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EXCLUSIVE: Following festival favourite and Oscar shortlisted drama Night Of The Kings, Ivory Coast director Philippe Lacôte is developing his new feature film 7 Gold Thieves (Les 7 Voleurs D’Or) with his producing and co-writing partner Delphine Jacquet and Memento’s relaunched Paradise City banner. The story is…

An executioner has 24 hours to atone for his sins in Captain Volkonogov Escaped, an inventive and disturbing Venice Film Festival competition entry from Russian writer-directors Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov. This married couple finished their screenplay in lockdown, and the result is both nightmarish and…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first English-language clip for Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem's drama Cinema Sabaya which revolves around a video workshop attended by women from either side of the Middle East conflict. Paris-based Memento International is handling world sales rights to the debut feature, which is getting…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s an atmospheric first clip of Neon Bull director Gabriel Mascaro’s latest film, Divine Love (Divino Amor), which will be playing at Sundance and Berlin. Set in a theocratic Brazil in the year 2027, the film follows a deeply religious woman who uses her position in a notary’s office to try to prevent…