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Viggo Mortensen did not plan to be in The Dead Don't Hurt but had to dust off his cowboy boots and appear in the movie when another, unnamed, actor dropped out. That meant Mortensen added starring in, to writing, producing, directing and creating the music for the Western. "I had not planned to act…

A co-production session at the Munich International Film Festival yielded insight into Prime Video's strategy in Europe and saw a hopeful update from the German Film Fund on a hugely anticipated 30% tax incentive for film and TV. Dennis Maly, Head of Business Affairs at Amazon Studios in Germany…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Continent has landed ahead of the world premiere of the horror-drama at the Munich International Film Festival on Thursday. A Brazil, France, and Argentina coproduction, the movie is written and directed by Davi Pretto. A car weaves through Brazilian countryside and one of…

Influential German producer Max Wiedemann has said the likes of OpenAI and Google need to let content owners share in the upside created by new artificial intelligence tools. "You have to let the rights holders participate in your productivity gains," he said, before suggesting a body similar to…

Carol Vorderman, the maths genius and political activist who was on Countdown for 26 years, will deliver this year’s Alternative MacTaggart at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Vorderman’s speech will precede the publication of her first book, Now What? On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain, and she has…

Kate Winslet was feted before the European premiere of her film Lee at the Munich International Film Festival and told the packed crowd about starring in, and producing, the movie about war photographer Lee Miller. Taking the stage to accept the Festival's CineMerit award, Winslet said that the…

"With disruption comes great opportunity," Mubi Chief Content Officer Jason Ropell told delegates at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Tuesday. "It brings evolution and I think, right now, optimism in the business is warranted."   Speaking at a rare onstage interview at KVIFF's…

 Karlovy Vary has revealed winners for its market and industry sections: Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch & Intensive Queer, Works in Development – KVIFF Talents, and First Cut+ Works in Progress.  The 2024 KVIFF Eastern Promises winners comprise:  Works in…

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will be bestowed with the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. The actress and producer will also participate in an In Conversation With… event looking back on her career. The TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award…

The Berlin Film Festival is launching a new section called Perspectives, a competitive strand devoted to international fiction feature debuts. The strand is being launched with an eye on strengthening the breadth of new talent at the festival, which will also discontinue its Encounters strand, first…

UPDATED: The 81st Venice Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci, with Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe. The Warner Bros sequel will be screened out of competition…

It wouldn't be a film festival without at least one timely, harrowing emigrant story, but just when you might think the stylistic possibilities have been exhausted — from documentary, to vérité-style fiction and occasionally a dash of deadpan comedy (like Ben Sharrock's wonderful Limbo, 2020) — along…