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In keeping with its historical support of Latin American cinema throughout the years, the San Sebastian International Film Festival will this year make an extra push for Argentina's cinema industry, which has been in a state of crisis since March after its newly-elected far-right leader Javier Milei moved…

For more than 70 years the San Sebastian International Film Festival has been considered the premiere hub for connecting Europe's film industry to Latin American cinema and filmmaking talent. The festival has long supported the early works of famed Latin American filmmakers ranging from Brazilian…

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has unveiled plans for a trio of docs from German producer Beetz Brothers Film Productions. Here in Berlin at the inaugural Seriesly Berlin event, a November 10 launch was set for German Cocaine Cowboy on Prime Video Germany. A second doc, Billions Mike (aka Milliarden Mike)…

Pamela Anderson is set to be honored with the Zurich Film Festival Golden Eye Award for her versatile career and her awards season tipped performance in The Last Showgirl. The Canadian-American actress will receive the award in person ahead of a gala screening of her new film on October 4, which will…

The Toronto Film Festival kicked off September 5 with a multi-move opening night that included David Gordon Green’s family comedy Nutcrackers starring Ben Stiller. It kicked off a slate of world premieres and buzzy movies across 11 days for the 49th edition of one of North America’s biggest film…

For her fifth feature as director, Angelina Jolie has gone so far back to basics that Without Blood could quite easily be her debut. That isn't a criticism, rather an observation about how hard it is, even for A-list talent, to make films about the brutality…

The 20th Camden International Film Festival has wrapped the in-person portion of the event in coastal Maine with the announcement of awards in several categories, including one that will launch a filmmaker into the Oscar race. Kix, a documentary shot in Budapest, Hungary, won CIFF's prestigious…

EXCLUSIVE: When Francis Ford Coppola sits for a conversation about his new film Megalopolis before it plays the New York Film Festival on September 23, the master filmmaker will be interrogated by two Gotham film fixtures. That will be Robert De Niro, whom Coppola directed to his first Academy Award in The…

All too often, a Toronto Film Festival premiere is seen as an audition for a U.S. release, when the end result is more like sending a manned space flight into the sun. The Penguin Lessons is a case in point, being a peculiarly British movie that takes a very…

The TIFF People's Choice Award is usually a bellwether to the Oscars, but this year the prize reflects rather more deep-seated global concerns among the voters than just the race to Best Picture. Based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King…

The 25th Woodstock Film Festival will feature a lineup of world, North American and U.S. premieres, joining acclaimed fiction and nonfiction films from Sean Baker, Steve McQueen, Alexis Bloom, Raoul Peck, Marielle Heller, Jesse Eisenberg, Jacques Audiard and many more. The festival, which runs from…

The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 2024 Toronto Film Festival has gone to The Life of Chuck, first runner-up is Emilia Pérez, and second runner-up is Anora. The Documentary Award goes to The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, and the Midnight…