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'I'm Your Man' Tops German Film Awards Maria Schrader’s I'm Your Man won four awards at the Lolas, Germany's national film awards, on Saturday evening. The film won best film plus prizes for screenwriting, directing and for lead actress Maren Eggert. The awards were held physically this year with more than 1,000…

Of all the topics raised during this year's Zurich Summit, the fact that talent now sometimes favor a streaming release over a theatrical one provoked the most debate. "There are some actors who don't want to go theatrical, even though it could succeed, they'd rather go on Netflix," said Dan Steinman Co-President and…

MGM Motion Picture Group's Pamela Abdy and Michael de Luca, president and chairman respectively, have affirmed their commitment to making original stories as other studios increasingly rely on existing properties. Acknowledging MGM's own big IP, such as James Bond and the Creed films being spun out of the Rocky…

Andrea Bocelli On The Lido Upcoming six-part Italian TV series Blanca held a special screening on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival Monday evening with renown tenor Andrea Bocelli, who acted as artistic advisor, in attendance. See a first-look image above. The Lux Vide production, in association Ria Fiction…

The Zurich Film Festival (September 23 -October 3) has scored a coup with the inclusion of anticipated James Bond film No Time To Die in its official selection. The movie will play on September 28, the same day as its world premiere in London. This is the first time a Bond movie has been in the official selection of a…

Busan Planning Physical Edition South Korea's Busan International Film Festival is eyeing a physical edition this year, the event has confirmed to Deadline. Despite worsening Covid cases in many Asian nations, including Korea where authorities are reportedly eyeing increased restrictions, organizers of Busan said it…

SPI International has taken rights for U.S., UK, CEE, Turkey, Benelux, Portugal and China on crime-thriller Watch The Sunset, billed as Australia's first one-take feature film. The deal was brokered by Australian distribution and international sales company Fighting Chance Films. The film follows Danny Biaro (Tristan…

This year's Zurich Film Festival will present French actress Juliette Binoche with its honorary Golden Icon Award. She will be attending the festival to present her latest movie, La Bonne Epouse, and will receive the prize at a ceremony on September 30. “In the year that France is our guest country, it's a great…

EXCLUSIVE: Zurich Film Festival co-founder and former artistic director Karl Spoerri is launching film and TV production and finance company SPG3 Entertainment (SPG3), which will be based in Zurich and Los Angeles. SPG3 is co-founded by CEO Spoerri and Urs Wietlisbach and Alfred Gantner, founders of global private…

The San Sebastian and Zurich film festivals today announced plans to introduce larger film markets at their respective events given the disruption to the spring and summer film calendar wrought by coronavirus. José Luis Rebordinos, Director of the San Sebastián Film Festival (SSIFF), and Christian Jungen, Artistic…

Production budgets on U.S. independent movies are regularly too high to make them viable in the international sales marketplace, but it's no easy task for producers to cut them, said speakers at the Zurich Summit yesterday (September 28). Talking at the event, Thorsten Schumacher, founder and CEO of international…

In a rare public speaking engagement, BBC Films director Rose Garnett took to the stage at the Zurich Film Festival yesterday (September 28) to discuss how the organization has changed under her tenure, and how the nature of public service broadcasting is evolving. BBC Films remains a stalwart of the UK business and…