Latest news – Page 9
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NewsDon’t try and beat Disney at its own game, indie filmmakers hear at Rotterdam’s Reality Check
Film professor Dan Hassler-Forest gave a keynote speech called ’Originality in the face of monoculture’.
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NewsAnurag Kashyap on the challenges of launching an arthouse VoD service in India
Blockchain-powered VOD platform myNK was launched in 2019 through India and Singapore-based MinersInc.
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NewsNew Dutch sales outfit Square Eyes to focus on high-end arthouse titles (exclusive)
It has been launched by Dutch exec Wouter Jansen.
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NewsWildstar picks up two including Marco Berger’s Rotterdam 2020 title ‘Young Hunter’ (exclusive)
The company has also acquired Lucas Santa Ana’s ‘Memories Of A Teenager’.
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NewsHit Russian drama ‘Fidelity’ tempts international buyers for M-Appeal (exclusive)
‘Fidelity’ is making its European debut at the Rotterdam festival.
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NewsRotterdam festival opens with speech championing sustainability, power of film in 2020
The world premiere of João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito opened the festival.
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NewsStray Dogs picks up Rotterdam competition title 'Nasir' (exclusive)
Arun Karthick’s second feature explores the life of a Muslim salesman in Tamil Nadu.
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NewsChina’s Rediance picks up Rotterdam trio, including ‘The Cloud In Her Room’
Beijing-based sales agent will also handle sales on Bright Future titles Damp Season and Together Apart.
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NewsRotterdam Film Festival reveals 2020 line-up; ‘Mosquito’ to open
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’ to close the festival, which runs January 22 to February 2.
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NewsRotterdam’s co-pro showcase CineMart unveils 2020 projects
Selection includes the upcoming drama from Berlinale award-winner Radu Jude.
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NewsVanja Kaludjercic to take over as director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (exclusive)
She talks exclusively to Screen about her new role.
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NewsFilmmakers at Risk initiative launched by European Film Academy, IDFA and IFFR (exclusive)
Helen Mirren, Jafar Panahi lend support to new initiative focused on filmmakers in danger.
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NewsKarim Rahbani headed to Rotterdam Lab after Cairo Film Connection win
Cairo co-production platform metes out $200,000 worth of prizes.
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NewsIFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund unveils new script and project selections
Recipients include a Berlin Silver Bear winner.
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NewsRotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund backs six projects for co-production scheme
Films from Chile, Lebanon, China and South America selected.
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NewsBero Beyer to depart Rotterdam Film Festival to head Netherlands Film Fund (exclusive)
He will take over from Doreen Boonekamp in March 2020.
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NewsScreen Future Leaders receive Cannes emerging festival programmer prizes
IFFR’s Inge de Leeuw and CPH:DOX’s Mads Mikkelsen were honoured.
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NewsNew Lucrecia Martel title among 14 projects selected for Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund
12 titles for script and development; two titles on the co-production scheme.
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NewsInternational festival chiefs call for release of Myanmar filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi
”We are gravely concerned for his health and fear for his life.”
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NewsMUBI teams up with Rotterdam Film Festival (exclusive)
Four IFFR titles will play on the streaming platform.



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