Adam Meeks attends the premiere of his film “Union County,” an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Sundance Institute) By Lucy Spicer Union County is a quiet film. It’s also a remarkably honest one. Set in the shadow of the opioid epidemic in central Ohio — where writer-director Adam Meeks […]
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Set against the backdrop of a sexually charged Los Angeles gallery scene, "I Want Your Sex" pulses with the kind of provocative energy that has made Gregg Araki an indie film icon.
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The people have spoken at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” took home best international feature honors at the audience awards, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” was honored with best animated feature. This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival took place from July 16 to Aug. 2 in […]
“Aman,” writer-director Rahul Roye’s short film about a trans man who discovers he is pregnant on the eve of his gender-affirming surgery, has attached Nikkhil Advani and Dominique Welinski as executive producers. The film will have its world premiere in the Short Cuts competition at the Toronto Film Festival, running Sept. 10–20. Advani, the director […]
Jio Studios and Sikhya Entertainment have released a teaser for Karthik Subbaraj’s “Dorothy” ahead of the Tamil-language film’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Dorothy” is Subbaraj’s 10th feature and will screen in Toronto’s Centrepiece program, which spotlights celebrated filmmakers and anticipated world premieres from around the globe. “It is set against the backdrop […]
Understanding your movies sub genre helps audience understand what they will see.
Every filmmaker knows the feeling.
You finish a project that took months—or years—of sacrifice. You submit it to festivals, hoping someone will connect with the story. Then, even when an acceptance email arrives, a small voice starts whispering:
They probably made a mistake.
My film is not as good as the others.
I do not really belong here.
That voice is imposter...
Italian sales company True Colours has taken world sales outside Italy on first-time director Anna Foglietta’s marriage drama “A Common Story” (“Una Storia”) starring Alba Rohrwacher, ahead of its bow in Venice and Toronto. Foglietta is an actress-turned director best-known to international audiences for her role in Italy’s smash hit “Perfect Strangers” that earned her […]