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republicworld.com - Niharika Sanjeeiv - Chinmayi Sripada Reacts To Chiranjeevi Denying Casting Couch In Telugu Film Industry, Calls 'It A Rampant Issue
Chinmayi Sripada Reacts To Chiranjeevi Denying Casting Couch In Telugu Film Industry, Calls 'It A Rampant Issue
Republic World

Chiranjeevi is basking in the success of his recently released movie Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu. To celebrate its success, the makers organised a special event in Hyderabad. During the event, the megastar addressed the gathering, where he also…

standard.co.uk - Ian Jones - Bafta 2026 film nominations: Key numbers and trends
Bafta 2026 film nominations: Key numbers and trends
Evening Standard

Here are some of the key statistics and trends from this year's Bafta film nominations, including gender, nationality and the front-runners: One Battle After Another has bagged the most nominations for this year's awards (14), just ahead of Sinners…

cyprus-mail.com - Cyprus Business News: tourism, Bahrain ties, banks, film industry, OPAP
Cyprus Business News: tourism, Bahrain ties, banks, film industry, OPAP
Cyprus Mail

The two countries have used the event as a springboard to strengthen business ties during the president's official visit to the Gulf kingdom. Speaking to business representatives, the president described the forum as a first step in tapping what he…

bbc.co.uk - Watch as Bafta film nominations are unveiled
Watch as Bafta film nominations are unveiled
BBC

It's almost time for nominations to be announced for the Bafta Film Awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) is the last major film organisation to reveal its shortlist this awards season, and it follows the announcement of…

forbes.com - Hannah Abraham - 'It Was A Risky Film To Greenlight': Jio Studios CEO Jyoti Deshpande On 'Dhurandhar' Success
'It Was A Risky Film To Greenlight': Jio Studios CEO Jyoti Deshpande On 'Dhurandhar' Success
Forbes

MUMBAI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 18: Ranveer Singh, Jyoti Deshpande and Aditya Dhar attend the trailer launch of film 'Dhurandhar' on November 18, 2025 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Prodip Guha/Getty Images) When Jio Studios greenlit director Aditya Dhar's…

telegraph.co.uk - Robbie Collin - Bafta film awards 2026: Nominations list and when does it start?
Bafta film awards 2026: Nominations list and when does it start?
The Telegraph

The British film industry loves a good underdog story, and as Bafta unveiled its awards shortlists this morning, the 2026 race just got one of its own – which, in a happy piece of conceptual synergy, actually involves British films about…

dailymail.co.uk - J. Peterson For Dailymail.Com - Outrage as classic Hitchcock film is repurposed into a microdrama
Outrage as classic Hitchcock film is repurposed into a microdrama
Mail Online

READ MORE: Was Alfred Hitchcock a vindictive sexual predator? Cinephiles everywhere have been left outraged after news that one of Alfred Hitchcock's most influential films has been repurposed as a vertical 'microdrama' for mobile phones. According…

thenationonlineng.net - Yewande Fasan - Actor Gideon Okeke slams neglect of film industry amid Afrobeats success - The Nation Newspaper
Actor Gideon Okeke slams neglect of film industry amid Afrobeats success - The Nation Newspaper
The Nation Newspaper - Latest Nigeria news update

Actor Gideon Okeke has criticised the entertainment industry for prioritising Afrobeats stars over actors, actresses, and filmmakers. In a video on Instagram, Okeke questioned why musicians receive global recognition while Nollywood professionals…

scmp.com - Pierce Conran - The 10 most successful Korean art-house films of all time
The 10 most successful Korean art-house films of all time
South China Morning Post

South Korea's vibrant independent-film community produces waves of movies that travel to festivals around the world, delighting viewers, picking up awards and adding a social counterpoint to the broader pleasures of its mainstream counterparts.

forbes.com - Tim Lammers - How To Watch 2026 BAFTA Film Awards Nominations On Streaming
How To Watch 2026 BAFTA Film Awards Nominations On Streaming
Forbes

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: A general view of the BAFTA award trophy ahead of the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Klára Šimonová/Getty Images for BAFTA)…

mirror.co.uk - Niamh Spence - Masterpiece' noir film with 'best ever ending scene' on BBC iPlayer now
Masterpiece' noir film with 'best ever ending scene' on BBC iPlayer now
The Mirror

A slice of noir hailed by fans as 'one of the best movies ever made' is now streaming on BBC iPlayer. The Third Man, first released in 1949, follows American writer Holly Martins arriving in postwar Vienna to meet his friend Harry Lime, only to…

telegraph.co.uk - Robbie Collin - Twenty great films to watch in less than 90 minutes
Twenty great films to watch in less than 90 minutes
The Telegraph

Last week, Clare Binns, the creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas, claimed that many films are too long and are, ultimately, hurting the film industry. She cited Brady Corbet's The Brutalist as an example of a film whose capacious run-time…

hollywoodreporter.com - Georg Szalai - BAFTA Film Awards Nominations 2026 Unveiled: Watch the Livestream
BAFTA Film Awards Nominations 2026 Unveiled: Watch the Livestream
The Hollywood Reporter

The nominees for the 2026 EE BAFTA film awards are being unveiled in London on Tuesday. David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood are revealing the shortlists at 12 p.m. GMT (4 a.m. PT) in a livestream from the U.K. Academy's headquarters at 195 Piccadilly…

theguardian.com - Adrian Horton - 'The world is hurting right now': politics and protest hit the Sundance film festival
'The world is hurting right now': politics and protest hit the Sundance film festival
The Guardian

The news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the bars on Main Street. “If you all have not heard what's going on in Minnesota this morning…

variety.com - Brent Lang - Neon Buying Sundance Conversion Therapy Horror Film 'Leviticus'
Neon Buying Sundance Conversion Therapy Horror Film 'Leviticus'
Variety

Neon, the indie label behind “Parasite” and “Anora,” is inking one of the first deals of this year's Sundance Film Festival and buying “ Leviticus,” a buzzy horror film about conversion therapy. The pact…

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