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WorldPingLYON, France — Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark paid an emotional tribute to Nansun Shi, his former wife and longtime producing partner, at the Lumière Film Festival on Sunday, saying he deeply missed the pioneering producer, who died in July.
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WorldPingRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Ella Rumpf (“Raw,” “Couture”), Júlio Andrade (“Under Pressure”) and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti (“Baby”) are set to star in Andrea Štaka’s “Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido.
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WorldPingChile’s Quijote Films, behind Cannes Un Certain Regard prizewinners “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” and “The Settlers,” is venturing into scripted series with the launch of a new in-house series development arm.
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WorldPingThe four founding members of The Jackson 5 not named Michael are coming together for their own documentary for the first time.
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They play two young people who run away to the same farmhouse in the British countryside in screenwriter and director Kieran Bourne’s feature debut, the first feature from producer Candid Broads.
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WorldPingModernity means cities – or so we’re told. This bold new study of those who make their living from the land argues otherwise The word “peasant” has a negative edge: it has come to mean someone ignorant, unsophisticated, lowborn.
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