Category: Festivals
Uta Briesewitz Talks ‘American Sweatshop’, Early Days On ‘The Wire’ & The Hollywood Agent Who Told Her: “Nobody Wants To Work With A Female DP”
Uta Briesewitz delivered a Munich International Film Festival Masterclass on her recent movie American Sweatshop and also shared tales of her time [...]
French distributors to benefit from revamped CNC financial support
The CNC, France’s central film body has heeded calls to transform the way it supports the theatrical distribution sector by increasing its distr [...]
Dances With Films: ‘No Choice,’ ‘Never Get Busted’ & More Dance Away With Awards At Indie Cinema Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Dances With Films, the festival that describes itself as “defiantly independent,” has announced its jury and audience awards after wrapp [...]
Paramount Global settles Trump CBS lawsuit for $16m, issues no apology
In a stunning decision, Paramount Global has agreed to settle a CBS lawsuit with US president Donald Trump deemed frivolous by legal experts and [...]
Sean “Diddy” Combs Faces 20 Years In Prison After Being Found Guilty On Two Counts In Sex-Trafficking Trial – Update
(Updated with more details) Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty on two counts in his sex-trafficking trial, the jury said today.
After a [...]
‘Victorian Psycho’ starring Maika Monroe and Jason Isaacs acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: True Brit Entertainment has acquired UK-Ireland rights from Anton to US filmmaker Zachary Wigon’s horror thriller Victorian Psycho.
T [...]
Elena Oxman’s ‘Outerlands’ wins first Queer Media Society award in Munich
US writer-director Elena Oxman’s Outerlands will be the first recipiint of the Queer Media Society (QMS) award for the best queer feature film s [...]
Frameline49: ‘I’m Your Venus,’ ‘The Nature of Invisible Things,’ ‘Wicket’ And More Win Top Awards
EXCLUSIVE: Frameline49 — the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival – has announced jury and audience awards winners after wrapping an 11 [...]
Berlin World Cinema Fund head Vincenzo Bugno to depart
Vincenzo Bugno is leaving the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund after 21 years in post.
He departs at the end of the year to focus on his work as ar [...]
Mediterrane Film Festival wraps its third edition with fireworks, arias and Russell Crowe
Fireworks, opera arias, dancers, a show-stopping turn from UK singer Emeli Sandé, smutty jokes from emcee David Walliams, and a rabble-rousing s [...]