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The global independent industry will all convene in Santa Monica in just a few weeks for AFM23 with hundreds of productions, sales, distribution and buying companies from 70 countries registered. Over 230 companies – from A24 to XYZ - as well as international umbrella stands are set to exhibit - with more still being added. To find out more about the Exhibitors coming to AFM, click on the company’s name on the exhibitor list and you’ll be taken to their profile on The Film Ca...
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In the 1970s, the Cannes Film Festival was an intimate spectacle of elegance wrapped in a veil of French restraint. The atmosphere carried echoes of post-war glamour—stylized, but not yet commercialized. Red carpets stretched underfoot, hemmed in by polished brass stanchions and thick velvet ropes. Surrounding the venues, heavy brocade drapes, dimly lit sconces, and gold-accented crown moldings framed the space in a kind of nostalgic opulence.
Furniture choices reflected the cinem...
There’s a reason gambling shows up in cinema again and again—and it’s not just because casinos look good on film. Gambling captures something primal: the pursuit of control in a world ruled by chance. It’s not just about the money. It's about pushing the limits of luck, confronting fear, and dancing with fate. Filmmakers understand that behind every shuffled deck or spun roulette wheel is a human being trying to beat something bigger than themselves.
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The Communist Party of China declared in 2011 that poverty has been succesfuly eradicated in China. No wonder the film "Hani" with the world premiere at Tallin Black Nights and presented as a German premiere at Filmfest Munich has not yet been screened in China.
Director and screenwriter Hou Dasheng presents the story of a boy who belongs to the old community by the name of Hani.
But who are the Hani people? The Hani, or Ho or Hà Nhì, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group....
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The actress and author Emanuela Fanelli, one of the most original and innovative performers in Italian cinema and television, will host the opening and closing nights of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (27 August – 6 September 2025).
Emanuela Fanelli will lead the inauguration ceremony of the 82nd Venice Film Festival on the night of Wednesday 27 August on the stage of Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido), as well as the closin...
The 10th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (August 29th – August 31st, 2025), organized as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place at the Hotel Excelsior at the Lido di Venezia, during the forthcoming 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27th – September 6th, 2025).
The VPB Focus 2025 will be dedicated to the United Kingdom, Chile and Morocco.
Following the call which was launched on January 14th, the Book Adaptation Rights Mar...
La Biennale di Venezia is proud to announce that the 12. edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 29 – August 31, 2025), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, has selected 40 Fiction and Documentary projects, 14 Immersive projects and will present an additional 10 Immersive and 3 Fiction projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema workshops.
The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market ...
The Munich International Film Festival rather known as FIlmfest Munich fulfilled all expectations. International stars like Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard and American actress Gilian Anderson came to the Bavarian capital in order to receive the CineMerrit Award aswell as local heroes like comedian Helge Schneider, who received the award for his entire carriere and presented his new film after the award ceremony.
Between June 27 and July 6, 2025, the festival recorded more than 91,000 a...
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La Biennale di Venezia is pleased to announce that La Grazia, written and directed by the Oscar®-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God, The Great Beauty, Il divo), and starring Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, is the opening film, in a world premiere in competition, of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival directed by Alberto Barbera (27 August – 6 September 2025).
Photo: La Grazia Toni Servillo by Andrea Pirrello
La Grazia will have its world premiere scr...
The legendary American actress Kim Novak (Vertigo, Picnic, Bell, Book and Candle) has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (August 27 – September 6, 2025).
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale, upon recommendation of the Artistic Director of the Festival, Alberto Barbera.
Kim Novak in accepting the offer, declared: “I am deeply, deeply touched to rec...
American director Alexander Payne (The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska, The Descendants,) will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27 - September 6, 2025), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, who confirmed the recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera.
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The German film director Christina Tournatzes has been awarded with tthe German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Director ( EUROS 30,000) for her debut film “Karla”. The German Cinema New Talent Award Ceremony is connected to the Filmfest Munich and sponsored by Bavaria Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and DZ Bank. The award ceremony took place on July 4 at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and was hosted by Sandra Rieß. The three members of this year’s inde...
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