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Sundance-Winner Brett Story, Oscar-Nominated Yance Ford Talk ‘Union,’ Netflix’s ‘Power,’ Capitalism, Race at CPH:DOX Panel

Coming straight from Sundance with their respective buzzy docs “Power” – a Netflix Original – and “Union,” U.S. director/producer Yance Ford and his Canadian counterpart Brett Story delivered March 20 an...

Four Key Trends in European Series Production Identified at Series Mania: ‘Streaming Is Changing the Topography of Production in Europe’

A panel moderated by the European Audiovisual Observatory at Series Mania Tuesday looked at four key trends in series production in Europe. Warning Signs?Gilles Fontaine, EAO’s head of department for market...

Filmmaker Couple Asks Themselves ‘Why the F*** Am I So Sad?’ to Reclaim the Narrative of Childlessness

After 14 years together, editor Nela Märki and cinematographer-producer Martin Rattini locate a kernel of sadness in a shared life they describe as happy: they have not been able to have...

‘Don’t Worry, Sári’ Questions Familial Responsibilities and Urges One to Preserve Oneself

Being a family member is a role that changes all the time. Hungarian filmmaker Sári Haragonics has been reflecting on these shifts based on her own experience, losing her mother 13...

Japanese Sci-Fi Movie ‘From the End of the World’ Takes Premier Prize at Genre Festival Fantasporto

The 44th edition of genre film festival Fantasporto, which runs in Portugal’s second city Porto from March 1-10, has bestowed its best film award on Japanese sci-fi fantasy pic “From the...

Dinosaur Bone Trade Documentary ‘The Bones,’ From ‘Fire of Love’ Producer, Debuts Trailer, Dogwoof Handles Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below) for dinosaur bone trade documentary “The Bones,” which will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX as part of the festival’s Science...

‘Real Estate Sisters’ Producers on the Struggle to Find Black Crew in South Africa and What They Did to Tackle the Problem

Producing successful Black female-fronted comedy in South Africa is no joke but Black female producers and writers Reabetswe Moeti-Vogt and Zoe Ramushu are determined to bring about change in front of...

Fantasporto Chiefs Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky on Spotting Rising Talent in the World of Fantasy

Fantasporto, the Oporto Intl. Film Festival, kicked off Friday in Portugal’s Porto — city famed for its elegant Romanesque cathedral, a bookstore that inspired “Harry Potter,” and the heady alcoholic drink...

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