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Oldenburg Fest to Open With Wordless Elbe Island Doc ‘Strange Neighbors’
Mi Steinbach's feature, about the wildlife on 2 mile nature preserve in the middle of one of Europe's busiest waterways, will be the first documentary to open the German indie festival.
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Restored Apichatpong Weerasethakul Films on Sale in Venice
Mubi-owned sales outfit The Match Factory has picked up four newly restored feature films from the Thai director, including his 2010 Palme d'Or winner 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.'
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Iranian Drama ‘A Bit of Light’ Sells Wide Ahead of Venice Premiere (Exclusive)
In Ali Asgari's drama, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' star Misagh Zareh plays a doctor who loses faith in the future after being arrested by the Iranian regime and having his medical practice shut down.
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Oscars: Germany Picks Cannes Winner ‘Everytime’ as Best International Feature Selection
Sandra Wollner’s drama about grief and loss won the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.
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Neil LaBute to Receive Career Honor at Oldenburg Film Festival
'Murderous,' the new film from the director of 'In the Company of Men,' 'Your Friends & Neighbors' and 'Nurse Betty,' will have its world premiere at the German indie festival.
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Everest Drama ‘Tenzing’ With Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe to Open Zurich Festival
Jennifer Peedom's film tells the true story of Himalayan Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who together with Edmund Hillary (Hiddleston), became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Oscars: Belgium Picks Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission
The queer WWI drama won best acting honors in Cannes for leads Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne.
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mk2 Films Launches Sales on Venice Gaza Documentary ‘NAZA’
The new doc from 'No Other Land' directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor was a late edition to the Venice competition line-up.
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Venice Adds Gaza Doc ‘NAZA’ to Competition
Directed by 'No Other Land' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the doc explores Israeli military killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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‘DAU’ Director Defends Film After Ukraine Backlash
Ilya Khrzhanovsky says attacks on his film, including from the Ukraine Ministry of Culture, are factually wrong and misrepresent the movie. “DAU is not an instrument of Russian state cultural policy. It is an artistic statement about the nature of totalitarian evil.”
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HBO Max Picks 12 European Writers for Script Engine Program
Veteran showrunner Frank Spotnitz ('The X-Files,''The Man in the High Castle') will mentor the program, aimed at helping European writers develop locally-rooted original series to pitch to HBO Max in November.
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Naomi Watts to Receive Zurich Fest Golden Eye Award
The two-time Oscar nominee will be honored for her performance in Ben Shirinian’s 'The Housewife,' where she plays the wife of a suspected Nazi.
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