Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur delivered a stark warning to Hollywood studios and tech giants at WAVES Film Bazaar, declaring that artificial intelligence will trigger the collapse of traditional entertainment industry hierarchies and predicting that major corporations built on high entry barriers may not survive the transition. Speaking at a session titled “Bringing AI and Creativity […]
Leading Indian filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani drew a full house at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with a dynamic session unpacking how writing and editing shape a film’s emotional core, using examples from “3 Idiots,” “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” and his wider filmography to show how meaning, tension and character can shift entirely through […]
Tokyo-based filmmaker Anshul Chauhan is expanding his independent production banner Kowatanda Films into India, with horror feature “Nava” marking the company’s first local production. The project reunites Chauhan with actress Shweta Tripathi, who will star and produce through her newly formed company Bandarful Films. Set in the wetlands of Sundarbans, “Nava” follows Tara Sen as […]
Indian actor Anupam Kher brought a mix of humor, grit and unvarnished honesty to his International Film Festival of India (IFFI) masterclass, “Giving Up Is Not a Choice,” holding a packed Kala Mandir audience with stories spanning his small-town beginnings, his breakout turn in “Saaransh,” more than 540 screen credits and a career-defining encounter with […]
DOC NYC is proud to announce the winners of the juried U.S. Competition, International Competition, Metropolis, Kaleidoscope, Shorts, and DOC NYC U sections, and the festival’s Audience Award. DOC NYC’s online screenings run through November 30, with more than 100 features available to stream across the United States, including all of the festival’s award winners […]
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Terry Gilliam always knew that “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” would leave a cultural mark far outstripping its modest box-office returns. But he never thought it would morph into a kind of foundational text for the tinfoil-hat right. “I’m responsible for QAnon,” he says, half in disbelief, referring to the amorphous conspiracy movement that […]
HIFF45 Audience Award Winners Announcement The votes have been tabulated and the audience has spoken. Here are the 45th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani (HIFF45) Audience Award winners presented by Hawaii News Now: HIFF45 Audience Award for Narrative Feature: RENTAL FAMILY (USA, Japan) Director: HIKARI HIFF45 Audience Award for Documentary Feature: MĀLAMA MĀKUA...
Jacqueline Bisset had “mixed feelings” when presented a Torino Film Festival lifetime achievement honor for a simple reason: “I have not finished my career!” Even so, she gladly embraced Torino’s invitation to champion the films closest to her heart — many small, independent titles that never found distribution in Italy. “They may not be widely […]
Work stunk on the Anthony Bourdain biopic — and Antonio Banderas relished the experience. “We spent a month and a half filming in Cape Cod and Newport, constantly surrounded by the smell of fish,” he laughed. “Every time I came back to the hotel, I had to shower because I absolutely reeked — I was […]
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Australian Filmmaker Paul Andersen Awarded Top Honors at AFM Pitch Conference for Family-Friendly Feature Comedy “Disconnect”
The American Film Market® (AFM®) concluded its 46th edition on Sunday, November 16, 2025 marking the Market’s return home to Los...