And it’s a good thing. A very, very good thing.
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Hala Matar's 'Electra' world premieres, at this year's Santa Barbara IFF
And is worth a watch.
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Jim Sheridan, Leos Carax, Claire Denis and more at Qumra for this year's DFI industry meet up
Plus Atom Egoyan fresh from the Berlinale and Academy Award nominated sound designer Martín Hernández, all to give Masterclasses while in Qatar.
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Thoughts about the Greta Gerwig/Margot Robbie 2024 Oscars snub
Wait, did you really think awards were fair?
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Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian announcing this year’s Competition & Encounters line up on Monday
All the latest Berlinale titles added to Competition and Encounters
While many of us may be concentrating on the awards announcements, the Berlin Film Festival reminds us where it all starts from, and why these worldwide events are so important. Dare I say, more than the awards…
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A still from ‘Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story’, courtesy of the filmmaker
Doha Film Institute Awards announces new grant recipients -- 44 diverse projects from 32 countries
The highly anticipated announcement confirms the DFI’s commitment as the region’s longest-serving film development initiative, as the Institute has supported more than 800 films from 74 countries to date.
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‘Gokogu no Neko’ (The Cats of Gokogu Shrine) by Kazuhiro Soda
Peace-building, great discoveries, tigers and temple cats among highlights of 2024 Berlinale
With the Competition titles still to be announced, the Berlin Film Festival is already showing some great bridge building colors, as well as panache, good taste and humor. And a film that starts out being about cats, but turns into so much more...
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Lily Gladstone, photo by Virisa Yong, courtesy of the Golden Globes
About last night: Why the Golden Globes won all the way in my book
Perfectly somber, in tone with the dire worldwide situation, but also celebrating diversity and awarding long overdue prizes to exceptional filmmakers, the Golden Globes are back, Baby! And they are better than ever, so don’t listen to those jealous critics.
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Simon Baker sporting a cropped do and beard in Ivan Sen’s hauntingly beautiful ‘Limbo’
My top films of 2023? Too many to list, but here's five gems to take us into 2024
Instead of making a “best films of 2023” list, I’m just going to name a few gems, which can take us seamlessly into the new year.
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Berlinale announces new festival director, some Forum film titles and a whole lot more
Every year in cinema calendars February belongs to the Berlin International Film Festival, and this year it will be extra special, as the upcoming edition marks the last one with Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director.
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'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' garner highest number of Golden Globes nominations
With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Poor Things’ tying for third place.
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Nominations for the upcoming 81st Golden Globe Awards to be announced on CBS
The list of films and TV series nominated will be unveiled this Monday, December 11th by Cedric “The Entertainer'' and Wilmer Valderrama.
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A historic first prize for Moroccan cinema, at this year's Marrakech Film Festival
After all was said and done, there were no losers at this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival, where audiences got a free taste of great cinema and Moroccan films made history.
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Marrakech Atlas Workshops announces 25 projects participating in upcoming 6th edition
The films — hailing from 11 countries with 11 helmed by women filmmakers — include the highly anticipated ‘Motherhood’ by Meryam Joobeur, Tunisian filmmaker Ala Eddine Slim’s next project, and Erige Sehiri’s follow up to her critically acclaimed ‘Under the Fig Trees’.
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Marrakech Film Festival to open with Richard Linklater’s 'Hit Man'
Plus, the official film selection is announced for the highly anticipated 20th edition of the festival which will take place from November 24th to December 2nd.
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The 41st Torino Film Festival announces Italian legendary filmmaker Pupi Avati as their opening star
The upcoming festival, which is due to take place from November 24th to December 2nd, in the northern Italian city of Turin, will also feature a retrospective dedicated to American movie star par excellence John Wayne, who is also featured on their poster.
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Mostafa Farooki, Pedro Almodóvar and Bradley Cooper titles announced for upcoming Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
The festival released its program announcement on Monday, which will feature 250 plus films in more than 70 languages, over 70 countries, 20 screens, 8 venues, a state-of-the-art festival hub (NMACC), and a great number of women directors, with over 70 films. Mira Nair will head the South Asia Competition jury.
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All the winners of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, and some unsolicited personal opinion...
Clearly it was a man’s world last night in Venice, as the winners of the Film Festival were announced. Including a very masculine take on being a woman, which snatched the coveted Golden Lion.
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Photo courtesy of the Vilnius International Film Festival
The Vilnius International Film Festival: Doing things totally different this year
The 26th edition of the Vilnius International Film Festival has been taking place from March 18 through to April 4, 2021. The festival this year reinvented itself in these times of pandemic so it has taken place in the Lithuanian capital’s six top hotels. And, for couch potatoes, also online. Its program brings recently awarded festival hits and some of Lithuania’s best features and shorts into people’s homes. Or hotel rooms.
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A still from ‘Mornings in Jenin’, a series project participating in this year’s Qumra event
The Doha Film Institute's Qumra 2021 goes global with its virtual edition
For film insiders the Qumra event — held once a year in Doha, Qatar and bringing together industry experts and filmmakers from all over the world — was always a highly anticipated time to put on our calendars. But in the age of pandemic, where we need all the inspiration we can get to simply continue onward, Qumra has become a lifeline.
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