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EXCLUSIVE: Luke Brawley's nonfiction agency Indox has boarded two new titles, Jaripeo by Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig, and Scarlet Girls by Paula Cury. Both films are feature documentary debuts and are currently in post-production. Indox will handle worldwide festival representation for both…

UPDATED, writethru: The deadline for submissions to the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards has arrived, with the cutoff falling at 5 p.m. PT today.  Entries have been rolling in at a steady pace since mid-August, with the battle heating up in the category…

EXCLUSIVE: Ghana's Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) has locked a unique distribution partnership with Majestic Cinemas, the Ivory Coast's largest cinema chain, to expand the distribution of feature films between francophone and anglophone West Africa.  The deal also includes the…

The Africa Center for Hospitality, Aviation, and Tourism has partnered with GUBA Enterprises, Access Media, and KAYA to launch Africa Week UK, a new three-day event that will celebrate African culture, creativity, and commerce.  The inaugural event will take place from October 2–4 at Woolwich…

Caleb Landry Jones (Dracula: A Love Tale), Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman), and Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) have signed on to star in Zero K from director Michael Almereyda (Tesla).  The film is an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel. Almereyda wrote the screenplay. Production is scheduled to…

Jennifer Lawrence will receive San Sebastian's honorary Donostia Award this evening before screening her latest feature Die, My Love, and she shared an anecdote about how she ended up starring in and producing the film this afternoon during a festival presser.  Directed by Lynne Ramsay, the film…

Tilda Swinton Set For London Critics' Circle Honor  The London Critics' Circle will fete veteran actor Tilda Swinton with its honorary Rose Bowl for Distinguished Service to the Arts award. Swinton will be handed the award on October 17th at a celebratory luncheon held in her honor. Since its…

Black Bear has locked a series of international distribution deals on Christy, the boxing drama starring Sydney Sweeney, which debuted at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Deals include Tobis Film for Germany and Austria, Roadshow Films and Kismet in Australia and New Zealand…

Dolores Fonzi's San Sebastian Competition title Belén has been submitted as Argentina's entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Academy Awards. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of a young woman who is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal…

EXCLUSIVE: The Thessaloniki International Film Festival's industry-focused AGORA section has selected 14 projects from 16 countries for this year's Crossroads Co-production Forum. Scroll down for the full list of projects.  This year's Co-production Forum will run from November 2-6. The…

Industry vet Patrick Wachsberger had little time for negativity this afternoon when he sat down for a career retrospective chat with Roeg Sutherland, co-Head of CAA's Media Finance department, at San Sebastian's Creative Investors' Conference.  "Stay calm. Let's be optimistic," Wachsberger said…

EXCLUSIVE: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, the buzzy debut feature from artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, is heading to cinemas across the U.S. as part of a theatrical release plan set by indie distributor Rich Spirit.  The film, which debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival before a series…