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Brad Pitt Says AI Could Help More ‘Mid-Budget Films’ Get Made if It’s ‘Used as a Tool’: ‘Gonna Be a Very Interesting Experiment’
Brad Pitt is keeping an open mind about AI use in movies, saying that it could actually help more mid-budget projects get made. The Oscar-winning actor was…
Best Friend Forever Boards TIFF Midnight Madness Malayalam-Language Indian Vampire Thriller ‘Half’
EXCLUSIVE: Best Friend Forever has boarded international sales rights to Malayalam-language vampire revenge action-thriller Half ahead of its world premiere in…
‘Hearing’ Review: Vietnamese Slow-Burn Is a Feast for the Senses
Locarno: The second feature from writer/director Lê Bảo makes you enjoy the silence, even if its characters don’t.
Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Regina Hall and More Attached to Projects Launching at Toronto Market
Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Regina Hall and other talent are attached to projects launching at the inaugural market at Toronto Intl. Film Festival, known as…
DreamLab Films Boards Satirical Iranian TIFF Title ‘Head to Head’ In Which Male Cast Forced To Coverup + First Clip
EXCLUSIVE: DreamLab Films has boarded sales on satirical Iranian picture Head to Head (Sar beh Sar) about a film production in which the male cast members are…
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Locarno Open Doors: Talemwa Pius’ ‘A Vineyard for a Lobster’ and Mohammed Sheikh’s ‘Accept My Plea for a Burial’ Win Top Prizes at Festival’s Africa Industry Focus
Ugandan Talemwa Pius’ striking magic realist fable “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and “Accept My Plea for a Burial,” a Somalia set critique of ancient custom…
Locarno Pro & Open Doors Winners: ‘A Vineyard For A Lobster’, ‘Accept My Plea For Burial’, ‘Spring Story’ & ‘Yazz’ Clinch Top Prizes
The Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the winners of the project and incubator initiatives gathered under its Locarno Pro umbrella and spanning First Look…
Pippa Harris and James Wilson to Headline London Film Festival Industry Forum
The BFI London Film Festival has announced that two of the U.K.’s most acclaimed producers will lead the industry program at its upcoming 70th edition. Pippa…
A Female Sniper Battles ISIS in First Teaser for Venice Title ‘No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The fight against the Islamic State has been given the Hollywood-style revenge thriller treatment in Halkawt Mustafa’s “No Paradise if You Are Killed by a…
Netflix Sets ‘Ad Vitam’ Sequel With Guillaume Canet
Netflix has started production on a sequel to “Ad Vitam,” its 2025 French action thriller starring Guillaume Canet. The sequel has the working title “Ad Vitam…
Latin Quarter Distribution Acquires World Rights to José Dell’Acqua Uruguayan Crime Thriller ‘Maltrato Animal’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Latin Quarter Distribution has acquired world sales rights to José Dell’Acqua’s Uruguayan crime thriller “Maltrato Animal” (“Animal Budget”). The deal was…
Indian Star Sayani Gupta Sets U.S. Feature Debut With ‘Arya’
EXCLUSIVE: Sayani Gupta will make her U.S. feature film debut in Arya. The Indian star’s credits include Delhi Crime and Axone, and cameras are rolling on her…
Mad World Boards Sales On Venice-Bound Egyptian Drama ‘Al Baraneya’
EXCLUSIVE: Mad World, the film sales arm of Cairo-based Mad Solutions, has acquired worldwide sales rights to Egyptian drama Al Baraneya ahead of its…
Alessandra Sanguinetti on Her Dreamy, Grounded Directorial Debut ‘The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer’
In the Argentine Pampas, cousins Guillermina and Belinda cannot wait to grow up. When they are not swimming in the river and dancing through the long, breezy…
Zurich & El Gouna Film Festivals Strike Strategic Partnership Kicking Off With ‘Dolphins: My Close Encounters’
EXCLUSIVE: Switzerland’s Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) and Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) have struck a strategic partnership, which will see them…
‘Brave New Love’ Review: Infidelity Isn’t the End in an Unusual, Open-Minded Marital Drama
“I would never fall in love if I was in a good relationship.” So says one participant in the women’s church group where Copenhagen-based wife and mother Kate…
Netflix Reunites With Guillaume Canet On Sequel To Hit Action-Thriller ‘Ad Vitam’
Netflix has announced the start of principal photography on a sequel to 2025 action thriller Ad Vitam, starring Guillaume Canet. Working titled Ad…
A Pregnant Anne Hathaway & Co-Stars Walk The Red Carpet For ‘The End of Oak Street’: Photo Gallery
Temperatures edging toward 100 degrees didn’t keep a pregnant Anne Hathaway or co-stars Maisy Stella, Ewan McGregor, Alexa Davis and Christian Convery away…
Anthony Bourdain Biopic A Top 2026 Limited Opening; Jane Schoenbrun, ‘CatVideoFest’, Fire Up Indie Weekend – Specialty Box Office
Independents posted impressive numbers this weekend, another good one for moviegoing but competitive with blockbuster commercial films in the marketplace. Tony…