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FeaturesBuyers speculate on why Amazon really dropped Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’
CAA Media Finance shopped Artificial around town after Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios reportedly decided the feature was too dark and would be “better served” elsewhere.
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Shudder Films’ Jack Tarling on UK-Ireland co-productions, his inventive slate and scaling up
‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ is screening at Karlovy Vary and Galway Film Fleadh.
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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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FeaturesWhy a rising filmmaker took the bold move to ask his cast to improvise his debut ‘Conversations In Bed’
Dean Conway’s ’Conversations In Bed’ world premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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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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Features“I came away inspired by the German film landscape,” say Nordic producers at Munich’s CineCoPro Conference
“There’s a lot of money and opportunity,” said Iceland’s Rakel Gardarsdottir of the German sector,
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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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FeaturesGalway Film Fleadh heads on a challenging year for female representation and the growth of Ireland’s industry
The Galway Film Fleadh runs from July 7 to 12.
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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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FeaturesHow Netflix anime ‘Cosmic Princess Kaguya!’ became a box office sensation in Japan
The film broke out from streaming to become one of the highest grossing titles of 2026 to date.
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FeaturesSeven rising German directors to watch at the Munich film festival
Their first fiction films are being showcased in the New German Cinema programme.
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FeaturesSeven talking points from CineEurope 2026
The annual trade convention for European exhibitors took place in Barcelona from June 22-25
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FeaturesMunich industry programme to discuss proposed streamer investment obligation
Additionally, the flagship CineCoPro Conference will focus on collaboration between Germany and the Nordic region.
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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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FeaturesHow collectible popcorn buckets became a lucrative revenue stream for cinemas
Merch is a growing product category for cinema operators, as fans splash the cash for tie-ins. Screen talks to key players and digs into the market’s star performer: the collectible popcorn bucket.
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FeaturesHow Phil Clapp helped take UNIC from talky Paris dinners to effective exhibition lobbyists in Brussels
The cinema trade body head discusses his long tenure at the European organisation and his role in its reform.
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FeaturesHow the Middle East and India are playing key roles in the global success of ‘Obsession’
“We couldn’t get to these records without these performances,” says UPI and Focus exec Niels Swinkels.
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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.