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NewsMontreal’s 2023 Frontieres genre co-pro market announces second wave (exclusive)
Selections include Ryan Ward’s Canadian magic realism tale Pure Science Fiction, Maria Arida’s Brazilian psychological thriller The Eyes Of Another.
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NewsEx-Disney TV head Peter Rice strikes non-exclusive pact with A24
British executive hails “Hollywood’s most vibrant, fearless, and creative studio”.
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NewsLeading Saudi producer Telfaz11 commits to nine film and TV productions at Neom
Production company agrees partnership deal with media hub.
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News‘Bardot’ producer Featuristic Films hires Laura Brook as head of film as part of UK expansion plan (exclusive)
UK production company is looking to make as many as 10 films this year.
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NewsWGA strike hits projects across the US
Picket lines have seen appearances by stars and other guild heads.
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NewsUK studios, cast and crew facing quiet summer as impact of WGA strike ripples across Atlantic
The downturn is mainly in high-end TV, with UK studios expecting US studio tentpoles to keep on rolling.
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NewsFilm Independent picks six projects for Documentary Lab programme
Subjects include a journalist in Siberia and a family of Puerto Rican women.
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NewsKristen Stewart, Josh O’Connor, Elle Fanning to star in Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Rosebushpruning’
The Match Factory and Mubi team on the adaptation of Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Fists in the Pocket’.
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NewsScreen International’s Global Production Awards unveil winners in Cannes
The awards were held tonight (May 22) at the Mademoiselle Gray D’Albion Plage in Cannes.
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NewsAislinn Clarke’s Irish horror ‘Fréwaka’ kicks off production (exclusive)
Irish and English-language feature stars Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya.
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NewsAI will spark restructure of film and TV industry, says Goteburg’s Nostradamus report
Report also examines industry’s challenges in remaining to young audiences.
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NewsCity of Rio in bid to ramp up incentive fund (exclusive)
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.
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NewsRenny Harlin on his vision for action epic ‘Deep Water’: “I feel like a kid again”
“People are missing the reality. I want to rig the actors to the wires and yank them out of the plane.”
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NewsSandra Rudich, Julie Gayet launch €35m Sisterland to nurture French female-driven projects (exclusive)
Producer Rudich will oversee an investment fund and production company.
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NewsFrance ramps up studios and training with 68 projects chosen for €350m “Great Image Factory” initiative
’The Great Image Factory’ is part of the French government’s €54bn France 2030 plan.
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NewsWim Wenders shares details about planned 3D architecture doc ‘The Secrets Of Places’
German director is in Cannes with two films in official selection.
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NewsFinn Taylor’s ‘Avenue of the Giants’ wraps
Drama stars Stephen Lang in the true story of Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller.
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NewsLionsgate’s ‘Good Fortune’ suspends shoot due to writers strike (reports)
The Aziz Ansari comedy was shooting within strike rules.
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NewsCharlie Murphy, Flora Nicholson to lead ‘Miss Pirie And Miss Woods’ from ‘Winners’ producer (exclusive)
Sophie Heldman will direct the real-life LGBTQI+ drama.
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NewsCaptain Sir Tom Moore to receive film treatment from ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ writers (exclusive)
‘Finding Your Feet’ director Richard Loncraine will direct; Circus Studios selling in Cannes.