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‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Thessaloniki Documentary Festival After Emotionally Charged Week of Protest, Defiance

Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi‘s “My Stolen Planet,” an intimate family portrait of life during Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on Sunday, bringing a...

Shocking Attack on Trans Couple Rattles Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, but Greek LGBTQ Community Defiant: ‘We Are Not Afraid!’

A shocking attack on a transgender couple in plain view of hundreds Saturday night has rattled filmmakers and guests at this year’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which has a spotlight on queer...

Five Takeaways From the Joburg Film Festival and JBX Content Market: ‘What a Time to Be Alive in Africa’

The sixth edition of the Joburg Film Festival wraps Sunday, putting a bow on a week that saw many in the host nation reflecting on South Africa’s long journey in the...

Middle Eastern Drama About Search for Justice ‘Yellow Bus’ Takes Top Prize at Joburg Film Festival

Wendy Bednarz’s “Yellow Bus,” which follows a mother’s quest for justice after suffering an unthinkable tragedy, won the prize for best film at the Joburg Film Festival during an award ceremony...

South Africa’s Screen Industries Face ‘Beautiful,’ ‘Chaotic’ Period of Transformation, Reinvention Three Decades After End of Apartheid

As South Africa marks three decades since its first democratic elections, a historic moment that dismantled the apartheid system and ushered in Black-majority rule, the country is at a crossroads. Inequality...

Viola Davis’ JuVee Productions Wraps ‘G20’ in Cape Town, Plans South Africa Shoot for Real-Life Refugee Drama (EXCLUSIVE)

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, which recently wrapped the action-thriller “G20” for Amazon Studios and MRC Film in Cape Town, is planning to return to South Africa to film...

Streamers Take Center Stage as Second JBX Content Market Turns Toward Future of African Screen Industries

One year after launching with an ambitious aim to become the premier industry confab for dealmakers on the African continent, the JBX Content Market returns to Johannesburg with an expanded, three-day...

Omar Sy-Starring Berlin Premiere ‘The Strangers’ Case’ Depicts Many Faces of Refugee Crisis

Following on the heels of his Oscar-shortlisted “Refugee,” veteran U.S. producer Brandt Andersen (“Everest,” “Lone Survivor”) makes his feature directorial debut with “The Strangers’ Case,” a kaleidoscopic and deeply felt portrait...

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