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Benedict Cumberbatch is getting some Blood on his hands.
The actor, who is coming off the Sundance premiere of grief drama The Thing with Feathers, is joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Blood on Snow, an indie adaptation of the Jo Nesbo crime thriller being directed by Cary Fukunaga.
Also lighting up the call sheet are Eva Green, Emma Laird and Ben Mendelsohn.
Cumberbatch is replacing Tom Hardy, who was previously on board to act and produce but stepped away due to scheduling issues. The feature is heading to a start of production at the end of month, shooting in Latvia.
Taylor-Johnson is starring a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.
The actor, who is coming off the Sundance premiere of grief drama The Thing with Feathers, is joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Blood on Snow, an indie adaptation of the Jo Nesbo crime thriller being directed by Cary Fukunaga.
Also lighting up the call sheet are Eva Green, Emma Laird and Ben Mendelsohn.
Cumberbatch is replacing Tom Hardy, who was previously on board to act and produce but stepped away due to scheduling issues. The feature is heading to a start of production at the end of month, shooting in Latvia.
Taylor-Johnson is starring a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.
- 2/14/2025
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News


Nearly 40 years after The Goonies, a sequel to the 1985 film is in the works.
Warner Bros. has tapped Potsy Ponciroli to write the forthcoming sequel. Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus will return to produce the film with Kristie Macosko Krieger and Holly Bario for Amblin Entertainment. Lauren Shuler Donner will executive produce. No director has been attached to the new project.
Based on Steven Spielberg’s original story, The Goonies was helmed by Richard Donner with a screenplay by Columbus. The movie follows a group of children who embark on a treasure hunt in hopes of saving their homes from being sold and destroyed by a property development company. The film proved successful at the box office at the time, earning $125 million worldwide, but more notably became a monumental pop culture reference, renowned for its beloved characters and iconic catchphrases, including “Goonies never say die!”
The original film starred a young Josh Brolin,...
Warner Bros. has tapped Potsy Ponciroli to write the forthcoming sequel. Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus will return to produce the film with Kristie Macosko Krieger and Holly Bario for Amblin Entertainment. Lauren Shuler Donner will executive produce. No director has been attached to the new project.
Based on Steven Spielberg’s original story, The Goonies was helmed by Richard Donner with a screenplay by Columbus. The movie follows a group of children who embark on a treasure hunt in hopes of saving their homes from being sold and destroyed by a property development company. The film proved successful at the box office at the time, earning $125 million worldwide, but more notably became a monumental pop culture reference, renowned for its beloved characters and iconic catchphrases, including “Goonies never say die!”
The original film starred a young Josh Brolin,...
- 2/14/2025
- by McKinley Franklin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News


Disney just shifted this summer’s Pixar movie Elio by one week from June 13 to June 20.
Typically, the June Pixar movies go out during Father’s Day weekend, but Disney is going a week later with this one.
Elio moves away from being head-to-head with Universal/DreamWorks’ live-action take of How to Train Your Dragon on June 13, and instead will go head-to-head with the adult skewing zombie title 28 Years Later on June 20.
In addition, the date shift for Elio creates space in Disney’s summer slate, giving Lilo & Stitch (5/23) more room to play, with the Pixar title still ahead of anticipated blockbuster The Fantastic Four: First Steps (7/25). Elio will be the only animated release in the wide gap between Looney Tunes (3/14) and Smurfs (7/18).
Other Disney changes are as follows:
20th Century Studios’ James L. Brooks directed dramedy Ella McCay starring Woody Harrelson and Rebecca Hall is now dated on...
Typically, the June Pixar movies go out during Father’s Day weekend, but Disney is going a week later with this one.
Elio moves away from being head-to-head with Universal/DreamWorks’ live-action take of How to Train Your Dragon on June 13, and instead will go head-to-head with the adult skewing zombie title 28 Years Later on June 20.
In addition, the date shift for Elio creates space in Disney’s summer slate, giving Lilo & Stitch (5/23) more room to play, with the Pixar title still ahead of anticipated blockbuster The Fantastic Four: First Steps (7/25). Elio will be the only animated release in the wide gap between Looney Tunes (3/14) and Smurfs (7/18).
Other Disney changes are as follows:
20th Century Studios’ James L. Brooks directed dramedy Ella McCay starring Woody Harrelson and Rebecca Hall is now dated on...
- 2/14/2025
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV


Exclusive: Oscar, BAFTA and Tony Award-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones has landed her next high-profile TV project, an adaptation of Aidan Truhen’s “gonzo thriller” The Price You Pay.
Zeta-Jones is starring in and producing Kill Jackie [working title], in which the novel’s lead Jack has switched from man to woman for the TV version. The series is for Prime Video, Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures. Amazon has rights in several European territories including the UK, Ireland and Germany, while Fremantle is selling around the world bar the U.S.
In Kill Jackie, which will roll cameras next month, Zeta-Jones is Jackie Price, who has lived a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last 20 years – travelling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes...
Zeta-Jones is starring in and producing Kill Jackie [working title], in which the novel’s lead Jack has switched from man to woman for the TV version. The series is for Prime Video, Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures. Amazon has rights in several European territories including the UK, Ireland and Germany, while Fremantle is selling around the world bar the U.S.
In Kill Jackie, which will roll cameras next month, Zeta-Jones is Jackie Price, who has lived a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last 20 years – travelling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes...
- 2/14/2025
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV


Captain America: Brave New World landed $12 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office as Marvel Studios attempts to reboot the franchise with an entirely new cast — and deliver a solid swing for Marvel Studios.
That puts the year’s first tentpole to open to $90 million-plus over the four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, one of the top showings ever for the holiday and in line with pre-release tracking. That’s the same weekend the first Deadpool opened, as well as Marvel’s Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania, which debuted to $120 million over the three-day Presidents Day weekend in 2023 after earning $17.5 million in previews.
For the three days, Brave New World is expected to earn $80 million-plus. It’s preview gross is not too far behind such films as Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and the first Ant Man and the Wasp. (Quantamania did $17.5 million in previews.
That puts the year’s first tentpole to open to $90 million-plus over the four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, one of the top showings ever for the holiday and in line with pre-release tracking. That’s the same weekend the first Deadpool opened, as well as Marvel’s Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania, which debuted to $120 million over the three-day Presidents Day weekend in 2023 after earning $17.5 million in previews.
For the three days, Brave New World is expected to earn $80 million-plus. It’s preview gross is not too far behind such films as Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and the first Ant Man and the Wasp. (Quantamania did $17.5 million in previews.
- 2/14/2025
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News


For people wanting a bit more horror on their Valentine’s Day, Peacock has a bloody good announcement for you: Robert Eggers’ hit film “Nosferatu” will begin streaming on the service on Feb. 21.
Eggers’ extended cut of “Nosferatu,” which was never seen in theaters before, will also be available on Peacock.
Bill Skarsgard stars as Count Orlok, aka the titular vampire in Eggers’ re-telling of the classic story. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and more.
“Nosferatu” is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best cinematography, costume design, production design and makeup and hairstyling. At the BAFTA Awards, it’s up for the same four categories plus original music. It previously won best cinematography at the Critics’ Choice Awards and the National Board of Review.
“The costumes, the sets and the uncommonly elegant effects, all handsomely captured by...
Eggers’ extended cut of “Nosferatu,” which was never seen in theaters before, will also be available on Peacock.
Bill Skarsgard stars as Count Orlok, aka the titular vampire in Eggers’ re-telling of the classic story. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and more.
“Nosferatu” is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best cinematography, costume design, production design and makeup and hairstyling. At the BAFTA Awards, it’s up for the same four categories plus original music. It previously won best cinematography at the Critics’ Choice Awards and the National Board of Review.
“The costumes, the sets and the uncommonly elegant effects, all handsomely captured by...
- 2/14/2025
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety - Film News

“The Substance” and “Queer” distributor Mubi is continuing its acquisition streak, picking up “The History of Sound,” the anticipated gay romance drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, for North America. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International, meanwhile, have acquired international rights for the film.
Directed by Oliver Hermanus, the feature finished production earlier this year. Mubi says it’s planning a theatrical release for 2025, following a world premiere to be announced in the coming months.
Announced back in 2021, “The History of Sound” became the first project Mescal shot after his starring role in “Gladiator II” and follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), in the shadows of WWI who are determined to record the lives, voices and music of Americans. As they begin to log the events, the two fall in love.
The film was penned by Ben Shattuck, adapted from his own award-winning short story.
Directed by Oliver Hermanus, the feature finished production earlier this year. Mubi says it’s planning a theatrical release for 2025, following a world premiere to be announced in the coming months.
Announced back in 2021, “The History of Sound” became the first project Mescal shot after his starring role in “Gladiator II” and follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), in the shadows of WWI who are determined to record the lives, voices and music of Americans. As they begin to log the events, the two fall in love.
The film was penned by Ben Shattuck, adapted from his own award-winning short story.
- 2/14/2025
- by Elsa Keslassy and Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV

Catherine Hardwicke is returning to her Dogtown roots for her latest directorial effort, “Street Smart,” which centers on a group of unhoused young adults in the iconic Southern California beach town of Venice.
Hardwicke co-wrote the drama with New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff, which is said to offer a “gripping” look into the lives of the lively group who “come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.”
The stellar ensemble cast includes Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, Michael Cimino, Daniel Zovatto, Kaitlyn Kemp, Miles McKenna and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt.
“In the wake of the recent tragedies that have profoundly impacted Los Angeles and the Hollywood community, we feel incredibly fortunate to be working in L.A.,” Hardwicke said in a statement announcing the production start. (Principal photography began on Jan. 27 in Los Angeles.
Hardwicke co-wrote the drama with New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff, which is said to offer a “gripping” look into the lives of the lively group who “come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.”
The stellar ensemble cast includes Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, Michael Cimino, Daniel Zovatto, Kaitlyn Kemp, Miles McKenna and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt.
“In the wake of the recent tragedies that have profoundly impacted Los Angeles and the Hollywood community, we feel incredibly fortunate to be working in L.A.,” Hardwicke said in a statement announcing the production start. (Principal photography began on Jan. 27 in Los Angeles.
- 2/14/2025
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV


If you are craving a movie that gives you that visceral big-screen experience you love, the Panorama section of the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival has you covered out of the gate.
Welcome Home Baby, a psychological thriller from Austrian director Andreas Prochaska (The Dark Valley, Das Boot, Alex Rider) that opened the Berlinale sidebar, stars Julia Franz Richter as Berlin emergency doctor Judith who inherits a house in a village in her native Austria which she did not even know existed from the family that gave her away as a child. To see and sell the property, she visits the house with her husband Ryan. But her aunt Paula seems determined to keep them in the village. And the longer they stay, the more images and emotions from Judith’s subconscious come to the surface.”
Welcome Home Baby “uses genre tropes to confront the audience with questions about trauma,...
Welcome Home Baby, a psychological thriller from Austrian director Andreas Prochaska (The Dark Valley, Das Boot, Alex Rider) that opened the Berlinale sidebar, stars Julia Franz Richter as Berlin emergency doctor Judith who inherits a house in a village in her native Austria which she did not even know existed from the family that gave her away as a child. To see and sell the property, she visits the house with her husband Ryan. But her aunt Paula seems determined to keep them in the village. And the longer they stay, the more images and emotions from Judith’s subconscious come to the surface.”
Welcome Home Baby “uses genre tropes to confront the audience with questions about trauma,...
- 2/14/2025
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News

Landing a series regular role on any kind of television show can be a dream come true for an up-and-coming actor, particularly if that series happens to be a network sitcom with an episode order that stretches into the 20s. That's some serious financial stability that, should the show catch on, could turn the actor into an audience favorite if not a full-blown television star.
Few ensembles have experienced greater long-term success in this department than the cast of "The Big Bang Theory." For 12 seasons stretching from 2007 to 2019, the series was anchored by its core five stars: Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter, Kaley Cuoco as Penny, Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz, and Kunal Nayyar as Rajesh Koothrappali. Some of these folks were better known than the others at first, but by the end of the show's run they'd become one of the most beloved sitcom casts in television history.
Few ensembles have experienced greater long-term success in this department than the cast of "The Big Bang Theory." For 12 seasons stretching from 2007 to 2019, the series was anchored by its core five stars: Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter, Kaley Cuoco as Penny, Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz, and Kunal Nayyar as Rajesh Koothrappali. Some of these folks were better known than the others at first, but by the end of the show's run they'd become one of the most beloved sitcom casts in television history.
- 2/16/2025
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film

If you're a hardcore fan of a long-established science fiction series, you likely fall into one of two camps: you're either a purist who stays within the parameters of what's considered canon, or you're so ravenous to explore every nook and cranny of your favorite fictional universes that you happily step outside of canon and read spinoff novels and comic books that serve as what-if riffs on the established narrative. If you're the latter type of fan, you've got to have a high tolerance for go-nowhere yarns that add little of value to the franchise. But sometimes, in tearing through these non-canonical works, you hit upon a gem.
In 1985, Pocket Books published a slender "Star Trek" novel titled "Ishmael." This book fell between "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (which killed a Khan spinoff) and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," and anticipated the narrative of the latter with...
In 1985, Pocket Books published a slender "Star Trek" novel titled "Ishmael." This book fell between "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (which killed a Khan spinoff) and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," and anticipated the narrative of the latter with...
- 2/16/2025
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film

With its excellent premise of a supervillain-level criminal joining forces with the FBI, "The Blacklist" ran rings around much of its crime drama competition when it comes to sheer creativity. The show always seemed to have a massive plot twist or a fun gimmick like the season 7 live action/animation hybrid episode up its sleeve. Even though your mileage may vary on whether "The Blacklist" could sustain its speed after Liz Keen's (Megan Boone) death in season 8 robbed it of the crucia tension between her and Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), the show ultimately ran on Spader fuel, enabling it to keep at least some of its momentum for the remaining two seasons.
In fact, if fans have a bone to pick with "The Blacklist," it's that the show was too mysterious toward the end. After a decade of dropping hint after hint of Red's real name (and undoing...
In fact, if fans have a bone to pick with "The Blacklist," it's that the show was too mysterious toward the end. After a decade of dropping hint after hint of Red's real name (and undoing...
- 2/16/2025
- by Pauli Poisuo
- Slash Film


Kate Winslet is in preproduction on her feature directorial debut Goodbye June, which is set to shoot in the UK for Netflix and Working Title Films.
Goodbye June is based on a script by Winslet’s son Joe Anders, and will star Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Winslet and Helen Mirren.
Winslet isalso producing the film withKate Solomon, with Working Title as executive producers.
The film is a contemporary fictional drama about a fractured group of siblings who pull together under sudden and trying circumstances.
Winslet is set to attend the Bafta Film Awards today (February 16), where...
Goodbye June is based on a script by Winslet’s son Joe Anders, and will star Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Winslet and Helen Mirren.
Winslet isalso producing the film withKate Solomon, with Working Title as executive producers.
The film is a contemporary fictional drama about a fractured group of siblings who pull together under sudden and trying circumstances.
Winslet is set to attend the Bafta Film Awards today (February 16), where...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Anora and Nickel Boys were the big narrative feature winners at the 2025 Writers Guild of America awards on Saturday.
The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East awards ceremonies – which ran simultaneouslyatBeverly Hiltonin Los Angeles and Edison Ballroom in New York –honoured Sean Baker’s Anora with the original screenplay prize and RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes with Nickel Boys for the adapted screenplay prize.
Both are nominated for the Oscar in their respective categories and will receive a boost from the WGA awards while final Oscar voting continues through February 18. Anora is regarded as the frontrunner for original,...
The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East awards ceremonies – which ran simultaneouslyatBeverly Hiltonin Los Angeles and Edison Ballroom in New York –honoured Sean Baker’s Anora with the original screenplay prize and RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes with Nickel Boys for the adapted screenplay prize.
Both are nominated for the Oscar in their respective categories and will receive a boost from the WGA awards while final Oscar voting continues through February 18. Anora is regarded as the frontrunner for original,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily

Nabil Ayouch, who sits on this year’s Berlin Film Festival jury, is set to make his French-language debut with a female-led psychological and sensual thriller starring Virginie Efira and Maryam Touzani.
The French-Moroccan filmmaker and producer presented his latest film, “Everybody Loves Touda,” at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and it was Morocco’s official Oscar entry. Ayouch’s best-known credits include “Casablanca Beats,” which competed at Cannes in 2021, as well as the critically acclaimed “Much Loved.”
His next film, which will start production during the last quarter of this year, will see Ayouch work for the first time with Efira, one of France’s biggest and most bankable stars. While the movie’s plot remains under wraps, Ayouch says Efira will play a woman adopting a child in Morocco. It’s film that questions adoption and a couple faced with moral choices.
Ayouch will work in French...
The French-Moroccan filmmaker and producer presented his latest film, “Everybody Loves Touda,” at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and it was Morocco’s official Oscar entry. Ayouch’s best-known credits include “Casablanca Beats,” which competed at Cannes in 2021, as well as the critically acclaimed “Much Loved.”
His next film, which will start production during the last quarter of this year, will see Ayouch work for the first time with Efira, one of France’s biggest and most bankable stars. While the movie’s plot remains under wraps, Ayouch says Efira will play a woman adopting a child in Morocco. It’s film that questions adoption and a couple faced with moral choices.
Ayouch will work in French...
- 2/16/2025
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - Film News

This article contains spoilers for "Cobra Kai" Season 6 Part 3.
"Cobra Kai" Season 6 contains all of the soap opera drama and over-the-top action that we want from this series, but it's also locked into the world of combat sports. From casting real-life martial artists like Brandon H. Lee to play villains to showcasing a variety of fighting styles, the creators of the YouTube-turned-Netflix series pay respect to the athletes and disciplines that inspired the show. However, that doesn't mean the "Karate Kid" spin-off is afraid to address the more controversial subjects in the fighting realm, as Season 6 explores the use of artificial intelligence as a training device.
"Cobra Kai" Season 6 Part 2 used AI to bring Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi back from the dead, but Season 6's third -- and final -- installment looks at how the tool is utilized in everyday society. While training for the Sekai Taikai,...
"Cobra Kai" Season 6 contains all of the soap opera drama and over-the-top action that we want from this series, but it's also locked into the world of combat sports. From casting real-life martial artists like Brandon H. Lee to play villains to showcasing a variety of fighting styles, the creators of the YouTube-turned-Netflix series pay respect to the athletes and disciplines that inspired the show. However, that doesn't mean the "Karate Kid" spin-off is afraid to address the more controversial subjects in the fighting realm, as Season 6 explores the use of artificial intelligence as a training device.
"Cobra Kai" Season 6 Part 2 used AI to bring Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi back from the dead, but Season 6's third -- and final -- installment looks at how the tool is utilized in everyday society. While training for the Sekai Taikai,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Kieran Fisher
- Slash Film

Vying for the Berlinale Panorama’s prestigious audience award, Eva Libertad’s “Sorda” (“Deaf”) sheds light on the world of deaf women and how motherhood shapes their relationships.
Picked up by Latido Films in December, Libertad’s debut feature is an expansion of the eponymous Goya-nominated short she co-directed with Nuria Muñoz, starring her sister Miriam Garlo, an acclaimed deaf actress. In an interview with Variety, Libertad details how “Sorda” was a lifetime in the making:
“‘Sorda’ was born from the moment when my sister was considering becoming a mother. At that time, she shared her fears as a deaf woman with me, and I realized that I had never thought about it before: the concerns of a deaf woman who wants to be a mother in a hearing world.”
“At that moment, I figured out that, in addition to the insecurities we have as women, there are others related...
Picked up by Latido Films in December, Libertad’s debut feature is an expansion of the eponymous Goya-nominated short she co-directed with Nuria Muñoz, starring her sister Miriam Garlo, an acclaimed deaf actress. In an interview with Variety, Libertad details how “Sorda” was a lifetime in the making:
“‘Sorda’ was born from the moment when my sister was considering becoming a mother. At that time, she shared her fears as a deaf woman with me, and I realized that I had never thought about it before: the concerns of a deaf woman who wants to be a mother in a hearing world.”
“At that moment, I figured out that, in addition to the insecurities we have as women, there are others related...
- 2/16/2025
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News


The Brazilian director on his Oscar-nominated new film, I’m Still Here, the importance of remembering shared history, and Brazil’s double pandemic
Walter Salles, 68, is Brazil’s most internationally celebrated film-maker. He came to global prominence in 1998 with the poignant road movie Central Station, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival and received two Oscar nominations, and has since released English-language films including Dark Water and On the Road and had an arthouse hit with the Che Guevara biopic The Motorcycle Diaries. For his first feature film in 12 years, I’m Still Here, he returned to Brazil to tell the true story of Eunice Paiva, an activist and mother coping with the forced disappearance of her husband during the country’s military dictatorship. Last month, its star, Fernanda Torres, won the Golden Globe for best actress and the film is up for three Oscars, including one for best...
Walter Salles, 68, is Brazil’s most internationally celebrated film-maker. He came to global prominence in 1998 with the poignant road movie Central Station, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival and received two Oscar nominations, and has since released English-language films including Dark Water and On the Road and had an arthouse hit with the Che Guevara biopic The Motorcycle Diaries. For his first feature film in 12 years, I’m Still Here, he returned to Brazil to tell the true story of Eunice Paiva, an activist and mother coping with the forced disappearance of her husband during the country’s military dictatorship. Last month, its star, Fernanda Torres, won the Golden Globe for best actress and the film is up for three Oscars, including one for best...
- 2/16/2025
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has pacted with TelevisaUnivision-affiliated Videocine to handle the international sales on horror pic “Don’t Leave the Kids Alone” by Emilio Portes.
Among the leading distribution and production companies in Mexico, Videocine has slated the high concept pic’s theatrical release for the second quarter of this year, said FilmSharks CEO-founder Guido Rud, who announced the deal at Berlinale’s EFM, among other pacts. Videocine retains North and South American rights.
“We are thrilled to continue collaborating with Videocine’s incredible team after so many years,” said Rud who has handled other Videocine horror titles such as “Karem, the Possession,” “Come Play with Me” and “El habitante.”
“We’ve long been admirers of the director’s previous work,” he noted, adding: “’Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ is a masterfully crafted gem in its genre, with a narrative scope that rivals the best work of top-tier U.
Among the leading distribution and production companies in Mexico, Videocine has slated the high concept pic’s theatrical release for the second quarter of this year, said FilmSharks CEO-founder Guido Rud, who announced the deal at Berlinale’s EFM, among other pacts. Videocine retains North and South American rights.
“We are thrilled to continue collaborating with Videocine’s incredible team after so many years,” said Rud who has handled other Videocine horror titles such as “Karem, the Possession,” “Come Play with Me” and “El habitante.”
“We’ve long been admirers of the director’s previous work,” he noted, adding: “’Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ is a masterfully crafted gem in its genre, with a narrative scope that rivals the best work of top-tier U.
- 2/16/2025
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News

As the entertainment world continues to evolve post-pandemic, Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson offered a compelling look at the global film industry’s current state and its trajectory in 2025 during a presentation at the European Film Market.
With the global box office still recovering from the pandemic’s devastating impact and streaming taking an increasingly dominant role in how audiences consume content, Bisson offered a sharp insight into where the market is heading and what it means for film production, distribution and financing.
A Shifting Landscape
“The global market, valued at $800 billion, is essentially split in two,” Bisson explained. “Half of it is shrinking, and half of it is growing.” What this split reveals is a fundamental shift in the entertainment ecosystem. The legacy businesses — broadcast television, transactional video and theatrical releases — are all struggling, while the sectors that are on the rise include streaming and online video platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
With the global box office still recovering from the pandemic’s devastating impact and streaming taking an increasingly dominant role in how audiences consume content, Bisson offered a sharp insight into where the market is heading and what it means for film production, distribution and financing.
A Shifting Landscape
“The global market, valued at $800 billion, is essentially split in two,” Bisson explained. “Half of it is shrinking, and half of it is growing.” What this split reveals is a fundamental shift in the entertainment ecosystem. The legacy businesses — broadcast television, transactional video and theatrical releases — are all struggling, while the sectors that are on the rise include streaming and online video platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
- 2/16/2025
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News

Just a few days after market kick-off in Berlin, sales and agregator outfit LevelK has closed a raft of deals on its two female-helmed pics “Sudden Outburts of Emotions” and ”Dancing Queen In Hollywood.”
The Finnish sex-positive dramedy “Sudden Outbursts of Emotions” was sold to Cinemaran for Spain and Andorra, Estin Film for Estonia, and Film Europe S.R.O for the Czech Republic & Slovakia.
The feature debut of romcom TV specialist Paula Korva turns on a couple who experiences a mid-life crisis, and a different sexual itch. Jane, believes her relationship with Mikki is stable but is taken aback when he offers to open it up. To save their love, Jane agrees to attend a sex party on an island that sparks unexpected emotions. Toplining the cast are Iina Kuustonen, Riku Nieminen, Laura Malmivaara and Minka Kuustonen. The Yellow Film & TV production opens March 7 in Finland.
“Dancing Queen...
The Finnish sex-positive dramedy “Sudden Outbursts of Emotions” was sold to Cinemaran for Spain and Andorra, Estin Film for Estonia, and Film Europe S.R.O for the Czech Republic & Slovakia.
The feature debut of romcom TV specialist Paula Korva turns on a couple who experiences a mid-life crisis, and a different sexual itch. Jane, believes her relationship with Mikki is stable but is taken aback when he offers to open it up. To save their love, Jane agrees to attend a sex party on an island that sparks unexpected emotions. Toplining the cast are Iina Kuustonen, Riku Nieminen, Laura Malmivaara and Minka Kuustonen. The Yellow Film & TV production opens March 7 in Finland.
“Dancing Queen...
- 2/16/2025
- by Annika Pham
- Variety - Film News


The 78th British Film Academy awards are heading our way tonight – here’s what you need to know about the big night at the Royal Festival Hall
With each passing year the attention paid to the Bafta film awards turns up a notch, as campaigns jostle and reposition themselves in the quest for the real prize: an Academy Award. The Oscar race is pretty open this year, even more so after the Emilia Pérez debacle, but with its British centre of gravity and slightly differing nominations list, the Baftas have their own dynamic. Hence the Baftas can sometimes seem to be a fairground-mirror reflection of the American contest, or (looked at the other way) an assertion of a similar but separate cultural identity.
The most obvious example of this is the strong showing for Belfast rap comedy Kneecap, which could walk off with a fistful of Baftas, but failed to...
With each passing year the attention paid to the Bafta film awards turns up a notch, as campaigns jostle and reposition themselves in the quest for the real prize: an Academy Award. The Oscar race is pretty open this year, even more so after the Emilia Pérez debacle, but with its British centre of gravity and slightly differing nominations list, the Baftas have their own dynamic. Hence the Baftas can sometimes seem to be a fairground-mirror reflection of the American contest, or (looked at the other way) an assertion of a similar but separate cultural identity.
The most obvious example of this is the strong showing for Belfast rap comedy Kneecap, which could walk off with a fistful of Baftas, but failed to...
- 2/16/2025
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News


Renée Zellweger’s Bridget faces new challenges in parenting and love, but it’s the familiar faces around her who deliver heart and humour in this unexpectedly poignant fourth outing
There is something rather affecting about growing up and growing older alongside a fictional character. Particularly when, unlike the aspiration Barbies of Sex and the City, that character is permitted to show the inevitable wear-and-tear of being a middle-aged mum of two. Checking in with familiar faces – Jesse and Céline from Richard Linklater’s Before movies, for example; or in this case, Bridget Jones and her disreputable band of booze buddies – feels somehow more cherishable when those faces reflect the same rough patches and tough times we all endure.
It has been nearly a quarter of a century since Renée Zellweger first stumbled on to our screens as the gauche, accident-prone klutz Bridget Jones. And, in common with the core friendships that define us,...
There is something rather affecting about growing up and growing older alongside a fictional character. Particularly when, unlike the aspiration Barbies of Sex and the City, that character is permitted to show the inevitable wear-and-tear of being a middle-aged mum of two. Checking in with familiar faces – Jesse and Céline from Richard Linklater’s Before movies, for example; or in this case, Bridget Jones and her disreputable band of booze buddies – feels somehow more cherishable when those faces reflect the same rough patches and tough times we all endure.
It has been nearly a quarter of a century since Renée Zellweger first stumbled on to our screens as the gauche, accident-prone klutz Bridget Jones. And, in common with the core friendships that define us,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News

“Nosferatu” (Craig Lathrop), “Wicked” (Nathan Crowley), and “Conclave” (Suzie Davies) were the period, fantasy, and contemporary production design winners at the 29th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, held February 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Also winning for animation was “The Wild Robot”, following its Annies sweep and Ves prizes. On the TV side, “Shōgun”, “Squid Game”, “Fallout,” and “The Penguin” were the winners for their production designers in their respective categories.
Lathrop for “Nosferatu” won in something of an upset over “The Brutalist’s” Judy Becker, who had been the presumptive Oscar favorite for channeling Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody’s visionary architect, László Tóth, in applying a Brutalist style to the architectural designs of mid-century Pennsylvania with its bold shapes and function over form aesthetic.
Lathrop, who has worked on all of director Robert Eggers’ other films, received his first Oscar nomination for “Nosferatu.” Lathrop’s work leaned into architectural authenticity of the pre-Victorian,...
Also winning for animation was “The Wild Robot”, following its Annies sweep and Ves prizes. On the TV side, “Shōgun”, “Squid Game”, “Fallout,” and “The Penguin” were the winners for their production designers in their respective categories.
Lathrop for “Nosferatu” won in something of an upset over “The Brutalist’s” Judy Becker, who had been the presumptive Oscar favorite for channeling Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody’s visionary architect, László Tóth, in applying a Brutalist style to the architectural designs of mid-century Pennsylvania with its bold shapes and function over form aesthetic.
Lathrop, who has worked on all of director Robert Eggers’ other films, received his first Oscar nomination for “Nosferatu.” Lathrop’s work leaned into architectural authenticity of the pre-Victorian,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire

Belgium’s Freaks Factory and the Netherlands’ Ka-Ching Cartoons have boarded “The Growcodile” as co-production partners as the CG family animated film swims toward delivery at the tail end of next year.
Sales agency Film Constellation has released a new exclusive still, and is unveiling a first teaser to buyers during the European Film Market.
The film has already secured a number of pre-sales, including to Poland (Kinoswiat), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Cis and Baltics (Volga), Portugal (Nos), Greece and Israel (Tanweer), Turkey and Mena (Italia Film) and Vietnam (Lumix), with several other territories in discussion. Kmbo will release the film in French theaters.
“The Growcodile” follows Bridget, a gifted young girl with a big secret: she has a pet crocodile that she hides in her room. However, no matter how sweet, the crocodile grows bigger and more difficult to care for. What to do when your parents don’t like pets,...
Sales agency Film Constellation has released a new exclusive still, and is unveiling a first teaser to buyers during the European Film Market.
The film has already secured a number of pre-sales, including to Poland (Kinoswiat), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Cis and Baltics (Volga), Portugal (Nos), Greece and Israel (Tanweer), Turkey and Mena (Italia Film) and Vietnam (Lumix), with several other territories in discussion. Kmbo will release the film in French theaters.
“The Growcodile” follows Bridget, a gifted young girl with a big secret: she has a pet crocodile that she hides in her room. However, no matter how sweet, the crocodile grows bigger and more difficult to care for. What to do when your parents don’t like pets,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - Film News


Some Oscar categories seems pretty locked up, but a number of below-the-line winners are still up for grabs. That is one reason why guild honors such as the Art Directors Guild Adg Awards are notable precurssors. Especially with Production Design nominees “Conclave,” “Nosferatu,” and “Wicked” taking their respective Feature Film categories. All three are up for the Production Design Oscar alongisde “The Brutalist” and “Dune: Part Two.”
Read More: Nathan Crowley on boarding The Emerald Express Train to “Wicked” and “Touching Oz”
Notably, “The Wild Robot” took the Animation honor.
Continue reading ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked’ & ‘The Penguin’ Top 2025 Adg Awards Winners at The Playlist.
Read More: Nathan Crowley on boarding The Emerald Express Train to “Wicked” and “Touching Oz”
Notably, “The Wild Robot” took the Animation honor.
Continue reading ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked’ & ‘The Penguin’ Top 2025 Adg Awards Winners at The Playlist.
- 2/16/2025
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist

“Conclave, “Nosferatu,” and “Wicked” won honors at the 28th Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) Excellence in Production Design Awards, Saturday at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. Production designer Craig Lathrop’s work on early 1800s-set horror adaptation “Nosferatu” won the award in the period film category. Production designer Nathan Crowley’s creation of the “Wicked” land of Oz won the award for a fantasy film, and production designer Suzie Davies’ Vatican sets delivered “Conclave” the trophy for a contemporary film.
“Conclave,” “Nosteratu” and “Wicked,” along with Adg nominees “The Brutalist” and “Dune: Part Two” are nominated for the Oscar in production design. A year ago, “Poor Things” won the Adg Award for a fantasy film en route to an Oscar win in the category.
At the Adg Awards, “The Wild Robot” continued its winning streak, collecting the Adg Award in feature animation.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. Production designer Craig Lathrop’s work on early 1800s-set horror adaptation “Nosferatu” won the award in the period film category. Production designer Nathan Crowley’s creation of the “Wicked” land of Oz won the award for a fantasy film, and production designer Suzie Davies’ Vatican sets delivered “Conclave” the trophy for a contemporary film.
“Conclave,” “Nosteratu” and “Wicked,” along with Adg nominees “The Brutalist” and “Dune: Part Two” are nominated for the Oscar in production design. A year ago, “Poor Things” won the Adg Award for a fantasy film en route to an Oscar win in the category.
At the Adg Awards, “The Wild Robot” continued its winning streak, collecting the Adg Award in feature animation.
- 2/16/2025
- by Carolyn Giardina
- Variety - Film News

In “Cicadas,” top German actress Nina Hoss (who also serves as executive producer) reunites with filmmaker Ina Weisse, the director of her 2019 drama “The Audition,” in which she played a tightly wound woman whose life is unraveling. That same logline could also describe Weisse’s latest, where Hoss embodies 48-year-old Isabell, a high-end Berlin realtor who is trying to care for her aging parents at the same time that her childless marriage to a French engineer is falling apart. Meanwhile, she’s drawn to Anja (Saskia Rosendahl), a struggling single mother from the Brandenburg countryside where Isabell’s architect father built a striking modernist home. Playing out in several non-complementary registers and burdened with a lot of barely sketched-out backstory, “Cicadas” is more confounding than compelling.
The underlying theme of the movie is family relationships, with the duty that parents owe to their children and grown children to their parents,...
The underlying theme of the movie is family relationships, with the duty that parents owe to their children and grown children to their parents,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety - Film News


There are some guilds and organizations that hand out a ton of awards. The Annie Awards and Ves Awards fall into the category. Joining them are the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards which honored 23 winners on Saturday night. Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson of “Dancing With The Stars” fame hosted the ceremony which also saw two big Oscar nominees, “The Substance” and “Wicked,” walk away with two prizes each.
Continue reading ‘The Substance,’ ‘Wicked’ & ‘Saturday Night Live’ Big Winners at 2025 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Substance,’ ‘Wicked’ & ‘Saturday Night Live’ Big Winners at 2025 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards at The Playlist.
- 2/16/2025
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist

“The Substance,” “Wicked.” and “The Last Showgirl” were the big winners at the 12th annual Muahs Guild Awards, held at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel. The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists ceremony was also livestreamed on YouTube and Vimeo.
The Oscar-nominated “Wicked” and “The Substance” won two awards apiece: Jon M. Chu’s Oz musical took home period makeup and period hairstyling, while Coralie Fargeat’s body horror satire grabbed contemporary makeup and special makeup effects. Gia Coppola’s Vegas showgirl drama earned contemporary hairstyling.
It’s an Oscar race between “The Substance” and “Wicked, with the former as the favorite for its amazing prosthetics for Oscar-nominated Demi Moore as the mutated Gollum and Moore and Margaret Qualley as the hideous Monstro. Transformations usually win Oscars and this is the standout. The other three Oscar nominees are “A Different Man,” “Nosferatu,” and “Emilia Pérez.”
TV winners included “The Penguin,” “Palm Royale,...
The Oscar-nominated “Wicked” and “The Substance” won two awards apiece: Jon M. Chu’s Oz musical took home period makeup and period hairstyling, while Coralie Fargeat’s body horror satire grabbed contemporary makeup and special makeup effects. Gia Coppola’s Vegas showgirl drama earned contemporary hairstyling.
It’s an Oscar race between “The Substance” and “Wicked, with the former as the favorite for its amazing prosthetics for Oscar-nominated Demi Moore as the mutated Gollum and Moore and Margaret Qualley as the hideous Monstro. Transformations usually win Oscars and this is the standout. The other three Oscar nominees are “A Different Man,” “Nosferatu,” and “Emilia Pérez.”
TV winners included “The Penguin,” “Palm Royale,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire

“The Substance” and “Wicked” took home the top prizes at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) Awards.
The guild held its 12th annual awards ceremony at a new venue, moving from the Beverly Hilton Hotel to the Fairmont Plaza in Century City.
IATSE President Matthew Loeb started the show and called on Local 706 members to be generous “in this time.”
Loeb says, “There’s much to celebrate the incredible work that the members of local 706 do, their spirit of perseverance, appreciation of life, life in the arts, and their determination to rebuild.”
He announced that the evening was dedicated to the Walsh/ Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation to raise money to help those impacted by the wildfires. Loeb said, “16 members of the local 706 lost their homes among the 300 IATSE members who also lost their homes in this devastating fire. I want to thank the leadership of the local...
The guild held its 12th annual awards ceremony at a new venue, moving from the Beverly Hilton Hotel to the Fairmont Plaza in Century City.
IATSE President Matthew Loeb started the show and called on Local 706 members to be generous “in this time.”
Loeb says, “There’s much to celebrate the incredible work that the members of local 706 do, their spirit of perseverance, appreciation of life, life in the arts, and their determination to rebuild.”
He announced that the evening was dedicated to the Walsh/ Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation to raise money to help those impacted by the wildfires. Loeb said, “16 members of the local 706 lost their homes among the 300 IATSE members who also lost their homes in this devastating fire. I want to thank the leadership of the local...
- 2/16/2025
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - Film News

This year marks the 39th annual Teddy Award honors, the longest-running LGBTQ+ prizes at any major film festival. While the Feb. 21 closing ceremony is business as usual for the Berlinale, global events could make this one of the most important years in Teddy history.
U.S. President Trump is implementing numerous anti-transgender policies, withdrawing President Biden’s executive order making federal agencies enforce a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that sex discrimination laws include LGBTQ discrimination, and even declaring that there are only two sexes – seemingly oblivious to children born intersex, a plot point in one of this year’s biggest Oscar contenders. His appointee Elon Musk regularly makes anti-trans statements and endorsed Germany’s far-right AfD party, which has opposed some gay rights. And rapper Kanye West has proudly aligned himself with the Nazi party, unaware or unconcerned that it persecuted Black people like him during Hitler’s reign.
Yet for now,...
U.S. President Trump is implementing numerous anti-transgender policies, withdrawing President Biden’s executive order making federal agencies enforce a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that sex discrimination laws include LGBTQ discrimination, and even declaring that there are only two sexes – seemingly oblivious to children born intersex, a plot point in one of this year’s biggest Oscar contenders. His appointee Elon Musk regularly makes anti-trans statements and endorsed Germany’s far-right AfD party, which has opposed some gay rights. And rapper Kanye West has proudly aligned himself with the Nazi party, unaware or unconcerned that it persecuted Black people like him during Hitler’s reign.
Yet for now,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety - Film News

Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has secured the first international deals for Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet” following its world premiere in the World Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival, where the film won both the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision and the Audience Award.
Films Boutique has sold the drama to Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, September Film Distribution in Benelux, Films We Like in Canada, Filmin in Spain, Lev Cinema in Israel, Leopardo Filmes in Portugal and Discovery in former Yugoslavia with further territories already in negotiation.
Julien Razafindranaly, head of sales at Films Boutique, said: “We are particularly thankful to Sundance for having been such a great launchpad for the film. We will long remember the electric premiere at the Egyptian on the opening night of the festival.
“Rarely a film can receive all at once the praise from the critics, the...
Films Boutique has sold the drama to Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, September Film Distribution in Benelux, Films We Like in Canada, Filmin in Spain, Lev Cinema in Israel, Leopardo Filmes in Portugal and Discovery in former Yugoslavia with further territories already in negotiation.
Julien Razafindranaly, head of sales at Films Boutique, said: “We are particularly thankful to Sundance for having been such a great launchpad for the film. We will long remember the electric premiere at the Egyptian on the opening night of the festival.
“Rarely a film can receive all at once the praise from the critics, the...
- 2/16/2025
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - Film News

Mexico’s Talipot Studio, a co-producer on Ruben Östlund’s triple Oscar nominee “Triangle of Sadness,” has boarded “Malinche,” a historical epic produced by Spain’s Morena Films and directed by Pablo Trapero.
Prestigious Mexican historian Enrique Krauze also produces.
Shaping up as one of the biggest movies from the Spanish-speaking world this year, “Malinche” is written by Trapero and Daniel Krauze, a writer on “Luis Miguel: The Series.”
It could be described as a conquistador epic, set in 1519 as Hernán Cortes’ troops are supposedly welcomed by Aztec lord Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan. It centers, however, on the figure of Malinche, Cortés’ interpreter and consort who bore him a son.
In the film, Malinche, regarded as a pivotal figure in Spain’s conquest, so a traitor to Mexico, is seen in a new light as a woman battling to maintain peace between the Aztec and Spanish empires.
“For a few months,...
Prestigious Mexican historian Enrique Krauze also produces.
Shaping up as one of the biggest movies from the Spanish-speaking world this year, “Malinche” is written by Trapero and Daniel Krauze, a writer on “Luis Miguel: The Series.”
It could be described as a conquistador epic, set in 1519 as Hernán Cortes’ troops are supposedly welcomed by Aztec lord Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan. It centers, however, on the figure of Malinche, Cortés’ interpreter and consort who bore him a son.
In the film, Malinche, regarded as a pivotal figure in Spain’s conquest, so a traitor to Mexico, is seen in a new light as a woman battling to maintain peace between the Aztec and Spanish empires.
“For a few months,...
- 2/16/2025
- by John Hopewell
- Variety - Film News

Memento Intl., the well-established Paris-based international sales company behind “Call Me by Your Name,” is rebranding as Paradise City Sales and is bringing “My Notes on Mars,” starring Greta Lee and Andrew Scott, to the EFM.
Emilie Georges, who founded Memento Intl. 20 years ago, launched the production vehicle Paradise City a few years ago with London-based Naima Abed. The pair have had great success with the pics they delivered, notably 2025 Sundance hit ”Atropia,” starring Alia Shawkat and Channing Tatum, and Anthony Chen’s 2023 drama ”Drift,” with Cynthia Erivo. “My Notes of Mars,” Hungarian director Lili Horvát’s English-language debut feature, is the latest co-production on Paradise City’s slate.
The rebranding comes at a pivotal time as Georges and Abed seek to build a closer bond between production and sales. As such, the sales outlet will now operate under the same Paradise City banner, which has offices in Paris and London,...
Emilie Georges, who founded Memento Intl. 20 years ago, launched the production vehicle Paradise City a few years ago with London-based Naima Abed. The pair have had great success with the pics they delivered, notably 2025 Sundance hit ”Atropia,” starring Alia Shawkat and Channing Tatum, and Anthony Chen’s 2023 drama ”Drift,” with Cynthia Erivo. “My Notes of Mars,” Hungarian director Lili Horvát’s English-language debut feature, is the latest co-production on Paradise City’s slate.
The rebranding comes at a pivotal time as Georges and Abed seek to build a closer bond between production and sales. As such, the sales outlet will now operate under the same Paradise City banner, which has offices in Paris and London,...
- 2/16/2025
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - Film News


The latest feature from former political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, one of Ukraine’s most prominent directors, is among eight projects to receive production funding totally near $1m from the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films.
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Documentary sales firm Cinephil is pitching Margreth Olin’s new project, an untitled horse documentary, to EFM buyers this week.
Viewed through the perspective of a horse, the film will look at how horses perceive their environment, navigate their place within a herd and interact with humans.
The project will also be pitched at next month’s Cph:dox Forum; Olin is preparing to start production this year, with completion scheduled for 2027. The film is supported by the Norwegian Film Institute.
It is the fourth collaboration between Norwegian filmmaker Olin and Cinephil, after Songs of Earth, Norway’s entry to the 2024 Oscars; Goteborg selection Self Portrait,...
Viewed through the perspective of a horse, the film will look at how horses perceive their environment, navigate their place within a herd and interact with humans.
The project will also be pitched at next month’s Cph:dox Forum; Olin is preparing to start production this year, with completion scheduled for 2027. The film is supported by the Norwegian Film Institute.
It is the fourth collaboration between Norwegian filmmaker Olin and Cinephil, after Songs of Earth, Norway’s entry to the 2024 Oscars; Goteborg selection Self Portrait,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Leading figures from the UK film and TV industry gathered to showcase to potential international partners the opportunities of both the UK’s Independent Film Tax Credit (Iftc) and the increased tax relief for visual effects in film and high-end TV. The twin panel discussions were organised by the British Film Commission (Bfc), British Film Institute (BFI) and business growth agency London & Partners at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Berlin on February 14.
Industry figures revealed the “galvanising” effect of the “gamechanger” Iftc, an enhancement of the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (Avec), effective from April 2025. They praised the impact the...
Industry figures revealed the “galvanising” effect of the “gamechanger” Iftc, an enhancement of the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (Avec), effective from April 2025. They praised the impact the...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


The Holland Film Meeting (Hfm) is being discontinued due to local budget cuts.
The long-running international industry event and project market had been a core part of the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht, taking place this year from September 26 -October 3.
Last year, the municipality of Utrecht confirmed it would be ending its structural four-year funding of the Netherlands Film Festival for the period 2025 to 2028. This has left the event with a substantial shortfall and an urgent need to make savings.
“Whilst we value the format and its honoured guests and participants, the situation right now forces us to make these difficult decisions,...
The long-running international industry event and project market had been a core part of the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht, taking place this year from September 26 -October 3.
Last year, the municipality of Utrecht confirmed it would be ending its structural four-year funding of the Netherlands Film Festival for the period 2025 to 2028. This has left the event with a substantial shortfall and an urgent need to make savings.
“Whilst we value the format and its honoured guests and participants, the situation right now forces us to make these difficult decisions,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Italy’s Intramovies has agreed a string of all-rights deals on Ameer Fakher Eldin’s Berlin Competition title Yunan ahead of its world premiere on Wednesday.
Fandango has acquired rights to Italy, while Immergutefilme Filmdistribution has taken German -speaking rights. Filmarti Film has bought Yunan for Turkey and Filmoption International for Canada. Mena rights were previously acquired by Mad Distribution.
Yunan is about an exiled Arab writer who travels from Hamburg to a North Sea island to die by suicide, only to meet a devoted elderly woman who changes his perspective.
The film is produced by Germany’s Red Balloon,...
Fandango has acquired rights to Italy, while Immergutefilme Filmdistribution has taken German -speaking rights. Filmarti Film has bought Yunan for Turkey and Filmoption International for Canada. Mena rights were previously acquired by Mad Distribution.
Yunan is about an exiled Arab writer who travels from Hamburg to a North Sea island to die by suicide, only to meet a devoted elderly woman who changes his perspective.
The film is produced by Germany’s Red Balloon,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


French sales outfit Ginger & Fed has unveiled a first look at EFM market title Gregory Gadebois inLes Miserables: The Story of JeanValjean,Eric Besnard’s prequel to Victor Hugo’s legendary novel.
The film followsValjeanafter he is released from prison embittered, ostracised and considered a danger to society until he meets a kind bishop whose humanity inspires him to become a better man.
Shooting kicked off in France in January and features a starry local cast including Bernard Campan, Isabelle Carré and Alexandra Lamy. It is Besnard’s follow-up to 2024 historical dramaLouise Violetthat also stars Gadebois and Lamy.
Mediawan-owned Radar Films produces,...
The film followsValjeanafter he is released from prison embittered, ostracised and considered a danger to society until he meets a kind bishop whose humanity inspires him to become a better man.
Shooting kicked off in France in January and features a starry local cast including Bernard Campan, Isabelle Carré and Alexandra Lamy. It is Besnard’s follow-up to 2024 historical dramaLouise Violetthat also stars Gadebois and Lamy.
Mediawan-owned Radar Films produces,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Georg Gruber’s Berlin-based world sales outfit Magnetfilm has taken on international sales rights for Luzia Schmid’s Panorama Documentary title I Want It All.
The film tells the story of the controversial German singer and movie star Hildegard Knef. Produced by Thomas Kufus of zero one film, the film will be released in German cinemas by Piffl in April.
Magnet has closed several theatrical deals on another feature documentaryTeaches Of Peaches, about Canadian artist, musician and feminist star, Merrill Nisker. The film, which screened in the Berlinale 2024, has gone to Madman for Australia and New Zealand, Pink Moon for...
The film tells the story of the controversial German singer and movie star Hildegard Knef. Produced by Thomas Kufus of zero one film, the film will be released in German cinemas by Piffl in April.
Magnet has closed several theatrical deals on another feature documentaryTeaches Of Peaches, about Canadian artist, musician and feminist star, Merrill Nisker. The film, which screened in the Berlinale 2024, has gone to Madman for Australia and New Zealand, Pink Moon for...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Belgium producer Bart Van Langendonck of Savage Film is joining forces with Peter De Maegd of Potemkino to develop and produce a slate of international film and TV co-productions, as well as a slate of majority-Flemish feature films
Potemkino’s slate includes new projects with directors including Mike Figgis, Michael Roskam, Helena Dalemans, Tom Barman, and Dick Maas.
Van Langendonck has sold his shares in his company, Savage Film, to Eyeworks Belgium, owned by Warner Group. Savage is the Belgian co-producer of Berlin Competition contenderReflection In A Dead Diamondby Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani and has earlier credits includingRoskam’s 2011 film,...
Potemkino’s slate includes new projects with directors including Mike Figgis, Michael Roskam, Helena Dalemans, Tom Barman, and Dick Maas.
Van Langendonck has sold his shares in his company, Savage Film, to Eyeworks Belgium, owned by Warner Group. Savage is the Belgian co-producer of Berlin Competition contenderReflection In A Dead Diamondby Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani and has earlier credits includingRoskam’s 2011 film,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


The latest feature from former political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, one of Ukraine’s most prominent directors, is among eight projects to receive production funding totally near $1m from the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films.
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
This is the first time the fund, launched at the 2023 Berlinale by Efad, the European national film agency organisation, has directly supported production. Projects must have co-producer from an Efad country.
The fiction and documentary films are: Sentsov’s Kai.produced by At Films and Germany’s Ma.ja.de €150,000); Tetiana Khodakivska’s Blue Sweater With A Yellow Hole, produced by Pronto Film with France...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


The use of AI to enhance film sales is a talking point at the EFM, with at least 20 sales agents tellingScreenthe technologywas not for them.
Instead, they continue to use tried-and-true databases, human vendors – and old-fashioned instincts.
“Why would I use AI to generate comps when I know these numbers like the back of my hand?” asked one.
One outlier is Los Angeles-based MonteCristo International, at the EFM with martial arts adventure The Princess, horror Apartment 1303,and romantic comedy Promised.
CEO Michael Taverna said his team has been using Elon Musk’s AI assistant Grok to generate sales projections and to create marketing materials,...
Instead, they continue to use tried-and-true databases, human vendors – and old-fashioned instincts.
“Why would I use AI to generate comps when I know these numbers like the back of my hand?” asked one.
One outlier is Los Angeles-based MonteCristo International, at the EFM with martial arts adventure The Princess, horror Apartment 1303,and romantic comedy Promised.
CEO Michael Taverna said his team has been using Elon Musk’s AI assistant Grok to generate sales projections and to create marketing materials,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Tension is mounting in France with Canal+ threatening to significantly reduce its €220m annual investment in local French film following Disney’s renegotiation of its theatrical window down to nine months compared to the six-month window leveraged by the pay-tv giant.
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada wrote a strongly worded editorial in Le Monde earlier this month in which he called the streamers strategic partners “but not at any price”.
Saada questioned the fairness of “allowing Disney to broadcast films nine months after their release for €35m a year, whereas Canal+ currently pays €220km for a six-month broadcast”.
Disney secured its...
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada wrote a strongly worded editorial in Le Monde earlier this month in which he called the streamers strategic partners “but not at any price”.
Saada questioned the fairness of “allowing Disney to broadcast films nine months after their release for €35m a year, whereas Canal+ currently pays €220km for a six-month broadcast”.
Disney secured its...
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Documentary sales firm Cinephil is pitching Margreth Olin’s new project, an untitled horse documentary, to EFM buyers this week.
Viewed through the perspective of a horse, the film will look at how horses perceive their environment, navigate their place within a herd and interact with humans.
The project will also be pitched at next month’s Cph:dox Forum; Olin is preparing to start production this year, with completion scheduled for 2027. The film is supported by the Norwegian Film Institute.
It is the fourth collaboration between Norwegian filmmaker Olin and Cinephil, after Songs of Earth, Norway’s entry to the 2024 Oscars; Goteborg selection Self Portrait,...
Viewed through the perspective of a horse, the film will look at how horses perceive their environment, navigate their place within a herd and interact with humans.
The project will also be pitched at next month’s Cph:dox Forum; Olin is preparing to start production this year, with completion scheduled for 2027. The film is supported by the Norwegian Film Institute.
It is the fourth collaboration between Norwegian filmmaker Olin and Cinephil, after Songs of Earth, Norway’s entry to the 2024 Oscars; Goteborg selection Self Portrait,...
- 2/16/2025
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European feature development programme Less Is More (Lim) has selected 16 feature projects for its 2025 edition, including Naomi Waring’s UK title Drifters.
The project follows a 19-year-old in Belfast’s underground community of drifters, who finds healing through a group of other young fathers.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Waring is a graduate of the London Film School, who has made shorts including this year’s Milk.
Also on the Lim selection is Scraps, a thriller from French writer-director Quentin Nozet set in a deserted village where a stranger arrives looking for a job.
18 writers have been selected across the 16 projects,...
The project follows a 19-year-old in Belfast’s underground community of drifters, who finds healing through a group of other young fathers.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Waring is a graduate of the London Film School, who has made shorts including this year’s Milk.
Also on the Lim selection is Scraps, a thriller from French writer-director Quentin Nozet set in a deserted village where a stranger arrives looking for a job.
18 writers have been selected across the 16 projects,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Prague-based firm Filmotor has boarded international sales on Arjun Talwar’s Letters From Wolf Street.
The film has its world premiere in Panorama Documentary this afternoon, with further screenings on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
The producers have signed distribution deals with Barnsteiner-film for Germany, and So Films for Poland.
Indian filmmaker Talwar immigrated to Poland 10 years ago. In Letters From Wolf Street, he documents his struggles to fit in by filming his neighbours on his central Warsaw street, seeking to overcome his feelings of alienation.
The Polish- and English-language film is produced by Karolina Smigiel and Jaroslaw Wszedybyl for Poland’s Uni-Solo Studio,...
The film has its world premiere in Panorama Documentary this afternoon, with further screenings on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
The producers have signed distribution deals with Barnsteiner-film for Germany, and So Films for Poland.
Indian filmmaker Talwar immigrated to Poland 10 years ago. In Letters From Wolf Street, he documents his struggles to fit in by filming his neighbours on his central Warsaw street, seeking to overcome his feelings of alienation.
The Polish- and English-language film is produced by Karolina Smigiel and Jaroslaw Wszedybyl for Poland’s Uni-Solo Studio,...
- 2/16/2025
- ScreenDaily


Norwegian producer Anders Tangen, in Berlin with Vibeke Løkkeberg’s Forum: Special title The Long Road To The Director’s Chair, has joined North Film Distribution as general manager.
The company has been launched to showcase films from Northern Norway, including those by Sámi filmmakers and emerging talent.
“We are helping the filmmakers with the distribution of their films not only for cinema but VOD platforms and SVOD, especially in the international market,” said Tangen.
North Film Distribution been set up as a collective between Mattima Films Rein Film Finnmark, Lofoten Film Collective, and Hermetikken Kulturnæringshage.
Its upcoming Norwegian releases...
The company has been launched to showcase films from Northern Norway, including those by Sámi filmmakers and emerging talent.
“We are helping the filmmakers with the distribution of their films not only for cinema but VOD platforms and SVOD, especially in the international market,” said Tangen.
North Film Distribution been set up as a collective between Mattima Films Rein Film Finnmark, Lofoten Film Collective, and Hermetikken Kulturnæringshage.
Its upcoming Norwegian releases...
- 2/16/2025
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