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“Forgotten Spaceman,” the documentary short by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas that won the Leopard of Tomorrow (International Competition) award at Locarno’s Junior Jury Awards, has added Khan & Kumar Media and Prism Entertainment as executive producers ahead of its Toronto Film Festival premiere next month. The new executive producers are Sharib Khan and Vikas Kumar […]
Romanian director Florin Şerban’s “You Don’t Belong Here,” a somber study of anti-Roma racism in the country, has taken the Golden Lion for best film in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival, along with a special mention for its young star Teodor Butănescu. The film emerged victorious in a lineup of 17 features […]
Business owner and producer James Young explains why a successful film needs more than a good story. It needs the right team, a complete budget, and a plan for reaching audiences.
By Jessica Herndon Before the lights dim and the first premieres begin, we’re taking you inside the spaces that will shape the Sundance Film Festival experience in Boulder, Colorado. From the historic Boulder Theater to Macky Auditorium and Dairy Arts Center, this series offers a look at the venues where unforgettable Festival moments will unfold. […]
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For “Sacred Creatures” director Frieda Luk, belief can be comforting, ridiculous, exhilarating and hard to explain. “I’m really fascinated by when people believe in something,” she tells Variety. “One person believes in something, and then a group of people, and then it slowly becomes this massive phenomenon. It goes viral.” That fascination drives Luk’s debut […]
Would “Trainspotting” get financed today? Could Lynne Ramsay survive the jump from shorts to a first feature? And might “The Wicker Man,” once treated as a problem child, now look like exactly the kind of genre package buyers chase? That was the conceit of a lively session hosted by Wendy Mitchell, with Picturehouse’s creative director […]
“Mutrion,” a short film set in the Venice lagoon by 26-year-old Italian director Marco Cavazzin, has scooped the best director award at the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di Domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) section. “Mutrion,” which is the only Italian entry in the section, stars Manfredi Marini, who previously starred in Giovanni Tortorici’s “Nineteen,” and Giulio Maroncelli and is produced […]
Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF’s Korean Cinema Award. The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped Korean cinema and helped raise its profile abroad. Kim began his career at the Ministry of Culture and Information, now the Ministry of […]