formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
“There is no right to demand that you should take a film off your programme,” says Lokk. Source: Tallinn Black Nights director Tiina Lokk warns about threats to film festival independence after ‘Russians At War’, ‘The Antique’ issues | Screen
The fund will support one Hungarian feature and one short, from script to release. Source: First Budapest International Film Festival launches with independent Hungarian fund, titles including ‘The Brutalist’, ‘Bird’ (exclusive) | Screen
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival may be half a year away, but a special two-day event will bring three of the biggest hits from this year’s festival circuit to the Czech spa town later this month. Karlovy Vary will … Continued
Beginning with his acclaimed 2018 debut novel The Loney, the English writer Andrew Michael Hurley has spooked readers with his tales of strange rural communities – and now they’re moving to film and TV. Source: ‘Weird things can happen in … Continued
Police in Italy say they have busted a major European criminal network forging and selling artworks by some of the biggest names in modern art.More than 2,100 forged artworks were recovered, including works attributed to Banksy, Andy Warhol and Pablo … Continued
Hungary has reached $910m annual film production spend. Source: Hungarian 30% film tax incentive, used by ‘The Brutalist’, ‘Maria’, ‘Dune’, extended for six more years | Screen