Variety - 1 hour 6 min ago
Maciej J. Drygas' "Trains" won Best Film in the International Competition at this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, with Miguel Coyula's "Chronicles of the Absurd" taking the Best Film in the Envision Competition. "Trains" is a journey through the 20th century told entirely through archival footage. The jury of the International Competition, comprising Juliana […]...
Variety - 3 hours 33 min ago
After breaking ground with his 2021 movie "Casablanca Beats,” which marked the first Moroccan feature to vie for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Nabil Ayouch (“Much Loved”) is achieving a new milestone with his latest movie, “Everybody Loves Touda,” which premiered at Cannes Premiere and is now eligible in all categories at […]...
Variety - 4 hours 59 min ago
Angelina Jolie is set to attend Italy's Torino Film Festival for the international premiere of "Without Blood," her fifth film as a director, which is based on Italian author Alessandro Baricco's short novel by the same title. The drama about war, revenge, memory and healing stars Salma Hayek Pinault and Demi n Bichir and world premiered […]...
Variety - 10 hours 24 min ago
"Spring Came on Laughing," the only Egyptian film in competition at the Cairo Film Festival, is the debut feature of Noha Adel. It is rich in music and messy, full of noisy life, taking the form of a series of conversations between women where a drama rapidly escalates into a jumble of tragedy and dark […]...
Variety - 10 hours 52 min ago
For its upcoming edition, the Marrakech Film Festival is pulling out all the stops. After a more subdued edition last year due to the Israel-Hamas conflict and the effects of a disastrous earthquake, the event — which has close ties with the cr me de la cr me of global auteurs — can boast a talent roster […]...
Deadline Hollywood - 13 hours 20 min ago
Spike Lee will head up the jury for the upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival. The decorated Malcolm X filmmaker will preside over the features competition jury, which last year saw Zarrar Kahn's In Flames taking Best Feature and Farah Nabulsi's The Teacher scoring a pair of wins including Best Actor for Saleh Bakri. Lee will also participate in […]...
Variety - 13 hours 42 min ago
Spike Lee will preside over the jury of the fourth edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. "Looking towards our fourth edition, we're honored to welcome the legendary Spike Lee as our president of jury for the festival this year,” said Jomana Al Rashid, chairwoman of the Red Sea Film Foundation, in an announcement […]...
Variety - 13 hours 52 min ago
Dutch documentarians Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch are veterans on their home turf of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam where they won Best Dutch Film in 2014 and 2022 but this year brought a career highlight for the renowned duo: introducing their latest doc "All Is Well" at the beautiful Tuschinski cinema […]...
Variety - 20 hours 2 min ago
Prasar Bharati, India’s public broadcasting heavyweight, rolled out its streaming platform Waves at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, marking the state broadcaster’s entry into the country’s competitive streaming space. The platform launches with a slate spanning 12+ languages and 10+ genres, featuring everything from video-on-demand content to free gaming, radio streaming, […]...
Variety - 20 hours 29 min ago
India’s National Film Development Corporation’s (NFDC) Film Bazaar market has expanded into series development and attracted robust registrations ahead of its 2024 edition, running alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The market has selected several series projects in its co-production market, following the introduction of an OTT [streaming] award at IFFI […]...
Variety - 20 hours 32 min ago
Celebrated Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who serves as festival director of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, has outlined his vision for the 2024 edition, emphasizing a shift away from comparing Indian cinema to Western standards. “For a long time, at every festival, we’ve kind of looked down upon ourselves as though Indian […]...
NBC News - 21 hours 4 min ago
More than three years after the fatal shooting on the set of "Rust," the film finally made its debut Wednesday at the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland.