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Juno Hong Brings Autobiographical Debut ‘Only the Moon Knows’ to Shanghai Project Market: ‘Loneliness Is a Universal Human Condition’

Chinese director Juno Hong has brought her debut feature “Only the Moon Knows” to the Shanghai International Film Festival’s SIFF Project, where it was selected as one of three international co-production projects presented at the market. The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store […]

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Jordan Is Celebrating Two Films in Shanghai and Expanding Ties With China While Reestablishing Ancient Cultural Links

Jordan’s film industry will be front and center at this year’s Shanghai Film Festival, where it is seeking closer collaboration with China and other global partners while celebrating the first ever screenings of two Jordanian films at the event. With Asia now leading the global box office and Hollywood losing ground to local films from […]

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Korea’s Showbox Teams With ReelShort to Co-Produce Microdramas

Showbox, the Korean studio behind theatrical blockbusters including “Exhuma” and the Netflix series “A Killer Paradox,” has signed a co-production deal with ReelShort to develop original microdramas for the platform’s more than 70 million monthly active users worldwide. Under the agreement, Showbox will initially co-produce microdramas based on ReelShort’s existing intellectual properties, with the collaboration […]

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‘There Has to Be Meat on the Bone’ to Create Long-Running Series, Executive Producers Argue at Monte-Carlo: ‘Follow the Stories You Want to Dig Into’

In order to create a long-running series, “there has to be meat on the bone,” “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst said Sundance at Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It has to be a whole world, rich enough to satisfy the requirements of your imagination, as Henry James used to say. The subject needs to be about real things, […]

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U.K. to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16

The U.K. is moving ahead with a social media ban for children under 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday. If passed in parliament, the ban will go into effect by spring 2027. The platforms to be banned for under-16s include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. WhatsApp and Signal will not be […]

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Korea Box Office: ‘Colony’ Passes 5 Million Admissions Milestone in Continued Reign

The local action-horror film “Colony” held firmly onto the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 12–14. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film pulled in $2 million from 301,049 admissions over the three-day frame, capturing a 34.49% revenue share. […]

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Why ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Is the Perfect Opener for Monte-Carlo TV Festival: ‘It’s a True Cultural Phenomenon’

“The Walking Dead: Dead City” may be a dark show, but it’s also a fitting festival opener, argues Cécile Menoni, executive director of Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It felt like a natural choice for this anniversary edition,” she tells Variety. “Beyond its success, it is a franchise that has genuinely shaped contemporary television culture. Beneath the post-apocalyptic […]

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China Box Office: ‘The Furious’ Dethrones ‘Dear You’ as ‘Disclosure Day’ Opens Third

Edko Films’ action thriller “The Furious” claimed the number one spot at the China box office during the June 12–14 weekend, unseating a long-running local juggernaut with an RMB76.1 million ($11.2 million) frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Having debuted on June 11, the film has amassed a cumulative total of $13.9 million. Directed […]

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Rory Kinnear to Play John Maynard Keynes in James Graham’s ‘The Standard of Living,’ With the Royal Ballet’s Natalia Osipova Making Her West End Debut

Rory Kinnear will play economist and Bloomsbury Group figure John Maynard Keynes in the world premiere of “The Standard of Living,” a new play by three-time Olivier Award winner James Graham, producers Brian and Dayna Lee and director Nicholas Hytner revealed Monday. Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova, making her West End debut, will star alongside […]

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Shanghai Film Festival Head Charts an Eclectic 28th Edition: ‘Great Stories Are What Truly Connect’

As the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival gets underway, the spotlight is fixed on Hong Kong screen icon Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who presides over the Golden Goblet Awards as jury president. Leung’s presence, together with 12 world premieres in the Main Competition, marks SIFF’s distinction as mainland China’s sole FIAPF-recognized A-list festival. “We have long […]

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Disney Launches New ‘Toy Story’ Short ‘Jessie Saves the Day’ to Promote Philanthropic Initiative ‘The Magic of Movies’

Ahead of the release of “Toy Story 5,” The Walt Disney Company EMEA has launched a new short-film titled “The Magic of Movies: Jessie Saves the Day” as part of a philanthropic campaign supporting local hospitals. Featuring some familiar faces, the short features a nervous young girl about to undergo an X-ray on her foot, […]

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With UFC Freedom 250 at the White House, Trump Has Reached Peak ‘Idiocracy’

At no point has the Trump presidency more closely resembled a scene out of “Idiocracy,” Mike Judge’s 2006 satire about a Philistine society that abhors intellectualism, than on Sunday night, as the White House played host to UFC Freedom 250 — a series of MMA brawls on the South Lawn ostensibly meant to commemorate the […]

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