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Cameras have started rolling in Normandy on Max's new French series Merteuil, starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lacoste, and Lucas Bravo.  Jessica Palud (Being Maria) directs the series which will shoot until December in what Max has described as "grandiose and intimate settings…

EXCLUSIVE: LA's Micheaux Film Festival will officially run at The Culver Theater in Culver City from October 21 to October 27 with a selection of short and feature projects with talent such as Viola Davis and Morris Chestnut. Scroll down to see the featured lineup.  The festival, launched by Courtney…

Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room) has signed on to make her West End debut in a new revival of Sophocles's Elektra, translated by Canadian poet Anne Carson. Directed by Daniel Fish (Oklahoma), performances will begin at Theatre Royal Brighton from January 13 – 18, 2025, before the production…

Ben Whishaw starred as Q in three James Bond flicks alongside Daniel Craig, but over the weekend, the British actor said he isn't expecting to receive a call to star in a fourth.  "I don't think I'm going to be in the next one," Whishaw told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. "I think they're going to start…

San Sebastian Creative Investors' Conference The San Sebastian Festival will host its third annual Creative Investors' Conference on September 24 and 25 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance. Execs set for the conference include Bobby Allen of MUBI, Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films, Axel…

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to Frontières Cannes 2024 project Above The Knee and Australian horror flick Baal.  Both films are set to debut at Beyond Fest 2024. Above The Knee is a Norwegian thriller. The film follows Amir, whose…

Greece has selected Eva Nathena's latest feature The Murderess as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Oscars. Based on Alexandros Papadiamantis' popular novel, The Murderess takes place on a remote island in Greece, circa 1900. There, Hadoula, trapped in her own mother’s…

Senegal has selected French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop's Golden Bear-winning contemporary doc Dahomey as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Dahomey had its North American premiere at TIFF this week. The film will have its U.S. bow this weekend at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn-based distributor KimStim has picked up all U.S. rights to Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage's feature Who by Fire.  The film debuted at the Berlin Film Festival where it won Best Film in the Generation 17 competition. The film will have its U.S. premiere at the upcoming New…

Alicia Vikander will be feted with the Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye Award at its upcoming 20th edition, running from October 3 to 13. Vikander will be handed the award on October 8 before presenting the Swiss premiere of her new film The Assessment by the director Fleur Fortuné. Vikander's…

EXCLUSIVE: Former English soccer players and now veteran pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have teamed with NBC Premier League host Rebecca Lowe to launch It's Called Soccer!, a new weekly podcast series.  The series will launch on September 18. Buzz16, which is part of Miroma Group, will…

EXCLUSIVE: The Thessaloniki International Film Festival's industry-focused AGORA section has selected 15 projects from 17 countries for this year's Crossroads Co-production Forum. Scroll down for the full list of projects.  Hailing from across southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, the…