Notícias

Projects written by Estonian Smoke Sauna Sisterhoodfilmmaker Anna Hints and Mounia Akl, the Lebanese director of Costa Brava Lebanon, are among the 16 selected by Italy’sTorinoFilmLab (Tfl) for the 2025 edition of ScriptLab, the programme that supports fiction features through early stages of development.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood won best European documentary at the 2023 European Film Awards whileCosta Brava Lebanonpremiered in Venice in 2021 and went on to win the audience award at the BFI London Film Festival.

Feature projects by US writer/director Micah Magee, whose first fiction feature Petting Zoo premiered in Berlin Panorama in 2015, and US filmmaker Matthew Puccini, whose...

Projects written by Estonian Smoke Sauna Sisterhoodfilmmaker Anna Hints and Mounia Aki, the Lebanese director of Costa Brava Lebanon, are among the 16 selected by Italy’sTorinoFilmLab (Tfl) for the 2025 edition of ScriptLab, the programme that supports fiction features through early stages of development.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood won best European documentary at the 2023 European Film Awards whileCosta Brava Lebanonpremiered Venice in 2021 and went on to win the audience award at the BFI London Film Festival.

Feature projects by US writer/director Micha Magee, whose first fiction feature Petting Zoo premiered in Berlin Panorama in 2015, and US filmmaker Matthew Puccini, whose shortsDirtyandLavenderhave...

The 17th Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 30 – Dec 08) has set a jury comprising Suspiria star Dakota Johnson, Indian actress Ileana D’Cruz (Barfi!), Lebanese filmmaker and visual artist Joana Hadjithomas (I Want To See), Brit director Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Moroccan director Tala Hadid (House In The Fields), French director Laurent Cantet (The Class), German actor Daniel Brühl (Rush) and Mexican director Michel Franco (April’s Daughter). As previously revealed, director James Gray will serve as jury president.

A total of 80 films will unspool at the festival, with Julian Schnabel’s Van Gogh biopic At Eternity’s Gate among gala screenings and also the festival’s opener. Other galas include Roma, Green Book and Capernaum while special screenings include Wildlife, Her Smell and Birds Of Passage. The official competition, galas and special screenings are listed below.

The festival will also feature tributes to Robert DeNiro, Robin Wright,...