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Helsinki’s Love & Anarchy Festival Unveils Full Lineup: ‘We Are Proud to Be a Festival That Is Not Afraid to Take a Stand’ (EXCLUSIVE)

“Together in Love and Anarchy.” This year’s motto for the 39th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy stated by Outi Rehn, program director, and Pauliina Ståhlberg, executive director, says it all. Speaking with Variety ahead of the full program’s disclosure Sept. 1, the festival’s co-honchos were happy to reiterate its key values. “Love […]

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Kogonada’s ‘Zi’ Sets Korean Distribution With Atnine Film Ahead of Busan Asian Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

“Zi,” the latest film from Kogonada, will have its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in the Icons section. Following the unveiling of the festival’s program, Atnine Film has been confirmed as the film’s Korean distributor. Shot over three weeks on the streets of Hong Kong, “Zi” stars Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson […]

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Venice Film Festival to Kick Off With Steady Stream of Stars on Red Carpet and Politics Looming in the Background

The Venice Film Festival opens Wednesday with Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a juicy exposé of how British tabloid The Sun propelled Rupert Murdoch’s rise to right-wing media baron, kicking off 11 days of buzzy movies, major stars and an unusually charged political debate on the Lido. Venice director Alberto Barbera has described this year’s lineup as the […]

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‘Zynga Poker’ Teams With Keegan-Michael Key, ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Director Jody Hill for New ‘Inner Winner’ Ad Spots (EXCLUSIVE)

“Zynga Poker” is launching a new ad campaign featuring Keegan-Michael Key in the role of your “Inner Winner.” The free-to-play mobile poker game has unveiled a series of new ad spots directed by Jody Hill (“The Righteous Gemstones”) starring Key as “the confident voice inside your head telling you to grab life by the chips […]

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Marco Bassetti, Anna Marsh, Jane Tranter, Edward Berger to Speak at Rome’s MIA Market

Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Entertainment, Anna Marsh, deputy CEO of Canal+, CEO of Studiocanal and chief content officer of Canal+, Jane Tranter, CEO of Bad Wolf, and director Edward Berger, best known for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” will be among the speakers attending Rome film and TV market MIA. The event runs […]

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London Film Festival Sets Screen Talks With Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Eisenberg, Sofia Coppola and More

The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled an impressive lineup of talent set to take part in screen talks at its upcoming 70th edition, including several stars who are already starting to appear on early awards contender lists. This year’s roster includes Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers,” “Ripley”), Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” “13th”); Brad Bird […]

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SND Swoops on Toronto-Bound Bérénice Bejo Starrer ‘Alice: Pioneer of Cinema’ Ahead of Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre (EXCLUSIVE)

Paris-based film and television studio SND, part of French media group M6, has picked up world sales on the high-end period drama “Alice: Pioneer of Cinema,” in which Oscar-nominee Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist”) stars as Alice Guy, the very first female fiction filmmaker. The six-parter, ordered by HBO Max and France Télévisions, is due to world […]

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Vicon Acquires Facial Capture Firm Captive Devices (EXCLUSIVE)

Vicon has acquired Captive Devices Ltd, a Manchester, U.K.-based maker of head-mounted camera systems for markerless facial performance capture. Vicon is the motion capture arm of Oxford Metrics. The founding team at Captive Devices has joined Vicon effective immediately. Ninja Theory, Nant Studios, Animatrik and Deep Silver Dambuster Studios are among the studios that already […]

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Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-Eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing, Michelle Yeoh on Guest List as Busan Unveils Galas, Asian Cinema Competition

The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled a guest lineup headlined by Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing and Michelle Yeoh. Huppert brings her latest film, “All About Corinne,” to Busan audiences. Gyllenhaal makes her first visit to Korea with “Flesh Impact,” a project created to mark the centenary of Marilyn […]

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Mexico’s Martfilms Boards ‘Looking for Sam,’ Mariana Rondón’s Follow-Up to ‘Bad Hair’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Mexico’s Martfilms has boarded “Looking for Sam,” Mariana Rondón’s follow-up to hedr San Sebastian Golden Shell winner “Bad Hair.” A docu-fiction hybrid bound for San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the drama follows two lead actors from Mariana Rondón’s 2013 San Sebastian Golden Shell winner “Bad Hair” (“Pelo Malo”): Sam Lange who played the child […]

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Sandra Bullock Recalls First ‘Practical Magic’ Bombing After Thinking ‘People Are Going to Love It’: ‘And Then It Got Quiet’

The Owen sisters may be back in “Practical Magic 2” 28 years after Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock first played the sibling witches, but that doesn’t mean the first movie’s outing doesn’t still sting a little. The original “Practical Magic” was a critical and box office failure before earning cult classic status over the last […]

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Xolo Maridueña Was Not Sure Blue Beetle Would Ever Come Back, Until James Gunn Called Him About the ‘Superman’ Sequel: ‘The Most Humbled’

Xolo Maridueña wasn’t sure what would become of Blue Beetle after he debuted as the DC crime fighter in a 2023 blockbuster. That was, until DC boss James Gunn called him about coming back for the “Superman” sequel, “Man of Tomorrow.” “I was in Japan with my friends; nobody knew anything,” Maridueña recalled on the […]

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