Berlin and EFM to move online in March; no decision yet on how competitions will work
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek have confirmed the Berlinale is abandoning plans for a physical 71st edition in February 2021 in favour of a two-stage event, involving an online industry offering and potentially a physical competition element in March. This will be followed by a public event in June for Berlin audiences. The […]
2021 film festivals and markets: latest dates, postponements and cancellations
To help keep track of the changing schedule, Screen is keeping this page updated with the latest film festival and market dates, postponements and cancellations. Festivals taking place online or as hybrid events due to Covid-19 are noted. If not specified, the festival is currently set as a physical event. To submit details of a change to […]
‘Riders Of Justice’ to open Rotterdam 2021 as festival unveils February line-up
Danish director Thomas Jensen’s comedy Riders Of Justice, starring Mads Mikkelsen, will open the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The festival is taking place as multi-part event from February to June 2021, with the first part running as hybrid festival from February 1-7. 2021. It will culminate in a (hopefully) physical event from June 2-6, 2021. Some 60 […]
Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ wins TIFF People’s Choice Award
After picking up Venice’s Golden Lion award, Chloé Zhao’s “ Nomadland ” has won another prestigious honor: The Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award. No film has ever won both. TIFF programmers announced the winners Sunday. Zhao’s film features Frances McDormand as a widowed wanderer of the modern American West. Set for a Dec. 4 release, “Nomadland” has […]
Q&A: David Byrne on his festival hit ‘American Utopia’
In a film festival season that’s been turned largely virtual, Spike Lee’s “American Utopia,” a documentary of David Byrne’s concert musical and the opening-night film of the Toronto International Film Festival, has nevertheless supplied the giddy rush of live performance in a packed house. The film was shot during the late 2019-early 2020 run of Byrne’s acclaimed Broadway show […]
With quiet humanity, Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ makes noise
What’s it like to be an international film festival sensation without hardly leaving your home? Like most things during the pandemic, it’s surreal. Except for trips to the editing room, director Chloe Zhao has mostly stayed at the Ojai, California, home she shares with three chickens and two dogs, even as her film, “Nomadland,” has […]
Ann Hui wins lifetime achievement award at Venice festival
VENICE, Italy — Hong Kong director Ann Hui paid tribute to her home city as she received a lifetime achievement award from the Venice International Film Festival. The acclaimed director said she wanted to “revert this honor back to Hong Kong,” the city where she grew up. “It has given me an education and a […]
Digital and drive-in, film festivals try to salvage a season
NEW YORK (AP) — This is normally the time of year when flashy premieres march down red carpets and proclamations of Oscar buzz circle the globe. An avalanche of new films topples onto screens. The movie houses of Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York shake with applause. The movies, more than ever, feel alive. This […]