Cannes
Chinese Director Guan Hu on Releasing ‘Black Dog’ and ‘A Man and a Woman’ in the Same Year: “Both Films Are Simply About Life”
The six-generation auteur won Cannes' Un Certain Regard prize in May and has already begun work on an action tentpole set during WWII.
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Family Faces Iranian Repression in Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Trailer
The dissident director escaped imprisonment in Iran and debuted his feature in Cannes ahead of a Neon November release.
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David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Goes to Sideshow, Janus for U.S. Release
A spring 2025 theatrical release for the Canadian body horror auteur's sci-fi drama is planned after a world premiere in Cannes and additional play at the Toronto and New York film festivals.
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Oscars 2025: France Picks ‘Emilia Pérez’ for Best International Feature Race
Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascón star in Jacques Audiard’s queer crime musical.
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Toronto Hidden Gem: ‘Universal Language’ Is An Absurdist Homage to Iranian Cinema Via Winnipeg
Director Matthew Rankin offers a cultural mashup where Persian and French are the official languages of Canada, and a local Tim Hortons serves Iranian delicacies.
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Top Toronto Film Fest Programmer Talks Sales Titles and 2026 Official Market Plans
“It is a content market, not a film market,” Anita Lee says of TIFF going beyond an informal market to have buyers and sellers shopping films, TV series, XR and immersive content and financing and packaging movies.
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Oscars: Canada Selects ‘Universal Language’ for Best International Feature Category
Matthew Rankin’s Farsi- and French-language offbeat homage to Iranian cinema bowed in Cannes and will also screen in Toronto.
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Oscars 2025: Germany Submits Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ for International Feature Race
The dissident director fled imprisonment in Iran and now lives in Berlin.
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Chinese Auteur Jia Zhang-ke’s ‘Caught By the Tides’ Sells to Sideshow, Janus Films for U.S. Distribution
A critical favorite at Cannes this year, Jia's lyrical and emotionally moving drama was shot across China over more than 20 years.
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Elijah Wood’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open Fantasia Fest
The Montreal genre festival also booked the Cannes title 'Count of Monte-Cristo' and the Kit Harrington starrer 'The Beast Within.'
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Neon Sets Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ for Fall Release
The indie studio has the North American rights to the Mikey Madison-starrer and Palme d’Or winner and plans a theatrical release starting on Oct. 18.
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The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend
Plus, trouble at the Bungalows, taking it all off (on-screen) at Cannes and Bill Maher makes a new “Friend.”
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