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Diane Kruger, Fatih Akin Reunite for ‘Amrum’
Diane Kruger is re-teaming with her In the Fade director Fatih Akin on the new German period drama Amrum, which began principal photography in Hamburg today. The film follows a family living in a small village on Amrum Island in rural northern Germany in early 1945, in the final days of World War II. The […]
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Netflix to Present Sneak Peek of New Wallace & Gromit, Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ at Annecy
Claymation legends Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham will offer stop-motion fans a sneak peek at their upcoming Wallace & Gromit film at this year’s Annecy animation festival. The still-untitled feature will see inveterate, cheese-loving inventor Wallace designing a “smart gnome” for the family garden who begins to develop a mind of its own. As events […]
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Cannes Film Festival 2024 Poster Unveiled
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the official poster for its 77th edition. Cannes likes to evoke cinematic history in its official merch, and this year’s poster is no exception. It features a scene from Rhapsody in August, Japanese classic from the late Akira Kurosawa, which premiered out of competition in Cannes in 1991. In […]
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Sony Pictures Classics to Re-Release 4K Version of ‘Run Lola Run’ for 25th Anniversary
Lola better get some new sneakers. Sony Pictures Classics has announced it will re-release Tom Tykwer’s 1999 German action classic Run Lola Run, in a new 4K restored version, in U.S. cinemas this summer, timed to the 25th anniversary of the movie’s original domestic bow. Franka Potente stars as the titular athletic Lola in the […]
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BAFTA Confirms Date for 2025 Awards
BAFTA has confirmed the date for next year’s film awards ceremony, which will be held Sunday, February 16, 2025. The date means the BAFTAs will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2. Once again, the British awards will take place smack in the middle of the Berlin Film Festival, which […]
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Netflix Adds Cesc Gay-Directed Drama ’53 Domingos’ to Spanish Film Slate
Netflix will produce and release 53 Domingos, the new film from Spanish director Cesc Gay, an adaptation of his own award-winning theater play. The dramedy follows three brothers who meet up to discuss what to do with their octogenarian father who has started behaving oddly. As they debate whether to put him in a nursing […]
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Mubi Picks Up Elizabeth Sankey’s ‘Witches’ Worldwide (Exclusive)
Art house streamer Mubi has picked up worldwide rights for Witches, the new documentary feature from British director Elizabeth Sankey (Romantic Comedy) and will roll out the movie globally following its world premiere in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Festival in June. Inspired by Sankey’s own struggles with mental health, the film draws connections […]
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Studio Ghibli to Receive Honorary Cannes Palme d’Or
The Cannes Film Festival will award legendary Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli with its honorary Palme d’Or this year, the first time Cannes has given its highest award to a company instead of an individual. “For the first time in our history, it’s not a person but an institution that we have chosen to celebrate,” […]
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Guillaume Canet Stars in New French Netflix Thriller ‘Ad Vitam’
French actor Guillaume Canet is starring, writing and producing the new Netflix thriller Ad Vitam. Rodolphe Lauga (It’s Complicated) is directing the action film, which has begun shooting in Paris. Netflix will release the movie worldwide next year. Canet plays Franck Lazareff who, after surviving an attempt on his life, finds his wife has been […]
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Fremantle Re-Ups First Look Deal With Pablo Larrain’s Fabula
Fremantle has renewed its first-look deal with Fabula, the Chilean production company run by acclaimed director Pablo Larrain and brother Juan de Dios Larrain. Fabula’s filmography includes Larrain’s Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman and the Oscar-nominated Jackie as well as Spencer and El Conde. The agreement will see Fremantle and Fabula continue to work together with […]
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Donna Langley to Receive Kering’s Women in Motion Award
NBCUniversal Chair Donna Langley will be honored with the 2024 Kering’s Women in Motion Award at the Cannes Film Festival, celebrating, according to Kering and Cannes “a lifelong career committed to steadfast leadership and the fostering of a more inclusive industry that has helped shape diversity both in front and behind the camera.” Langley is […]
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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Lineup Unveiled
The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight section has unveiled its lineup for the 2024 festival, which will open with This Life of Mine, the final feature from the late French director Sophie Fillières. The drama features Agnès Jaoui as a woman whose identity starts to unravel when she turns 55. Fillières died shortly after wrapping principal photography […]
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