evening events, seminars and discussions.
The full programme for the TV Drama Vision and Nordic Film Market w...
The first online festival devoted entirely to francophone cinema, MyFrenchFilmFestival welcomes viewers from around the world for its 14th edition from January 19 to February 19, 2024.
On the docket for this year: a selection of 26 films (feature and short films combined) subtitled in 11 languages (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian).
Discover the programme online at&n...
Edgar Reitz © Julia Stipsits
The 2024 Berlinale Camera will be awarded to director and author Edgar Reitz, one of the most influential filmmakers of his generation.
The awarding of the Berlinale Camera to Edgar Reitz will take placeon Thursday, February 22, at 3.00 pm in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. This will be followed by the film premiere of his latest work, Filmstunde_23.
Since 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institut...
Mark your calendars for: Friday, February 16th, 2024
The Event Hall, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Stresemannstr. 90, 10963 Berlin.
https://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/industry-sessions-ms/about/venue/venue.html
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Conference at the Akademie der Künste on Wednesday, February 14th, starting 7pm
Film program and discussion at Hackesche Höfe Kino on Friday, February 16, starting 8pm
In the face of man-made climate change, today’s societies urgently need to transform themselves – and the world of film and festivals is no exception. To open Berlin Critics’ Week 2024, we will be debating what sort of influence filmmakers, critics and activists can (or shoul...
European Film Promotion (EFP) is delighted to announce the ten emerging European talents for the 27th edition of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS. From 16 - 19 February 2024, seven actresses and three actors will be presented to the international press, industry, and public in an exclusive four-day programme during the 74th Berlinale (15 - 25 February 2024), with major support by Creative Europe - the MEDIA Programme of the European Union. One of the programme's many highlights will be the European...
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Relations & Resistance: The 2024 Forum Special
This year’s Forum Special is dedicated to films that show a stance – whether in the 1970s or 2023. Programmed around a documentary core,...
Techqua Ikachi, Land - mein Leben © Mano Film, Selfportrait © Maria Lassnig Stiftung / Courtesy sixpackfilm, Deda-Shvili an rame ar aris arasodes bolomde bneli © 3003 Film Production
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Relations & Resistance: The 2024 Forum Special
This year’s Forum Special is dedicated to films that show a stance – whether in the 1970s or 2023. Programmed around a documentary core,...
Martin Scorsese © Brigitte Lacombe
The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will award US-director, producer and screenwriter Martin Scorsese the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement in an award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024.
“For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is both completely personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unmatched role model. His films have accompanied our his...
