WorldPingKim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF’s Korean Cinema Award. The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped Korean cinema and helped raise its profile abroad.
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WorldPingIndie distributor Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for documentary “For The Moon” (“Car la Lune”), directed by Éric Baudelaire, that will premiere in the Currents section of the upcoming New York Film Festival.
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WorldPingVarious venues, Edinburgh From queer narratives to secret histories, this year celebrates the underground and the unheralded.
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Eskil Vogt, a dual Oscar nominee for for Best Original Screenplay for 'Sentimental Value' and 'The Worst Person in the World,' is prepping his next film as a director, the psychological thriller 'Untitled.'…
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: International sales and distribution agency Lightdox has acquired Giuseppe Schillaci’s documentary Auber 89 ahead of its world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori’s Notti Veneziane (Venetian Nights), a sidebar of the Venice Film Festival.
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"I spent a year praying he would say yes, like a UFO believer," said Ryninks on tempting the Hollywood star aboard his Edinburgh-premiering feature. "I just had faith that he was out there, waiting for contact."…
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WorldPingAlly Pankiw certainly won’t be working on HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series. The Black Mirror director shared an Instagram post that appears to show an SMS exchange with her agent in which she emphatically turns down an opportunity to board the series.
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