Elaheh Nobakht, President of the Jury of the 6th Beirut Women Film Festival

Mansour Jahani - The Iranian movie producer, Elaheh Nobakht, has been elected as the jury president of the competition category "Documentary and Animated Shorts" at the 6th round of Beirut International Women Film Festival, heralding "Women for Leadership" as the focal topic of the event held in Lebanon. With her third attendance at the Berlin International…

Bycinema scopeMarch 6, 20230Comments

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French Film Festival UK

The 30th anniversary edition of the pioneering festival launches next week from 2 November to 15 December across the UK and at home in partnership with Curzon Special guests include Charlotte Gainsbourg and Blandine Lenoir, in a festival focused on female talent, as well as veteran director Patrice Leconte Screening across the nations, the event…

Bycinema scopeNovember 5, 20220Comments

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39th Oscar-Qualified Tehran International Short Film Festival to be Held in Iran

The 39th edition of Tehran International Short Film Festival will be held as a preliminary event for the Academy Awards, as well as an Oscar-qualified festival, screening 60 short films by filmmakers from 35 countries all around the world, and the film receiving the Grand Prix in the international category will be eligible for Oscar…

Bycinema scopeOctober 19, 20220Comments

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Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) 44th edition

Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has taken very successful steps in the previous editions in cementing its position as one of the important platforms in the film industry in the Arab region. Hence I would like to offer my appreciation to the esteemed former festival presidents and their staff members. The urgent question that I posed…

Bycinema scopeOctober 19, 20220Comments

The Full Programme Of The 44th Edition Of The Festival Des 3 Continents Will Be Revealed At A Press Conference On November 3, 2022.

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44TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS-KEY EVENTS

The Festival des 3 Continents is back in 2022 for its 44th edition from November 18 to 27, with screenings in Nantes and in cinemas across the Loire-Atlantique region (Ancenis, Bouguenais, Clisson, Héric, La Turballe, Rezé, Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, Saint-Herblain, and Saint-Nazaire). The event will take place over 10 days, bookended by two weekends. A wide range of dramas and documentaries…

Bycinema scopeOctober 1, 20220Comments

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Stone Turtle’ Winning Fipresci Prize at Locarno

'Drawing from a variety of traditional myths, speculative futures to social realist observations and performative rituals, our winner at the 75th Locarno Film Festival offers a multiplicity of perspectives on urgent themes such as violence against women, the question who has a right to citizenship and the way we deal with our natural environment. The…

Bycinema scopeAugust 13, 20220Comments

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75th Locarno Film Festival Line-up.

WORLD PREMIERE Piazza Grande Last Dance Directed by Delphine Lehericey Cast: François Berléand, Kacey Mottet Kein, La Ribot, Déborah Lukumuena, Astrid Whettnall, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Sabine Timoteo, Anna Pieri, Dominique Reymond, Lisa Harder, Luc Bruchez 2022 – Switzerland / Belgium – 84' - v.o. French Synopsis Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time…

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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…

Bycinema scopeJuly 12, 20220Comments

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Ellie Heydon, Lucy Heath and Phil Dunster’s comedy short PRAGMA to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

PRAGMA was written by Lucy Heath, who looks at love from a more practical and analytical perspective. The film took inspiration from infamous dating institutes like Love Island and funnels them through a more holistic, Brené Brown-esque lens. Ellie Heydon directs this British romantic comedy and Olivier Nominated, SAG Award Winning Actor Phil Dunster makes…

Bycinema scopeMay 16, 20220Comments

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French Riviera Film Festival Announces 2022 Finalist Shorts and Unveils Official Festival Trailer

Festival to Feature Two Days of Screenings on May 20 and 21 at Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, Online Screenings on Sparq, Fifth Annual Global Entertainment Showcase and VIP Awards Receptions Cannes, May 5, 2022 - Scheduled from May 20-21, 2022, the fourth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, is pleased to announce the finalist shorts…

Bycinema scopeMay 10, 20220Comments