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Full Line Up for inaugural The London Action Festival revealed

JULY 28 SPECIAL EVENT #1: LAUNCH EVENT WORLD’S BEST “DIE HARD” SCREENING EVER… (PROBABLY!) 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM - The Royal Geographical Society Copyright: Die Hard © 1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. A Die Hard Screening like no other! Including a Q&A with iconic director John McTiernan who promises to settle the…

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The International Juries for the Venezia 79 Competition for Orizzonti and Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film

The International Juries for the Venezia 79 Competition, for Orizzonti and “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

The International Juries have been selected for the Venezia 79 Competition, for Orizzonti and for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera.   Venezia 79 Julianne Moore – president (USA). Academy Award…

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THE VENICE CLASSICS RESTORED FILMS AT THE 79TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

The Venice Classics restored films

Director, screenwriter and actor Giulio Base (Crack, Il banchiere anarchico, A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto) will chair the Jury of Film Students which will award the VENICE CLASSICS prizes for the respective competitions for BEST RESTORED FILM and for the BEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CINEMA. The following is the complete line-up of the restorations…

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10th Film Music Competition These are the finalists

10th Film Music Competition: These are the finalists

Over 200 composers from 42 countries entered the 10th International Film Music Competition. The jury, headed by the English Academy Award-winning film score composer Rachel Portman, has chosen three compositions to enter the final on September 29. The finalists' compositions will be world premiered during the Zurich Film Festival at the Tonhalle Zurich by the…

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Borders of Love by Tomasz Winski wins Fipresci prize from the Crystal Globe Competition at the 56th Karlovy Film Festival

Borders of Love by Tomasz Wiński wins Fipresci prize from the Crystal Globe Competition at the 56th Karlovy Film Festival

The International Federation of Film Critics Jury awards two FIPRESCI Prizes to films from the Crystal Globe Competition and from the Proxima Competition that best promote film art and encourages new and young cinema.   Fipresci Jury Nada Azhari Gillon, France Britt Sørensen, Norway Adam Kruk, Poland Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan Rasha Hosny, Egypt Marek Čermák, Czech Republic The FIPRESCI award for the…

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The Festival de Cannes demands the immediate release of filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof Mostafa Aleahmad and Jafar Panahi

The Festival de Cannes demands the immediate release of filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Aleahmad and Jafar Panahi

On Friday, July 8, 2022, Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Aleahmad were arrested and imprisoned at an unknown location for protesting against violence against civilians in Iran. Mohammad Rasoulof had already been deprived of his freedom of movement and work since 2017, following the screening of his film A Man of Integrity, which won the Un Certain…

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Apply now for the Prix Pathe

Apply now for the Prix Pathé

The Prix Pathé for Film Journalism will be awarded for the 16th time in 2022. It rewards outstanding film criticism and is endowed with a 10'000 Swiss franc prize. The call for entries is open until July 24.   The Prix Pathé will be awarded again this year to a film journalist for an outstanding film…

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