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forbes.com - Tim Lammers - 'Obsession' Sets New Record For Highest-Grossing Film Fest Acquisition
'Obsession' Sets New Record For Highest-Grossing Film Fest Acquisition
Forbes

Inde Navarrette in 'Obsession.' Curry Barker's horror movie sensation Obsession set a new record this weekend as it became the highest-grossing film to be acquired by a studio at a film festival. Obsession opened in theaters nationwide on May 15.

forbes.com - Joe Sills - Malik Tha Martian Launches 'Outside Ain't Free' Summer Film Tour
Malik Tha Martian Launches 'Outside Ain't Free' Summer Film Tour
Forbes

Filmmaker Malik Tha Martian is screening 'Outside Ain't Free' in Black cultural hubs across the United States this summer. Wildfires burned around the Yellowstone caldera in the summer of 2021, casting an eerie cloud of smoke over the midday sun.

hollywoodreporter.com - Mathew Scott - How the Shanghai Film Festival Is Tapping Into China's Movie Tourism Boom
How the Shanghai Film Festival Is Tapping Into China's Movie Tourism Boom
The Hollywood Reporter

Much has been made of the Chinese film industry's struggles to recapture the heady days of its pre-pandemic box office records, but it appears a government-led push for film tourism has started to help the wider domestic economy recoup some of what…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Kogonada's 'Zi' Lands at Parallax Films for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Kogonada's 'Zi' Lands at Parallax Films for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

“Zi,” the latest film from director Kogonada, has been picked up by Parallax Films for international sales outside North America, it was revealed on the sidelines of the Shanghai International Film Festival. The Hong Kong-set feature…

hollywoodreporter.com - Mathew Scott - Shanghai Film Festival Bets Big on Asia's Next Generation
Shanghai Film Festival Bets Big on Asia's Next Generation
The Hollywood Reporter

If you took a little look offstage, beyond the glamour of the Shanghai International Film Festival's gala opening on Saturday night, the very nature of this year's program revealed itself in the cast and crew members gathered at the Shanghai Grand…

hollywoodreporter.com - Carly Thomas - Thordur Palsson Tapped to Direct 'Dead by Daylight' Film Adaptation
Thordur Palsson Tapped to Direct 'Dead by Daylight' Film Adaptation
The Hollywood Reporter

The feature film adaptation of the hit horror video game, Dead by Daylight, has found its director. Thordur Palsson (The Damned, The Valhalla Murders) has been tapped by Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive, the largest Canadian…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Cannes Winner 'Minotaur' Takes Top Prize at Sydney Film Festival
Cannes Winner 'Minotaur' Takes Top Prize at Sydney Film Festival
Variety

Andrey Zvyagintsev claimed the Sydney Film Prize on Sunday night for “ Minotaur,” his thriller set against the backdrop of contemporary Russia, as the 73rd Sydney Film Festival wrapped its 12-day run at the State Theatre with what…

hollywoodreporter.com - Mathew Scott - Anthony Chen Talks Heading Shanghai Film Fest's Asian New Talent Jury, Reveals First TV Series
Anthony Chen Talks Heading Shanghai Film Fest's Asian New Talent Jury, Reveals First TV Series
The Hollywood Reporter

Time has been at a premium for Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen so far in 2026. He's been on the road with his latest production, We Are All Strangers, which bowed in competition at Berlin in February before opening both the Hong Kong…

theweek.com - The Week US - Film reviews: 'Disclosure Day' and 'Carolina Caroline'
Film reviews: 'Disclosure Day' and 'Carolina Caroline'
The Week

Directed by Steven Spielberg (PG-13) “It's been a long time since Steven Spielberg directed a film as quintessentially Spielbergian as Disclosure Day,” said David Rooney in The Hollywood Reporter. Like his best work, the beloved…

jpost.com - HANNAH BROWN - Israeli film fund goes Hollywood with Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts projects
Israeli film fund goes Hollywood with Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts projects
The Jerusalem Post

Siena Film Foundation, the Israeli boutique film investment fund founded and run by filmmakers/producers Dorit Hakim and Lee Shira, is expanding its activities beyond the local industry and joining the financing and production framework of…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Berlin, Toronto and Hong Kong Film Festival Chiefs Gather at Shanghai to Champion New Talent
Berlin, Toronto and Hong Kong Film Festival Chiefs Gather at Shanghai to Champion New Talent
Variety

The leaders of three of the world's most influential film festivals told Shanghai on Sunday that the role of the festival circuit in discovering and developing new voices has never been more critical – and that personal connection, not data…

deadline.com - Anthony D'Alessandro - Box Office: 'Obsession' Beats 'Blair Witch Project', Film Fest Record
Box Office: 'Obsession' Beats 'Blair Witch Project', Film Fest Record
Deadline

From UK to India to Mexico and Saudi Arabia, moviegoers are transfixed by Nikki and Bear's toxic relationship as Focus Features/Blumhouse's Obsession now counts a running global cume of $286.5M. That arguably makes it the highest grossing movie to…

smh.com.au - Garry Maddox - Exiled Russian master continues rebirth with Sydney Film Festival win
Exiled Russian master continues rebirth with Sydney Film Festival win
The Sydney Morning Herald

Exiled Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev is continuing his brilliant comeback since a life-threatening bout of COVID in 2021. One of the world's greatest living filmmakers, best known for The Return, Leviathan and Loveless, was in a medically…

express.co.uk - Connor McCrory - Prince Harry brutally snubbed by major film director 'his proffered hand was left hanging'
Prince Harry brutally snubbed by major film director 'his proffered hand was left hanging'
Daily Express

Prince Harry's body language was described as 'gruesome-looking' A fleeting, awkward exchange between Prince Harry and filmmaker Spike Lee at Game 5 of the NBA Finals provoked online criticism this week. The Duke of Sussex, 41, attended the June 13…

variety.com - Rafa Sales Ross - Banu Sivaci's 'Hear the Yellow' Sweeps Taormina Film Festival Awards, 'Animol,' 'Piccolo Miracolo' Take Home Prizes
Banu Sivaci's 'Hear the Yellow' Sweeps Taormina Film Festival Awards, 'Animol,' 'Piccolo Miracolo' Take Home Prizes
Variety

Banu Sıvacı's “ Hear the Yellow ” has swept the main awards at this year's Taormina Film Festival. The drama, which started its festival journey in Berlin back in February, was elected Best Film and Best Script at the…

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