Madrid-based rights management society Egeda and sales agency FilmSharks have renewed the Egeda-FilmSharks Prize, to be granted this October to the best project at Iberseries Platino Industria’s Next Gen pitching sessions. The prize consists in FilmSharks’ acquisition of world
New production company, Veloche Productions, is set to make its debut at the Cannes Film Market. The venture will launch with a horror film and a dedicated production fund aimed at supporting filmmakers from the Indian subcontinent who lack access to traditional industry and
Celebrated Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho, one of Southeast Asia’s most important cinematic voices, has unveiled his latest production venture at the Cannes Market alongside director Razka Robby Ertanto. “Spirit of the Kantil” (also titled “Bedoyo”), produced by Summerland
Exactly 12 years after winning the Caméra d’Or at Cannes with his debut feature “Ilo Ilo,” Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen has begun production on “We Are All Strangers,” the third and final film in his acclaimed “Growing Up” trilogy. The project reunites Chen with actors
Gaza-born twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser are back in Cannes with “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” their riff on the Western genre which, though not explicitly political, is certainly timely. Starting from its title. The film, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard, was
India Cine Hub, formerly known as the Film Facilitation Office, has established itself as a pivotal institution in fostering international film collaborations, with substantial results to show for its efforts. Since its inception, the organization has received 104 applications
Leading Ukrainian producer Volodymyr Yatsenko (“Reflection,” “Atlantis”), who’s currently at the Cannes Marché du Film as part of European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move, has unveiled a slate of feature films from some of the most exciting talents in the Ukrainian film
Russian auteur Kirill Serebrennikov, whose latest feature, “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele,” debuts May 20 in the Cannes Premiere section of the Cannes Film Festival, has justice on his mind. His latest film, adapted from the best-selling French novel by Olivier Guez,
The company’s acting executive director Zaid Shaker discusses the new studio facility in the historic northwest region of Saudi Arabia and supporting a local scene "engulfed with this power of cinema."
Che and co-anchor Colin Jost swap jokes in the season 50 finale, which Johansson hosts
The anticipated Cradle Film Studios took one step closer to completion this week after securing investment from the Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) and entering its financing stage, announced Known Associates Group executive chairman Joel Chikapa Phiri at the Cannes Film
After wrapping a three-week shoot in Greece earlier this year, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and the rest of the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” shipped out for Sicily, the next stop for Universal’s globe-trotting, blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s
"It's uncomfortable, but this is not an industry only for rich people," said Palestine Film Institute public programmer Mohanad Yaqubi.
Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival, with the first-ever Nigerian feature screening in the festival’s official selection and
Indian cinema veteran Anupam Kher’s latest directorial effort, “Tanvi the Great,” offers a groundbreaking portrayal of autism as a superpower rather than a disability. The film screens in the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film. “Tanvi the Great” follows 21-year-old Tanvi
Kevin Spacey is set to return to the Cannes Film Festival for the first time in almost a decade to collect a lifetime achievement honor. The two-time Oscar winner was last in Cannes in 2016, when he served as emcee for the amfAR gala and ripped into Donald Trump, then not even
Scarlett Johansson is finally firing back at Michael Che for all those “Weekend Update” jokes. Johansson hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the seventh time this weekend with musical guest Bad Bunny. Che, who co-anchors the recurring “Weekend Update” segment of “Saturday Night
Seven-time SNL host portrays a newscaster who tries her hand at a new technique to report on gruesome crimes
Is there anything scarier than being stuck alone in an elevator with Kanye West? In the season finale of “Saturday Night Live,” Mike Myers steps into an elevator alongside host Scarlett Johansson, only for them to be joined by a sunglass-wearing Kanye West (played by Kenan
Sundance prizewinner and BAFTA nominee Akinola Davies Jr. is set to hit the Croisette with his buzzy debut feature “My Father’s Shadow,” a semi-autobiographical film featuring “Gangs of London” star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù that premieres in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard
"Sevens or more, sit on the floor. Six and below, to the bleachers you go!" the president says in the season 50 finale
The season finale of “Saturday Night Live” began with a political cold open featuring James Austin Johnson’s Trump palling around with Saudi Arabian Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (Emil Wakim). “We’ve been having a lot of fun in the Middle East,”
Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová might be heading to Cannes with “Caravan,” but she’s already shooting a miniseries tackling domestic violence — “with a very strong female character” — and developing a new feature under the working title “Bodies.” “I want it to be a very
“Lilo & Stitch,” Disney’s latest live-action remake, has been revealed to select members of the press, and the first reactions to the film are overwhelmingly positive. Critic Wendy Lee Szany wrote on X, “Lilo and Stitch is the best Disney live-action to date. Seeing Stitch in
Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić is partnering with some of Europe’s hottest indie production labels for the sequel to her Academy Award-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” which the director is pitching May 18 at the Cannes Investors Circle. “Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Part” is
Austria has won the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s 24-year-old entrant — Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ — won the total cumulative votes from the public and judges with his emotional song “Wasted Love,” walking away with 436 points. Last year’s
The film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson premiered at the 78th annual film festival to a six-minute standing ovation.
Mariska Hargitay fought back tears while basking in a four-minute standing ovation at Saturday’s Cannes Film Festival premiere of “My Mom Jayne,” a new HBO documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield. The film is Hargitay’s feature directorial debut, and marks the first time
The Cannes Film Festival is well underway, and some of the world’s biggest actors are in full glam for La Croisette. “Mission: Impossible” stars Angela Bassett, Pom Klementieff, Hannah Waddingham and Hayley Atwell were among the stars photographed for Variety at Cannes. The
The genre-blending film also stars Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte and LaKeith Stanfield.
Jennifer Lawrence has electrified the Cannes Film Festival with the world premiere of “Die, My Love,” the latest directorial effort from the acclaimed Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay. The movie earned a six-minute ovation following its world premiere. “Die, My Love” is in
"Die My Love," for all of Ramsay’s talent, isn’t designed to explore that experience. It’s designed, rather, as a kind of thesis movie: reckless on the surface but overdetermined. And I think that’s why Jennifer Lawrence’s performance feels so explosive but, at the same time,
As if your garden variety serial killer weren’t scary enough, Australia-set terror show “Dangerous Animals” features a sicko whose weapon of choice is … sharks. In some ways, the notion’s scarier than the razor-toothed creatures themselves, in that most people can avoid being
Ezra Miller showed up on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet to support director Lynne Ramsay, who is premiering “Die My Love” on Saturday. Wearing a burgundy tux and trousers, Miller was sporting long hair and a beret, but did not stop for photographers on the carpet. Miller
The idea of adolescence as a horror story is not new, but it’s given a splashy workout in Charlie Polinger’s queasily stylish debut feature, in which the swimming pools, lockers rooms and bunk-bed dormitories of a boys’ water polo camp are a puberty petrie dish livid with
All Rights Entertainment is set to expand the iconic martial arts franchise with “Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend,” with Dennis To reprising his role as the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster who trained Bruce Lee, it was revealed at the Cannes Film Market. The film follows 2021’s “Ip Man:
With lauded Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi recently parlaying her Oscar nominated doc “The Mole Agent,” into the successful Netflix comedy series “A Man on the Inside,” created by Michael Schur and starring Ted Danson, it’s increasingly apparent that heartfelt and varied
The world premiere of Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence’s “Die, My Love” got a WTF red carpet moment when a man dressed as a giant condor appeared on one of the most famed runways in cinema. The bird-man’s appearance led to questions from festival goers about what exactly
Perhaps coincidentally, the title “The Wave” recalls Todd Strasser’s 1980s YA novel of that name, which became a staple of Gen-X and early-millennial English syllabi, on the strength of some easily digestible allegory in its tale of a notionally empowering student movement gone
Family Equality’s annual Night at the Pier brings together LGBTQ+ families, allies, and advocates to honor the changemakers who have fought for equality and shaped a more inclusive world. The gala on Thursday night at New York City’s Chelsea Piers raised $1.5 million to support
The American indie cinema icon's love letter to the French New Wave, shot in black and white and told entirely in French, found its perfect launch pad at the world's most glamorous film festival.
Richard Linklater’s French New Wave tribute “Nouvelle Vague” was always going to find a perfect home at Cannes, and such is the case following the period drama’s rapturous world premiere in competition at the 2025 festival. The film earned a rousing six-and-half-minute standing
The Ultimate Fighting Championship comes back home to “Sin City” for UFC Fight Night, with Gilbert Burns (22-8-0) vs. Michael Morales (17-0-0) as the main card’s marquee welterweight matchup. There’s going to be plenty of fireworks with the fight card and there may be some
Celebrated for its documentary filmmaking, especially for the “Poetic New Wave” of the 1960s, the Baltics are pushing for larger visibility for today’s talented directors and producers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. “There is a momentum with our Oscar for the animated film
Watching "Nouvelle Vague," we don’t have to squint a bit to pretend that this is Jean-Luc Godard. It seems, rather, as if Godard has sprung to life before us. And that uncanny quality extends to the whole movie, which plunks us down in Paris in 1959, in many of the same streets
Ever since the northeastern European nations Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania introduced their filming incentives about a decade ago, the region has been growing as a go-to destination for foreign shoots. No fewer than three weighty European co-productions selected for Cannes have
The final episodes of “Arcane: League of Legends” may have hit Netflix six months ago, but fan fervor for the Emmy-winning series isn’t anywhere close to dying down. In a sold-out May 10 conversation with Variety at Alhambra’s Gallery Nucleus (which currently houses a
Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's first feature, world premiering in the Critics' Week lineup in Cannes, is a tale of marginalization and humans' relationship with the past.
The supernatural horror pic marks another win for Warner Bros. Elsewhere, The Weeknd's companion movie 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' is singing out of key in its nationwide debut.
In 2015, Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill — founders of the film finance and production company Black Label Media — experienced the “deafening” roar of their first Cannes ovation as producers on “Sicario.” (“There’s no premiere in the world more glamorous than
