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Mouly Surya, Garin Nugroho Projects Among First Recipients of Annual Indonesian Film Grant – Cannes
Indonesia has unveiled the four film projects that will be the pilot recipients of the country’s first government-funded film grant, Film...
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Porter+Craig Film and Media Distribution Acquires Global Rights to Fado Filmes’ ‘Nothing Ever Happened’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Porter+Craig Film and Media Distribution, run by veteran industry executives Jeff Porter and Keith L. Craig has acquired worldwide rights to...
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Ruben Östlund, Karim Aïnouz Among Guests at German Films and Medienboard Reception
Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who won Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness,” was among the guests at the...
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Dolly De Leon Sets Serial Killer Series Role as Philippines Producer CreaZion Studios Builds Film Slate
Dolly De Leon, who rocked the Cannes Film Festival two years ago in “Triangle of Sadness,” has joined the cast of “Severino: The First Serial...
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Actor Ariane Labed Wants to Explore ‘How People Live’ in Feature Debut, ‘September Says’
Ariane Labed simply describes herself as European. Herein is the most concise and expansive way to encompass a career with many footholds, a...
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‘Monkey Man’ Action Specialist Brahim Chab Boards Pedring Lopez’s ‘Blood Passage’
Action choreographer Brahim Chab, who recently staged the action sequences for Deve Patel’s “Monkey Man,” has joined the crew of “Blood Passage.”...
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New Zealand Film Commission Execs Talk Jane Campion’s Pop-Up Film School, Incentives at Variety’s Global Conversations Summit
As part of Variety‘s Global Conversations Summit at the Cannes 2024 Film Festival, Variety executive editor Tatiana Siegel sat down with New...
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How Film AlUla Helped Rising Saudi Filmmakers Craft Festival-Ready Short Films
In 2023, Saudi Arabian film agency Film AlUla formed AlUla Creates, a local initiative that provides funding, mentorship and networking...
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Brutal Donald Trump Biopic ‘The Apprentice’ Gets 8-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation as Director Says ‘It’s Time to Make Movies Political Again’
Even in Cannes, it’s hard to avoid Donald Trump. “The Apprentice,” the story of the 45th and possibly 47th president’s early years as a real estate...
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Cannes 2024 Portrait Gallery: Hunter Schafer, Kevin Costner, Zoe Saldana and More
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival is underway, with major premieres like “Megalopolis,” “Horizon,” “The Substance,” “Emelia Perez” and more. Check out...
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Review: Promising Pre-Broadway Musical Makes for a Campy Improvement on the Cult Film
A more-than-respectable entry in the endless parade of movies-to-musicals, this genuinely funny, effervescently performed pre-Broadway take on the...
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Who’s Driving the Canary Islands’ New Wave? A Drill-Down on Players and Banner Titles
In 2009, nine production companies were operating in the Canary Islands using ZEC preferential tax rates for being established here. Flash forward...