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Features‘Dear You’ director Lan Hongchun talks inspiration and reactions to his Chinese sleeper hit
The film ranks as 2026’s second biggest film at the China box office to date.
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FeaturesRising Hong Kong star Angela Yuen on going from accounting to big screen awards
The actress is known for ‘The Narrow Road’, ‘Chilli Laugh Story’ and ‘Hong Kong Family’.
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FeaturesTaiwan star Joseph Chang talks ‘Deep Quiet Room’ and memories of ‘Eternal Summer’
The actor received the Screen International Star Asia Award at the New York Asian Film Festival.
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NewsEquity bolsters support for indie film actors
Mostafa Rajaai will help to enforce the rights of actors and supporting artists on films of £3m and under.
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NewsFantasia head talks titles to watch from 2026 lineup, YouTube creators and horror trends
Montreal fest runs July 16-August 2.
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Features“Locarno is the place to see how a film can work,” says festival director Giona A Nazzaro
Nazzaro talks about his love for genre filmmaking and US cinema and embracing political debate.
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FeaturesNew York Asian Film Festival turns 25 with bold, “shameless” selection and star power
Key titles include ‘Colony’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Dear You’.
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FeaturesNYAFF rising star awardee Sara Minami talks ‘All Greens’, ‘Magical Secret Tour’
The Japanese actress and model will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award.
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FeaturesNader Saeivar on his Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Hijamat’ and long-term collaboration with Jafar Panahi
Panahi produced and edited Saeivar’s latest film, which screened in Karlovy Vary’s main competition
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FeaturesDebut director Mads Mengel on casting his Karlovy Vary competition title ‘The Guest’: “I was so nervous the first time I met Trine Dyrholm”
The film is a tense drama about a matriarch who shows up unannounced at a family gathering
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FeaturesHow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshaped Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Black Money And White Nights’
The film, which is competing for the Crystal Globe award, is the Bulgarian directing duo’s fifth feature
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FeaturesCypriot director Tonia Mishiali on her Karlovy Vary premiere ‘The Lion At My Back’: “My actress disappeared six weeks before the shoot”
Mishiali’s second feature is part of this year’s main competition at the festival
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FeaturesCzech filmmaker Šimon Holý on how his Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Chica Checa’ shows “otherness is not only about queerness”
The film is part of this year’s Crystal Globe competition
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NewsDavid Puttnam calls for bolder action from UK producers
“I hate defeatism, I really do, and I particularly hate it when it comes from within my own industry.”
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FeaturesMunich’s Julia Weigl and Christoph Gröner explain why they are making the festival a home for US indie cinema
They also discuss the festival’s role as a forum for political debate.
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Features“I hit a wall,” says actor Maggie Gyllenhaal of what inspired her move into directing
”I came to the edge of what acting allowed me in terms of my artistic expression,” she said at Slano Film Days.
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Features“I need a face, I need a person,” says Michel Franco of his quest to bond with a sales executive
The Mexican filmmaker did not have much luck with sales execs earlier in this career.
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FeaturesSébastien Laudenbach on turning opera into animation with ‘Viva Carmen’
“We had to develop a story which does not exist in the opera.”
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FeaturesLili Horvat reveals her hopes and fears for fresh era of Hungarian film funding
Horvat was screening early footage of her second film ‘My Notes On Mars’ at Slano Film Days this month.
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FeaturesOur regional funds are falling apart, says Danis Tanovic of the struggle to get films financed in south-east Europe
The Bosnian director is attending Slano Film Days in Croatia, mentoring emerging filmmakers.