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EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired all rights in U.S. and anglophone Canada to Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret's drama The Worst Ones, which was awarded the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and will make its North American premiere at TIFF. Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, the…

The Cannes Film Festival has put its weight behind calls for the immediate release of Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Aleahmad and Jafar Panahi. Berlin Golden Bear winner Rasoulof and his colleague Aleahmad were reportedly arrested last Friday after showing support for popular protests against the…

UPDATED, 8:22 a.m.: Neon and Universal Pictures Content Group today announced that Brett Morgen’s David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream will hit theaters globally on September 16 outside of Japan, where it unspools in March of 2023. Neon will distribute the film in the U.S., with UPCG handling international. The first…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has finalised a raft of multimillion-dollar deals with international buyers for its upcoming movies, including The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and the Dirty Dancing sequel. The eye-catching pre-sales out of Cannes make for one of the studio’s best returns on a market slate. By…

EXCLUSIVE: Fusion Entertainment has signed veteran Filipino actress Dolly de Leon, who got her long-overdue international breakout role in Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or-Winner Triangle of Sadness, for management across all areas. Triangle of Sadness, which was acquired by Neon for North American distribution and will…

Cannes Directors' Fortnight has appointed former arthouse sales agent Julien Rejl as its new delegate general and tweaked its French name in a move to usher in a new era of inclusivity for the 60-year-old parallel sidebar. Rejl replaces outgoing Directors’ Fortnight head Paolo Moretti who took up the role in September…

According to director Baz Luhrmann, there’s a longer version of his newest biopic Elvis.  When talking about the film, Luhrmann told the Radio Times, "I mean, I have a four-hour version, actually." In the interview, he mentioned there were extra scenes he wanted to add but with the time constraints, the director had…

Welcome to another episode of the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! It’s your host Valerie Complex and I am back with another exciting episode. This week, I talk to Neptune Frost co-directors American poet, musician, and actor Saul Williams, and actress, playwright Anisia Uzeyman.  Frost had its world premiere last summer in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog has picked up Streetwise, Anatolian Leopard and Fugue, three buzzy international films. The outfit, which launched in 2020 to focus on shopping international films to U.S. audiences, has taken global rights to the trio and plans to launch them within the calendar year. Cannes favourite Streetwise…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to screen adaptation The Magic Flute, which is executive-produced by Roland Emmerich. Directed by Florian Sigl, the movie is a modern reimagining of Mozart's opera classic. Cast comprises Jack Wolfe (The Witcher), Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)…

EXCLUSIVE: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight documentary De Humani Corporis Fabrica has sold to U.S. (Grasshopper Film and Gratitude), Australia & New Zealand (Madman) and Spain (Vitrine Filmes) for Paris-based sales firm Les Films Du Losange. The film focuses on the goings on at five hospitals in northern Paris. Composed…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Just two weeks to go before nomination balloting begins for the Emmys, and there can be no doubt this year feels fully back to normal with so many FYC events going on all over town it is as impossible for Television Academy members to keep track of…