Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, known as Los Javis, are the most influential creative duo currently working in Spain. The two are behind the hit series “Veneno” and “Dressed in Blue,…
The work of Thalita Rebouças, one of Brazil's most commercially successful authors, has been widely adapted for the stage and resulted in several hits on the big screen, including "Confes…
Danish director and writer Elvira Lind's "King Hamlet" may, on the surface, be about her then-boyfriend-now-husband Oscar Isaac's preparation to play Shakespeare's most famous character in S…
As war rages across the world and global stability looms further and further from the realm of possibility, the idea of escapism feels as relevant as ever. Director Inka Achté has long unde…
Director Fokion Bogris was in his early 20s when he first met legendary Greek character actor Kostas Stefanakis. Through their unlikely friendship, the budding director got to dive headfirst…
A few years ago, Chinese filmmaker Chouwa Liang found herself nurturing unexpected feelings for an AI chatbot called Rep. Puzzled by how visceral the emotions felt, Liang began looking into …
Under the scalding hot sun of the Brazilian northeast, a group of young boys kicks dirt up while running over a football. All but one, Gugu, whose energy is directed elsewhere: a pompous dan…
Grace Passô is a creative fueled by exploring the malleability of form. The actor, director and playwright adapted her own play into her feature debut "Our Secret," premiering in Berlin s…
Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass spoke about the "duty" of starring in films such as Annemarie Jacir's "Palestine 36″ during an in-depth career talk alongside Italian actor Valelria Golin…
When Norwegian director Maria Sødahl ("Hope") first got contacted by a duo of Danish scriptwriters with the seed for what would become the now Göteborg Dragon Award-winning "The Last R…
A year after launching the Displacement Film Fund at the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett is set to return to the Dutch festival to present the …
Leading Mexican production company Woo Films has acquired the rights to Nobel Prize laureate Annie Ernaux's "The Use of Photography," with "The Eternal Feminine" director Natalia Beristái…
American actor Adrien Brody spoke about how he deals with the toll of "difficult" shoots like Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist," which won him his second Best Actor Oscar earlier in the year, j…
One of the key issues at the World Soundtrack Awards Music Days, one of the leading events for film composers, was how to negotiate a fair contract. The closing panel of the industry program…
Yes, Theodore Shapiro " the American composer behind the popular music for Ben Stiller's multiple award-winning series "Severance" " is well aware of the recent Saturday Night Live sketch wh…
German composer Volker Bertelmann was named Film Composer of the Year at the Ghent Film Festival's prestigious World Soundtrack Awards on Wednesday for his work on Edward Berger's "Conclave"…
After directing one of Brazil's most interesting genre works in Globoplay's highly successful ER procedural "Under Pressure," renowned multi-hyphenate Andrucha Waddington ("The House of Sand…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil " Filmes do Estação, the distribution arm of leading Brazilian exhibition chain Grupo Estação, has acquired the rights to Juliette Binoche's directorial de…
It is a landmark year for the World Soundtrack Awards, which are celebrating 25 years of recognizing the contributions of global film and television composers. The event spawned out of Belgi…
The World Soundtrack Awards, held as part of Belgium's Film Fest Ghent and recognizing the contributions of global film and television composers, keeps a firm finger on the pulse of the most…
Cannes' best actor winner Caleb Landry Jones ("Nitram"), Emmy-nominated actor Peter Sarsgaard ("Memory") and Oscar-nominated actor Andrea Riseborough ("To Leslie") are set to star in Michael…
Six young students met at Barcelona's prestigious Pompeu Fabra University and realized they worked well together. The result of that synergy is Col·lectiu VigÃlia, formed by Clara Serr…
Four-time Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe ("Platoon," "Poor Things"), one of this year's recipients of an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for career achievement, took time between his so…
British actor Ray Winstone, one of this year's recipients of an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for career achievement, stopped by the Variety Lounge, presented by the Sarajevo Film Festiva…
Willem Dafoe, who is at the Sarajevo Film Festival to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award as well as support Miguel Ãngel Jiménez's "The Birthday Party," gave an in-depth career…