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NewsJapan meets Taiwan: how Sabu created awards frontrunner ‘Arrested Memory’
Ethan Juan stars in the action comedy co-production, which shot entirely in Taiwan.
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FeaturesBlack Nights’ Malaika Bova on first films, the importance of world premieres and creating a community
Bova’s previous role at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival gave her invaluable insight into supporting debut filmmakers.
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Features‘Women On Trial’ directors on how they turned a landmark abortion case into a courtroom thriller
Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller are interested in the film’s US reception at TAFFF amid renewed battles over reproductive rights.
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Features‘All About Corinne’ director Marc Fitoussi on casting Isabelle Huppert and taking an affectionate swipe at the French film industry
The film makes its North American premiere at the American French Film Festival (TAFFF).
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FeaturesMira Nair on “the beauty and struggle of independent cinema” and financing next film ‘Amri’
“I’m sleeves rolled up, always trying to make poetry and sense of the world,” the director says.
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FeaturesHow an LA festival is working to connect US buyers and audiences to French films
The American French Film Festival is one of the major launchpads for French films into the US market.
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Features“It’s the Geneva we know,” say the Swiss filmmakers of docu-drama ‘Summer Drift’
‘Summer Drift’ is set in Geneva’s working-class, queer and alternative communities.
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Features“We’re not afraid of AI,” says GIFF Pro’s Mathieu Gayet as 2026 programme opens
GIFF Pro’s programme of audiovisual innovation provides the chance to discuss and examine AI, Gayet explains.
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FeaturesMarine Atlan on how she aimed to capture the intensity of adolescence in ‘La Gradiva’
The film about a school trip to Pompeii has become one of the breakout French films of the year.
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FeaturesTIFFCOM leaders talk turning the spotlight on IP, co-production and AI
Anime will also be a key focus at the 2026 edition of the long-running market.
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FeaturesThree Japanese directors in Tokyo Competition talk connection, identity and loss
Akira Ikeda, Akira Yamamoto and Yukiko Mishima discuss their upcoming films.
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FeaturesHow Valladolid International Film Week is honouring the legacy of Jose Luis Cienfuegos
His close colleagues Marina Viader and Javier H. Estrada have taken over in an interim capacity.
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NewsBille August on adapting novel ‘Me, You’: “I thought, how the hell do you transform this into a film?”
Oscar and double Palme d’Or winner’s latest film, an adaptation of Erri de Luca book, world premieres this week at Rome Film Fest.
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FeaturesBFI’s Mia Bays corrects the record: “People thought I ran the LFF, the archive, and BFI Southbank”
Bays is feeling energised as she comes to the end of her five-year tenure as the director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
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NewsMarco Bechis on Brazil doubling for Argentina in ‘Back To Buenos Aires’
“Accessing the Ancine/FSA public funds was crucial to making the co-production viable.”
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FeaturesSao Paulo festival director Renata de Almeida on track record of supporting new talent
”The star is always the film and the only thing that raises the temperature is the heat coming from the audience.”
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FeaturesHow Paola Malanga is making Rome Film Fest a top showcase for international films
Italian distributors are paying close attention to the programme.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Taiwanese producer Patrick Mao Huang on spotting new talent and embracing AI
The Taiwanese film producer talk spotting up-and-coming filmmakers, learning those unwritten industry rules and the transformational impact of AI on storytelling.
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FeaturesKorean-Chinese director Zhang Lu talks inspirations, financing and return to Busan
China-born Korean director Zhang Lu has a strong connection with Busan
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Korean exec Paul D Kim talks industry challenges and Sean Baker ambitions
The founder and CEO of Hive Filmworks on the challenges facing the Korean film industry, the conservative mindset of investors, and the project he would pitch to Sean Baker