All articles by Tim Dams – Page 2 6p5o6a
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Italy’s Lucky Red to be honoured at International Film Distribution Summit 221m2c
Andrea Occhipinti’s independent distributor to receive best international innovation distribution award
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UNIC’s Laura Houlgatte to chair European Audiovisual Observatory’s advisory committee 3b2m4k
Houlgatte takes over from FERA’s Pauline Durand-Vialle.
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‘My Octopus Teacher’ outfit Off The Fence takes on rainforest doc ‘We Are Guardians’ (exclusive) 333q1
Doc centres on Indigenous forest guardians in the Amazon Rainforest fighting to protect their ancestral lands.
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European Film Academy to honour Isabella Rossellini 5a4d3u
Actress and filmmaker to receive European Achievement In World Cinema award.
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Rome Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Johnny Depp, Francis Ford Coppola to be honoured 5x2o1p
World premieres in competition include Tony Kaye’s ’The Trainer’ and Eran Riklis’s ’Reading Lolita in Tehran’
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Zurich Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Edward Berger to be honoured 8214a
ZFF’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films.
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Carlo Chatrian to head Italy’s National Museum of Cinema 5t6o5b
Chatrian s after five years as artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival.
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Ex-Cinecittà Studios boss Nicola Maccanico no longer ing Fremantle Italy as CEO 4y4339
Maccanico had only been unveiled as Fremantle Italy CEO last week
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Rome’s MIA unveils 60 projects for 2024 co-production market 47y6o
14 feature-length film projects among those being presented this year.
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Ted Sarandos issues spirited defence of ‘Baby Reindeer’ creator Richard Gadd, talks up UK creative industries 4i686z
Netflix co-CEO says streamers top four shows in first half of 2024 were made in the UK.
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Mubi, Anton Corp, Match Factory execs heading to San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference 282f1q
The conference will also include a fireside conversation with veteran UK producer Jeremy Thomas.
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Thierry Breton, EU commissioner in charge of Creative Europe Media programme, resigns amid von der Leyen row 6c4g3e
Breton resignation follows spat with EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen
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Belgium selects Leonardo Van Dijl’s ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ as Oscar entry x3h52
Van Dijl’s feature debut premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week and has just had its North America premiere at Toronto.
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Egyptian authorities close down MENA’s largest piracy site 5h6b5c
Laroza site provided access to more than 29,000 movies and TV series viewed the world over.
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Fremantle hires former Cinecittà Studios boss Nicola Maccanico r1x3f
European group also promotes Bruno Fallot to run its French, Iberia and Israel operations.
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New Zealand drama ‘Ka Whawhai Tonu’ scores German sale ahead of Toronto premiere e5b5n
’Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End’, which plays in TIFF’s Centrepiece section this week, is NZ’s top grossing local film this year.
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Les Films du Losange, WME board Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology Of Water’ 1sw3z
First image released from Stewart’s directorial feature debut which filmed this summer.
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Five talking points from the 2024 Venice Film Festival 6e5h1a
Lots of stars (but lack of access), sweaty days and nights, and a few big deals.
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Zurich lines up fantasy drama ‘Hagen’ and western ‘The Unholy Trinity’ as Gala world premieres 1a405w
Two Swiss productions - Frieda’s Case and Aiming High - A Race Against The Limits will also world premiere in the ten strong Gala section.
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Morad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ wins top prize at Venice’s Final Cut programme 3m541b
’Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ is debut feature for Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Mostafa.