Niki Padidar’s ‘All You See’ To Open 2022 Edition Of IDFA; Europe’s Biggest Documentary Festival Also Unveils Main Competition Line-Ups

The trailer for Alex van Warmerdam’s’ “Nr. 10” opens by creating an unsettling element of doom with just a simple handshake.

Psychological thriller The Beasts, directed by Spain’s Rodrigo Sorogoyen, won three awards at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, including the Tokyo Grand Prix, best director and best actor for Denis Menochet. 

The most "beautiful" baby name choices for this year have been revealed, with Zayn and Sophia taking the top spots. New research carried out by parenting gift site My1stYear has shown which popular baby names are the most beautiful, according to the theory of linguistics.

ceremony, founder and director Dr. Rebecca Gomperts was honored for her work providing tens of thousands of women with access to medication abortion across America—from her headquarters in Amsterdam. The impact of was perfectly summed up by actor and podcast host Busy Philipps, who presented Gomperts with her award at the Tuesday, November 1 ceremony. “I had this realization a long time ago, but simply existing as a woman in this country and in many, many countries is a political act,”  Philipps said.

Glamour Women of the Year awards have celebrated women who, as the very first print issue declared, “took charge, spoke out, risked their lives, made a difference.” On Tuesday, November 1, Glamour celebrated another class of game changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers at The Grill & The Pool in New York City. The honorees were: , our lifetime achievement honoree who has always ruled the stage and screen with regal grace; , the woman delivering abortions to women across America—from her headquarters in Amsterdam; , EGOT winner and talk show host; , who founded Moms Demand Action to fight senseless gun violence; , the rock stars who still prize sisterhood above all; and , the designer changing the face of business with the Fifteen Percent Pledge.

This year’s heat Rich List arrives slap-bang in the middle of the cost of living crisis, where a tub of margarine costs a tenner and rocketing energy bills mean most of us face a winter swaddling underneath heated hoodies and blankets.And it’s the nation’s under-30s who’ll be hardest hit – locked into student debt and rising rents, their dreams of getting onto the housing ladder as likely as Holly Willoughby winning an MBE for Services to Queuing.However, for an elite band of twentysomethings, it’s a different story. They think nothing of splashing millions on mega-mansions, importing Dutch ponies for their toddler’s birthday party, or losing £18k on a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Glamour's have celebrated the game changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers impacting change around the world. Women who, as the first Women of the Year print issue declared, “took charge, spoke out, risked their lives, made a difference.” This year, Glamour is proud to announce that the annual event will take place at The Grill & The Pool, a celebrated restaurant and event space located inside New York City's historic Seagram Building.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.On Tuesday, November 1, we'll gather there to celebrate eight extraordinary women and their successes.

on women in the private hospital where he worked. Rebecca Gomperts was born and raised in the Netherlands and was training to be a doctor in Amsterdam. Guinea was different.

Naman Ramachandran The 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA, Nov. 9-20), will open with the world premiere of Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Niki Padidar’s “All You See.” The festival has also revealed the titles in its competition lineups. In all, 277 titles will be screened at the in-person festival. Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia said: “Here’s an eclectic lineup that is united only by originality. Through the subjectivities of these filmmakers, an image of a world in pain emerges – a humanity that is trying hard, that is vulnerable and sincere, that is complex and persistent. The diversity of artistic forms is astonishing, and there are no boundaries when it comes to tackling the biggest powers or inventing new grammar.”

European Film Academy will honor Italian director March Bellocchio for his mini-series Exterior Night at its 35th European Film Awards ceremony on December 10 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik.

Ed Meza @edmezavar The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) in Lyon, France, is celebrating its 10th edition this year with a wide-ranging program focusing on bolstering classic film distribution, the prospects of new commercial territories, film education and a focus on Spain’s heritage film sector. The MIFC, which runs Oct. 18-21, kicks off with a keynote by Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Italy’s Cineteca di Bologna film archive. Market organizers praise Farinelli for “allowing classic films to be found, restored, reviewed and, most often, put back on the market firstly through the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, exhibition and distribution activities within the foundation, while maintaining strong links with cinemathques from around the world.”

Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi will no longer attend the London Film Festival premiere of his latest film Subtraction after authorities stopped him from boarding a flight to London. 

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi had his passport confiscated at the airport as he was about to board a flight to attend the BFI London Film Festival. Haghighi was expected to present there the U.K. premiere of his latest film, “Subtraction.”  A BFI London Film Festival spokesperson confirmed the news to Variety and issued the following statement: “The Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi was due to travel to London today to support the UK premiere of his film Subtraction which is screening tomorrow at the BFI London Film Festival, but has been prevented from boarding his flight to the UK.  He was turned away by authorities in Iran and has his passport confiscated.  He has returned to his home in Tehran. We understand that no reason has been given to Mani Haghighi for the confiscation. The BFI London Film Festival supports Haghighi and all filmmakers in their freedom to make their films and present them around the world.

EXCLUSIVE: Dutch producer Submarine’s good week here in Rome at the MIA Market has continued as it unveiled its latest project.

Korean filmmaker Lee Jeong-hong’s A Wild Roomer and Shivamma, from India’s Jaishankar Aryar, were the winners of the New Currents Awards at the close of an encouragingly busy Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, October 5-14).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Korean film “A Wild Roomer” and India’s “Shivamma” have been announced as the joint winners of the New Currents competition, the prestige discovery section of the Busan International Film Festival. “We were particularly sensitive to the lightness and subtlety of the director’s view of his characters. Through his innovative cinematography, he creates original circulations between the characters within a house, and builds a very contemporary universe,” the competition jury said of the Lee Jeon-hong-directed “A Wild Roomer.” “We appreciated the originality and intensity with which the director was able to tell this very contemporary story. Here documentary and fiction meet in an organic and spirited way of making cinema. The generosity of the actors and the scenes create a closeness with this universal story that takes place in an Indian village,” the jury said of the Jaishankar Aryar-directed “Shivamma.”

“Every movie needs a rabbi,” the great and grumpy Robert Altman once warned fellow filmmakers. “You need at least one important critic to champion your cause.”

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After two editions which were altered due to the pandemic, the Berlin Film Festival is preparing for a full-blown in-person 2023 edition which they’ve titled “Let’s Get Together.”  The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 16 to 26, with the industry activities hosted as part of the European Film Market on Feb. 16–22, the Berlinale Co-Production Market on Feb. 18–22 and Berlinale Talents (Feb. 18–23), among other events. The Berlinale will also express its solidarity with Ukraine through dedicated events, such as face-to-face encounters and community film experiences. “Film festivals are places that strengthen freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and peaceful dialogue,” said directors of the Berlinale, Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese director Kawase Naomi will lead the international competition jury of the 44th Cairo International Film Festival (Nov. 13-22). Kawase won the Caméra d’Or for best debut feature film at Cannes for “Moe no Suzaku” (1997) and also won awards there for “Mogari no Mori” (2007) and “Hikari” (2017). In 2000, her film “Hotaru” won the FIPRESCI award at Locarno. Cairo festival president Hussein Fahmy said that Kawase has had a distinguished career and possesses great experience that qualified her to obtain prestigious awards from various international festivals.