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'Obsession' Sets New Record For Highest-Grossing Film Fest Acquisition
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.
Jordan Is Celebrating Two Films in Shanghai and Expanding Ties With China While Reestablishing Ancient Cultural Links
Jordan 's film industry will be front and center at this year's Shanghai Film Festival, where it is seeking closer collaboration with China and other global partners while celebrating the first ever screenings of two Jordanian films at the event.
'Distressingly beautiful and disorienting': the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
Leanne is first in line on Saturday, standing outside the 19th-century Memorial Uniting Church in Hobart, Tasmania. She's been waiting in the winter cold since 4.45am, but has no idea what for: “It's a film?” The film is Sculpt: Eye…
Shanghai Film Festival's SIFF YOUNG Incubator Names Nine Filmmakers for 2026
SIFF YOUNG, the filmmaker discovery-and-incubation program backed by the Shanghai Film Bureau, has unveiled its class of 2026 – nine talents selected from 59 applicants spanning directing, producing and screenwriting. The five directors…
How the Shanghai Film Festival Is Tapping Into China's Movie Tourism Boom
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…
Kogonada's 'Zi' Lands at Parallax Films for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
“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…
Haunted 3D Does Well, Other Films Struggle At Box Office
Amidst a disappointing box office weekend for several new Hindi releases, Vikram Bhatt's Haunted 3D: Ghosts Of The Past has emerged as a surprising success. Haunted 3D: Ghosts Of The Past achieved a double-digit weekend collection, surpassing Rs 10…
What to know about the Bentonville Film Festival
The Bentonville Film Festival returns this week with a mix of celebrity events, competition films, free outdoor screenings and family programming. The big picture: Chaired by Geena Davis, the festival focuses on work by women, nonbinary people…
Bangkok's bicycle film and cycling festival lands at ChangChui
Bangkok's cycling crowd has somewhere proper to be this June, as ChangChui Creative Park hands over two full days to a festival built for anyone who loves bikes, film and a good knees-up. Across June 27-28, from 3pm ‘til 11pm, the venue…
Shanghai Film Festival Bets Big on Asia's Next Generation
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…
Urbanworld Festival to Accept AI-Generated Films for 30th Anniversary, Launches 'UrbanworldAI' in Partnership with NY's New School (EXCLUSIVE)
As Hollywood continues to wrestle with how to reckon with AI's omnipresence, the Urbanworld Film Festival has opted for a full-on embrace. The New York-based festival dedicated to championing BIPOC stories — which has seen the likes of Ryan…
Thordur Palsson Tapped to Direct 'Dead by Daylight' Film Adaptation
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…
Shanghai Film Festival Head Charts an Eclectic 28th Edition: 'Great Stories Are What Truly Connect'
As the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival gets underway, the spotlight is fixed on Hong Kong screen icon Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who presides over the Golden Goblet Awards as jury president. Leung's presence, together with 12 world premieres in…
Aerial view of NEW BELGRADE DISASTER: Drone films horrible scenes as flames engulf Enjub shopping mall
Vreme čitanja: oko 2 min. The battle to put out a fire that broke out in the Enjub TC shopping center in Block 45 in New Belgrade has been going on for several hours as of Monday morning. Although the fire broke out shortly after 06:00, the…
Anthony Chen Talks Heading Shanghai Film Fest's Asian New Talent Jury, Reveals First TV Series
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…
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