Tokyo Film Festival Names Julie Taymor as Jury President
The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival has named acclaimed stage and film director Julie Taymor as the president of its main competition jury. Taymor will be [Read More]
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5 Oldenburg Film Festival Discoveries
For almost 30 years, the Oldenburg Film Festival has been championing a very specific flavor of fiercely independent cinema. Equally inspired by the New Hollywood [Read More]
Oldenburg Festival Primer: 5 Can’t-Miss Movies
As the Oldenburg Film Festival kicks off its 29th year, Germany’s leading indie film fest still prides itself on its ability to discover overlooked gems [Read More]
Locarno Film Festival Introduces Gender-Neutral Acting Awards
The Locarno Film Festival is following the lead of A-list neighbor Berlin and going gender-neutral. From 2023 on, Locarno’s acting honors will no longer be [Read More]
Laura Poitras Slams Hillary Clinton’s Film Festival Appearances, Accuses Former Secretary of State of “Engaging in a Kind of Whitewashing”
Hillary Clinton’s fall festival tour generated plenty of bemusement and column inches, and those appearances have now come under fire from Venice’s latest Golden Lion [Read More]
Tokyo Film Festival to Open With Takahisa Zeze’s ‘Fragments of the Last Will,’ Close With Oliver Bill Hermanus’ ‘Living’
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will open on Oct. 24 with Takahisa Zeze’s postwar drama Fragments of the Last Will, while Oliver Bill Hermanus’s Living, [Read More]
Busan Film Festival to Open with Iran’s ‘Scent of Wind,’ Close with Kei Ishikawa’s ‘A Man’
The 27th edition of Busan International Film Festival will open with Scent of Wind by the Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh and close with A Man [Read More]
2022 Venice Film Festival Awards (Updating Live)
All eyes are on the Lido as the awards ceremony for the 2022 Venice Film Festival kicks off. The official ceremony for the 79th edition [Read More]