All articles by Tim Dams
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NewsParamount offers EU commitments to clear Warner Bros Discovery takeover
Paramount could pull out of its United International Pictures film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures to gain clearance.
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NewsSuzannah Mirghani’s ‘Cotton Queen’ among features selected for Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings
Sudanese director’s feature is one of eight features and five shorts selected for programme focused on African continent.
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News€1.5m Fondazione Prada Film Fund returns with 2026 call for entries
Fund for independent films from around the world first launched last year.
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NewsEAVE names new co-heads of Producers Workshop
EXCLUSIVE: They will replace outgoing head of studies, the Oscar-nominated Lise Lense‑Møller.
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NewsTinto Brass’s 1967 pop thriller ‘Deadly Sweet’ to screen as “pre-opening film” at Venice
Jean-Louis Trintignant and Ewa Aulin star in the London-set film by the ‘Caligula’ director.
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NewsMohamed Kordofani and Mohammed Alomda projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
The DFI grants are for first- and second-time filmmakers globally and MENA directors in post-production.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’ wins best film prize at Mediterrane Film Festival
The people’s choice award was won by Kiah Roache-Turner’s Second World War shark-attack thriller Beast Of War.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios strikes first-look deal with ‘My Fault’ author Mercedes Ron
Half of Prime Video’s Top 10 most-watched original films worldwide this week are adaptations of Ron’s works.
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News‘Rose’ director Markus Schleinzer to make coming-of-age musical biopic ‘Klaus’
The film is a biopic of German singer Klaus Nomi, who made waves in New York’s East Village art scene in the 1970s and 80s.
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NewsVirginie Efira to receive Locarno’s Leopard Club Award
Efira recently won Cannes’ best actress prize for her role in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden.
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NewsÁlex de la Iglesia to make animation feature debut with ‘Ages of Madness: The Howling of the Jinn’
Adult 3D animation production is based on the universe of influential US horror and sci-fi writer H.P. Lovecraft.
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NewsBruce LaBruce and Hilal Baydarov projects among 11 selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development
The development programme is aimed at feature-length projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
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NewsSpain’s Jaime Tarrazón elected president of international cinema body UNIC
Tarrazón takes over from the UK’s Phil Clapp who has held the role for the past 13 years.
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NewsProducer groups from France, Germany and Spain team up as Euro lobbying accelerates
EXCLUSIVE: France’s Eurocinema, Germany’s PROG and Spain’s PATE, which represent three of largest European production territories, have begun working closely together.
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NewsScreenSkills CEO Laura Mansfield to step down
ScreenSkills chair Lisa Opie will step in as executive chair until new CEO appointed.
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NewsAgnieszka Holland to direct biopic of Marlene Dietrich
Film reunites producers behind Holland’s Franz.
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NewsEuropa Distribution’s new co-presidents to focus on AgoraEU negotiations
A Contracorriente’s Eduardo Escudero and Polyfilm’s Sabine Hofmann have been elected co-presidents.
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NewsHBO Max names Movistar Plus+ film exec Guillermo Farré as head of Spanish originals
Movistar+’s former head of original films’ credits include Oscar nominee Sirât by Oliver Laxe.
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NewsLocarno unveils partners and participants for first Open Doors Connect programme
Programme sees foundations, film institutions, and organisations sponsor industry professionals from Global South.
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NewsTIFF: The Market says over 130 buyers confirmed so far for launch edition
List of buyers includes UK’s Picturehouse, Greece’s Tanweer, Benelux’s Cineart, Germany’s Plaion, China’s Bona Film Group, and Spain’s A Contracorriente.