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Varietyby Marta Balaga11 Sept 2026
Norway’s Oscar submission “Growth of the Soil,” based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel, has already become a significant event in its native country.
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
“Dastur: Teris Bata,” the sequel to Kazakhstan’s record-breaking horror hit “Dastur,” has found an international sales partner in Bangkok-based Fearfolks, which has boarded world sales rights...
Varietyby Leo Barraclough11 Sept 2026
It is no wonder Belgian cinema has risen internationally in recent years. Cinema is, after all, a language, and Belgian filmmakers come from a country built on the need to understand language as a...
Varietyby Elskes11 Sept 2026
Catherine Deneuve needed little convincing to play a “punk fairy godmother” in Léa Domenach’s “Peau d’Homme” (“A Man’s Skin“) the Venice-premiering medieval musical that reunites the famed French...
Varietyby Roberto Prieto11 Sept 2026
“At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up?” Nobel Prize winning author Mario Vargas Llosa famously asks at the beginning of “Conversation at The Cathedral.” In “Glaxo,” one of the most...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched “Amazing Locations: From Scene to Scenic,” a campaign built to convert the country’s rising profile as a filming destination into lasting...
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin11 Sept 2026
Is Venice still vibrating from all the rounds of applause? It’s become customary for audiences at the festival’s premieres to clap and cheer for a seeming eternity after the credits roll.
Varietyby Postcardjunky11 Sept 2026
The first-ever Toronto film market, running as part of the Toronto Film Festival, will have a robust contingent of African filmmakers, executives and industry professionals on the ground.
Varietyby Jennie Punter11 Sept 2026
Tyler Hagan of Experimental Forest Films has won the Canadian Media Producers Association’s (CMPA) 2026 Feature Film Producer Indiescreen Award. The plaudit was announced Sept.
Varietyby Angelique Jackson11 Sept 2026
Def Leppard‘s epic journey from Sheffield to global rock superstardom is getting the documentary treatment from filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig (“The Devil and Daniel Johnston,” “Author: The JT LeRoy...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
New Zealand is set to announce a first-of-its-kind Indigenous co-production initiative at the Toronto Film Festival, New Zealand Film Commission CEO Annie Murray tells Variety.
Varietyby Alex Ritman11 Sept 2026
As far as date movies go, “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me,” a wild London-based rom-com-meets-thriller-meets-horror-meets-thought-provoking-satire, could be either among the worst choices or the best.
Varietyby Jennie Punter11 Sept 2026
Michael Dowse’s “The Stunt Driver,” starring Jay Baruchel as ’70s daredevil Ken Carter, who tried to jump a mile across the St. Lawrence River in a rocket car, roars into its Toronto Intl.
Varietyby Leo Barraclough11 Sept 2026
Taika Waititi, who won an Oscar for the “Jojo Rabbit” screenplay, and Odessa Rae, the producer of Oscar winner “Navalny” and Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” have come on board “A Bit of...
Varietyby Marta Balaga11 Sept 2026
Following its world premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, director Sébastien Laudenbach has completed a Spanish-language version of “Viva Carmen.” He’s also behind “The Girl Without Hands” and...
Varietyby Marta Balaga11 Sept 2026
Machérie Ekwa Bahango wants Congo to be noticed by the industry. “Through my films, I would like Congo to be seen as part of the world.
Varietyby Elskes11 Sept 2026
From Hollywood heavyweights and festival chiefs to exhibitors, broadcasters, streamers, heads of state and industry figures from more than 60 countries converged at a historic site in the south of...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
“We Are All Strangers,” written and directed by Anthony Chen, has been selected as Singapore‘s official entry in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards, the Infocomm Media...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
Paris-based international sales company Reel Suspects has boarded worldwide sales on Chinese filmmaker Ah Biao’s feature debut “Border” (“Bian Jing”), which will world premiere in the official...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran11 Sept 2026
New Zealand’s Black Mandala has acquired worldwide sales rights to three horror films from Anatomica Films: “Within Madness,” “Vessel” and “The Thirteenth Gate.” J. M.
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