Section
Festivals & Markets
News from film festivals and markets: selections, sales, labs, funds and awards.
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Busan’s ACFM puts Asian distribution and investors on the same agenda
The market runs 10–13 October; its 11 October summit pairs a distribution discussion with an investor session.
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Four TIFF screenings, 2,300 seats: Paradise Lost sold out in advance
KoBiz revisits Yeon Sang-ho’s Toronto premiere. The next evidence that matters is territory sales.
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The BFI’s works-in-progress showcase gives buyers an early look at eight projects
The 9 October London event is invitation-only, with an online package for a wider group.
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Valladolid’s locations market lines up 1,500-plus meetings across 27 countries
Shooting Locations Marketplace runs 14–15 October, with Uruguay and Peru among the new territories.
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Rome’s MIA selects 104 projects from 43 countries and adds an investment hub
The market runs 19–23 October. Its value will depend on the investors and meetings it delivers.
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Durban FilmMart widens into animation, impact and natural history
The programme looks beyond a narrow live-action definition of the African screen business.
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Hamburg’s work-in-progress awards pay for the work that gets films finished
Ten awards include a €30,000 post-production voucher for Folk Play and a Dolby Atmos mix for India’s Eka.
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TorinoFilmLab’s Boost IT selects eight projects from 61 applications
The teams, from a field spanning 24 countries, prepare online in October before meeting partners in Turin in November.
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Argentina sends The Virgin of the Quarry Lake to the Oscars
Laura Casabé’s Argentine–Mexican–Spanish adaptation of Mariana Enríquez is the country’s international feature submission.