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Variety.com - Film Festivals

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Variety.com - Film Festivals

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'Tulpan' takes Reykjavik's Puffin

Film Festivals: Pic also named Discovery of the Year -- “Tulpan,” the feature debut of Kazakh-born documaker extraordinaire Sergey Dvortsevoy, continued its winning ways at the recently wrapped Reykjavik Intl. Film Festival.

Spanish directors fake it in Sitges

Film Festivals: Faux trailers compete for Teaserland prize -- Helmer Isabel Coixet presented a trailer for "Don't Talk to Me About Life When I'm Dying" at the Sitges fest Saturday. Pic is a follow-up to her Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz starrer "Elegy."

Dubai film festival restructures

Film Festivals: Programmers expand roles for upcoming event -- The Dubai Intl. film fest, which unspools Dec. 11-18, has added a new programming structure ahead of its fifth edition.

Asian Film Market comes to halt

Film Festivals: Event ends with few deals, no standouts -- The Asian Film Market sputtered to a dismal halt Monday in Pusan, with many buyers rushing for the airport and sellers left staring into empty corridors.

Hollywood festival honors Ben Stiller

Film Festivals: Event begins Oct. 22 at the ArcLight -- Ben Stiller will be presented with the Hollywood comedy of the year nod at the 12th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony on Oct. 27.

Pusan Promotion Plan awards prizes

Film Festivals: Project market wraps on Monday night -- The Pusan Festival’s project market, the 11th Pusan Promotion Plan, wrapped on Monday night with a generous flurry of cash and in-kind prizes. But the atmosphere were subdued, which some bizzers put down to the problems of the Asian Film Market.

'Sexy Killer,' 'Santos' spur on Sitges

Film Festivals: Spanish-language pair lift genre festival -- Europe’s largest genre moviethon, the Sitges Film Festival, got a shot of adrenalin this weekend from a pair of Spanish-language pics, “Sexy Killer” and “Santos.”

'Day' takes best picture at Busan

Film Festivals: 'Chaser' takes two kudos for best script, actor -- Helmer Hong Sang-soo's "Night and Day" received the best picture prize at the annual Busan Film Critics Association Awards ceremony on Friday night.

Mirovision sells 'Lover' remake rights

Film Festivals: Co. unveils plans to produce 'Tomorrow' -- Korean producer and distributor Mirovision sold remake rights for "Driving with My Wife's Lover" to U.S. management and production company Circle of Confusion.

Dinard lavishes praise on 'Boy A'

Film Festivals: John Crowley's film sweeps film festival -- John Crowley's "Boy A" took the most awards, including the top jury prize, the golden Hitchcock, at Dinard's 19th British Film Festival on Sunday.

'Tulpan' is tops at Zurich

Film Festivals: Win caps biggest-ever year for growing festival -- Swiss-Kazakh co-production "Tulpan" won the top film prize at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday, capping the biggest-ever year for the young and growing fest.

Pusan festival assesses Hollywood

Film Festivals: Asia Film Policy Forum bashes mainstream -- Hollywood's dominance of global cinema screens came in for plenty of bashing Saturday at the first running of the Asia Film Policy Forum.

Zhang Ziyi takes 'Revenge'

Film Festivals: Actress to star in romantic comedy -- Zhang Ziyi is to star in a big-budget Chinese-language romantic comedy called "Sophie's Revenge."

Middle East fest's growing conscience

Film Festivals: A harder-hitting lineup includes 'Body of Lies' -- A year on, while the fest, which unspools Oct. 10-19, still has plenty of financial incentives to offer with more than $1 million in prize money as well as a substantial production grant to the Black Pearl winner, organizers are making a concerted effort to put conscience before coin. Fest officials are marking the 60th anniversary of the partition of Palestine and creation of the state of Israel with a sidebar of pics by Western filmmakers about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Middle East fest feature lineup

Film Festivals: Lineup includes 'Miracle at St. Anna' and 'Igor' -- A complete lineup of the films in feature competition at the Middle East International Film festival including "Body of Lies," "Miracle at St. Anna," "Igor" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

Palestinian-Israel conflict fruitful for film

Film Festivals: Filmmakers use movies to voice concern -- The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has proved as fruitful a subject for filmmakers as it has a frustratingly intransigent one for politicians. Over the 60 years since the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel, filmmakers from both sides of the border have used cinema to voice their concerns to the rest of the world.

Actor Adel Imam plays by his own rules

Film Festivals: Egyptian thesp carves unique path -- In many ways, Adel Imam is Egypt and all its contradictions, the leading man with character-actor looks, the comedian who never shies away from tackling social taboos. For close to four decades, Imam has remained the biggest box office draw in Egypt and across much of the Arab world.

Director Amin Matalqa crafts debut

Film Festivals: Jordanian helmer takes inspiration from Chaplin -- Jordanian helmer Amin Matalqa has flown around the world nonstop this year promoting his debut feature "Captain Abu Raed." Earlier this year, the 32-year-old won the Sundance fest's World Cinema Audience Award for the pic. Since then, Matalqa has continued to nab fest prizes in all corners of the world.

Namur fest honors Brazilian doc

Film Festivals: 'Puisque' wins film prize at Francophone festival -- Documentary feature "Puisque nous sommes nes" has picked up the film prize at the Namur Festival of Francophone Film, which wrapped Friday evening.

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