LOCARNO, Switzerland — Sophia Mocorrea, writer-director of Sundance winning short “Kidnapping of the Bride” and awaited feature “Marriage by Abduction,” which scooped December’s Les Arcs Talent Village Award, is advancing on...
Estonian writer-director Martti Helde who made his mark on the global festival stage with his multi-awarded debut “In the Crosswind” and sophomore “Scandinavian Silence” (a Europa Cinema Label winner at Karlovy Vary 2019) is prepping...
Estonia’s Vallo Toomla – whose debut “Pretenders,” penned by “Compartment No 9”’s Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman, wooed reviewers when it premiered at 2016’s San Sebastian – is due to start filming next...
In a energetic effort to bring together the film industries and talent from the eight Nordic and Baltic states, The Norwegian International Film Festival’s industry event New Nordic Films in Haugesund...
Queer romance “Kachifo, Till The Morning Comes,” Johannesburg-set funeral farce “Death & Its Friends” and feel-good heist movie “The Color Yellow” (“Manjano”) look like potential standouts at Locarno’s 2025 Africa-focused Open...
Adding to the run-up of pre-Locarno business, in one key distribution deal, Zurich-based Frenetic Films, one of Switzerland’s most highly-regarded arthouse/crossover distribution houses, has secured Swiss rights to “Solomamma,” a buzz...
“Mother of Flies,” a small independent film from Fantasia regulars the Adams family, has won the jury-selected Cheval Noir award for best film at the 29th Fantasia Film Festival. Acquired by...
Actor-filmmaker Frank Mosley, star of Sundance Jury Prize winners “Upstream Color” and “The Procedure,” is set to play the lead in “Fur,” taking on the part of Albert Ostman, history’s first...
