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Italy’s Fandango strikes more sales on ‘The Hummingbird’ (exclusive)

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Time-jumping drama’s cast includes Nanni Moretti, Berenice Bejo and Pierfrancesco Favino.

Italy’s Fandango Sales has secured further deals for Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird (Il Colibri), selling it to territories including Portugal, Latin America and Austria.

The Hummingbird has sold to Outsider Films in Portugal, Strada Films in Greece, Filmladen in Austria. Fidalgo has acquired the film for Norway and Impacto Cine for Latin America.

The Hummingbird is a time-jumping drama that follows the life of protagonist Marco Carrera (Pierfrancesco Favino) from the 70s into the near future, while analysing the many relationships built up during his life journey.

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Scotland’s screen sector delivers £567.6m to Scottish economy

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The findings come from a Screen Scotland commissioned report examining the 2019 screen sector.

Scotland’s screen sector delivered £567.6m Gva (gross value added) in 2019 to the Scottish economy, according to a new report commissioned by Screen Scotland, the national body that drives the development of the Scottish film and TV industry.

In the same period, the screen sector in Scotland provided 10,280 full-time equivalent jobs.

The report, titled The Economic Value of the Screen Sector in Scotland, was produced by UK accountancy firm Saffery Champness and UK and Canada-based consultancy firm Nordicity, with the aim of giving the first clear picture

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2022 film festivals and markets: latest dates, postponements and cancellations

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Bookmark this page for all the latest festival date changes.

To help keep track of the changing schedule, Screen is keeping this page updated with the latest film festival and market dates, postponements and cancellations.

Festivals taking place online or as hybrid events due to Covid-19 are noted. If not specified, the festival is currently set as a physical event.

To submit details of a change to your festival dates/status, please contact us here with the name, dates, and website for the event, and if it is running online, physically, or both.

Ongoing

Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania – June 17-26, in-person

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‘Lamya’s Poem’ Trailer Details Rumi-Inspired Syrian Refugee Tale (Exclusive)

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Long-awaited animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” has unveiled its first trailer.

Alex Kronemer’s Rumi-inspired film about a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya was one of the hot competition titles at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival, and went on to play at festivals in Vancouver, Zurich and Prague.

The film is an inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee who flees the violence of her country, and looks to a gifted book of poetry by the famous 13th-century poet, Rumi, as a source of strength. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that, 800 years later,

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