2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winners

2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Winners

The Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant (SBIFF) has introduced the winners of their fortieth annual movie awards. All three brief award recipients are actually eligible for the 2026 Academy Awards. “It’s an simple pleasure to rejoice such a various and fantastic array of successful movies,” mentioned SBIFF director of programming Claudia Puig. “We now have been … Read more

Jessica Chastain Says Her Mexico-U.S. Immigration Film ‘Dreams’ Is ‘Incredibly Political,’ but ‘I Am a Hopeful Person’: I’m Not Going to Give Up on My Country’

Jessica Chastain Says Her Mexico-U.S. Immigration Film ‘Dreams’ Is ‘Incredibly Political,’ but ‘I Am a Hopeful Person’: I’m Not Going to Give Up on My Country’

Jessica Chastain stated her newest movie “Desires,” a drama that facilities on immigration between Mexico and the U.S., is “extremely political” — however she’s “not going to surrender on my nation.” Directed by Michel Franco and premiering in competitors at Berlin Movie Pageant on Saturday, “Desires” stars Chastain as Jennifer, a rich philanthropist who […]

Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Directing Berlin Film ‘Hot Milk’

Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Directing Berlin Film ‘Hot Milk’

There are quite a few first time administrators at this yr’s Berlinale, however few include the type of indie movie credit on Rebecca Lenkiewicz‘s resume. The British playwright and screenwriter had labored on the script for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning “Ida” alongside the director, on “Disobedience” with Sebastián Lelio and on “Colette” with Wash Westmoreland, earlier … Read more

Pan-African Film Studio Yetu (Un)Limited Launches First Slate

Pan-African Film Studio Yetu (Un)Limited Launches First Slate

The sophomore movie from “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and the characteristic debut of rising Senegalese filmmaker Awa Moctar Gueye are among the many initiatives that pan-African manufacturing outfit Yetu (Un)Restricted will likely be pitching to potential companions on the European Movie Market. A collective of 5 inventive producers trying to unlock … Read more

Joe Locke, Stephen Fry Feted at Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours

Joe Locke, Stephen Fry Feted at Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours

The most effective and brightest of the U.Okay. and Eire had been celebrated final night time in a star-studded bash on the Newport Seashore Movie Competition UK & IE Honours occasion in London. These receiving honors included Icon Award honoree Stephen Fry, “Nosferatu” and Artist of Distinction honorees Emma Corrin, Sharon Horgan and Felicity Jones. … Read more

Gia Coppola, Edward Lachman and Lol Crawley Among Kodak Film Honorees

Gia Coppola, Edward Lachman and Lol Crawley Among Kodak Film Honorees

“The Final Showgirl” director Gia Coppola is about to be honored with the Auteur Award on the seventh annual Kodak Awards. “Maria” cinematographer Ed Lachman will obtain Kodak’s Profession Achievement Award for his contributions to movie. Lachman has collaborated with administrators corresponding to Todd Haynes, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Ulrich Seidl, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, … Read more

Emma Mackey on Berlin Film ‘Hot Milk,’ Vicky Krieps as Love Interest

Emma Mackey on Berlin Film ‘Hot Milk,’ Vicky Krieps as Love Interest

When Emma Mackey met Vicky Krieps, she couldn’t assist however blush. The 2 actors play love pursuits Sofia and Ingrid in “Sizzling Milk,” Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s function directorial debut that premieres at Berlin Movie Pageant on Friday, and the primary scene they shot collectively additionally marked the primary time they’d really interacted. “I didn’t get to … Read more

Violence Against Women Film ‘Kurak’ Launches Asian Sales at EFM

Violence Against Women Film ‘Kurak’ Launches Asian Sales at EFM

Philippines-based Fireplace and Ice Media has nabbed Asian gross sales rights to “Kurak,” a strong Kyrgyz drama tackling violence in opposition to girls, and is introducing the movie to consumers at Berlin’s European Movie Market (EFM). The movie, now in post-production, represents a milestone France-Kyrgyzstan co-production – the primary in twenty years – and stands … Read more

Jünglinge Film Set for New Film, Preps ‘Lesbian-Demon-Horror’ Pic

Jünglinge Film Set for New Film, Preps ‘Lesbian-Demon-Horror’ Pic

After wowing audiences with their 2020 debut movie, the award-winning Berlinale screener “No Laborious Emotions,” and branching out into TV, Paulina Lorenz and Faraz Shariat of Berlin-based Jünglinge Movie are set for his or her subsequent big-screen undertaking from an more and more voluminous pipeline. Lorenz and Shariat, who’re celebrating their firm’s tenth anniversary this … Read more