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Cohen Media Group has taken North American rights to Vadim Perelman's Persian Lessons following its well-received bow at the Berlin International Film Festival this week. The releaser is planning a late 2020 berth for the movie, which stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart in the story of  a Belgian Jew who claims to be Persian…

The ATX Television Festival and Alamo Drafthouse have partnered to expand their reach beyond Austin and the Lone Star state with their newly launched nationwide event series “TV at the Alamo presented by ATX.” The new series will bring TV series to theaters by showcasing screenings and panels across the country. Major…

The 18th Korea Times Music Festival, originally planned for April 25 at the Hollywood Bowl, has been postponed due to travel restrictions in Asia prompted by concerns about the coronavirus. “We truly apologize for the inconvenience to those who have been looking forward to this event and ask for your kind…

The 20,000 attendees for DreamHack at the Anaheim Convention Center wrapped up the three-day gaming event tonight with the conclave’s first awards show, aimed squarely at the gaming community and its publishers. The Dreamies honored games in unique categories whose winners were determined by judging from industry…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed Sidney Flanigan, the star of Eliza Hittman’s Sundance Film Festival breakout Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The pic made its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section and received a special jury Neorealism prize. The film will next screen in competition at the Berlin Film…

One of the more intriguing titles of this year’s Berlin Film Festival is the new Johnny Depp true life drama, Minamata in which Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of…

Johnny Depp is in Berlin today for the world premiere of Andrew Levitas’ Minamata. A Berlin Film Festival Special Gala Screening, the drama also stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Minami and Bill Nighy. Depp plays celebrated U.S. photographer W Eugene Smith in the true-story thriller that pits Smith against a powerful corporation…

EXCLUSIVE: The Bay Of Silence, Paula van der Oest's thriller starring Claes Bang (Dracula), Olga Kurylenko (Death Of Stalin) and Brian Cox (Succession), has sold into numerous key territories. Vertical Entertainment has swooped on North American rights to the project, striking a deal with Christian de Gallegos of…

Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art announced the complete lineup for the 49th annual New Directors/New Films running March 25 – April 5 and opening with Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss's Boys State, winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentary at Sundance. The closing film is Maite Alberdi's The M…

Jeremy Irons used the platform of this morning's opening jury press conference at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival to address controversial statements he has been reported to have made in the past about same-sex marriages, women's rights and abortion. Pre-empting questions from the attending press, jury…

As the European Film Market gets underway in Berlin, here's a last minute project that should stir some buyer interest. Liam Neeson will lead the cast of Memory, an action thriller from Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. Pic is based on the 2003 Dutch film The Memory Of A Killer, Dario Scardapane (The Bridge) has…

Eugene Hernandez, the deputy executive director of Film at Lincoln Center and founder of IndieWire, has been named director of the New York Film Festival. He'll will work closely with Dennis Lim, who has been appointed the festival's director of programming. The announcement made Wednesday effectively creates two…