When Spanish actor-turned-director Aina Clotet received a call that her directorial feature debut “Viva” was shortlisted for Cannes’ prestigious Critics’ Week sidebar, she thought she was dreaming. When the selection confirmation call came a month later, she felt almost “dizzy”
Following a banner year in 2025 with Carla Simón’s “Romería” and Oliver Laxe’s “Sirāt” in Cannes competition, Catalan cinema makes a strong return to the Croisette this year with seven titles, incñuding six features, across the festival, taking in Maria Martínez Bayona’s “The
Peter Jackson is discussing for the first time what it’s like working with Stephen Colbert on his recently-announced “Lord of the Rings,” saying he’s “never met anyone who knows more about Tolkien” than the late night talk show host. “He phoned me up a year ago — before he knew
Some awaited films in the pipeline from Catalonia: The Rift Director: Àlex Lora (Inicia Films, Scope Features) Lora’s follow-up to his 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, “The Masterpiece,” tells the story of a young man with a Catalan mother and a Moroccan father who
Disruptive Element Films has secured U.K. Global Screen Fund backing for a four-feature slate to be produced in Thailand, launching with “Nak Muay,” a Muay Thai action drama executive produced by Michelle Yeoh and directed by BAFTA-winning writer-director Tinge Krishnan. The
A birthday party in a British pub erupts into drunken dancing, singing and general rowdiness in the first clip from “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” the latest feature from BAFTA-nominated writer/director Clio Barnard. The film — set to have its world premiere in Cannes
International sales have launched on the romance in Cannes.
Blerta Basholli’s second feature film “Dua” has just had its world premiere on May 13 during Cannes’ Critics’ Week. It follows Basholli’s film “Hive,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, becoming the festival’s only film to ever win the Grand Jury Prize,
MoreThan Films has sold North American digital rights to Ion de Sosa’s “Balearic” to Cineverse, which will release the film on its curated arthouse streaming platform Fandor, marking a key deal for one of the company’s Cannes Marché du Film titles. The Barcelona-Berlin-São
Polish production company Lightcraft is expanding the world of its upcoming animated film “Wonderland” with a new TV series toplining Louis Serkis (“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “The Kid Who Would Be King”) slated to premiere next year. The feature film, which stars Roman
COL Group has appointed Timothy Oh as chief marketing officer of FlareFlow, adding to his existing role as general manager for international business, as the Shenzhen-listed digital entertainment company announces a wave of senior international hires tied to its next growth
"Virtually synonymous with artistic daring and technical excellence, Rossellini has long fused the technical brilliance of Hollywood with the European spirit of artistic fearlessness."
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Isabella Rossellini with its Excellence Award that pays tribute to film personalities who are making their mark on contemporary cinema. Rossellini — whose most recent credits include Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” (2023) and Edward Berger’s
France TV Distribution is bringing Romuald Boulanger’s “Mansour” back to Cannes with added production weight, as “Conclave” producer Michael Jackman boards the biopic of Iranian-born tennis player and showman Mansour Bahrami. The package has also been reinforced by casting
A feature film on the life of Amir Hussain Lone, the armless cricketer who captains the Jammu and Kashmir para cricket team, was unveiled on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be directed by Nishil Sheth, an Indian writer-director whose debut feature
In Netflix’s latest crime series “Nemesis,” “Power” Universe creator Courtney A. Kemp and co-creator Tani Morale explore the different prisms of morality through the eyes of two vastly different men, trying to carve out a legacy for themselves. One man works within a system
The first contemporary “Yellowstone” spinoff, “Marshals,” kept the Montana setting but switched genres from big-budget soap opera to humble broadcast procedural. The second, “Dutton Ranch,” maintains the tone of the original while transplanting the action to Texas — not
“Matilda the Musical” star Alisha Weir is set to lead upcoming coming of age feature “Underdogs,” the debut film from writer and director Fabia Martin (“The Rev”). The adventure comedy follows two teenage girls, Nel and Zadie, as they run away from foster care only to find
Globo Filmes, one of Brazil’s biggest film production forces, is set to back “Spring of the Dragon,” a fiction feature bio focusing on arguably the greatest of the country’s film directors, Novo Cinema icon Glauber Rocha. The news comes as Globo Filmes and production house
Beckinsale will also executive produce the action movie, with Highland Film Group launching worldwide sales at Cannes.
Eddie Peng (“The Great Wall,” “Black Dog”) and Ewan Mitchell (“Saltburn,” “Wuthering Heights”) are teaming up to star in actioner “The Healer,” the feature directorial debut of acclaimed action stunt coordinator and second unit director Can Aydin (“Thunderbolts*,” “The Fall
With a new $2 million fund and a second year at Cannes, the Kurdistan Film Commission, led by H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and commission president, and founder/chair Bavi Yassin, make the case for an often misunderstood region.
Justin Long and Irish Apatow are in negotiations to star in survival thriller “Stung,” now gearing up for production. The film comes from director Colin Minihan, who recently directed Long and Kate Bosworth in “Coyotes,” and is produced by Andre Relis and Jib Polhemus, with VMI
African cinema will make history at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with filmmakers from two of the continent’s nascent screen industries cracking the official selection of the prestigious French fest for the very first time. Both Rwandan debutante Marie-Clémentine
Third Culture Content has unveiled Night Market Studios, a Singapore-anchored genre label, with “The Conjuring” writers Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes joining as executive producers as the company brings a four-film debut slate to the Cannes Film Market. Wholly owned by Third
Pallavi Sharda is starring in “Stay,” a French-Indian independent feature written and directed by Rohena Gera, currently shooting in France after wrapping its India leg. Sharda plays Sailee, the daughter of a wealthy Indian family who moves to Paris following a divorce to
Jackie Chan will shoot “Armour of God IV: Ultimatum” in Kazakhstan, the star’s first production in the Central Asian region, Variety has confirmed. Directed by Robert Kun and produced by Salem Entertainment, the film is scheduled to commence principal photography in July and is
Hiam Abbas, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” and Tunisian-Egyptian star Hend Sabri (“Four Daughters,” “Finding Ola”) are set to star in “Your Turn, 203,” a social comedy set in a battered Beirut. Abbas plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for
Italy’s I Wonder Pictures — which is one of the country’s top distributors and has close ties to both A24 and Neon — is ramping up its production side with new projects by European heavyweight auteurs Radu Jude, Gábor Reisz and Teemu Nikki. Last year, the company hired former
Yasuo Matsuo has launched IP Bay, a new global studio dedicated to adapting Japanese literary properties for Western screens. The company is making its market debut at the Cannes Film Market, where Japan is the 2026 Country of Honor. Matsuo will serve as chair. He is the
MK2 Films has boarded “Roca,” the new feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada, whose latest film, “Nagi Note,” premiered in competition at Cannes Wednesday. Adapted from a manga by Hisaichi Ishii (“My Neighbors the Yamadas”), “Roca” follows teenagers Roca, an
With six productions selected for the Cannes Festival and 11 titles at the Marché, Catalonia is once more punching above its weight on the Croisette. Companies mentioned below are the Catalan producers of the films. Cannes Premiere The End of It Director: Maria M. Bayona
The new movie from Austrian writer-director Marie Kreutzer ('Corsage'), exploring love, trust, loyalty and power, also stars Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp and Catherine Deneuve.
Madonna, Shakira and BTS are set to co-headline the first ever FIFA World Cup halftime show, the International Federation of Association Football revealed on Wednesday night. Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Elmo announced the news in a teaser trailer for the World Cup halftime show
“Ashes,” a family drama about a young woman who leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Spain, was deeply personal to Diego Luna, who directs the film, in addition to co-writing its screenplay. Growing up in Mexico, Luna, best known for playing a
Jussi Vatanen, who led the cast in “Fallen Leaves,” and Seidi Haarla, the star of “Compartment No. 6,” will topline in Finnish satire “Arrogance.” The film is the story of Ossi (Vatanen), who chooses to be unemployed on ideological ground. He meets Kaisa (Haarla), who doesn’t
Bill Condon, director of “Dreamgirls,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and the $1.26 billion-grossing “Beauty and the Beast,” knows how to film a musical number. That made him a natural choice to helm the “The Road Home,” starring Cynthia Erivo, Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce.
Avan Jogia is set to direct the film, with Lily Wachowski executive producing the project
Jack Antonoff posted a journal entry on Instagram on Wednesday in which he slammed those who use AI to make music and art as “godless whores.” “What we do has become and acient ritual,” wrote the 13-time Grammy winner. “You don’t have to write music, you don’t have to record it
Comedian Margaret Cho recently told the “I Never Liked You” podcast that she turned down an opportunity to be in “Heated Rivalry” because the show was shot in Canada, and she didn’t want to travel out of the United States during President Donald Trump’s second term. “There’s
She joined animation boss Bill Damaschke at an open house, where the studio's Daffy Duck-focused 'Daffy Season' was among the projects teased.
Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and Meadow Walker, the daughter of late 'Fast' actor Paul Walker, were also on hand at the Palais.
Adam McKay attacked the Democratic Party during a recent appearance on the “Urgent Futures” podcast and slammed “white liberals” as “the worst” for American politics. “It is incredible to watch people this far down the road still say you gotta stand behind the Democrat Party.
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” has been renewed for a second season at Apple TV. The news comes ahead of the Season 1 finale on May 20. In addition, Apple announced that Eva Anderson will join series creator David E. Kelley as co-showrunner on Season 2. Based on the 2024 novel of
“Survivor: In the Hands of the Fans” has opened one last fan vote. During the penultimate episode of Season 50 on Wednesday, CBS opened a poll for fans to choose their favorite player. The winner will be announced during the live finale event in Los Angeles on May 20 and will
Vin Diesel couldn’t help but shed a few tears as the credits rolled on the special midnight screening of “The Fast and the Furious” at Cannes. It was enough to process that the festival considered the high-octane street racing movie a “classic” after 25 years. But the emotion
When filming “The Pitt,” a number of things must go exactly right; the medical drama’s 360-degree hospital set and painstakingly produced prosthetics leave little room for error. So for Season 2, creator R. Scott Gemmill upped the ante by introducing the most unpredictable
Tony Dokoupil had to suddenly halt the CBS Evening News broadcast from Taiwan on Wednesday after a cameraman suffered a medical emergency. “You will hear a lot about the rise of a powerful new China,” Dokoupil was saying as the camera quickly cut to B-roll footage. “Is he ok?”
The X owner has repeatedly sounded off on the film's diverse casting, including trans actor Elliot Page's rumored role as Achilles.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Artists Equity negotiated a deal with the streamer for such a bonus, something that is not typical for Netflix.