Venice: ‘My Undesirable Friends’ Director on Epic Documentary About Death of Press Freedom in Russia, How Putin’s Crackdown Is Warning for U.S.
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If her epic, Oscar-shortlisted documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air In Moscow” pulled off an astonishing feat, chronicling the last gasps of press freedom in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in real time, docmaker Julia Loktev somehow manage…
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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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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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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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“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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