Rotterdam Film Festival Celebrates 50 Years With Innovative Edition

Italy's Far East Film Festival is returning in 2021 with an ambitious lineup that will take place in hybrid form across digital platforms and in cinemas. The 23rd edition of the festival, a speciality event that brings popular Asian cinema to Europe, will be held approximately two months later than its usual slot in April, running instead June 11-June 19.

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is in the rear-view mirror, so that means, next up, the SXSW Film Festival that has unleashed its line-up today. Running March 16-20, 2021, SXSW announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival.

coronavirus concerns.Though featuring a shortened list of 72 films, the festival garnered a viewership 2.7 times larger than the regular festival, which is held in Utah, according to the Sundance Institute.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Transilvania Film Festival sets summer edition; The Story Lab pacts with Japan’s Fuji TV for unscripted formats; Court TV launches on U.K. platform Freeview; and U.K.

The Sundance Film Festival saw its biggest-ever audience with a digitally focused 2021 edition. On Monday, the Sundance Institute reported that its pandemic-era event -- which took place both online and in-person in 20 cities across the country over seven days from Jan.

Jordan Moreau Despite taking place virtually and over a shorter duration, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival nabbed its largest audience ever this year, the Sundance Institute announced Monday.The 2021 festival took place from Jan. 28-Feb.

Pebbles, an Indian drama from director Vinothraj P.S., has won the top prize, the Tiger Award for best film, at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The feature, set in an arid landscape in Indian's southern Tamil Nadu region, follows an alcoholic abusive husband who, after his long-suffering wife runs off, sets out with his young son to find her and bring her back.

Swedish sports drama Tigers, the story of teenage soccer star Martin Bengtsson, was named the Dragon Award winner for Best Nordic Film at the 2021 Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s top film event. The festival was held virtually this year because of the pandemic.

This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has named the winners from its industry-focused programs Pro Days and Cinemart, which were held online this year.

When the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the city’s largest film festival, gets underway February 17, it will look a little different from previous seasons. It’s a virtual event, save for some drive-in screenings, but the LGBTQ content is still abundant.

For the first time in recent memory, the Sundance Film Festival recruited just three members each for its competition juries. Even in the context of a virtual festival, that might have been a mistake after one film dominated the Dramatic category winning four awards.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLeslie Odom, Jr. will receive the Palm Springs International Film’s spotlight award, actor for his performance in “One Night in Miami.”“Leslie Odom, Jr.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the International Jury for its 71st edition.The jury will comprise Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, Israeli director Nadav Lapid, Romania director Adina Pintilie, Hungary director Ildikó Enyedi, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić.As previously announced, the festival will take place in two stages this year, due to the pandemic.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBy unveiling a new set of dates in early July, the Cannes Film Festival has brought much-needed hope and a sunny perspective for Zoom-fatigued industry players.If the health situation allows, Cannes could be the first international film festival and market to take place in person in 2021.

announced Wednesday that the 2021 edition will move from its regular late-May spot to early July, when the seaside Côte d’Azur averages a balmy 86 degrees.The summery change-up comes days after the French government announced plans to vaccinate its entire population against the coronavirus by August. Cinemas there remain closed through at least the end of January.Last year’s festival was canceled outright due to the pandemic, though cases at the time had subsided in France.

What has been hinted at and speculated about for weeks now is official — the 2021 Cannes Film Festival is officially no longer a spring event, as it moves into the middle of summer over concerns about COVID-19. According to the event’s organizers, this year’s Cannes Film Festival is no longer going to happen in mid-May and will instead begin on July 6, running until July 17.

The Cannes Film Festival will likely be pushing back the 2021 event.