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NewsGermany selects Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ for Oscars 2025
The drama by the Iranian filmmaker won two awards at Cannes.
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NewsNeon, Topic to produce comedy ‘Splitsville’ starring Dakota Johnson
Company to launch international sales at TIFF.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival returns for buoyant comeback edition
Industry welcomes back Edinburgh despite some minor hiccups.
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NewsBerlinale adds four key names to selection committee, expands advisors network
The committee will select the films in Competition and Berlinale Special.
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News‘Sicilian Letters’: first trailer for Venice Competition title with Toni Servillo (exclusive)
The Mafia drama is the third film from directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza.
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NewsDiversion picks up sales on Lav Diaz’s Venice title ‘Phantosmia’ (exclusive)
The feature marks the eighth time on the Lido for the Filipino filmmaker.
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NewsParamount Global execs extend “go-shop” window, mull $6bn Edgar Bronfman Jr. bid
Period was due to expire on Wednesday night; now extended through September 5.
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NewsLionsgate pulls ‘Megalopolis’ trailer containing fake quotes: “We screwed up”
“We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process.”
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NewsBanking veteran James Gorman to oversee Disney succession planning
Disney CEO Bob Iger has said he will step down in 2026.
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News‘The Ceremony’ wins inaugural Sean Connery Prize at revamped Edinburgh film festival
UK feature directed by Jack King receives £50,000 award.
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NewsUpgrade Productions boards sales on Taika Waititi-produced TIFF adventure ‘The Mountain’ (exclusive)
New Zealand film has grossed approximately $1m in Australia and New Zealand.
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News‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ to screen as gala at BFI London Film Festival
Singer to attend festival in support of the documentary.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy unveils documentary contenders for 2024 awards
Titles include Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winner ‘Dahomey’.
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NewsPaul Schrader reveals new feature film ‘The Basics Of Philosophy’ (exclusive)
Schrader is aiming to write the film before shooting ‘Non Compos Mentis’ this winter.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics sets awards corridor release for Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’
Spanish master’s latest work marks his English-language feature debut.
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NewsEdgar Bronfman Jr. makes 11th-hour $4.3bn bid for Paramount Global
“Go-shop” period for Paramount Global to consider “superior” bids ends on August 21.
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NewsNeon acquires US rights to ‘Hell Of A Summer’ from Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk
Altitude handles international sales on 2023 TIFF selection.
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NewsFocus Features acquires worldwide rights to ‘Hamnet’, Steven Spielberg producing
Universal Pictures International handles distirbution outside the US.
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News‘Sex’, ‘Crossing’ among six Nordic Council Film Prize nominees
Four fiction and two documentary features nominated for the major award.
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NewsMeg Ryan talks directorial duties, recalls ‘When Harry Met Sally…’ diner scene in Sarajevo
Ryan spoke about ‘Top Gun’, Nora Ephron and turning down ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’.