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NewsCeline Dornier joins IPR.VC as content executive from Logical Pictures
The appointment signals the investment fund’s aim to ramp up its executive producer role on projects.
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NewsFrench box office slump continues with 29.4% drop in ticket sales in August
Source: Universal ‘The Bad Guys 2’ France’s box office took a nosedive in August with a 29.4% drop in ticket sales year-on-year to 9.97 million admissions* (€73m), according to figures from the CNC. It extends a summer slump after a 17.3% drop in July, and a decline ...
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FeaturesInternational execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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NewsCanal+ enters negotiations for 34% stake in cinema operator UGC
”This transaction demonstrates the group’s commitment to cinema and theatrical exhibition.”
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NewsRupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax to sit on Dinard festival jury
The French seaside festival runs from October 1-5.
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Reviews‘Roqia’ review: Atmospheric Algerian debut filters civil war through a genre lens
Writer/director Yanis Koussim turns Algeria’s Black Decade into an effective possession narrative
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Features“We’re evolving,” says Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet of the company’s shifting strategy
As the world’s oldest studio, Gaumont is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2025.
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Reviews‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ review: Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in Oliver Assayas drama
Dense Venice competition title also stars Paul Dano as Putin’s chief strategist
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News“‘Etty’ is an escape from hate”: first trailer for Hagai Levi’s Venice premiering show
Mini-series is a loose adaptation of the diaries of Dutch author Etty Hillesum who died in Auschwitz.
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Reviews‘Sangre Del Toro’ review: Entertaining yet lightweight celebration of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
The Mexican director of ’Frankenstein’ discusses his inspirations and ideas in Yves Montmayeur’s documentary
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Reviews‘At Work’ review: A French writer joins the gig economy in Valérie Donzelli’s muted drama
Bastien Bouillon stars in the director’s first Venice competition entry
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Reviews‘Agon’ review: Intriguing Italian debut follows three sportswomen at a fictional Olympics
Giulio Bertelli’s documentary-infused drama features real life world champion judo athlete Alice Bellandi
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FeaturesHow mk2 is connecting auteurs and audiences, and expanding its slate of English-language arthouse films
”A decade ago, we stopped distributing films and everyone said, ‘You’re crazy.’ But we had a strategic vision, and it is working.”
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Reviews‘Memory’ review: Ukrainian filmmaker Vladlena Sandu explores her troubled past in lyrical docudrama
Sandu’s exploration of a childhood spent in Crimea and Chechnya opens Venice’s Giornate degli Autori
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NewsMona Fastvold's Venice Competition title ‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’ boarded for sales
Mona Fastvold directs the feature, with Amanda Seyfried in the lead.
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NewsBFI Flare comedy ‘Departures’ sells to US, France and other key territories
EXCLUSIVE: The UK queer comedy has also sold to Canada, Germany and Austria.
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NewsThailand’s Oscar submission ‘A Useful Ghost’ among Morelia-bound Cannes Critics’ Week delegation
EXCLUSIVE: Delegation of sidebar competition selections continues decades-long partnership.
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NewsHalle Berry to star in Ellie Foumbi’s drama ‘Fleur’ for Killer Films, AGC Studios
EXCLUSIVE: AGC to begin pre-sales talks in TIFF next month.
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NewsPaweł Pawlikowski’s ‘1949’ starring Sandra Hüller begins shoot for Our Films, Mubi
The shoot is underway in Poland, Germany and Italy.
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Reviews’Yakushima’s Illusion’ review: Vicky Krieps stars in Naomi Kawase’s humanistic Japanese hospital drama
Writer/director Kawase presents a delicately-handled study of the country’s challenging organ donation landscape