Toronto: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi’s ‘La Bola Negra’ Wins Audience Award
The top People’s Choice honor for the Cannes breakout was unveiled Sunday as TIFF wrapped its 51st edition.
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Tokyo: Milcho Manchevski on his Competition Film, Blacklisting and the Ills of Neo-Social Realism
The director, whose ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ is in Tokyo International Film Festival’s main competition, holds forth on why mothers are such a presence in his stories and how he made his first full documentary despite his misgivings about the genre.
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Jeon Do-yeon Defined an Era of Korean Cinema. With ‘Possible Love,’ She’s Become an Oscar Contender
The decorated actor could become the first person from South Korea to be nominated for best actress — fitting, given her remarkable run onscreen: “I almost find myself wondering why it has taken the rest of the world so long to notice her,” says Lee Byung-hun.
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Martin Scorsese Joins Paul Schrader’s Venice Drama ‘The Basics Of Philosophy’ As EP; Noora Films Boards Sales
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its launch at the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader’s drama The Basics of Philosophy has got some key support. Noora Films has joined the film to represent international sales and Schrader’s old collaborator Martin Scorsese is aboard as an executive producer. Scorsese and Schrader formed one of the most potent writing-directing partnerships […]
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Venice Drama ‘I Matter’, About Roma Experience, Gets Sales Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Pluto Film has picked up international sales rights to I Matter by Alina Șerban ahead of its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. The directorial debut by actress Alina Șerban (Alone at My Wedding) screens in the Venice Spotlight section. According to the filmmakers it is the first film by a Roma […]
