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‘Between Us’ Director Matsumura Shingo on Finding Connection After Disaster and Making Films on Japanese Budgets

Unspoken emotional wounds linger throughout “Between Us,” Japanese director Matsumura Shingo’s new film playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Nippon Cinema Now section, its strand for Japanese films. The film follows Makoto and Kasumi, childhood best friends who drift apart after an incident on a joint family camping trip and reunite six years l

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VarietyEN

Oscar-Nominated Director James Longley Talks His Afghanistan Documentary ‘Mohabat’ and Why His Next Film Will Center on the Rohingya Genocide (EXCLUSIVE)

Double Oscar nominee James Longley, who won the top award at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival on Saturday with “Mohabat,” will focus next on the Rohingya genocide. Longley – who was Oscar nominated for “Iraq in Fragments” and “Sari’s Mother” – tells Variety at the Czech event, “I’ve already filmed act one of this project, working […]

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DeadlineEN

Rider Strong Stopped Rating Films On Letterboxd “For The Sake Of My Career”: “Not A Good Look”

When this Boxd meets world… While Letterboxd has become a popular destination for moviegoers, Rider Strong is cautioning fellow industry folk from getting too comfortable on the platform. The Boy Meets World alum recently explained that he’s “stopped revealing my star count on Letterboxd” so not to prematurely burn bridges with potential collaborators in pro

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‘Green Room’ Director Remembers Patrick Stewart as a ‘F—ing Sweetheart’ and Credits Him for Rescuing the Film: He ‘Swooped Down’ ‘Into Our Cruddy Ass Movie and Saved Us’

“Green Room” writer and director Jeremy Saulnier paid tribute to late actor Patrick Stewart, who starred in the film and whom he credits with saving the day when they were “close to shutting down,” during a 10th-anniversary screening of the 2015 film in Los Angeles on Friday. Stewart died one day earlier, on Thursday, at […]

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‘Green Room’ Writer/Director Recalls How Patrick Stewart “Saved The Day” When Film Was Almost Axed, Would Tell Fans: “Don’t Root For The Nazis”

More than a decade later, Green Room writer/director Jeremy Saulnier is expressing his gratitude for Patrick Stewart helping get the film made. During a screening of the 2015 movie on Friday, one day after Stewart died at age 86, Saulnier paid his respects to the late 3x Golden Globe nominee and explained how he “saved […]

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Paul Bettany Says He ‘Blew Out’ 10 Blood Vessels in His Eye While Filming ‘VisionQuest’: ‘I Was Just Wildly Overacting’

Paul Bettany might play Marvel superhero Vision, but an on-screen acting choice while filming “VisionQuest” nearly cost him that very sense when the “Iron Man” actor accidentally popped 10 blood vessels in his eyes. “I was pretending to have a device on my head that is doing something to my brain, and I was just […]

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VarietyEN

Alex Gibney-Produced ‘Mohabat,’ Directed by James Longley, Wins at Ji.hlava: The Film Is ‘Meticulously Researched and Exquisitely Crafted’

James Longley’s “Mohabat” won the Opus Bonum section at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. Produced by Mohammad Sharif Hotak, Longley and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, it follows a 12-year-old boy Mohabat, whose father dies in a drone strike. Left without parental care, he’s taken to a city orphanage. “By patiently observing the boy’s int

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‘Paper Plane,’ ‘Helicopter’ and ‘Old Bogus Massacre’ Among Austin Film Festival Script and Film Competition Award Winners (EXCLUSIVE)

The Austin Film Festival has announced the winners of its script and film competition. The 33rd annual event received more than 12,500 submissions, with 78 scripts advancing to the finalist round before the festival selected 21 writers and writing teams as winners. Those honored received their awards during the Awards Luncheon on Saturday in Austin, […]

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‘Ah Girl’ Wins Best Film at Singapore’s Silver Screen Awards as Shahrbanoo Sadat Takes Director Prize

Singaporean filmmaker Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s debut feature “Ah Girl” won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competition at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards on Saturday. The film follows a seven-year-old girl in 1990s Singapore whose parents have separated. Ang workshopped the project at the festival’s Southeast Asian Film

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Filmado no Ceará e indicado para representar o Brasil em disputa por vaga no Oscar, 'Feito Pipa' tem pré-estreia em Fortaleza

Lázaro Ramos comenta expectativa sobre indicação de "Feito Pipa" ao Oscar 2027 "Feito Pipa", filme cearense gravado em Quixadá e escolhido para representar o Brasil na disputa por uma vaga na categoria de Melhor Filme Internacional do Oscar 2027, estreia em todo o País no dia 5 de novembro. Nesta sexta-feira (30), o longa teve pré-estreia oficial em Fortalez

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iROZHLASCS

Slovácké divadlo uvede jevištní inscenaci dánského filmu. Provokativní představení je přístupné od 15 let

Mladá dívka Grace, záhadná žena bez minulosti, která prchá před neznámým nebezpečím, nalezne azyl v městečku Dogville. Z počáteční vstřícnosti se však postupně stává nadřazenost a laskavost se mění ve zneužití. Slovácké divadlo v Uherském Hradišti v sobotu v 19 hodin uvede divadelní adaptaci provokativního filmu dánského režiséra Larse von Triera.

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Pink Film Veteran Zeze Takahisa Champions Original Stories at Tokyo Masterclass

The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival’s opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on Zeze’s early “pink” (softcore porn) and indie films, followed by questions about his more recent work. Born in 1960 in Oita […]

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iROZHLASCS

Propojení komentářů a záběrů ze soudu. Jihlavský festival nabídnul nový film o procesu s K. H. Frankem

Mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů v Jihlavě vstupuje do závěrečného víkendu. V sobotu končí také program Audioscény Českého rozhlasu. Přinesl diskuse, živé natáčení pořadů i speciální archivní pásmo z procesu s prominentním nacistou Karlem Hermannem Frankem, včetně nového filmu, který poprvé kombinuje silné reportáže, které z něj v roce 1946 slyšeli

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iROZHLASCS

Promítání, beseda i výlet po místech natáčení. Do Roprachtic se vrací tvůrci filmu Zapomenuté světlo

Do krkonošských Roprachtic se v sobotu, po třiceti letech od natáčení, vracejí tvůrci filmu Zapomenuté světlo na besedu s rodáky, promítání v místní hospodě i na výlet po místech natáčení. Příběh vesnického faráře, který na sklonku 80. let bojuje za záchranu kostela, natočil režisér Vladimír Michálek na motivy stejnojmenné knihy Jakuba Demla, s hudbou Radima

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NOSNL

Podcast De Dag: tonnen subsidie voor film die niet op het witte doek kwam

Een sterrencast met Oscarwinnaars Dustin Hoffman en Helen Hunt, prachtige beelden in palazzo's in het Italiaanse stadje Lucca en dat allemaal onder leiding van de gewaardeerde en bekende regisseur Peter Greenaway; de film Lucca Mortis heeft het allemaal. Het Nederlands Filmfonds steekt er ruim vijf ton subsidie in, om Nederlandse makers die bij de film betro

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Georgia’s ‘Guria’ Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot Chidgasornpongse Takes Director Prize

Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili’s “Guria” was named best film at the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, handed out Oct. 30 at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Koguashvili shared the prize with fellow producers Olena Yershova and Boris Frumin. The film was made across seven countries: Georgia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Norway

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DeadlineEN

Martin Scorsese Explains How Seth Rogen “Ruined” His ‘Cleopatra’ Film: “Kim Jong Un Doesn’t Have A Sense Of Humor”

More than a decade after the Sony hack shook Hollywood, Martin Scorsese is still reeling from the fallout of the North Korean state-sponsored digital attack. The Oscar-winning director recalled how the wide-reaching hack, which was a response to Seth Rogen’s 2014 film The Interview, “ruined everything” for Scorsese’s planned Cleopatra feature, which would ha

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