WorldPingItalian-French director Tommaso Usberti’s Before the War, a coming-of-age tale exploring contemporary masculinity, has scooped the Grand Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Critics’ Week.
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WorldPingParis-based Italian director Tommaso Usberti’s romance “Before the War,” a reflection on racism and toxic masculinity set in the Northern Italian plains, is the big winner of the Venice Critics’ Week where it scooped the grand prize and the award for…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Variety
The Audience Award has been given to 'Our Share of Sand' by Shalini Adnani and Dong Jie's 'Zoom In, Zoom Out' has claimed the Circolo del Cinema di Verona Award.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hollywood Reporter
Lawsuit claims band offered $80,000 to buy out Hinds' stake, and that new album Marrow Deep 's cover features illustration of Hinds without permission…
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Elsewhere, the Europa Cinemas Label has gone to Robert Guediguian's 'A Woman Today,' and Nicola Sorcinelli's 'Balcanica' stormed the People's Choice Award.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hollywood Reporter
WorldPingArgentinian director María Aparicio’s third feature Sadness Sometimes, Other Times Revolt has scooped the top prize at the 2026 edition of Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori, the GDA Director’s Award.
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WorldPingThe final commercial office tower at the World Trade Center site is actively being built as the new global headquarters for American Express. This project has emerged after extensive planning and has navigated numerous hurdles.
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