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FilmSharks Pounces on International Sales Rights to Videocine’s ‘Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has pacted with TelevisaUnivision-affiliated Videocine to handle the international sales on horror pic…
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LevelK Inks Multiple Deals on Sex Positive Comedy ’Sudden Outburst of Emotions’ and ’Dancing Queen in America’ at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Just a few days after market kick-off in Berlin, sales and agregator outfit LevelK has closed a raft of deals on its two female-helmed…
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Freaks Factory and Ka-Ching Cartoons Board ‘The Growcodile’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Belgium’s Freaks Factory and the Netherlands’ Ka-Ching Cartoons have boarded “The Growcodile” as co-production partners as the CG family…
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Erotic Queer Thriller ‘Night Stage,’ Playing in Berlinale’s Panorama Section, Sells to North America, U.K. and Ireland (EXCLUSIVE)
Erotic queer thriller “Night Stage,” which premiered on Friday in Berlinale’s Panorama section, has been sold to North America, the U.K.…
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TrustNordisk Releases ‘The Kraken’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Norwegian monster pic “Kraken,” directed by Pål Øie, has inked a trio of European distribution deals ahead of its 2025 release. The film,…
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Berlin Goes Bananas for Robert Pattinson and His Clones in Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’
The Berlin Film Festival got a double dose of Robert Pattinson with the premiere of Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” on Saturday night. And the…
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‘Dreams’ Review: A Stone-Cold Jessica Chastain Reunites With Director Michel Franco for a Thorny Moral Drama
Among the Hollywood stars of her generation, Jessica Chastain has been uniquely selective about the characters she agrees to embody,…
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Jessica Chastain Says Her Mexico-U.S. Immigration Film ‘Dreams’ Is ‘Incredibly Political,’ but ‘I Am a Hopeful Person’: I’m Not Going to Give Up on My Country’
Jessica Chastain said her latest film “Dreams,” a drama that centers on immigration between Mexico and the U.S., is “incredibly political”…
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Robert Pattinson Just Realized That He Based His ‘Mickey 17’ Accent Off Steve Buscemi’s ‘Fargo’ Character: ‘I Kind of Did It by Accident’
Robert Pattinson had a revelation at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for Bong Joon Ho‘s “Mickey 17“: He based his wacky accent…
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‘Fury,’ ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ and ‘The Goldsmith’s Secret’ Headline Slate of Catalan Films at the Berlinale
Like water taking the shape of any container in which it’s kept, Catalan cinema tends to work its way into every corner of a festival or…
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‘A Letter to David’ Director Tom Shoval and Producer Nancy Spielberg on Transcending ‘Carnage’ in Their Homage to Hamas Hostage David Cunio
Israeli director Tom Shoval is back in Berlin with “A Letter to David,” which is his way of processing the fact that his friend David…
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‘Koln 75’ Director Ido Fluk on 18-Year-Old Vera Brandes Who Organized Keith Jarrett’s ‘The Koln Concert’ – Clip (EXCLUSIVE)
In 1975, Vera Brandes, then an 18-year-old student and part-time promoter, organized a concert for Keith Jarrett in Cologne, a recording…
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Moving From Writing to Directing With ‘Hot Milk’: ‘I’d Been Feeling a Sadness in Giving Scripts Away’
There are numerous first time directors at this year’s Berlinale, but few come with the sort of indie film credits on Rebecca Lenkiewicz‘s…
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Berlin Competition Entry ‘The Blue Trail’ Reveals First Clip, Gabriel Mascaro Talks Ageism in Cinema: ‘Elderly Bodies Are Tied to a Nostalgia For Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail,” playing in competition in Berlin, marks another great milestone for Brazilian cinema in a year where…
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Hungary’s Filmmakers See Local Box Office Success With Genre Pics and Romantic Comedies
It was welcome — perhaps even surprising — news for Hungarian moviegoers to discover that two home-grown productions were sitting at the…
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Scott Adkins, Djimon Hounsou Teaming for Action-Thriller ‘One Last Fight’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Martial arts movie hero Scott Adkins (“John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Undisputed 4: Boyka”) and Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou…
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Oscar-Nominated Palestinian-Israeli Doc ‘No Other Land’ Scores U.K. TV Deal With Channel 4 (EXCLUSIVE)
“No Other Land,” the Palestinian-Israeli Oscar-nominated documentary, has secured a U.K. broadcast deal with Channel 4. The film depicts…
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Timothée Chalamet on What Bob Dylan Taught Him About Fame and Politics: ‘Be Wary of Any Savior-Like Figures’
Timothée Chalamet opened up about how playing Bob Dylan has influenced his own experience with fame and activism at the Berlin Film…
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TIFF Content Market Starts to Take Shape, Unveils Committee Including CAA’s Roeg Sutherland
The Toronto Film Festival‘s planned official content market that will run concurrent with the event starting in 2026 is starting to take…
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Emma Mackey on Starring in ‘Haunting’ Mother-Daughter Drama ‘Hot Milk’ and Vicky Krieps Playing Her Love Interest: ‘She’s Really a Force’
When Emma Mackey met Vicky Krieps, she couldn’t help but blush. The two actors play love interests Sofia and Ingrid in “Hot Milk,” Rebecca…
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Kyrgyz Drama on Violence Against Women ‘Kurak’ Lands at Fire and Ice Media for Asian Sales at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Philippines-based Fire and Ice Media has nabbed Asian sales rights to “Kurak,” a powerful Kyrgyz drama tackling violence against women,…
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‘Leo & Lou,’ From ‘Elite’s’ Zeta Studios, Acquired by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
Rapidly building a packed sales slate at Berlin, Filmax has pounced on “Leo & Lou,” a feel-good road movie set against the stunning,…
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Arte/ZDF, Port au Prince Board ‘Ivan & Hadoum’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Arte/ZDF, the German arm of European public broadcaster Arte, and German production company Port au Prince have boarded “Ivan & Hadoum,”…
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Tilda Swinton Gets Political While Accepting Berlinale Golden Bear: ‘Mass Murder Is Currently Terrorizing More Than One Part of Our World’
Tilda Swinton got political as she accepted Berlin Film Festival‘s Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at its opening ceremony on…