Category: Festivals
True Colours takes on sales for Franco Maresco’s Venice competition title ‘Bravo Bene!’
EXCLUSIVE: Rome-based sales outfit True Colours has picked up Italian director Franco Maresco’s Bravo Bene! (Un Film Fatto Per Bene), which will [...]
Square Eyes acquires sales rights to Balkan drama ‘Desire Lines’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Wouter Jansen’s Vienna-based Square Eyes has acquired international sales rights to Bosnian director Dane Komljen’s Desire Lines, whi [...]
MAD Solutions, Film Clinic take MENA rights to Venice-bound ‘Cotton Queen’
EXCLUSIVE: MAD Solutions and Film Clinic Indie Distribution have acquired distribution rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to Suza [...]
Venice Chief Alberto Barbera On This Year’s Stellar Lineup, Oscar Hopefuls, A Final Cut Dispute & Why Films Are Too Long These Days
Even by Venice’s lofty standards, this is a tantalizing and eye-catching 2025 lineup that the festival revealed Tuesday. The star-power may be at a [...]
Ozzy Osbourne Dies: Black Sabbath Frontman, Solo Singer & Reality TV Star Was 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary Black Sabbath frontman and solo star who helped pioneer the follow-around reality TV genre with his MTV series The Osb [...]
Films Boutique snaps up Catalan road movie ‘Strange River’, debuting in Venice Horizons
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based sales outfit Films Boutique has snapped up world rights to Strange River, Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart’s queer c [...]
Jafar Panahi named Busan’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Iran’s Jafar Panahi has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year by Busan International Film Festival, recognising his contribution to the Asian f [...]
Alia Bhatt, Payal Kapadia, Soi Cheang-backed films in Busan’s Asian Project Market 2025 selection
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has revealed 30 titles selected for the 2025 Asian Project Market (APM), including upcoming features pr [...]
‘Christy’ starring Sydney Sweeney, Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’ among latest Toronto world premieres
World premieres of David Michôd’s boxing biopic Christy starring Sydney Sweeney, Alice Winocour’s fashion industry drama Couture starring Angeli [...]
TIFF Galas & Presentations: World Premieres ‘Good Fortune’, ‘Nuremberg’, Sydney Sweeney Pic ‘Christy’, Angelina Jolie ‘Couture’; North American Debuts Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’, Dwayne Johnson ‘Smashing Machine’
It’s a massive news week for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival starting with this morning’s announcement of their full Galas and Special [...]