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Stars from both the Hindi and South Indian film industries turned out in force for the opening night of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sonam Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar, along with Tamil star Kamal Haasan, who presented the Excellence in Cinema Award (South Asia) to…

The Venice Biennale Foundation, which oversees the Venice International Film Festival, has nominated right-wing writer Pietrangelo Buttafuoco to become its new President, according to multiple Italian media sources. Buttafuoco is set to replace Roberto Cicutto after being appointed by Culture…

EXCLUSIVE: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM. Tradewind Pictures and Little Dream Entertainment are making the CGI-animated film in association with compatriot Sola, and production has begun in…

There's a soaring ambition but only a modest intent in Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya's sober debut The Kitchen, a visually impressive depiction of things to come that simmers with all manner of protest but never hits boiling point. On the one hand, it's a…

The opening scenes of Leave the World Behind show us a seemingly average American family hitting the road on a nice vacation getaway, and it all seems fine until a very strange thing occurs on an outing to the beach, where a very large ship called White Lion…

EXCLUSIVE: LA’s Nicely Entertainment is branching out beyond its female-driven romance roots and launching a thriller/genre label, Darkly Entertainment. Officially launching at AFM, Darkly will produce and distribute theatrical theatrical and “darker elevated dramatic” content. Kicking off its…

L.A. lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg is best known internationally for his work recovering art stolen by the Nazi during the Holocaust, with his most famous case being that of 'Maria Altmann versus Austria' in 2004, involving five Gustav Klimt paintings. Ryan Reynolds played his character in the 2015…

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals on Tuesday unveiled its initial keynote and the second round of featured speakers for its 38th edition, taking place March 8-16, 2024 in Austin.  The keynote and featured speakers include chair and CEO of AMD Lisa Su; COO and Head of Business Development at…

The 2023 film festival season has wound its way from Sundance and SXSW through Cannes and Tribeca to the fall stops at Venice, Telluride and Toronto. Still to watch for this fall: Both Sundance’s Festival Favorite Award winner Radical starring Eugenio Derbez and Cannes’ Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a…

Thierry Frémaux is best known internationally as the long-time head of France's Cannes Film Festival, which is organized out of its offices in Paris's trendy Marais neighborhood. The double-hatted cinema expert is perhaps more in his element in his home city of Lyon, where he is the director of the…

Close to 40 years after Wim Wenders won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas, its enigmatic ending continues to spark debate in cinephile circles. Talking about his career in a Lumière Film Festival masterclass over the weekend, the German director stood by his decision to have Harry Dean Stanton's…

Jean-Jacques Annaud has worked with an impressive roster of actors across his 60-year career including big names such as Sean Connery, Tony Leung and Brad Pitt as well as Christian Slater and Jane Marsh, who were emerging talents when he cast them in The Name Of The Rose and L'Amant…