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Chinese Film Industry Sees Compute Power, Directable AI and Distribution as Key Hurdles in Next Wave of Filmmaking, Shanghai Forum Finds
Computing power, distribution and directable generative video AI. Those are the key challenges facing the Chinese film industry when it comes to AI, according to speakers at the Shanghai International Film Festival ‘s SIFFORUM panel on…
Edinburgh International Film Festival To Launch UK Film Conference
EXCLUSIVE: The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will host a UK Film Conference as part of this year's EIFF Industry programme, and BFI CEO Ben Roberts has been tapped as the event's inaugural keynote speaker. Clare Binns, Creative…
Light in the Hall season 2's beautiful filming locations unveiled
The Light in the Hall series two is making its comeback to our screens imminently, but where exactly was the Channel 4 drama shot? Over three years have passed since The Light in the Hall, alternatively titled Y Golau, first aired on Channel 4, and…
BBC series that's been '35 years in the making' starts filming
Best friends and long-standing co-stars Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs have begun shooting their latest venture, Better Later, a warm-hearted new Welsh comedy for the BBC. Co-written by and starring Ruth and Steve, the six-part series brings the duo…
Regional Film Markets Are Building Their Own Gravity
The most consequential moves in global media aren't necessarily happening in studio conference rooms in Los Angeles. They're happening in places like Cluj-Napoca, where a 25-year-old film festival built the institutional scaffolding that made…
A Letter From Temur film explores a mother's knife-crime grief
'I died with him on the 30th of September 2023' says Tatiana Qureshi, after watching a film about her son who lost his life to knife crime. Temur Qureshi, 19, died after he was attacked in Slough in Berkshire. After his best friend had been stabbed…
'Don DeLillo gave me his blessing': film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work
Nine-year-old girls reciting the gnomic prose of Don DeLillo – it sounds like an extreme English detention, but for film-maker Ben Rivers this was the foundation of his new movie, and the culmination of an unlikely friendship with the…
KVIFF Industry Days Sets Book-to-Screen Titles, Rolling Stones Film Among Central Stage Projects
The expanded and broadened industry program of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has unveiled the 11 directors for the second edition of its KVIFF Central Stage showcase and eight titles for its inaugural Book-to-Screen program.
RioFilme Has Boosted Shanghai Presence, as Filmmakers Praise 'Continuous Support' and 'Increased Investment' in Local Films
It's been two years since Walter Salles's Oscar-winning “I'm Still Here” catapulted Rio de Janeiro to screens all over the world, and momentum has continued to build thanks to coordinated efforts by RioFilme. The municipal film and…
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Hyundai Motor India marks 30 years with AI-led brand film
Hyundai Motor India has unveiled an AI-led brand film to mark 30 years of operations in the country. The film traces the company's journey in India through the perspective of a young child, recreating key milestones from Hyundai's three decades in…
The 5 best films from this year's (outstanding) Sydney Film Festival
Each year, the Sydney Film Festival offers a chance to see many films from industries that have mostly avoided the banal moral economy of Hollywood in the 21st century. Here are my top five from the 2026 festival. The Good Boy is a stunningly…
Will Cocktail 2 Be Better Than Cocktail?: Ranking Homi Adajania's Films
As Cocktail 2 approaches, we take a look at Director Homi Adajania's slim but intriguing filmography. Homi Adajania is a choosy filmmaker, having directed only five feature films and one web series in over two decades. Cocktail 2, which releases on…
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' movie set to film in Plymouth, Massachusetts this week
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' movie is set to film in Plymouth, Massachusetts, this week. The movie is a continuation of the series, set in the fictional Cape Cod town of Cousins Beach. The show follows Isabel (Belly) Conklin and her family as she…
'Star Wars' light saber, 'Wizard of Oz' witch hat and more iconic film props going up for auction
A light saber immortalized in a pivotal scene from George Lucas' 'Star Wars' saga is among the fixtures of an upcoming auction focused on Hollywood memorabilia. The massive Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction, presented by the New…
Hollywood's Mass Exodus: Why Film and TV Production Is Fleeing L.A. and What Can Be Done About It
“ Baywatch ” was a staple of low-budget, first-run syndication in the 1990s, as natural to Los Angeles as David Hasselhoff's chest hair and as defining of the city in that era as the O.J. trial and the Sunset Strip. By the time it…
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