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‘Green Border’ Wins Rotterdam Audience Award
Green Border, Agnieszka Holland’s harrowing tale of refugees caught in the wooded boundary between Belarus and Poland, won the Audience Award at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, which wrapped up Sunday. Japanese director Tanaka Toshihiko won Rotterdam’s coveted Tiger Award for best competition film for his debut Rei, a drama exploring human relationships made almost […]
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Berlinale Confirms It Invited Far-Right Politicians to Festival But Stands “Against Right-Wing Extremism”
The Berlin International Film Festival has confirmed it has invited two elected members of the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to the opening ceremony of the 74th Berlinale but says it continues to “stand for basic democratic values and against right-wing extremism.” AfD politicians, Kristin Brinker and Ronald Gläser, both members of the […]
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Watch the First Trailer for Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’
The Amy Winehouse biopic is almost here. On Friday, Focus Features dropped the first official trailer for Back to Black, the drama based on the short, stratospheric life of the British soul music legend. Up-and-coming British actress Marisa Abela (Industry) plays Winehouse in the feature from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, 50 Shades of Grey). […]
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Berlinale Unveils International Jury
Berlin has unveiled the international jury for the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, which runs Feb. 15-25. The 2024 jury will include U.S. director Brady Corbet (Vox Lux), Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui (Summer Snow), Berlinale regular Christian Petzold (Afire, Undine), Spanish director Albert Serra (Pacification), Italian actress Jasmine Trinca (The Son’s Room) and the […]
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Berlinale Calls for Iran to Allow Directors to Attend Festival
The Berlin Film Festival has called on Iran to allow directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha to leave the country to attend the world premiere of their new film My Favorite Cake, which has been selected to screen in competition at the 74th Berlinale. In a statement Thursday, the festival said that they have learned […]
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Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’: First Look Image Revealed
Tom Tykwer’s return to the big screen is getting closer. After seven years working in television, co-creating and co-directing, with Henk Handlogten and Achim von Borries, four seasons of acclaimed period drama Babylon Berlin, the German director of Run Lola Run, The International and Cloud Atlas will mark his movie comeback with the contemporary German-language […]
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Fremantle Inks First-Look Deal With ‘Alice & Jack’ Producer Me+You
Fremantle has signed a first-look and development deal with U.K. production outfit Me+You Productions, the team behind Channel 4 drama Alice & Jack and BAFTA-award-winning series I Am…. The three-year deal, announced Wednesday, will see Fremantle become the first home for all of Me+You’s television projects, with the U.K. producer working closely with Fremantle’s global […]
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Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Commission Boss Amr Al-Madani Arrested on Corruption Allegations
Amr Al-Madani, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has been arrested in connection to allegations of corruption. Nazaha, Saudia Arabia’s oversight and anti-corruption authority, posted a statement on Sunday saying Al-Madani had been arrested for his involvement in “crimes of abuse of authority and money laundering.” He is accused of benefiting […]
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Julianne Moore Joins Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’
Julianne Moore will star alongside Tilda Swinton in The Room Next Door, the first English-language feature from acclaimed, Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, his production company has confirmed. Almodóvar first spoke about Swinton’s casting last year. The Scottish actress starred in Almodovar’s 2021 short The Human Voice, which premiered in Venice and was one of the director’s first steps […]
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Berlin Festival Adds 3 Films to Berlinale Specials Lineup, Including Omar Sy Starrer
The 2024Berlin Film Festival has added Brandt Andersen’s refugee drama The Strangers’ Case, featuring French superstar Omar Sy (Lupin) to its official lineup. The drama, about a tragedy that strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, triggering a chain reaction of events that impact five different families across four countries, will screen in the Berlinale Special […]
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International Filmmakers Call for the Release of Myanmar Director Shin Daewe
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and the European Film Academy have called for the immediate release of imprisoned Myanmar filmmaker Shin Daewe. The International Film Festival Rotterdam and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam also joined the call that Myanmar authorities “immediately and unconditionally” release the documentary director. Daewe was arrested at […]
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Motion Picture Association, Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg Sign Partnership to Promote Visibility, Understanding of Jewish Life in Germany
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) on Thursday announced a partnership with the Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB), Germany’s largest Jewish film festival, that will see them collaborate to promote the visibility and understanding of Jewish life in Germany. The partnership is the first of its kind for the MPA in Europe. The MPA has […]
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