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“I think a lot about death”: Carlos Marques-Marcet on end-of-life musical ‘There Will Be Dust’ 693238
The TIFF Platform Award winner opens Valladolid before releasing in Spain in November
Comment: Venice 2024 - The Films Are All Right 6p192a
Panic over a paucity of films due to the Hollywood strikes was papered-over by artistic director Alberto Barbera’s suavely-executed line-up
‘Kneecap’ breaks £1m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Alien: Romulus’ holds lead with £2m r2ft
‘It Ends With Us’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ hold well.
Comment: five fall festival titles that will become awards contenders - and why 5x2g1e
Identifying the awards-season contenders from the bewildering array of films at this time of year means learning the rules of the game.
Comment: Sex and politics reign at newsworthy Cannes 2024 k4t4m
Critical consensus – if you can ever find it – indicates it was a good year, even if reviews were rarely rapturous.
Comment: the Independent Film Tax Credit is a victory for the UK industry 5m4y1x
With the UK independent film industry getting a vote of confidence, what will emerge as the result of this victory?
Comment: Bafta’s winning films are an optimistic vision of a global UK industry 2k381t
Box-office success for ’The Zone Of Interest’, ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ’All Of Us Strangers’ suggests the arthouse audience is back too.
Comment: It is time for Bafta to rethink its jury interventions 1y3q31
Bafta should trust its reinvigorated hip and give them more of a vote.
Venice’s Giornate degli Autori unveils 2023 line-up 582h5r
The films include Isabelle Huppert starrer ’Sidonie in Japan’ and a new short film by Celine Sciamma.
Italy’s Cinecittà Studios scales back expansion plans (exclusive) 3a615v
Legendary Rome production facility had planned to acquire 76-acre plot of land next to studio.
Comment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’ 1h5215
There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.
Guest comment: “The film production sector must adopt kinder working conditions for all - especially those with disabilities” 393211
Theo Rintoul is a UK videographer who suffers from autoimmune disease.
Comment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics 6l1j5r
You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.
