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LONDON FILM FESTIVAL RELEASES 2023 NUMBERS T his year’s London Film Festival (LFF), hosted by the British Film
3 December, BIFA The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has announced this year’s nominees across 25 categories, including best British independent film and best British short. Rye Lane leads with 16 nominations, and winners will be announced at the ceremony. 4-7 December, CineAsia The 28th CineAsia expo brings the motion picture business to the APAC region once again. Held in Bangkok, Thailand, the trade show combines networking opportunities along with exclusive film screenings and product releases. Warner Bros, Universal and Sony are among the studios scheduled to appear. 5-6 December, FOCUS Show Live from London’s Business Design Centre, the FOCUS Show promises two days of networking with film, TV, advertising and gaming professionals from more than 100 countries. Over 150 speakers are scheduled to appear. 5-8 December, Asia TV Forum & Market Asia TV Forum & Market mixes talks from industry leaders – including executives from Paramount, StudioCanal and NBCUniversal – with opportunities for creators to pitch to streamers, studios and distributors. 18-28 January 2024, Sundance Film Festival Sundance will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024. Director Christopher Nolan will be honoured with the inaugural trailblazer award at the festival’s Opening Night Gala. DIARY DATES
documentary competition and short film competition, respectively. In the Audience Awards, Gassed Up took home the prize for best feature, The Taste of Mango for best documentary, Festival of Slaps for best British and Murals for best immersive/XR. LFF 2023 featured screenings of 252 titles as well as Screen Talks by Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig, LFF for Free and LFF Expanded events and other exhibitions. The festival wrapped on 15 October with Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut, The Kitchen .
Institute, saw over 195,000 in-person attendees and welcomed 3649 press and industry delegates from across the world. Eight films were selected for the LFF Awards, voted for by a jury, and LFF Audience Awards, chosen by the public. Evil Does Not Exist won the official competition, with Paradise is Burning , Bye Bye Tiberias and The Archive: Queer Nigerians winning the first feature competition,
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