IFC Films has set the U.S. theatrical release date for Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Bergman Island” on Oct. 15. The critically acclaimed movie world premiered in competition at the Cannes…
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Munich Film Up! Offers Bavarian Launching Pad for Emerging Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)
The Pop Up Film Residency, a mentorship program founded by former TorinoFilmLab artistic director Matthieu Darras and Slovak producer Juraj Krasnohorsky, will be the exclusive and creative partner…
Female Filmmakers Take Helm of Growing Polish Industry
When she was a student at the prestigious Lodz Film School in Poland, Jagoda Szelc was offered the chance to shoot a feature film. It was an unexpected…
Wes Anderson Won’t Hold Cannes Press Conference For ‘French Dispatch’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Wes Anderson won’t be taking any questions in Cannes because “The French Dispatch” isn’t getting a press conference. Variety has confirmed with festival sources that the movie’s creative…
1844 Entertainment Nabs International Rights to ’50 (or Two Whales Meet on the Beach)’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Los Angeles-based 1844 Entertainment has acquired international sales rights and U.S. distribution for Jorge Cuchí’s 2020 Venice Critics’ Week player, “50 o Dos Ballenas se Encuentran En la…
The Match Factory Acquires Locarno Competition Title ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Leading arthouse sales agency and producer The Match Factory has acquired “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash,” which will receive its world premiere in competition at the…
Hadas Ben Aroya’s ‘All Eyes Off Me’ Sells to North America & More Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE)
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has closed major territories on Hadas Ben Aroya’s daring sophomore outing, “All Eyes Off Me,” which world premiered at Berlin in the panorama…
‘An Education’ Director Lone Scherfig Set to Showrun ‘The Shift’ for TV2, Beta Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar-nominated Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) will be making her return to television with “The Shift,” an emotional series set in a contemporary maternity ward headlined by…
Memento International Boards Gigi Dar’s ‘Legend of Destruction’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Memento International (“Call Me By Your Name”) has boarded “Legend of Destruction,” a thought-provoking animated feature by Israeli filmmaker Gidi Dar (“Ushpizin”), produced by Lama Films (“Tel Aviv…
Key Buyers Event Co-Production Forum Showcases Russian Biz Growing Beyond its Borders
Seventeen Russian projects and nine international projects from eight countries have been selected to take part in WEMW Goes to Russia, a new international co-production forum organized by…
‘Fabian’ Director Dominik Graf on Today’s Weimar Era, Sexuality, Tom Schilling and the Grandiose Madame de Stael
In his latest work, “Fabian — Going to the Dogs,” Dominik Graf adapts a work that defines the tragic, hedonistic and dysfunctional era of the Weimar Republic from…
1844 Ent. Nabs U.S. Distribution, International to Argentina’s ‘A School in Cerro Hueso’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Los Angeles-based company 1844 Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution and international sales rights to Argentine Betania Cappato’s feature debut “Una escuela en Cerro Hueso” (“A School in Cerro…