Bradford International Film Festival today announced that it will be presenting John Hurt with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th edition of the Festival in March this year.  John Hurt will be attending the Festival to receive the award, take part in a live on-stage Screentalk interview at the National Media Museum and also to host a retrospective of his work.  10 films, representing the very best work in a career spanning almost 50 years, will play during the 11-...

Jonathan Demme, winner of an Oscar for best director for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and director of films including Something Wild (1986), Philadelphia (1993), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) will chair the Official Jury at the coming edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival. Academy Award-winning director, Jonathan Demme will present his new feature film, Rachel Getting Married, and a “work in progress” version of his latest Neil Young con...