Category: Festivals
‘Queer as Folk’ Cast Reuniting For 25th Anniversary At Pride Live! Hollywood, Plus ‘Golden Girls’ Birthday & Norman Lear Tribute
A modern Pride festival celebrating LGBTQ representation in entertainment is coming to Los Angeles, just in time for the 25th anniversary of Queer [...]
Cannes Un Certain Regard jury prize winner ‘A Poet’ lands US deal
1-2 Special said on Thursday it had pounced on another Cannes premiere, taking all North American rights to Simón Mesa Soto’s A Poet, winner of [...]
Nick Jonas Set As KISS Singer Paul Stanley In STX Movie ‘Shout It Out Loud’
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas is near closed on a deal to star as KISS lead singer Paul Stanley in Shout It Out Loud, the McG-directed film about the forma [...]
Locarno Film Festival unveils producers and projects for Africa-focused 2025 Open Doors programme
Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival’s co-production platform and talent development programme, has unveiled the projects and producers taking [...]
Rotterdam Arab Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Arab Cinema Excellence at the Heart of Dutch Film Culture
By TheWorldScreen – Rotterdam, June 2, 2025
The 25th edition of the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (RAFF) concluded with a powerful statement: Arab [...]
‘Dogma’s Triumphant Cannes Return Has Inspired Kevin Smith To Make A “Cannes-Worthy” Sequel: “A Sweet Victory Lap”
More than 25 years, four popes and a near-death experience later, Kevin Smith has never felt more inspired to revisit his 1999 religious satire Dog [...]
Christian Petzold’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry ‘Miroirs No. 3’ lands US deal
1-2 Special has acquired US rights to Christian Petzold’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry Miroirs No. 3 and plans a theatrical release.
Metro [...]
Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears Talks ‘Pillion’ Acting Debut & “Shocking” NSFW Sex Scene With Alexander Skarsgård: “My Jaw Was On The Floor”
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about Pillion.
As Jake Shears was recently between stops in Glasgow and Bournemouth on a UK/Ireland [...]
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win the Cannes Palme d’Or, has died aged 91.
His family confirmed last week he d [...]
Short Films Starring Ian McKellen, Chris Pine, Archie Panjabi, John C. Reilly And More Headed To Palm Springs International ShortFest
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the world’s premiere festivals dedicated to low form film, has announced a 2025 lineup boasting an [...]