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screendaily.com - Do film industry open letters make a difference? - The Screen Podcast
Do film industry open letters make a difference? - The Screen Podcast
Screen

In this week's episode of The Screen Podcast, the team debates why open letters have become so popular in the film industry and what kind of impact they can have. To download or subscribe to future episodes, search for ‘The Screen Podcast'…

forbes.com - Rick Ellis - Netflix Previews New Slate At Annecy International Animation Film Fest
Netflix Previews New Slate At Annecy International Animation Film Fest
Forbes

Top Row from Left to Right: Yuji Yamano (Director, Content-Japan), Yuki Igarashi (Director, THE RIBBON HERO), Dan Casey (Art Director, Steps), Jason Figliozzi (Head of Character Animation, Steps), Jane Hartwell (Producer, Steps), Priscilla Bertin…

bbc.co.uk - Catriona Aitken - Rogue Trooper: Actor 'rugby tackled' handbag robber at film festival
Rogue Trooper: Actor 'rugby tackled' handbag robber at film festival
BBC

A British actor has been praised for 'chasing down and rugby tackling' a handbag robber while he was in France for a film festival. Aneurin Barnard, known for appearing in Dunkirk and Peaky Blinders, was involved in the alleged incident before the…

smithsonianmag.com - Christian Thorsberg - The Lost Memoir of a Hiroshima Survivor Was Rediscovered. Now, It Will Be Published as a Book and Adapted for Film
The Lost Memoir of a Hiroshima Survivor Was Rediscovered. Now, It Will Be Published as a Book and Adapted for Film
Smithsonian Magazine

On the morning the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, resident Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister, was on his way out of town transporting a handcart of items to a home in the suburb of Koi, some two miles away.

gizmodo.com - Cheryl Eddy - Here's Your Gloomy First Look at 'Werwulf,' Robert Eggers' Next Horror Film
Here's Your Gloomy First Look at 'Werwulf,' Robert Eggers' Next Horror Film
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Robert Eggers left a gift-wrapped vampire under the Christmas tree in 2024. This year, the Nosferatu director—who's as renowned for his attention to period detail as he is for his devotion to the macabre—has another frightfully…

scmp.com - David Ho - Silver screen exhibition marks Hong Kong Film Archive's silver jubilee
Silver screen exhibition marks Hong Kong Film Archive's silver jubilee
South China Morning Post

Long before K-dramas, Japanese anime and Bollywood movies became instruments of modern soft power, Hong Kong films were the leading Asian force on the big screen. In the 1980s and 90s – the golden age of Hong Kong cinema – the city…

cbsnews.com - Sarah  Horbacewicz - With Sundance Film Festival, Boulder works to balance high rental prices with affordable lodging options
With Sundance Film Festival, Boulder works to balance high rental prices with affordable lodging options
CBS News

As Boulder prepares to host the Sundance Film Festival for the first time, city leaders and festival organizers are working to make sure one of Colorado's most expensive housing markets remains accessible. A review of short-term rental listings…

foxnews.com - Alexander Hall - Joe Rogan mocks Gavin Newsom for dismissing growing state problems as LA film production craters
Joe Rogan mocks Gavin Newsom for dismissing growing state problems as LA film production craters
Fox News

Podcaster Joe Rogan, a former California resident, condemned the state's leadership as he spoke to California-based comedian Tim Dillon on Wednesday. As Rogan noted on his podcast that there are some beautiful estates in Pasadena that recall…

deadline.com - Andreas Wiseman - Provocative Queer Movie 'Blue Film' Scores Distribution In Europe
Provocative Queer Movie 'Blue Film' Scores Distribution In Europe
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has secured the sale of provocative queer thriller Blue Film to Peccadillo Pictures, the UK-based distribution company specializing in LGBTQ+ arthouse film. London-based sales agent Rapt Films International has…

smh.com.au - Stephanie Bunbury - Her film is set in three eras. The latest posed a surprising challenge
Her film is set in three eras. The latest posed a surprising challenge
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. At the centre of Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi's film Silent Friend – quite literally at the centre, much of the time – is…

deadline.com - Denise Petski - Paramount Inks Linear Rights Licensing Deal For 'Harry Potter' Films
Paramount Inks Linear Rights Licensing Deal For 'Harry Potter' Films
Deadline

The world of Harry Potter is coming to Paramount. The company has inked a multi-year licensing deal, making the Paramount networks the exclusive linear home of the Harry Potter film franchise. Beginning July 3, MTV, Nickelodean, Nick At Nite and…

rediff.com - Nandita Malik - India launches anti-dumping probe against thermal paper, BOPA film, antioxidants from China
India launches anti-dumping probe against thermal paper, BOPA film, antioxidants from China
Rediff.com

India has launched crucial anti-dumping investigations into imports of thermal paper, Biaxially Oriented Polyamide Film, and certain antioxidants from China and other nations, aiming to protect domestic industries from the impact of cheap inbound…

hollywoodreporter.com - Scott Roxborough - Shudder Acquires Rupert Grint Horror Film 'Nightborn' (Exclusive)
Shudder Acquires Rupert Grint Horror Film 'Nightborn' (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter

Shudder has acquired North American, Australian and New Zealand rights to Nightborn, the latest horror feature from Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, following its premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. The AMC…

indianexpress.com - Lifestyle Desk - Saif Ali Khan once lost a film for refusing to leave girlfriend; impact of such choices
Saif Ali Khan once lost a film for refusing to leave girlfriend; impact of such choices
The Indian Express

4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Long before “struggle” became a buzzword across conversations within the film industry, actor Saif Ali Khan once spoke about what it meant to him personally. In an old interview…

today.com - She Brought Her Late Dad's Vintage Camera to Her Wedding. The Film Developed With a Surprise
She Brought Her Late Dad's Vintage Camera to Her Wedding. The Film Developed With a Surprise
TODAY

For years, Mia Chard imagined what her wedding day would feel like without her dad. Her father, Doug Chard, who died in 2018 at age 72 after a long illness, had been one of her closest companions. Mia describes her father as “tough and…

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