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Deadline’s Coffee With Creators panel series continued September 9 with The Hummingbird Project, Kim Nguyen’s new thriller that stars Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek and Michael Mando. Nguyen (War Witch, Two Lovers and a Bear) wrote and directed the pic, which had its world premiere the night before…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mando, currently part of the main cast for AMC’s Better Call Saul, has been cast in Kim Nguyen’s drama, The Hummingbird Project, along with previously announced Jesse Eisenberg, Salma Hayek, and Alexander Skarsgard. The film follows New York native cousin, Vincent and Anton, who are players in the…

Touting homegrown talent, the Toronto Film Festival today unveiled the 26 titles that make up its Canadian slate. The lineup includes 25 features and one TV series, with the latter the world premiere of Alias Grace, the six-hour mini from Netflix, the CBC and Sarah Polley and Noreen Halpern's Halfire…

The Venice Film Festival's independently run Venice Days sidebar has unveiled its 12 competition titles, 11 of which are world premieres, which include new projects from Chloe Sevigny, Kim Nguyen and China's Pengfei. The section, which is modeled after Cannes' Directors' Fortnight sidebar, boasts a strong female…

EXCLUSIVE: War Witch and Two Lovers And A Bear director Kim Nguyen is prepping his follow-up, The Hummingbird Project, with Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard set to star in the high-speed drama. Written by Nguyen and produced by Pierre Even of Item 7 in Montreal, the project is exec produced by Brian…

The Toronto Film Festival has revealed the lineup of titles that will make up its Canadian offerings next month. Running the gamut from documentaries to dramas, biographies, thrillers and animation, the roster includes veteran filmmakers and emerging talent. Among the world premieres are docs The River Of My Dreams…

Canadian helmer Kim Nguyen is making his first appearance in Directors' Fortnight with what is also his first English-language film, Two Lovers And A Bear. The official screening is this evening. The War Witch director was nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar in 2012 after scoring myriad prizes at home and abroad…

Tribeca Film bought U.S. rights to War Witch, a film shot in the Congo that won Best Actress for its star Rachel Mwanza at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the same award at Berlin. The Kim Nguyen-directed film tells the story of a young girl who’s kidnapped by African rebels at age 12, is forced at gunpoint to murder…