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• SXSW prize winner ‘We Were Dangerous’ boarded for sales (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 11:53 via screendaily.com
  
  New Zealand filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu won a special jury prize for filmmaking at SXSW.
  
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• South Korea testing “snack films” with lower ticket prices to shake up box office

  31-10-2024 06:33 via screendaily.com
  
  Horror-thriller ‘4:44 : Time Of Fear’ set for release on November 1.
  
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• ‘Teki Cometh’: Tokyo Review

  31-10-2024 02:10 via screendaily.com
  
  A retired university professor faces an unseen enemy in this frighteningly-effective drama from Japan
  
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• Blue Fox acquires Tallinn Black Nights selection ‘This Too Shall Pass’ for AFM sales (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 23:28 via screendaily.com
  
  Screening scheduled for Rob Grant tale of Mormon teen who escapes to Canada for weekend getaway.
  
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• AFM sells out exhibition space, unveils fireside chats, panels on social impact, ‘Terrifier 3’ success

  30-10-2024 23:23 via screendaily.com
  
  Inaugural Las Vegas edition runs November 5-10 at Palms Casino Resort.
  
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• ’Barbara Morgenstern: Doing It For Love’: DOK Leipzig Review

  30-10-2024 22:48 via screendaily.com
  
  Niche documentary follows German electro-pop musician Barbara Morgenstern as she creates her new album
  
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• Former top exhibition sector lobbyists unveil digital marketplace to boost theatrical supply line

  30-10-2024 22:12 via screendaily.com
  
  In collaboration with Vista Group, alpha phase of Attend platform in US planned for Q1 2025.
  
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• Former top exhibition sector lobbyists unveil digital marketplace to boost theatrical supply

  30-10-2024 22:12 via screendaily.com
  
  In collaboration with Vista Group, alpha phase of Attend platform in US planned for Q1 2025.
  
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• “It’s a tough and uneven competition”: Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy on the challenges facing Arab cinema

  30-10-2024 18:49 via screendaily.com
  
  Hefzy, producer of Egyptian Oscar submission Flight 404, was speaking at the El Gouna Film Festival
  
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• Hungarian 30% film tax incentive extended for six more years

  30-10-2024 17:45 via screendaily.com
  
  Hungary has reached $910m annual film production spend.
  
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• UK autumn budget confirms VFX tax relief uplift, generative AI exclusion dropped

  30-10-2024 17:04 via screendaily.com
  
  A 40% relief in business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure has also been set.
  
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• Cast of ‘Sing Sing’ to receive 2024 Gotham Social Justice Tribute

  30-10-2024 17:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Colman Domingo stars as wrongfully convicted man who finds purpose acting in theatre group.
  
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• Maika Monroe to star in feminist horror ‘Brides’; FilmNation, UTA Independent Film Group launching AFM sales

  30-10-2024 16:07 via screendaily.com
  
  Likely Story producing 1960’s, Italy-set tale femoiist spin on Dracula myth. Production scheduled for spring 2025.
  
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• Screen digital edition: November 2024

  30-10-2024 14:19 via screendaily.com
  
  This month’s issue looks ahead to the American Film Market (AFM) and rounds up the top films to watch this awards season.
  
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• WTFilms to introduce French horror thriller ‘Squealers’ to AFM buyers (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 13:31 via screendaily.com
  
  Film is from director Abel Ferry, best known for 2009 slasher ’High Lane’
  
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• WTFilms fires up sales on French horror thriller ‘Squealers’ (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 13:31 via screendaily.com
  
  Film is from director Abel Ferry, best known for 2009 slasher ’High Lane’
  
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• “We want to renew and celebrate”: Geneva’s Anais Emery looks forward to the 30th edition

  30-10-2024 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  The Swiss film festival and digital market has long embraced the movement of the audience towards innovative mediums.
  
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• Francois Ozon’s ‘When Fall Is Coming’ registers UK-Ireland release deal (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 12:20 via screendaily.com
  
  Helene Vincent, Ludivine Sagnier star in the family drama.
  
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• Newen Connect bolsters AFM slate with four new French features (exclusive)

  30-10-2024 11:49 via screendaily.com
  
  Newen Connect is the TF1-owned film and TV distribution arm of French media group Newen Studios.
  
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• Marrakech to honour Sean Penn, David Cronenberg, Naima Elmcherqui

  30-10-2024 10:25 via screendaily.com
  
  Moroccan actress Elmcherqui passed away on October 5 this year.
  
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• ‘The Last Dance’: Tokyo Review

  30-10-2024 07:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Dayo Wong and Michael Hui are the odd couple at the heart of this Hong Kong drama set in a Taoist funeral home
  
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• ‘Memories Of A Burning Body’, ‘Yohanna’ win at Jakarta Film Week

  30-10-2024 04:35 via screendaily.com
  
  Indonesia’s new minister of culture Fadli Zon made his first public appearance on closing night.
  
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• ‘Anora’, ‘Hard Truths’, ‘The Last Showgirl’ among 34th Gotham nominees

  29-10-2024 17:32 via screendaily.com
  
  Inaugural best director category spotlights Payal Kapadia, Sean Baker, Guan Hu, Jane Schoenbrun, RaMell Ross.
  
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• ‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review

  29-10-2024 17:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Chinese actor Dong Zijian makes his directorial debut with this significant drama
  
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• Payal Kapadia responds to India’s Oscar snub of ‘All We Imagine As Light’

  29-10-2024 16:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The filmmaker was in conversation with Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda in Tokyo.
  
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• Dark Sky acquires ‘Lilly Lives Alone’ for North America, Yellow Veil handling AFM sales (exclusive)

  29-10-2024 16:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Shannon Beeby stars as traumatised woman wrestling with her past.
  
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• Ansel Elgort to lead survival thriller ‘Faster Than Horses’ for Upgrade

  29-10-2024 16:00 via screendaily.com
  
  The Bear Grylls-produced film is based on the true story of an Olympian stranded in the desert.
  
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• Raha Amirfazli, Shadi Karamroudi to receive 2024 Academy Gold Fellowship For Women

  29-10-2024 15:58 via screendaily.com
  
  One-year programme combines support, mentorship and access to networking opportunities.
  
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• Major market projects at AFM 2024: latest updates

  29-10-2024 15:38 via screendaily.com
  
  The American Film Market runs in Las Vegas for the first time, from November 5-10.
  
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• First Budapest International Film Festival launches with independent Hungarian fund (exclusive)

  29-10-2024 13:45 via screendaily.com
  
  The fund will support one Hungarian feature and one short, from script to release.
  
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