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Awards of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival

  Emma Corrin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Myha’la, Alisha Boe, and Sarah Catherine Hook all step up for the conversation series at the Veneto Region / Veneto Film Commission Space. Still: Autobiography of a Handbag by Joanna Hogg Joanna Hogg, one of the U.K.’s leading women filmmakers, director of The Eternal Daughter starring Tilda Swinton, and Giornate degli Autori jury president in 2024; and Alice Diop, French author who in 2022 won the Grand Jury Prize ...

 

Photos by Laurent Hou Albertor Barbera, with Francis Coppola and Werner Herzog ...

 

 

Director, producer, writer Talia Shea Levin’s erotic, quirky satire “Make Me A Pizza” (2024) feels like a modern seventies’ mock porn with attitude. A hungry (in more ways than one) woman calls a pizza delivery guy and fantasizes about him delivering more to her than just his cheesy sausage filled pizza, and they embark on a bumpy messy ride together. Inventive, wacky and hilarious, it is sure to make viewers belly laugh. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW in earl...

 

 

Brooklyn based Syrian filmmaker Ward Kamel’s film “If I Die in America” (2024) tells the emotional story of a grieving American man who has recently lost his Muslim husband but is robbed of his time to mourn as the latter’s traditional customs and family dictate his body be sent back to the Middle East. The film screened at international film festivals, including SXSW and Palm Springs International Film Festival, PSIFF. It held its international premiere at the Palm Spr...

 

 

Sarah Nocquet is a French American screenwriter and director. Born and raised in Paris, she moved to New York to pursue a degree in film & TV production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has since expanded her domain of work to include Paris, New York, and London. Her short psychological thriller Speed Queen 51 starring Rory Culkin premiered at Palm Springs Shortfest 2024, and her 5min drama Decoy starring Lia Williams is planning a festival run in 2025. Her s...

 

 

  Ydalie Turk is a South African, Lebanese actress and writer. She is known for The Grand Bolero (2021), Ma Lina (2022), and the upcoming feature Trifole (2024). She graduated from The New York Film Academy in 2018 with a BFA in drama and has since been working in both theatre and film. In 2022 she was named one of MovieMaker magazine's screenwriters to watch for The Grand Bolero (2021). In 2022 she co-founded Holding Thumbs Productions with her frequent collaborator Casey-Anne Diepeve...

 

 

   Director Gabriele Fabbro Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the top 2022's screenwriters to watch, Gabriele Fabbro was born in 1996, in Milan, Italy. He's a film director with a BFA degree in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. Since 2011, he wrote, directed and produced over 30 productions including features, short films, music videos and commercials. Among his most recent works, he directed the music video "If You Run (2020)" for Josh Homme (Queens o...

 

 

Brandon Lattman was born in San Diego, California on the 5th February 1992. In 2015 he moved to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at The New York Film Academy where he found an interest in cinematography. He also developed himself in other filmmaking areas such as directing, writing and editing. He is known for his work on The Waltz of the Monsters (2017), Repertoire of Memory (2016) and Methadone (2018). His latest film Trifole (2024) held its world premiere at the Palm Springs International Fi...

 

 

Norwegian actor/filmmaker Espen Alknes started his acting career doing stage performances in theaters, one of which includes the National Theater in Oslo. He has contributed to multiple TV series and films. He is known for “Stardust” (2020) and “What's on Your Mind?” (2014) and Camping in Paradise (2023).   Can you speak about your background in acting first?  ESPEN: I went to acting school in Oslo and have been working as an actor for about twenty ...

 

 

Carlos V. Gutierrez is a film and television director whose work has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Emmy Award, and has been featured on HBO and Showtime. In the commercial world, Carlos is a highly sought after director who works on national campaigns for Turbo Tax, Princess Cruises, Exxon / Mobil, Chevy and numerous others. His commercial work for clients includes a Super Bowl commercial and PSA's that have won international recognition.   In a recent interview wit...

 

 

  Jessica Sherr is a dynamic actress, writer, and producer based in New York City. Known for her vibrant comedic energy and captivating presence, she lights up both stage and screen with performances that leave audiences entertained and wanting more. Originally from San Diego, Jessica’s passion for storytelling led her to pursue a career in entertainment, earning standout roles on television in Claws (TNT), Cloak & Dagger(Freeform), Blue Bloods (C...

 

 

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Robert Enriquez is an American filmmaker of Filipino descent whose career in the entertainment industry spans over twenty-five years. As a director and producer, Robert has made many films that have gone on to distribution in more than eighteen different countries and has brokered deals with Amazon, Google Play, Comcast, Showtime, Netflix, and Lionsgate. His projects have placed in top-tier film festivals and received Emmy and Tony recognition. Cash for Gold was...

The Official Selection Jury at the 73rd edition of the San Sebastián Festival will be presided over by the Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona, who was previously selected for the Official Selection with Lo imposible / The Impossible and Un monstruo viene a verme / A Monster Calls. Bayona also won the City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award in 2023 with La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow. The director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will...

 

 

The Tabakalera cinema hosted the presentation of the San Sebastian Film Festival's 73rd edition, to offer a total of 254 titles from 56 countries. At the start of the event, the Festival director, José Luis Rebordinos, and the Head of Communications, Ruth Pérez de Anucita, read a statement on the Gaza genocide before revealing the list of personalities who will visit the city from September 19 to 27. A long list of filmmakers, actors, producers and screenwriters ha...

Jennifer Lawrence awarded in San Sebastian       The San Sebastián Festival will dedicate one of the Donostia Awards at its 73rd edition to recognising the talent of Jennifer Lawrence, one of the most influential actresses of our time. The Academy-Award winning actress will receive the honorary accolade at a gala to take place on Friday 26th September in the Kursaal Auditorium, followed by a screening of her latest film, Die My Love, in which she de...

 

 

After taking some time away from the computer, I’m back with news from the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which in its 73rd edition (73SSIFF) will be held from September 19 to 27. This year, festival news has been slow to arrive, but after the poster presentations at the end of June, daily updates are now coming in. Let’s see...

Laura Baumeister, Alvaro Brechner, Ana Endara, Ignacio Juricic, Valeria Pivato and Pablo Stoll, amongst others, to present their projects at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Eleven of the fifteen projects hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Romania, Spain and Uruguay are first or second films The Festival’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum will run from 22-24 September in the framework of the Industry activities of the San S...

 

 

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War 2, Review: RAW deal, plane truth and Special Oops War, spelt in reverse is Raw. In India, which is not at war with any country at the time of writing this review, RAW stands for Research & Analysis Wing, the official secret service of the country. Being a secret service, little info should be available about it in the public domain. However, it is common knowledge that a secret service deals with espionage, planting and exposing secret agents, exposing double agents, being on the look...

 

 

Teaser launch of 120 Bahadur: War is not only about winning, it’s also about heroics India lost the battle of Rezang La, in the Indo-China war, of 1962. It was an unequal battle. Battles and wars are very rarely fought among equals. At -24 degrees Celsius, and with no warning, 3,000-5,000 Chinese militarymen attacked 120 Indian troops. The result was a foregone conclusion. But one man, Major Shaitan Singh, of the Indian army, exhibited such heights of bravery that he was posthumously aw...

 

The American French Film Festival Reveals Powerful Documentary Film Line Up for October Event

The 61st Chicago International Film Festival announces its program

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