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News‘Gladiator II’ vanquishes rivals at global box office with $87m opening salvo
Sword-and-sandals sequel sets record R-rated release for Paramount, top international bow for Ridley Scott.
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NewsFrench prosecutor requests cultural minister Rachida Dati stand trial in corruption case, Dati responds
Politician declares: ”This infamous indictment is shocking in more ways than one.”
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NewsCoralie Fargeat pulls ‘The Substance’ from Camerimage amid furore over fest director remarks
Polish cinematography festival runs November 16-23.
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NewsKoen Van Bockstal to step down as CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Van Bockstal cites health reasons for his departure.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Gladiator II’ is unleashed at 722 sites
Also out this weekend: ‘Joy’ for Netflix and ’Kiss Me Kate: The Musical’ for Trafalgar Releasing.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ creator urges industry to defend jobs from AI
Steven Knight speaks at Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon alongside Banijay Entertainment chief Marco Bassetti.
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NewsConan O’Brien to debut as host for 2025 Oscars
O’Brien picks up the baton from Jimmy Kimmel who hosted the past two Oscar ceremonies.
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NewsApple received ‘exceptional visa’ to release ‘Blitz’ in French cinemas for rapid two-day release
The visa allows Apple to start streaming Steve McQueen’s awards hopeful from November 22 and avoid the 17-month window.
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NewsFrench broadcasters and film groups create body to protect France’s audiovisual sector
La Filière Audiovisuelle (LaFA) unites rival broadcasters in the face of rapid industry change.
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NewsTim Burton, Ava DuVernay, Justine Triet join starry Marrakech’s Conversations lineup
Eighteen top directors, actors, scriptwriters, and producers are expected in Marrakech this year for the Conversations programme.
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NewsIFTA to discuss 2025 AFM location in early December after top sellers plot breakaway LA event (exclusive)
“The Palms is not a fit for purpose venue”.
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NewsDisney streaming profit grows, core subs top 120m
‘Inside Out 2’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ drive entertainment division gains.
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NewsDisney head cool on anticipated M&A climate under Donald Trump 2.0: “We’ve already consolidated”
”We don’t really need more assets right now, either from a distribution or a content perspective, to thrive in a disrupted media world.”
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NewsBFI opens innovation fund for equity, diversity and inclusion data monitoring in film production
The £200,000 fund is part of the £1.8m BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsLGBTQ+ sports documentary ‘Gay Games’ picked up for world sales (exclusive)
Film is currently in production, from Bafta-winning director Cherish Oteka.
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NewsBerlin’s Tricia Tuttle says ‘No Other Land’ directors’ comments are not antisemitic
“Discourse which suggests this creates danger for them inside and outside Germany.”
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NewsRotterdam to hold retrospectives of Katja Raganelli and Sergii Masloboishchykov
Festival’s 2025 Focus programme also explores legacy of VHS culture and tribute to Bandung Conference.
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NewsTodd Haynes to head Berlin Film Festival 2025 jury
Festival director Tricia Tuttle calls Haynes “a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range.”
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NewsAlain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Film will be released theatrically in spring 2025.
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NewsRed Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects
Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.