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Wearing the brand "Death by chocolate Design" huddy.studio by Viktoria Theoharova on the red carpet of the VS-FILMS FESTIVAL with festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and galerist Mona Safey
The VS-Films Festival is the first qualitative festival for very short films that do not exceed ten minutes in length. It includes competitions for feature films, documentaries, and animation.
with festival founder Ziad Basmair, festival consultant Chiara Dona dalle Rosé and j...
The Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries took place 02-06.10 and the Helnan Antoniades Hotel, the new flagship of the Helnan hotel chain with the gardens and the zoo behind, was the epicenter of the film festival.
The opening ceremony on 02.10 took place at the Biblioteca Alexandrina with a festive celebration with actors like the famous actor Mohamed Mansour from Kuwait, during which Mr. Al-Amir Abaza, the president of the festival presented the Livetim...
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Berlinale Generation: Autokar and Los Lobos
Autokar
In the 1990s, eight-year-old Agata leaves her Polish homeland for Belgium. Agata’s perception transforms the migrant experience into a rite of passage.
Los Lobos
They dream of Disneyland, but after brothers Max and Leo emigrate from Mexico to the USA, they first have to find their footing in their ne...
For many years, the Berlinale has been present around the world with specially curated programmes. The Berlinale Spotlight extends the festival period, and thus, makes the activities of the Berlinale visible throughout the entire year.
Photo Little Rebels Cinema Club
For the first time, Berlinale Generation is cooperating with the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival and will present a jointly curated programme to young audiences, with films that p...
Morocco has been chosen as the “Country in Focus” at the upcoming edition of the European Film Market (EFM).
With its rich cinematic heritage, internationally acclaimed filmmakers pushing boundaries and an ongoing thriving creative community, Morocco has established itself as a dynamic bridge between Africa, the Arab world and Europe. The country’s presence at the Berlinale and the EFM stretches back decades and underscores its strong ...
Bahadur 120, Songs launch: Heart-warming at the second coldest place on earth
They chose Royal Opera House, near Charni Road Railway Station, South in Mumbai. Sensibly, a time of 7.30 pm was indicated. If things went well, proceedings would be over by 9 pm, and the guests travelling by train or road, would have beaten the peak-hour rush. A potpourri of snacks and beverages was laid out in the compound of the once popular cinema location, owned by a royal family, and retaining its regal splend...
12 titles revealed featuring Academy Awards Contenders, Action Stars, and Iconic Women from Shu Qi to Charlie XCX
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has gathered together the best of 2025’s global festival circuit together for its Festival Favourites strand, which marks the MENA premieres of nine stand-out titles from the past year in film, and the Saudi premieres of two significant Egyptian films. Selections have been curated from festivals across the gl...
Selection Includes 24 Projects in Development, 8 Works-In-Progress and 8 Episodic Series
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has selected 40 feature film and series projects for this year’s edition of the Red Sea Souk Project Market – the Festival’s platform designed to bolster international co-productions and grant access to new projects and talent.
24 of the selected titles are currently in development or production, 12 of which have been...
Projects by Oliver Laxe and Kaouther Ben Hania to Screen at Festival’s Fifth Edition
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is presenting Special Screenings of two powerful films from Spain and Tunisia, which have each been selected for their significant impact on the cinematic landscape in 2025. Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT and Kaouther Ben Hania’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB will receive special presentations at the Festival this year, marking their...
New Vision Lineup Brings Together Creative Perspectives from France, the US, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, the UK, India and More
Family-friendly screenings feature SpongeBob SquarePants, the first-ever theatrical release of a Doraemon film and the story of an Indian child investigating the closure of her school
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has unveiled the lineups for its New Vision, Series and Families & Children strands, for the upcoming fifth ...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) will present Rowan Athale’s biopic GIANT as its Opening Night gala film for its fifth edition. From the British-Indian filmmaker, GIANT tells the uplifting story of British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed, and will screen in its MENA premiere on 4th December 2025.
GIANT recounts the remarkable and inspiring true story of legendary British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem 'Naz' Hamed &nda...
Alfonso Cuarón’s sun-drenched odyssey of youth, desire, and disillusionment still feels urgent more than two decades later © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI)
Freedom, flesh, and the road: The enduring power of the Mexican film ‘‘Y Tu Mamá También’’ (2001) directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
“Freedom, if pursued without awareness, can become just another illusion.”
A film ...
Spike Lee film ‘‘BlacKkKlansman’’ (2018) is a daring, cathartic, and critically acclaimed look at race and power in modern America © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI)
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is a film that lives in the intersection of comedy, crime, and profound social commentary. Based on the memoir of Ron Stallworth, a retired African American detective from Colorado Springs, this 2018 film brings a story of an audacious infiltrati...
The late 1990s, a rural area of northern Malaysia near the Thai border where multiple ethnic groups coexist. Hong Im, widowed, spends her days farming and her nights using magic to help villagers suffering from illness. After a chain of inexplicable events, Hong Im learns an unknown truth about her husband’s death... Director Chong Keat Aun’s new film, following Pavane for an Infant, 2024 TIFF Asian Future section, blends realism and fantasy to depict the rural landscape where the ...
VS GUIONES is the section within Ventana Sur – Río de la Plata designed to welcome and support emerging screenwriters and their projects from across Latin America, fostering spaces for dialogue and exchange with different sectors of the audiovisual industry.
From December 1 to 5, the selected projects will receive personalized mentorship from acclaimed screenwriters such as Florencia Percia and Mariana Wainstein; a masterclass by Natalia Santa, the renowned Colombian screenwriter...
The selection for this year's international Script Pool competition, which focuses on film scripts, includes projects from Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Czech and Spain. For the first time the selection includes a film blending animation and live action – FLORA, When We Wish Upon a Star.
The Script Pool competition is a part of the film market activities at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and the Discovery Campus education programme. It showcases five outstanding intern...
Works in Progress, showcasing films currently in production or post-production and seeking sales agents or festival premieres, introduces 18 promising projects across three categories: Baltic Event Works in Progress, International Works in Progress, and Just Film Works in Progress. The lineup features both debut filmmakers and acclaimed directors presenting their latest works.
All projects will be screened during Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event on 20–21 November in the cinem...
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the lineup for the Baltic Competition, featuring eleven titles that reveal a fresh and distinctive voice from the region’s filmmakers.
“With this year’s selection, we’re highlighting the growing importance of our region,” says Edvinas Pukšta, curator of the Baltic Competition. “For the first time, PÖFF features two separate Baltic competitions — one fo...
The global independent industry will all convene in Santa Monica in just a few weeks for AFM25 with hundreds of productions, sales, distribution and buying companies from 70 countries registered. Over 260 companies – from A24 to Zena - as well as international umbrella stands are set to exhibit - with more still being added. To find out more about the Exhibitors coming to AFM, click on the company’s name on the exhibitor list and you’ll be taken to their profile on The Film C...
American film “Boyz N The Hood’’ (1991) depicts the violent education of a forgotten generation of black youth’’ by © film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI)
When Boyz N the Hood was released in 1991, it announced the arrival of a new and authentic voice in American cinema. John Singleton, then only 23 years old, became the youngest person and the first African-American ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. His...
MY FIRST OFFICIAL SELECTION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
TURN, TURN, TURN film link: https://youtu.be/he92dEDlKb0
I am excited to announce that for the first time, one of my films is an official selection on the African continent.
That official selection, TURN, TURN, TURN, is by the Tanzanite International Animation Festival
That is a milestone because my films have now been at film festivals on 6 of the 7 continents. I don’t expect to have a film screened in Antarctica...
FMX 2026 will be our 30th edition! A good reason to celebrate as we mark this proud milestone, and another welcome opportunity to honour the past, survey the present and discuss the future of digital media creation.
FMX 2026 is going to be a very special event, featuring brand-new and first-hand tech and innovation, creativity and art, cooperation and diversity - in a world and a media landscape that are changing at breathtaking speed.
FMX 2026 will address this and more under...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the film Battleship Potemkin, and as a result VTIFF will be holding a special screening of the film on October 19th, 2025. The groundbreaking silent epic was used by its director, Sergei Eisenstein, to innovate and perfect one of cinema’s most foundational aspects, the montage.
Originally commissioned 20 years after the 1905 Russian Revolution to honor the momentous occasion, Potemkin quickly transcended its propaganda roots. Seeing film not just...
