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Oscar and BAFTA winner Peter Straughan, who penned the screenplay for “Conclave,” will serve on the jury for the 2025 Women and the World International Film Festival, running Nov. 6-12 in London.
The festival returns with the theme Peace Strategies: Women as Agents of Security, building on last year’s momentum when Grand Prix winner “Porcelain War” earned an Academy Award nomination.
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The jury includes British actors Daniel Ings (“The Gentlemen,” “The Crown”) and Tamara Lawrance (“The Silent Twins,” “Time”), Danish Academy-nominated actor-director Diêm Camille (“Alien: Earth,” “The Wheel of Time”), writer-director-actor-producer Marcia Kimpton, British actor-producer Victoria Emslie (“Downton
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