Category: Festivals
MAD World boards sales on Yomna Khattab’s ’50 Meters’ ahead of CPH:DOX debut (exclusive)
MAD World, the film sales arm of Cairo-based MAD Solutions, has acquired the rights to Egyptian director Yomna Khattab’s family documentary 50 M [...]
Visit Films closes key sales on SXSW entry ‘40 Acres’ led by UK, Middle East (exclusive)
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has licensed UK, Germany, Australia and Middle East rights on recent SXSW action thriller 40 Acres starring Danielle Dead [...]
The 25 best reality stars of the 2000s
Nothing quite captured the early 2000s like reality television. It offered us an inside look at the dating world, the dancing world, the singing wor [...]
Danish Prime Minister & Former NATO Secretary General Defend Ukraine, Offer Implicit Criticism Of Trump As CPH:DOX Festival Opens
CPH:DOX, the world-class documentary festival in Copenhagen, is underway – kicking off with the world premiere of a film that could not be more tim [...]
Warner Bros moves PTA Leo DiCaprio film to September, pushes ‘The Bride!’ into 2026
Warner Bros has confirmed that its Paul Thomas Anderson feature starring Leonardo DiCaprio is called One Battle After Another and pushed it from [...]
‘F—toys’ Multi-Hyphenate Annapurna Sriram Talks Non-Binary Co-Star’s Passport Scare & “Rebellious Nature” Of Her SXSW Winner
Writer, director and actress Annapurna Sriram‘s celluloid fever dream has won over audiences at SXSW.
With her feature directorial debut Fuckt [...]
Cannes Film Festival confirms 2025 Official Selection announcement date
The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed it will announce the Official Selection programme for the 78th edition on April 10, 2025 in Paris.
Iris K [...]
International television execs head to Series Mania amid painful transition from peak-TV era
With the television industry continuing its painful transition from the peak TV era, it’s perhaps a surprise that Series Mania is expecting more [...]
New York Asian Film Festival adds programmers to bring “fresh perspective” (exclusive)
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is preparing for its upcoming 24th edition by making two key additions to its programming team.
Anna Pa [...]
At SXSW, Sophia Bush, Jeremy O. Harris, Jaboukie Young-White & Zoë Chao Champion LGBTQ Resistance & “The Queering Of Filmmaking”
Although LGBTQ representation was few and far in between among the headliners at this year’s SXSW, several indie darlings broke the industry’s cis- [...]