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The Toronto International Film Festival opens with "The Swimmers," a movie based on the life of refugee Yusra Mardini who, after surviving a dangerous sea crossing in a rubber dinghy alongside her sister, made it into the refugee team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. "I know how Arabs are seen, I know how they portray them in films," says Manal Issa, the actress playing Yusra Mardini's sister.
The 79th Venice International Film Festival has unveiled the movies that will compete for this year’s Golden Lion, inlcuding new films by Luca Guadagnino, Darren Aranofsky and Joanna Hogg.
Director Michel Hazanavicius, actors Finnegan Oldfield and Romain Duris and actresses Berenice Bejo and Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz walk the red carpet ahead of the screening of "Final Cut," which is opening the Cannes film festival. IMAGES
Busan (South Korea), Oct 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jeon Heon-Kyun) The 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Busan, South Korea, opened the edition on Wednesday. The BIFF runs from 06 to 15 October 2021, with 223 films from 70 countries to be screened.FOOTAGE OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE FILM FESTIVAL OF BUSAN.
Central and Eastern Europe's most important film festival has finally returned to the spa town of Karlovy Vary after COVID cancelled it last year.