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Locarno Pro panel, August 2023 (l-r Jaume Ripoll; Elise Cochin; Ronald Chammah; K.J. Relth-Miller; Frédéric Maire; Erin Farrell; Jay Weissberg).

Locarno: Market Classics Like New Releases, Says Panel of Experts

On 7 August, the Locarno Film Festival hosted a Heritage Online panel titled “Theatrical Distribution and Streaming of Classics,” moderated by critic and programmer Jay Weissberg. The panel was comprised of Ronald Chammah (Les Film Camelia); Frédéric Maire (Cinématèque Suisse); Elise Cochin (mk2); J…

Phil Clapp, President, Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union Of Cinemas Keynote Address – CineEurope 2023

This is the keynote speech delivered by Phil Clapp, President, and Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) at CineEurope 2023 in Barcelona on 19 June 2023 Good afternoon everyone – on behalf of UNIC, the International Union of Cinemas, we are delighted to welcome you to Cin…

KIFF Expands Sunny Bunny to Found Kyiv’s First Queer International Film Festival

Just days before he launched Ukraine’s first LGBTQIA+ film festival this month, Celluloid Junkie spoke to organiser Bohdan Zhuk about history, culture, and Russia’s efforts to oppress another generation. With everything that’s going on, what’s the main agenda, I ask. “We’re taking back our legacy,”…

Cannes Panel Talks European BO Crisis; the Missing Links Between Industry and Audience

On May 20, Cannes’ Marché du film hosted its traditional morning conference, organized by the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO). The second part of the event saw a panel discussion moderated by the EAO’s Head of Department for Market Information Gilles Fontaine. The conversation focused on the…

Cannes’ Marché du Film Panel Surveys State of Post-Pandemic EU28 Box Office

On 19 May, the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film hosted the European Audiovisual Observatory’s annual FOCUS conference covering the key trends of the EU28 box office (the European Union member states + the UK). The event saw the participation of the Observatory’s reps Gilles Fontaine, Mart…

Ukraine’s Docudays UA Festival Take Truth About War on Tour

Ukraine’s Docudays UA festival will tour 20 films across Ukraine this year, including showings in some of the besieged country’s most dangerous flashpoints. Celluloid Junkie spoke to one of the organisers, Maria Buchelnikova, about the importance of carrying human rights messages into a warzone. “Fo…

Justine Triet won the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for "Anatomy of a Fall"

Cannes Announces Awards for 76th Annual Festival

The 2023 Festival de Cannes came to a conclusion on Saturday, 27 May, when the jury for this year’s main competition selections announced the winners for several categories, awarding the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize, to “Anatomy of a Fall” from director Justine Tri…

India Opens International Day at CinemaCon 2023 – Keynote by Ajay Bijli of PVR INOX

At CinemaCon 2023’s International Day the honour of the International Keynote Addresses from Exhibition went to Mr Ajay Bijli, Managing Director, PVR INOX Leisure Limited & Founder PVR Cinemas. India’s two largest cinema operators PVR Limited and INOX Leisure had recently merged to f…

Caesars Colosseum Hosts CinemaCon

Converting the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for CinemaCon

In 2010, when the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) decided to rebrand and move its annual convention (then called ShoWest) from its previous home at Paris and Ballys Hotel in Las Vegas across the street to Caesars Palace they had to come up with solutions for a number of tricky logistic…

EFM Industry Sessions - Surfing the Waves: Audience Building in a New Period of Changes (credit: Davide Abbatescianni)

EFM Panel Surveys Exhibition and Distribution in the Current Post-pandemic Phase

On 19 February, the event hall of the Berlin’s Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation hosted a panel titled “Surfing the Waves: Audience Building in a New Period of Changes,” organized by the European Film Market (EFM) in partnership with Europa Distribution and moderated b…