Sideshow, Janus Films acquire Venice premiere ‘Cloud’
Thriller also screened at Tokyo, Busan.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice title ‘April’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is about a doctor who provides unsanctioned abortions in Georgia.
Olivia Wilde: “Girls are told to be an actress; boys are told to be a director”
Wilde gave the latest in-conversation discussion at Red Sea International Film Festival.
Alexandros Avranas’ refugee drama ‘Quiet Life’ scores key deals for Elle Driver (exclusive)
Film premiered in Venice’s Horizons sidebar and has its MENA premiere at Red Sea next week.
Former Venice Biennale president Roberto Cicutto elected president of Eurimages
Cicutto will succeed Catherine Trautmann, who has chaired the Eurimages board since 2017.
Buyers reach for Memento’s Venice prize winner ‘Familiar Touch’ (exclusive)
Sarah Friedland’s ‘coming-of-old-age-film’ is about an octogenerian film moving to live in an adjusted care facility.
Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.
Kino Lorber acquires Venice prize-winning documentary ‘Riefenstahl’
Theatrical release planned in 2025.
Venice Special Jury Prize winner ‘April’ finds US home
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s drama receives US premiere at New York Film Festival on October 7.
A24 sets release dates for awards contenders ‘Queer’, ‘The Brutalist’
Company recently acquired the acclaimed Venice premieres.
‘September 5’ enters awards race as Paramount Pictures sets November theatrical release
Platform release set for November 27.
Venice award-winner ‘Vermiglio’ lands North America deal
The film received its North America premiere at Toronto.
Five talking points from the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Lots of stars (but lack of access), sweaty days and nights, and a few big deals.
75 films to tempt festival directors in 2025
Expect films from Chloe Zhao, Carla Simon, Julia Ducournau, Annemarie Jacir, Kathryn Bigelow, Lynne Ramsay and (possibly) Lucrecia Martel.
New Talent: ‘Vittoria’ filmmakers Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman enjoy weaving fact with fiction
Venice Horizon’s title ‘Vittoria’ has proved the perfect calling card for what the Italy-US directing duo want to do.
Pedro Almodovar on ‘The Room Next Door’: “I feel naked with the reality of mortality”
Pedro Almodovar confronts issues of mortality in his first English-language feature ‘The Room Next Door’.
