Lav Diaz Preps False Prophets Film and Jose Rizal’s ‘Noli Me Tangere’ Adaptation, Unpacks Venice Title ‘Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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Lav Diaz is developing a film about false prophets and a screen adaptation of José Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere,” the Filipino auteur reveals, alongside details on “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (“Makikiraan Po”), his Spanish colonization drama premier…
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Lee Chang-dong has finally returned to feature filmmaking. The Korean filmmaker has been on an extended eight-year hiatus, which he blames on his “pathological timidity.
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EXCLUSIVE: Loco Films has boarded sales on Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili’s drama Guria ahead of its world premiere in the Spotlight section of the Venice Film Festival and unveiled a first trailer.
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“The Echo Chamber,” Andrea Pallaoro’s drama starring Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon, has already landed distribution across a raft of key international territories ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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Pan-Arab distributor Mad Solutions and Egyptian multihyphenate Haitham Dabbour’s Irth platform dedicated to supporting standout writers across the Arab world announced a strategic partnership on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival that aims to boost…
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Cairo-based film and talent group MAD Solutions has announced a strategic partnership with Egyptian author, screenwriter and producer Haitham Dabbour’s pan-Arab drama development and production company IRTH.
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Spanish indie studio Impulse Cinema and Italy’s Fandango have forged a strategic partnership to boost Spanish and Italian productions through co-production, financing, distribution and global sales.
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