When you’re writing your first script, it’s tempting to think big. Multiple locations. Big set pieces. Constant movement. But one of the smartest choices a first-time filmmaker can make is also one of the simplest: write your script with a single location in mind.
Why one location makes everything easier
A single-location script dramatically lowers the barriers between writing...
INTERVIEW WITH WRITER DIRECTOR TOMER ALMAGOR FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR "KLIFHAUS" (2026)
After the 2025 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), I interviewed writer-director Tomer Almagor. We spoke at length about his illustrious career as an independent filmmaker, and his latest film psychological horror "Klifhaus" (2026). His film10 Kilos of Cocaine screened at BIFF. The film...
INTERVIEW WITH WRITER DIRECTOR TOMER ALMAGOR FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR "KLIFHAUS" (2026)
After the 2025 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), I interviewed writer-director Tomer Almagor. We spoke at length about his illustrious career as an independent filmmaker, and his latest film psychological horror "Klifhaus" (2026). His film10 Kilos of Cocaine screened at BIFF. The film...
INTERVIEW WITH WRITER DIRECTOR TOMER ALMAGOR FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR "KLIFHAUS" (2026)
After the 2025 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), I interviewed writer-director Tomer Almagor. We spoke at length about his illustrious career as an independent filmmaker, and his latest film psychological horror "Klifhaus" (2026). His film10 Kilos of Cocaine screened at BIFF. The film...
Interesting mix of films connected to the Frankfurt region, as well as international films and video art.
The festival reaches out to the city of Frankfurt and the region with several exhibitions, installations and performances.
This year´s theme: Art
Sections: Feature-length Competition (Fiction, Documentaries), Short Film Competition, International Video Art Competition, Out...
Interesting mix of films connected to the Frankfurt region, as well as international films and video art.
The festival reaches out to the city of Frankfurt and the region with several exhibitions, installations and performances.
This year´s theme: Art
Sections: Feature-length Competition (Fiction, Documentaries), Short Film Competition, International Video Art Competition, Out...
Variety is unveiling the first trailer for “Shanghai Daughter,” the debut feature from Chinese filmmaker Agnis Shen Zhongmin that will world premiere in the Panorama section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. The drama follows Ming, a Shanghai woman who travels alone to a rubber tree plantation in Xishuangbanna, along China’s southwestern border, searching […]
THE PLAYLIST 150
I'm continuing our gaze ahead to TFF #53 with a look today at The Playlist's 150 most anticipated films. I'm scouring that list for looking for titles that might be prime candidates for inclusion at TFF. I have them listed below with their "position on The Playlist list in parentheses. Director's last name is also included.
So away we...
Filipino-Australian director James J. Robinson is bringing his debut feature “First Light” to the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where the drama explores the intersection of faith, colonialism and institutional corruption through the story of an elderly nun confronting moral questions in the Philippines. Variety is exclusively unveiling a clip from the film. The film, which […]
Awedacious Originals has boarded Bangladeshi filmmaker Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s “Roid” as executive producer. The film is in the Tiger competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. International Emmy Award-winning producer Apoorva Bakshi of Awedacious is executive producing the feature, which marks Sumon’s sophomore effort following his 2022 breakout “Hawa,” Bangladesh’s Academy...