John Hopewell

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What the International Emmy Awards Say About TV Production Outside the U.S. 

What do this year’s International Emmy Awards say about the current state of TV production outside the U.S.? If three of its major scripted categories – drama series, telenovelas, miniseries –...

‘Billionaire Island’ Producer Gudny Hummelvoll and Jevgeni Supin, Behind ‘Von Fock,’ Win Tallinn’s Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

Norway’s Gudny Hummelvoll, producer of “Billionaire Island,” “Headhunters” and “Occupied,” and heavyweight Estonian producer Jevgeni Supin, behind international historical series “Von Fock,” will be the recipients of this year’s Honorary TV...

Why a Festival in Andalusia’s South Remains an Essential Part of the International Circuit 

Offering prizes to Almodóvar lead and rapidly-risen star Milena Smit (“Parallel Mothers”) and evergreen Spanish comedy icon Fernando Tejero (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), notable as the ethically spineless priest in...

12 New Catalan Titles To Track at Tallinn, From the Latest by Isabel Coixet and Lluís Miñarro and Cannes, Canneseries and SXSW Winners  

Catalonia’s biggest titles of 2025, “Romería” and “Sirat,” both Cannes competition hits, will screen at Tallinn. So will “Deaf,” a Berlin 2025 Panorama Audience Award winner. It is a mark of...

Why Catalonia Merits a Tribute From the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Over the last 18 months, Catalan filmmakers and productions have taken the festival circuit by storm. For the first time since 1988, at Cannes this year, two Spanish movies secured a...

Tribeca Festival Lisboa Dazzles With Meg Ryan, Kim Cattrall, Giancarlo Esposito and On-the-Rise Portuguese Talent

Tribeca Festival Lisboa wrapped its second edition on Saturday after hosting a bevy of U.S. talent, led by Meg Ryan, Kim Cattrall, Edie Falco, Giancarlo Esposito, Ed Westwick and Daniela Ruah...

LaZona Pictures Secures Spain on ‘Chopin, Chopin!’ From Playtime (EXCLUSIVE)

LaZona Pictures, the distribution label of Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson’s Madrid-based LaZona group, has acquired Spanish rights to lavish Polish biopic “Chopin, Chopin!” (“Chopin, a Sonata in Paris”), handled for international sales by...

Rafael Cobos, a Canneseries Winner, World Premieres His Feature Debut ‘Golpes,’ Capturing a Spain ‘Unable to Settle Its Score With the Past’  

Rafael Cobos, whose “The Left-Handed Son” won Canneseries short form top prize in 2022, has just world premiered “Golpes,” his feature film debut which looks likely to consecrate him as one...

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