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Filmfest Hamburg’s Albert Wiederspiel and Kathrin Kohlstedde on their final edition together 29m4x
After 21 years at the helm, festival director Wiederspiel steps down after this year’s edition.
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Helge Albers on the ‘broad spectrum’ of features ed by Hamburg’s MOIN film fund 103t6w
Filmfest Hamburg has 17 films funded by MOIN screening at the festival.
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German industry to debate navigating streamer buy-out deals at Filmfest Hamburg 6m436
The festival’s full Industry Days programme will take place from October 2-6.
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Kyiv festival returns to Hamburg to present Ukrainian film competition 2o1w1i
‘Festival within a festival’ opens with Anna Buryachkova’s Venice’s Orizzonti Extra title Forever-Forever
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Poland picks ‘The Peasants’ as Oscar submission 4g604b
Animated feature world premiered at Toronto earlier this month.
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‘Scarborn’ wins top prize at Polish Film Festival as local filmmakers voice for Agnieszka Holland 4b1z1m
Closing ceremony of festival in Gdynia sees Polish film community speak up against “awful hatred” directed at Holland in recent weeks.
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Polish arthouse cinemas refuse to show propaganda spot before screenings of Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Green Border’ 736h61
Deputy interior minister announced last week that 30-second spot would be shown before ‘Green Border’, describing the Venice prize winning film as a ‘disgusting lampoon’
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Decision on new Berlinale director “by the end of this year”, says minister 462y57
’s state minister for culture and media said: “the Berlinale shouldn’t be left behind, but be in the same league as Cannes, Venice and Toronto.
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Oscar-winner Edward Berger to Berlinale festival director selection committee 43133j
The director of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ will help choose the next head of the Berlinale.
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Filmfest Hamburg unveil full 2023 line-up 5k6j2d
The German festival will take place from September 28 to October 7.
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Berlinale to abandon co-director model after 2024 edition 6711
“The necessary decisions for modernising the Berlinale… should now once again be in the hands of one person,” said ’s culture minister.
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picks Ilker Çatak’s ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ as its international Oscar entry 3a352d
The film premeired in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2023.
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Iranian director Ali Ahmadzadeh‘s ‘Critical Zone’ wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard 6m2f48
Director was prevented from travelling to the festival in person by Iranian authorities.
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Austria’s new film and TV incentive schemes fuel growth in local and international productions 6v6zl
FISA+ and ÖFI+ schemes have paid out €40m in grants since launch in January.
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Locarno round-up: festival’s attendance up 6%; Pitching Day projects; €300,000 development fund launch 1k6tw
issions to indoor screens are up, but Piazza Grande open-air screenings hit by rain.
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Locarno artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro addresses the drop in films by female directors in festival’s line-up 6o3735
Fewer films by female directors were selected for this year’s programme
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Projects from Dominican Republic and Nicaragua among big winners at Locarno’s Open Doors 315p1z
’Three Bullets’ by Génesis Valenzuela wins three prizes, with Gloria Carrión’s ’Pantasma’ also honoured.
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‘My Life As A Courgette’ director Claude Barras’ ‘Savages!’ ed by Valais’ new rebate scheme 3m6o2t
’Savages!’ is one of three projects to secure funding from Swiss canton’s cash rebate scheme.
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Locarno round-up: Swiss broadcaster SRG boosts film funding; Cinéconomie industry alliance launched 1753a
A digest of key Swiss industry news announced during the Locarno Film Festival.
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“The independent film model doesn’t exist [anymore]”, says former IFC Films president Arianna Bocco at Locarno 683m
Bocco was speaking as part of Locarno Pro’s annual think tank StepIn
