Headlines from the trades, linked to the films and people they cover.
Writer-director Marie Clements, who premiered “Bones of Crows” in 2022, returns this weekend to the Toronto Film Festival for the world premiere of her latest…
Paris-based sales boutique Alpha Violet has acquired international sales rights to “Body of Glass,” German filmmaker Naëmi Ada’s feature debut, ahead of its…
Bangkok-based horror distributor Fearfolks and Taipei’s Studio76 have signed a three-picture Thai-Taiwanese horror development deal, which was unveiled at the…
With enticing acquisition titles, rising talent and supercharged industry presence at the market, the Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s 2026 Indigenous lineup…
As Adult Swim spends September re-airing the shows that put it on the map in 2001, its original creators and execs tell IndieWire how an experimental…
EXCLUSIVE: Charades has posted a raft of deals for Canadian director Leah Nelson’s feature animation Tangles ahead of its North American premiere in Toronto…
Malachi Kirby, the BAFTA-winning “Small Axe” star recently seen as the lead in the Disney+ series “A Thousand Blows,” is starring in revenge-thriller “Uncle,”…
Sumerian Pictures has acquired North American rights to Norwegian writer-director Eivind Landsvik’s feature debut “Low Expectations,” starring Marie Ulven…
Casting BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan in Irish indie feature “Lemonade” was surprising straightforward, but did come with one key demand: Do not…
Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor — who are two of the four co-directors of 2025’s Oscar-winning doc “No Other Land” — are at the Venice Film…
Elon Musk has gone on an hours-long rampage about Alex Gibney after the Oscar-winning director premiered his documentary about the tech mogul at the Venice…
Woody Norman (“C’mon C’mon”), Malachi Kirby (“Small Axe”), Tuppence Middleton (“Downton Abbey”), Conrad Khan (“Sunny Dancer”) and Kola Bokinni (“Ted Lasso”)…
Vertical has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Sanctuary,” an English-language, post-apocalyptic thriller starring “The Handmaid’s Tale’s” Nina Kiri…
Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet” leads the contest in the cinema categories for the Adriatic Film and TV Awards, which honor the top films and series from…
International media executive and producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz have launched Dreamkite Studios, a Munich- and Berlin-based…
Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow have unveiled the teaser for “Nayyi Navelli,” a fantasy family entertainer starring Yami Gautam Dhar, ahead of its October…
Indian studio Sagar Pictures Entertainment’s seven-part theatrical franchise adapted from the “Bhagavata Mahapurana” will kick off with “Shrimad Bhagavatam…
Good news for Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson’s 2-year-old daughter: if she ever wants to pursue a career in the arts when she’s older, her mom is happy…
Xbox is expanding its partnership with video game industry legend Hideo Kojima. The “Death Stranding” and “Metal Gear” creator has switched the publishing…
Beyond Fest will open its 2026 edition with Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime and close with Bassam Tariq’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother as the Los…
