Category: Festivals
‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ director Mohammad Rasoulof says Iranian prison guards asked for selfies and to watch his films with him
Mohammad Rasoulof says guards in Iran asked him for selfies and to watch his films with him, when he was tied to a bed in a prison hospital.
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Rotterdam Heads Talk Balancing Mainstream & Niche; Budgets, Dutch Cinema Spurt & Guests Lol Crawley, Cate Blanchett & Mohammad Rasoulof
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) got underway on Thursday evening with Dutch director Michiel ten Horn’s gender-blending, crime cap [...]
IFFR Pro’s Marten Rabarts on the 2025 CineMart line-up and why the Dutch make the best co-producers
The challenge for IFFR Pro, the industry strand of International Film Festival Rotterdam which runs from January 31-February 5, is always attr [...]
From The Creator Of ‘The Jinx’ Comes Shocking Expose Of Alabama Prison Conditions: “The System Is Really In Free Fall” – Sundance
The pulverized face of Steven Davis tells a terrifying story of conditions inside Alabama state prisons – his eyes swollen shut, his bruised flesh [...]
2025 Sundance Film Festival announces award winners
Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners on Friday, with grand jury prizes going to Atropia, Seeds, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), and C [...]
‘Rabbit Trap’ Director Bryn Chainey On The Roots Of His Trippy Folkloric Fantasy: “A Film Should Be An Experience” — Sundance Film Festival
The Midnight strand at the Sundance Film Festival has come into its own in the last few years, showcasing films that push the increasingly conserva [...]
Iran’s Soheila Golestani banned from travelling to Rotterdam film festival to serve on jury
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has expressed its solidarity with Iranian director and actress Soheila Golestani, calling her ”a victi [...]
‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ Actress Soheila Golestani Barred From Leaving Iran To Serve On Rotterdam Jury
Iranian filmmaker and actress Soheila Golestani, who was unveiled as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Tiger Competition j [...]
Netflix acquires Sundance drama ‘Train Dreams’ with Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones
In the second known deal of a ponderous Sundance on the acquisitions front, Netflix has picked up the drama Train Dreams starring Joel Edgerton [...]
Demi Moore To Be Feted By Santa Barbara Film Festival With Career Retrospective And Conversation
EXCLUSIVE: Philadelphia plays Kansas City in the Super Bowl on February 9, but there is another eve [...]