Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Idris Elba opened his Red Sea Film Festival conversation with the screening of "Dust to Dreams," a short film shot in Lagos, starring Seal, Nse Ikpe-Etim, and Constance Olatunde, marking his…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:16PM[SHARE]Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the role of Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs." Ho…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:50PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
Nicholas Hoult, speaking at Red Sea Film Festival on Monday, touched on his upcoming Tom Ford movie, "Cry to Heaven," the adaptation of Anne Rice's 1982 novel. Hoult stars alongside Adele, A…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:08PM[SHARE]Has Nicholas Hoult gone over to the dark side? Speaking at Variety Lounge presented by Red Sea Film Festival, the actor acknowledged that characters such as Lex Luthor in "Superman," as well…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Films Boutique has closed further sales on Agnieszka Holland's Franz Kafka biopic "Franz," Poland's official Oscar entry for best international feature film at the 98th Academy Awards. Idan …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:15AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2025
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have come on board as executive producers of "I'm Glad You're Dead Now," which won Cannes Film Festival's short film Palme d'Or this year. Palestinian Tawfeek…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 15, 2025
The Match Factory has launched sales at AFM on Jane Schoenbrun's slasher movie "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," which stars "Hacks" actress Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, at t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]The Egypt Film Commission aims to increase foreign shoots in Egypt, in the wake of recent high-profile productions, including Guy Ritchie's "Fountain of Youth," shot at the Giza Pyramids, Ne…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2025
Beta Cinema has sold romantic dramedy "Rose's Baby," directed by Trudie Styler and starring Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthistle, to several high-profile distributors worldwide. Territories s…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2025
"1001 Frames," which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2025
HanWay Films is launching international sales on "The Species," the new period drama from British director Justin Chadwick ("Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," "The Other Boleyn Girl"), written…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:27AM[SHARE]Monday, October 13, 2025
Propagate Content announced Monday at Mipcom that Sky has come on board to co-produce the feature documentary "I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not," an authorized but unfiltered documentary on co…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2025
The Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival will pay tribute to Isabelle Huppert at its 66th edition, and present 15 of her films. The actress, who will be the festival's guest of honor, will atten…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 28, 2025
Ulrich Köhler's "Gavagai" has debuted its trailer with Variety ahead of the film's screening on Sunday at the Zurich Film Festival. International sales for the film, which had its world p…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 6, 2025
Berlin and Lyon-based sales outfit Films Boutique has announced sales for Agnieszka Holland's Kafka biopic "Franz" to additional territories following its world premiere Friday at the Toront…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 27, 2025
In hybrid documentary "Broken English," which premieres in Venice Film Festival's Out of Competition section, filmmakers Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth deliver an innovative and playful portr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AM[SHARE]Monday, August 25, 2025
The Mexican director-writer-producer Michel Franco has come to the Sarajevo Film Festival with every one of his nine features. He returns "because he feels like part of the family," he said …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2025
Actor and musician Jharrel Jerome ("Moonlight," "When They See Us," "Unstoppable") and actor Teo Yoo ("Past Lives," "The Recruit," "Karoshi") have joined the jury for the Golden Globes Impac…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2025
"Vanilla," which will world premiere at Venice Film Festival in the Venice Days sidebar, has been picked up by Bendita Film Sales. The film is the feature directorial debut of Mexican actres…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:53AM[SHARE]Monday, August 4, 2025
Willem Dafoe will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, awarded in recognition of his contribution to the art of film. During the event, the actor will h…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:55AM[SHARE]London's Covent Garden is home to a famous opera house, soon to be showing Puccini's tragic thriller "Tosca," but at the address I am heading to in the district, the entertainment on offer i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 2, 2025
The 19th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival's training program, Talents Sarajevo, has unveiled its mentors, who include Isaure Pisani-Ferry, co-creator of Disney+'s "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld."…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2025
British actor Ray Winstone, best known for his role in Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast," will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his ca…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 31, 2025
Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" has sold to multiple territories ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film stars Tom Waits, Adam Driver, …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25AM[SHARE]Friday, July 25, 2025
Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his contribution to the film industry and his acting career. SkarsgÃ¥r…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Agnieszka Holland's Franz Kafka biopic "Franz," which will have its world premiere in Toronto Film Festival's Special Presentation section, has debuted its trailer. In an exclusive interview…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Matej DrliÄka, who was dismissed as the head of the Slovak National Theater by the far-right government of Robert Fico, spoke with passion about what was happening in his country at the K…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:23PM[SHARE]Monday, July 7, 2025
Molly McCann ("Freelance," "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping") is set to co-star in the high-octane period action-thriller, "The Butler," alongside Jean Reno and Tom Hollander. Tom E…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Agnieszka Holland, the director of Oscar nominated films like "Angry Harvest," "Europa Europa" and "In Darkness," has a new project. Holland, who latest film "Franz" will world premiere this…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:41AM[SHARE]Friday, July 4, 2025
Actors Peter Sarsgaard and Vicky Krieps were honored at the opening of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Friday, with Sarsgaard calling for "collective action" in the U.S. i…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Kevin Spacey picked up the Maximo Award for Excellence at the Italian Global Series Festival in Rimini on Monday evening, adding to his recent string of honors in Europe as he attempts a com…
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