Beta Cinema has added two films to its Cannes Market slate: “The Other Side,” an Alpine-set adventure thriller starring Nina Hoss, and “The Rome Eight,” an underdog story based on true events, starring Oliver Masucci, who was in Oscar-nominated “Never Look Away,” German box-office hit “Look Who’s Back” and Netflix hit “Dark,” and Felix Kammerer, […]

Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales on “The Perfect Holiday” (Der perfekte Urlaub), the latest feature from hit German filmmaker Bora Dagtekin. Picture Tree will introduce the project to buyers during the Cannes Market with a first teaser. Dagtekin has directed a string of hit comedies in Germany, all starring Elyas M’Barek, “Turkish […]

London-based MetFilm Sales has acquired Mongolian filmmaker Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig’s debut feature documentary “Colors of White Rock” for worldwide sales representation. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month as part of the official documentary competition. Sweeping over the Gobi Desert scarred by Mongolia’s mining boom, known as “Minegolia,” the […]

Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has come on board to handle worldwide sales on “Critterz,” an animated feature written by “Paddington in Peru” duo James Lamont and Jon Foster, and Tom Butterworth (“Birthday Girl,” “The Last Legion,” “Ashes to Ashes”). AGC Intl. will launch sales and screen first-look footage in Cannes. “Critterz” is the “first mainstream […]

The 65th edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which will take place from June 12 to 16, will open with the international premiere of the first two episodes of Season 3 of “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” in the presence of actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, alongside showrunner Seth Hoffman. Season 3 of […]

Suspense thriller “Safe,” which is in post-production, has been added to the Reinvent Yellow Sales lineup. The film is directed by Thomas Sieben, also behind the Netflix hit “Prey.” When a young girl becomes trapped inside an airtight safe, firefighter Alex and her partner Jakob are called to a high-pressure rescue with minutes to spare. […]

Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined Anthony Hopkins in “A Visit to Grandpa’s,” directed by DJ Caruso, whose credits include “Mary” and “Disturbia.” Also in the cast are Aneurin Barnard (“Dunkirk”), Artie Wilkinson-Hunt (“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”), Geraldine James (“Sherlock Holmes”) and Aimee-Ffion Edwards (“Slow Horses”). Principal photography began on April 7 in Wales, and […]

European Film Promotion and its member organizations have revealed the 20 up-and-coming producers selected for the 27th edition of its networking program Producers on the Move, taking place during the Cannes Film Festival. The credits of the selected participants include “Sirât,” “September 5,” “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” and “DJ Ahmet,” and Cannes 2026 competition title “The […]

Zoe Saldaña, who won an Oscar with “Emilia Pérez,” her sisters Cisely and Mariel Saldaña and their production company Cinestar Pictures have joined forces with five-time Academy Award nominated studio Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Studio, Aircraft Pictures and Sun Creature on the animated feature “Julián,” which is set to have its world premiere at the Annecy […]

French actress Ariane Labed, who won the best actress award at Venice for Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Attenberg,” has boarded “The Possessed,” the third feature from Bosnian-Dutch writer-director Ena Sendijarević. The film will mark Sendijarević’s English-language debut and is expected to round out its international cast in the coming months. Since breaking out with “Attenberg,” Labed […]

Banijay Germany is bringing the immersive experience “Luminiscence” to Hamburg’s St. Michaelis Church, in collaboration with French immersive producer Lotchi, the creator of “Luminiscence” and part of Banijay Live. Hamburg becomes the third German city, following Münster and Nuremberg, to host the experience, premiering on July 2, transforming the landmark into “a striking landscape of […]