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Irish horror 'Oddity' triumphs at Lisbon's MOTELX 2024

Hailing from Ireland, this fright-filled feature was the main winner at this year's Lisbon Horror Film Festival.

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MOTELX film festival fills Lisbon with chills, thrills and fears

This Tuesday sees the opening of the festival that, for fans of the genre, has become synonymous with horror. Among the novelties this year is a retrospective of films banned by censorship in Portugal.

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Venice Film Festival 2024: Pedro Almodóvar triumphs

And the winner is...

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Documentary sympathetic to Russian soldiers sparks anger in Venice

Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova has defended her film 'Russians at War' as an "attempt to see through the fog of war".

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Venice 2024: 'The Room Next Door' - Almodóvar takes on life and death

Almodóvar's first English-language feature film is a powerful portrait of life, death and the unbreakable bonds that help us to navigate it all. At the same time, there's a sense some emotional authenticity got lost in translation.

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Venice Film Festival 2024 Preview: The 10 unmissable films on the Lido

The world’s oldest film festival kicks off this week, and this year is a starry affair. The 21 films selected in Competition and vying for the Golden Lion are all hoping to generate awards buzz, as the Venice Film Festival has become the unmissable Oscars launchpad over the years.

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Isabelle Huppert on the threats facing cinema prior to Venice Festival

“To me, they’re instrumental,” says Isabelle Huppert regarding film festivals. Huppert leads the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival, which starts this Wednesday.

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Actress Meg Ryan receives honorary award at Sarajevo Film Festival

Actress Meg Ryan, recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, made a stunning entrance on the red carpet ahead of a special screening of 'You've Got Mail'.

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Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to head Busan jury

It is unclear whether Rasoulof will make it to South Korea in person, as the celebrated director fled his native Iran earlier this year.

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Venice Film Festival announces starry line-up for 81st edition

The line-up for the 81st Venice International Film Festival has been unveiled - and it’s a starry affair that’s looking mighty promising. Amongst standouts are the Joker sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, and more female filmmakers in competition than previous years...

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Portuguese-Croatian production wins Vila do Conde Short Film Festival

The jury of the short film festival awarded "That's How I Love You", by Mário Macedo the grand prize of its 32nd edition.

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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open 2024 Venice Film Festival

The screening will be the world premiere and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe.

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Evia Film Project mixes cinema and environmental activism

The third edition of the Evia Film Project opens Tuesday, with this year’s festival centring on ‘Water’ in all its forms – from the sea (in this case the azure Aegean) to waterfalls – and humankind’s dependence on it.

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Crystal Globe Awards opens in Czech town of Karlovy Vary

Twelve films are competing for the coveted Crystal Globe, the winner of which will be announced at the closing ceremony in Karlovy Vary on Saturday.

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Exclusive: Miguel Gomes on winning the Cannes Best Director Prize

The Portuguese film-maker has returned from Cannes with the Best Director award under his arm. The success of "Grand Tour" could be the ticket to directing an epic film that he has been planning for several years.

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Cannes 2024 in photos: 15 unforgettable red carpet moments

From the glitz of the Cannes red carpet to the photocalls, check out the top snapshots from the iconic film festival along the French Riviera.

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Ken Loach and Mike Leigh quit cinema over Israeli film festival

Directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have resigned as patrons of one of London’s oldest cinemas over a film festival with links to the Israeli government.

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The best things to do and see (or watch) in Europe this week

Rothko's rare paper paintings in Norway, Francis Ford Coppola's mad 'Megalopolis' in Cannes, and a new Billie Eilish album: 'Hit Me Hard and Soft'. Here's what's good (and bizarre) in Europe this week.

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Cannes 2024: Jury president Greta Gerwig on #MeToo and Trump on screen

Greta Gerwig and her jury met the press today to discuss their roles as members of the jury, the possible repercussions of the French #MeToo on the festival, and if a film on Donald Trump can be viewed objectively.

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Cannes 2024: The 10 Palme d’Or contenders you need to look out for

The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicks off next week (Tuesday 14 May). Here's everything you need to know about the Palme d'Or contending films that we're giddily anticipating.