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NewsSundance documentary ‘Folktales’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows teenagers on an unconventional gap year in the Arctic wilderness.
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NewsScreen unveils 2025 Cannes film festival jury grid critics
The critics will be giving their verdict on the 21 films playing in Competition.
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NewsA24 Sundance titles ‘Sorry, Baby’ and ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: ’Sorry, Baby’ is also the closing night film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
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NewsDurban FilmMart unveils 31 African projects for 2025 Pitch and Finance Forum
The 31 projects in development come from 15 countries.
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NewsMetFilm unveils first look at UK comedy ‘Lady’ starring Sian Clifford, launches sales
EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Abrahams’ feature directorial debut centres on a narcissistic aristocrat.
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NewsReason8 lands US deals across slate, including New Zealand horror ‘Forgive Us All’
‘Tummy Monster’ and ’Tender Metalheads’ have also secured deals.
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NewsUniversal appoints Studiocanal exec as Germany-Austria MD; Studiocanal replaces with co-CEOs
Hooman Afshari, Lutz Rippe take over as co-CEOs of Studiocanal Germany.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight kabuki drama ‘Kokuho’ picked up for sales by Pyramide
EXCLUSIVE: The Japanese feature is directed by Lee Sang-il and has a cast that includes Ken Watanabe.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar issues Trump broadside at Chaplin Award ceremony
Spanish filmmaker was in New York to collect honorary award.
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NewsBleecker Street founder Andrew Karpen dies aged 59
Popular East Coast native founded Bleecker Street in 2014.
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NewsMolly Manning Walker to lead Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes Film Festival
The UK filmmaker won the strand’s top prize in 2023 for ‘How To Have Sex’.
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NewsBusan reveals major programming and team revamp ahead of 30th edition
South Korea’s leading film event will become a competitive festival for the first time since its launch in 1996.
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NewsFilm Constellation acquired by Vuelta, merges with Global Screen
Film Constellation and Global Screen will operate as Global Constellation.
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NewsMatthew Broderick, Sally Hawkins, Martin Freeman to star in Simon Bird’s ‘Pretend I’m Not Here’
Cornerstone is launching international sales at Cannes, co-repping US with CAA Media Finance.
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NewsFirst trailer for Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’
Dwayne Johnson stars as UFC legend Mark Kerr.
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NewsWhy BBC Film and Film4 each backed a Cannes Competition film with no UK director or production company
Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ is backed by BBC Film, while Film4 has supported Oliver Hermanus’ ‘The History Of Sound’.
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NewsStop-motion animation ‘Savages’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film will have wide release in cinemas this summer.
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NewsWest of Ireland-shot ‘Horseshoe’ wraps production
Directing duo Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe make their feature debut
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NewsIDFA appoints Isabel Arrate Fernandez as artistic director
She succeeds Orwa Nyrabia whose seven-year term as artistic director ends on July 1.
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NewsMichael Nyman to be honoured at World Soundtrack Awards
’The Piano’ composer will receive his award in October