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Bertrand Bonello on His Own Legacy, His Films’ International Finance and His Next Artistic Endeavour: ‘What Drives Me is the Unknown’

Guest of honor at this year’s ECAM Forum Co-Production Market in Madrid, the highly regarded enfant terrible of French cinema Bertrand Bonello (“Saint Laurent”) will deliver a masterclass June 12 at...

Key Latin America Animation Titles to Come Under the Spotlight at Annecy-MIFA’s La Liga Focus

“Baptism,” directed by Oscar-nominated Hugo Covarrubias, “Carmín,” from Mexican mural and animation artists Los Calladitos and Brazil’s “Pipa and Snail,” an ode to imagination will all be highlighted at this year’s La...

Elastica Films Boards Spanish 1978 social drama ‘Anekumen’ from Cannes Critics Week Selected Irati Gorostidi (EXCLUSIVE)

Top arthouse and crossover Spanish distributor Elastica Films – buyer of Cannes winners “Sentimental Value,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sound of Falling,” and competition entries “Romería,” which it also produced, as well as...

Netflix and Brazilian Tourism Board Embratur Announce Cooperation Agreement to Boost Film-TV Tourism in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO – Netflix and Embratur, the Brazilian Tourism Board, announced Friday a cooperation agreement aimed at boosting tourism through Brazilian audiovisual productions, establishing a model which could be used...

Netflix Brazil Unveils a ‘Sintonia’ Spin-Off, Soccer Shows on Brazil 1970, Ronaldinho and Neymar and a Scripted Series on Brazil’s Biggest Ever Radioactive Disaster  

Directors Fernando Coimbra (“A Wolf at the Door”) and top production houses Gullane (“Senna”), O2 Filmes (“City of God”) and Boutique Filmes (“3%”) feature among 10 new productions announced Monday by...

Netflix Reteams with ‘Eternaut’ Star Ricardo Darín on New Movie as Streamer ‘Doubles Down’ on Argentina 

Netflix has unveiled a new film with “The Eternaut” lead Ricardo Darín, Argentina’s biggest star, and another by popular director Marcos Carnevale (“Elsa and Fred”), starring Oscar Martínez (“Official Competition”). “Lo...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: ’The President’s Cake,’ Iraq’s First Film at the Festival, Wins People’s Choice Audience Award

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice prize, the first audience award at...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: Valéry Carnoy’s ‘Wild Foxes’ Wins Best European Film Prize

Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas,...

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