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Quo vadis, Aida? triumphs at the 11th Luxembourg City Film Festival Quo vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić Despite the pandemic, the main film festival in the Grand Duchy has one more time managed to come out on top. The figures of this 11th Luxembourg City Film Festival speak for themselves: 4,200 viewers attended the physical screenings between 4 and 14 March, which translates to screening rooms nearly 80% full. To these results, which far exceed the expectations of the event’s organiser, we must add the 3,000 who attended the exhibition Ready. Set. Design. Film sets in Luxembourg which to...

 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday the appointment of Mexican filmmaker Samuel Kishi Leopo as its new Goodwill...

film profile] is the debut feature by German director Barbara Kronenberg - an alumna of Cologne's Academy of Media Arts – which is screening in the Generation Kplus strand of the 2021 Berlinale. In the first scene, set somewhere in the German countryside, we follow a children's service at a chapel. Even though most of the kids' presentations are weird and embarrassing (though tirelessly applauded by the crowd of parents and relatives), our protagonist, a 12-year-old aspiring astronomer called Ulja ( Romy Lou Janinhoff), tries to deliver a serious lecture warning the attendees about an inc...

New Europe Film Sales Takes International Rights to Alvaro Gago's 'Matria' (EXCLUSIVE) Emilio Mayorga, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has picked up international sales rights to “Matria,” the awaited feature debut of Spain’s Alvaro Gago, a Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance in 2018 for his same-titled short. Produced by Galicia’s Matriuska and Madrid’s Avalon, in co-production with Catalonia’s Ringo Media, “Matria” has been selected for the official lineup at next week’s Berlinale Co-Production Market. More from Variet...

2 Korean indie films invited to 71st Berlin Film Festival Posted : 2021-02-17 16:08 By Kwak Yeon-soo Two Korean independent films have been invited to the youth-centered Generation competition of this year's Berlin International Film Festival, distributors said Wednesday. According to the 2021 lineup for the Berlinale, which will be held online from March 1-5, "Short Vacation" and "Fighter" will be presented in the Generation's Kplus and 14plus sections, respectively. Berlin's Generation films target children and youth audiences. "Short Vacation" from directors Kwon Min-pyo and Seo Han-sol,...