VALLETTA: Turkish film Life / Hayat by Zeki Demirkubuz, which screened in the main competition at the second annual Mediterrane Film Festival, won the Golden Bee for Best Feature Film. British director Mike Leigh was honoured with the festival’s Career Achievement Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to celebrated Maltese veteran production coordinator Rita Galea (World War Z).
VALLETTA: The second edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival (22 - 30 June 2024) continued to build and expand on the themes of last year’s successful launch edition with a series of stunning events showcasing Malta’s unique advantages as one of Europe’s leading film locations.
VALLETTA: The Mediterrane Film Festival has announced the full programme for its second edition taking place in Valletta from 22 to 30 June 2024. The festival is organised by the Malta Film Commission under the theme Unity through Film.
KARLOVY VARY: New films by Iveta Grófová, Adam Martinec, Bruno Anković and Beata Parkanová are among the 12 titles selected for the Crystal Globe Competition of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will be held from 28 June to 6 July 2024. A total of 15 out of 32 films featured in the official selection are debuts.
CANNES: Croatian/Bulgarian/Slovenian/French The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević won the Palme d’or for Short Film in the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, held 14 – 25 May 2024. The US film Anora by Sean Baker received the Palme d’or in the main competition.
CANNES: The Malta Film Commission hosted a Cannes launch party for the second edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival, which will be held from 22 to 30 June. The festival is organised by the Malta Film Commission under the theme Unity through Film.
FNE at Cannes 2024: Salaud Morriset Picks up Estonian Short Fiction Film Sauna Day
Estonia 16-05-2024CANNES: French sales agent Salaud Morisset has acquired Estonian film director Anna Hints’s latest short film, Sauna Day / Sannapäiv, co-directed together with Indian director Tushar Prakash. The film will have its world premiere on 19 May, 20:00 at Miramar, in the Special Screenings – Short Films section of the 63rd Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique), held 15 – 23 May 2024 within the Cannes Film Festival (14 – 25 May 2024).
FNE at Cannes 2024: Emanuel Pârvu Explores Isolation in Romanian Cannes Competition Entry
Romania 26-04-2024BUCHAREST: Romanian actor Emanuel Pârvu is making his debut in Cannes as a director after playing in Cristian Mungiu’s Best Director-awarded Graduation / Bacalaureat (2016). Pârvu’s third directorial work Three Kilometers to the End of the World / Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii has been added to the Competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival (14 – 25 May 2024).
FNE at Cannes 2024: Films from FNE Partner Countries Selected for Cannes Short Film Competition and La Cinef
Region 23-04-2024PARIS: Films by Lithuanian Eglė Razumaitė and Croatian Nebojša Slijepčević have been selected for the Short Film Competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, while a film from Czech student Pola Kazak will run in the La Cinef competition.
FNE at Cannes 2024: New Films from FNE Partner Countries Added to 2024 Cannes’ Official Selection
Region 23-04-2024BUCHAREST: Three Romanian productions, one Lithuanian production and one Croatian minority coproduction have been added to the Official Selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held 14 – 25 May 2024.