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    “I think a lot about death”: Carlos Marques-Marcet on end-of-life musical ‘There Will Be Dust’ 2ze4g

    2024-10-17T12:01:00Z 2y245f

    The TIFF Platform Award winner opens Valladolid before releasing in Spain in November

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    Comment: Venice 2024 - The Films Are All Right 374u3p

    2024-09-07T19:05:00Z

    Panic over a paucity of films due to the Hollywood strikes was papered-over by artistic director Alberto Barbera’s suavely-executed line-up 

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    ‘Kneecap’ breaks £1m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Alien: Romulus’ holds lead with £2m 1e193i

    2024-08-27T14:58:00Z

    ‘It Ends With Us’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ hold well.

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    Comment: five fall festival titles that will become awards contenders - and why 4q6d4t

    2024-08-23T13:12:00Z

    Identifying the awards-season contenders from the bewildering array of films at this time of year means learning the rules of the game.

  • Sean Baker at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony
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    Comment: Sex and politics reign at newsworthy Cannes 2024 2en72

    2024-05-28T07:57:00Z

    Critical consensus – if you can ever find it – indicates it was a good year, even if reviews were rarely rapturous.

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    Comment: the Independent Film Tax Credit is a victory for the UK industry 5d5a19

    2024-03-07T14:18:00Z

    With the UK independent film industry getting a vote of confidence, what will emerge as the result of this victory?

  • David Tennant hosting the Baftas
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    Comment: Bafta’s winning films are an optimistic vision of a global UK industry 214i3i

    2024-02-19T16:04:00Z

    Box-office success for ’The Zone Of Interest’, ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ’All Of Us Strangers’ suggests the arthouse audience is back too.

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    Comment: It is time for Bafta to rethink its jury interventions 6v5o35

    2024-01-18T16:54:00Z

    Bafta should trust its reinvigorated hip and give them more of a vote. 

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    Venice’s Giornate degli Autori unveils 2023 line-up 2h4t6t

    2023-07-27T10:47:00Z

    The films include Isabelle Huppert starrer ’Sidonie in Japan’ and a new short film by Celine Sciamma. 

  • Cinecitta studios
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    Italy’s Cinecittà Studios scales back expansion plans (exclusive) 473m5q

    2023-07-27T08:55:00Z

    Legendary Rome production facility had planned to acquire 76-acre plot of land next to studio.

  • Venice Film Festival generic
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    Comment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’ 2z3a3y

    2023-07-27T08:00:00Z

    There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.

  • Theo Rintoul update
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    Guest comment: “The film production sector must adopt kinder working conditions for all - especially those with disabilities” 5k736t

    2023-07-21T10:30:00Z

    Theo Rintoul is a UK videographer who suffers from autoimmune disease.

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    Comment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics 3q1n6d

    2023-05-30T11:02:00Z

    You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.

  • Josh O'Connor in La Chimera Credit Simona Pampaollona
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    Comment: Old and new filmmakers to rub shoulders at appealing Cannes 2023 2n3r5s

    2023-04-13T13:45:00Z

    Exciting voices take their place in Competition alongside familiar names.

  • The 2023 Bafta winners
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    Comment: Don’t blame Bafta. The entire industry needs to reconsider what is an “awards film” 713f

    2023-02-24T12:46:00Z

    ”Sitting around pointing fingers at Bafta is a comfortable factory setting and it fundamentally changes nothing.” 

  • Austin Butler at the 2023 Baftas
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    What do the Bafta Film Awards mean for the Oscars? 5p3l6r

    2023-02-20T16:46:00Z

    Is the momentum now with ’All Quiet On The Western Front ’and Austin Butler? 

  • cannes film festival red carpet fdc generic
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    Guest comment: “Why are so few Black people in positions of power in the arthouse film PR sector?” 61626f

    2023-01-05T10:03:00Z

    Mia Farrell is a freelance film PR, working between the UK and US.

  • Artist impression Edinburgh new filmhouse c CMI
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    Comment: Edinburgh’s collapse shows why a long-term strategy is vital - and no festival is safe 693o48

    2022-10-24T12:22:00Z

    The demise of Scotland’s leading cinemagoing body, the CMI, taking with it a festival and two cinemas, tells us good governance matters. 

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    Awards race comes into sharp focus as the dust settles on Venice and Toronto 541h36

    2022-09-21T08:56:00Z

    With just a few high-profile releases left to come, some sure-fire contenders for best picture have made their presence felt.

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    Comment: our chief film critic’s five key takeaways from Cannes 75 k36f

    2022-05-30T14:51:00Z

    Screen reviewed every title in Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.