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Ukrainian filmmaker Kateryna Gornostai makes a case for optimism with the Berlinale doc “Timestamp.” “It’s a sad film, but there’s a lot of hope in these kids and in our education system…
German director Jan-Ole Gerster’s mesmerizing, mostly English-language “Islands” opens with a scene that for many would mark “rock bottom” — reason to check oneself into rehab — as Sam…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then every shot in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s cine-kaleidoscopic “Reflection in a Dead Diamond” is worth its weight in cubic zirconia. The…
In December 2024, as a film-TV force, Uruguay came of age, co-hosting with Cannes Film Market, Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film-TV market, held since 2009 in Buenos Aires.…
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…
Erotic queer thriller “Night Stage,” which premiered on Friday in Berlinale’s Panorama section, has been sold to North America, the U.K. and Ireland. M-Appeal is handling international…
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…
Taking a significant step towards becoming a South American film-TV powerhouse, Brazil’s State of São Paulo is launching an Audiovisual Industry Development Plan. Among its initiatives are…
Norwegian monster pic “Kraken,” directed by Pål Øie, has inked a trio of European distribution deals ahead of its 2025 release. The film, inspired by the legendary deep-sea creature, has…
Making its international debut in Berlin, Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature “Dreams in Nightmares” follows queer Black femmes on an impromptu road trip across the American Midwest…
Two decades after their last collaboration, Marion Cotillard reunites with filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović for “The Ice Tower,” a fractured fable that lifts as much from the work of Hans…
Jacob Elordi brought the heat to snowy Berlin at the premiere of his new war-set miniseries “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” on Saturday night, debuting his latest adventure in facial…
The Berlin Film Festival got a double dose of Robert Pattinson with the premiere of Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” on Saturday night. And the actor – who plays an explorer and his clone in…
The Berlin Film Festival got a double dose of Robert Pattinson with the premiere of Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” on Saturday night. And the actor — who plays an explorer and his clone in…
Léonor Serraille has had a career most young directors would dream of — winning the Camera d’Or for her 2017 debut “Montparnasse Bienvenue” before launching her sophomore feature, “Mother…
Jessica Chastain said her latest film “Dreams,” a drama that centers on immigration between Mexico and the U.S., is “incredibly political” — but she’s “not going to give up on my country.”…
Robert Pattinson had a revelation at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for Bong Joon Ho‘s “Mickey 17“: He based one of his wacky accents in the movie off of Steve Buscemi’s “Fargo”…
Like water taking the shape of any container in which it’s kept, Catalan cinema tends to work its way into every corner of a festival or marketplace in which it is present. This year’s…
In 1975, Vera Brandes, then an 18-year-old student and part-time promoter, organized a concert for Keith Jarrett in Cologne, a recording of which became “The Köln Concert,” the…
One year ago, production in Prague had hit a worrying lull, with an uncharacteristic slowdown apparent on the usually booked soundstages and bustling streets of the Czech capital. Normally…
A selection of Spanish titles being sold at the European Film Market. “My Friend Eva,” Cesc Gay A romantic comedy about Eva, who, after 20 years of marriage, seeks to rediscover love and…
“No Other Land,” the Palestinian-Israeli Oscar-nominated documentary, has secured a U.K. broadcast deal with Channel 4. The film depicts the Israeli government’s efforts to force…
Thai production outfit Night Edge Pictures has locked in its lead cast for the upcoming horror-thriller “Delivery Man,” with Bhumibhat Thavornsiri, Plearnpichaya Komalarajun, and Ananda…
Philippines-based Fire and Ice Media has nabbed Asian sales rights to “Kurak,” a powerful Kyrgyz drama tackling violence against women, and is introducing the film to buyers at Berlin’s…
