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Bhay trailer launch: PR Agency Moe’s Art hits record low, gags senior-most journalist
As a journalist writing about various media events and reviewing content, I am usually contacted by PR agencies via WhatsApp, when something is coming up. Some of them even send WhatsApp reminders, or even call me, to confirm my attendance. Not all journalists are favoured by all agencies. Some are boycotted and never invited, obviously because they do not agree to play ball or get manipulated, and, pe...
“From Shiraz to Seoul : An Iranian teenager’s journey through K-Pop in Ebrahim Amini’s K-Poper” © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) [lalitmax2022@gmail.com]
In an era where cultural borders are increasingly porous and global pop culture travels effortlessly from one corner of the world to another, K-Poper, the début directorial venture of Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Amini, arrives as a poignant and timely story. Set against th...
The Festival de Cannes visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the launch of the Congolese National Film Center
In order to mark this event a press conference took place with Artistic Firector of Festival de Cannes Thierry Fremaux, Djia Mambu, journalist and film critic, Okapi Collective / Emmanuel Lupia Assani, producer, Okapi Collective / Théodore Nganzi, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Culture and the Arts, representative of the Ministe...
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Belgian, script writer, director and producer Marc-Henri Wajnberg interviewed by Bruno Chatelin in Tallinn during Black Nights Film Festival on his latest short film/ pilot PROUT Presented in kids animation competition Marc - Henri is in discussion to develop his franchise into a 52 episodes TV Series.
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The Cannes Cinema Meetings-Les Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cannes is celebrating the 38 edition and taking place 17-23.11 in Cannes. While the organizers are describing the film festival as not beeing international, the selection it surely is. Just before the movies releases in France the films are screened in the 6 movie theaters of Cannes and Cannes La Bocca, giving cinephiles a rare chance of an avant premiere and even meeting the cast, directors or screenwriters of the films. In colla...
In 2025, eight projects have been selected for the 11th European Genre Forum, a six-month training cycle for up-and-coming European genre filmmakers. During the Marketing and Packaging Lab in Tallinn, the last event of the genre training programme, the participants will present their projects at a public pitching event.
Tallinn Lab is part of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (I@T& BE) of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The project selection of the 11th European Genre F...
DISCOVER THE CATALAN PROJECTS SELECTED
BALTIC EVENT CO-PRODUCTION MARKET
️ Wednesday 19 | 16.30h | Kino Sõprus
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by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
Imagine you’re a rookie film director, you land Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson with her unmistakable New Orleans guile plus a very fine cast including actors John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski for a movie about one of America’s unsung, true-life, gutsy working women? Director Rachel Feldman did just that. But there’s a caveat here… it only took 17 years.
Feldman had been coming up in the ranks as a ...
“THE DUMP OF UNTITLED PIECES” MAKES ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL!
Written and directed by Melik Kuru, THE DUMP OF UNTITLED PIECES held its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Competing in the First Feature section, the film tells the story of a young woman striving to exist through her passion in Turkey’s economic and political ecosystem, offering a satirical, original narrative blending drama and comedy within...
Laundry (Uhlanjululo) Directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi Has Been Picked Up For Global Sales By Summerside Media
Summerside Will Launch Global Sales At AFM
Laundry (Uhlanjululo), from South Africa, written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi, has been acquired for International Distribution from the Rome based Summerside Media, announced Summerside Managing Director Francesca Manno.
Following its world premiere in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival (TI...
Wearing the brand "Death by chocolate Design" huddy.studio by Viktoria Theoharova on the red carpet of the VS-FILMS FESTIVAL with festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and galerist Mona Safey
The VS-Films Festival is the first qualitative festival for very short films that do not exceed ten minutes in length. It includes competitions for feature films, documentaries, and animation.
with festival founder Ziad Basmair, festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and j...
The Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries took place 02-06.10 and the Helnan Antoniades Hotel, the new flagship of the Helnan hotel chain with the gardens and the zoo behind, was the epicenter of the film festival.
The opening ceremony on 02.10 took place at the Biblioteca Alexandrina with a festive celebration with actors like the famous actor Mohamed Mansour from Kuwait, during which Mr. Al-Amir Abaza, the president of the festival presented the Livetim...
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Berlinale Generation: Autokar and Los Lobos
Autokar
In the 1990s, eight-year-old Agata leaves her Polish homeland for Belgium. Agata’s perception transforms the migrant experience into a rite of passage.
Los Lobos
They dream of Disneyland, but after brothers Max and Leo emigrate from Mexico to the USA, they first have to find their footing in their ne...
For many years, the Berlinale has been present around the world with specially curated programmes. The Berlinale Spotlight extends the festival period, and thus, makes the activities of the Berlinale visible throughout the entire year.
Photo Little Rebels Cinema Club
For the first time, Berlinale Generation is cooperating with the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival and will present a jointly curated programme to young audiences, with films that p...
Morocco has been chosen as the “Country in Focus” at the upcoming edition of the European Film Market (EFM).
With its rich cinematic heritage, internationally acclaimed filmmakers pushing boundaries and an ongoing thriving creative community, Morocco has established itself as a dynamic bridge between Africa, the Arab world and Europe. The country’s presence at the Berlinale and the EFM stretches back decades and underscores its strong ...
Bahadur 120, Songs launch: Heart-warming at the second coldest place on earth
They chose Royal Opera House, near Charni Road Railway Station, South in Mumbai. Sensibly, a time of 7.30 pm was indicated. If things went well, proceedings would be over by 9 pm, and the guests travelling by train or road, would have beaten the peak-hour rush. A potpourri of snacks and beverages was laid out in the compound of the once popular cinema location, owned by a royal family, and retaining its regal splend...
12 titles revealed featuring Academy Awards Contenders, Action Stars, and Iconic Women from Shu Qi to Charlie XCX
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has gathered together the best of 2025’s global festival circuit together for its Festival Favourites strand, which marks the MENA premieres of nine stand-out titles from the past year in film, and the Saudi premieres of two significant Egyptian films. Selections have been curated from festivals across the gl...
Selection Includes 24 Projects in Development, 8 Works-In-Progress and 8 Episodic Series
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has selected 40 feature film and series projects for this year’s edition of the Red Sea Souk Project Market – the Festival’s platform designed to bolster international co-productions and grant access to new projects and talent.
24 of the selected titles are currently in development or production, 12 of which have been...
Projects by Oliver Laxe and Kaouther Ben Hania to Screen at Festival’s Fifth Edition
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is presenting Special Screenings of two powerful films from Spain and Tunisia, which have each been selected for their significant impact on the cinematic landscape in 2025. Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT and Kaouther Ben Hania’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB will receive special presentations at the Festival this year, marking their...
New Vision Lineup Brings Together Creative Perspectives from France, the US, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, the UK, India and More
Family-friendly screenings feature SpongeBob SquarePants, the first-ever theatrical release of a Doraemon film and the story of an Indian child investigating the closure of her school
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has unveiled the lineups for its New Vision, Series and Families & Children strands, for the upcoming fifth ...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will present Rowan Athale’s biopic GIANT as its Opening Night gala film for its fifth edition. From the British-Indian filmmaker, GIANT tells the uplifting story of British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed, and will screen in its MENA premiere on 4th December 2025.
GIANT recounts the remarkable and inspiring true story of legendary British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem 'Naz' Hamed &nda...
Alfonso Cuarón’s sun-drenched odyssey of youth, desire, and disillusionment still feels urgent more than two decades later © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI)
Freedom, flesh, and the road: The enduring power of the Mexican film ‘‘Y Tu Mamá También’’ (2001) directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
“Freedom, if pursued without awareness, can become just another illusion.”
A film ...
