Irish academic Susan Liddy has been elected as the new president of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI), replacing Swedish producer Helene Granqvist who has been in the role since 2018.
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Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab has appointed a new director and unveiled the projects selected for its 11th edition, running from now until the early summer.
Film industry veteran Mor Eldar has taken up the role of the lab’s director with immediate effect, replacing producer Aurit Zamir who arrived in 2020.
Eldar’s 20-year career includes launching and directing the Holon Cinematheque as well as holding the roles of VP of programming and commissioning editor of films at YES Satellite TV and heading theatrical marketing and distribution at leading Israeli distributor Lev Cinemas.
A dozen projects will take part in the new Lab cycle, split 50:50 between Israeli and international projects.
International projects span French-Italian director Amelia Nanni’s At The Edge Of The World, about a young girl sent to spend the summer with her Italian grandparents in a small village inhabited only by elderly residents; Greek director Nikos Kyritsis’s teen fatherhood tale Baby, and Swedish filmmaker Jerry Carlsson’s Fires, about a lonely teenager grappling with questions of identity.
From Italy, Damiano Femfert and Tommaso Landucci will participate with Children of the Monkey, about a father who finds himself forming a stronger bond with his nephew than his disabled son; Hungarian director Hajni Kis’s Ich Bin Marika, following a woman in her 50s who moves to Germany to work as a caregiver for an elderly couple, and North Macedonia filmmaker Marija Apcevska’s Spring Cleaning, about a prodigal daughter who returns to her hometown following her mother’s suicide.
Israeli participants span Timna Perets South Tel Aviv-set, coming-of-age tale Aranchi And Reem; Nachman Picovsky & Tamar Kay’s immigrant family saga Bris; Rita
Irish academic Susan Liddy has been elected as the new president of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI), replacing Swedish producer Helene Granqvist who has been in the role since 2018.
The Florian Hoffmeister lensed thriller Tár from director Todd Field topped the Camerimage main competition, collecting the Golden Frog during the closing ceremony of the cinematography film festival Saturday.
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‘Survivor UK’ Maker Remarkable Entertainment Sets New Top Team
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Close, Danish director Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider and Swedish director Ruben Ôstlund’s Triangle Of Sadness lead the nominations for the 35th European Film Awards, which were unveiled today.
Fox unveiled its upcoming winter 2023 premiere dates for new and returning series including the anticipated courtroom anthology Accused, which will debut in January.
Deadline over the weekend kicked off movie awards season with Contenders Film: New York, a showcase for Big Apple audiences and voters highlighting some of the year’s buzziest movies so far. The event at Manhattan’s The Times Center featured eight films, with casts and creatives joining in for panel discussions about the stories behind their work.
AGC International has inked a raft of key international deals on the action-thriller The Silent Hour, starring Joel Kinnaman and Mark Strong.
Italian director Mario Martone said that his latest film Nostalgia is very similar to his 1995 film L’amore molesto (Troubling Love).During a panel discussion at Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event, Martone explained the connection between adapting Elena Ferrante’s first novel L’amore molesto and Ermanno Rea’s book Nostalgia for the big screen. “In L’amore molesto we followed this woman,” Martone said. “We walk alongside her, and we enter into her past.
The clocks have gone back in the UK, meaning longer, darker nights and the sense summer is long gone. Happily, there’s plenty of news to keep us occupied. Jesse Whittock here taking you through the first Insider of the month. Let’s go.