Category: Festivals
Top CEE Producers Talk Co-Productions, Streamers & Key Issues Facing Their Industry Today – Karlovy Vary
With the Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Industry Days section well underway, today marks the unveiling of its novel KVIFF Central Stage showcase wher [...]
Coproduction Office boards Syeyoung Park’s Korean sci-fi ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Coproduction Office has acquired international sales rights to Korean director Syeyoung Park’s The Fin, that is set to premiere at Lo [...]
Far-Right Purges On Culture Sectors In Slovakia & Hungary Spark Concern Among CEE Delegates In Karlovy Vary: “This Is Not Just A Local Fire”
It’s been nearly a year since Slovakia’s hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his position as director of t [...]
‘Kika’, ‘Okamoto’ among 2025 Munich film festival competition winners
Titles by Alexe Poukine, David Bim, and Soujiro Sanada were among the winners of the competition sections at this year’s Munich International Fi [...]
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ roars at UK-Ireland box office with £9.2m opening
UK-Ireland top five, July 4-6
Rank Film (origin) Distributor July 4-6 Total Week
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Jurassic World Rebirth (US)
Universal
£9.2m [...]
Corsican mafia thriller ‘The Mohican’ lands US deal
EXCLUSIVE: Distrib Films has acquired US rights to Corsican director Frederic Farrucci’s second feature The Mohican that premiered at last year’ [...]
Berlin prizewinner ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Peccadillo Pictures has picked up UK-Ireland rights for Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s Australian animation Lesbian Space Prin [...]
Michael Douglas Has “No Real Intentions” Of Acting Again After Realizing “I Had To Stop”
Following a nearly 60-year onscreen career, Michael Douglas‘ leading man days might be in the past.
At the Karlovy Vary International Film Fes [...]
‘The Odyssey’ teaser trailer leaks online
The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan and Universal’s 2026 tentpole The Odyssey leaked online on Tuesday after it played alongside earl [...]
UK government confirms “no plans” to rejoin Creative Europe, introduce a streamer levy or cut VAT on cinema tickets
The UK government has ruled out a return to Creative Europe or the introduction of a streamer levy in its formal response to the culture, media [...]