The 2026 edition of the Esports World Cup (EWC), which was due to take place in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh this summer, has been moved to Paris due to security concerns linked to the Iran-U.S. war. The Esports Foundation (EWCF) announced late Wednesday that the event will run from July 7 to August 24 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) has joined the cast of Ethan Almighty, as the feature inspired by the story of a real-life rescue dog whose survival captivated millions shoots in Kentucky. Grammer joins an ensemble cast that includes Sean Patrick Flanery, Selma Blair, Brandon Routh, and Trevor Donovan in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish distributor Elástica Films has set an October 2026 release for Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s Cannes smash La Bola Negra and unveiled a first clip. News of the release date comes just hours after the film’s triumphant Cannes competition premiere, where the feature received a 22-minute ovation in the presence of the directors and […]

Former First Lady Michelle Obama and older brother Craig Robinson hit SXSW London on Tuesday for a live edition of their IMO podcast series at the Truman Brewery venue on the city’s iconic Brick Lane. Some 700 people filled the makeshift studio in a vast former out-shed, giving them an enthusiastic welcome.  It marked a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rai Cinema is getting behind a feature inspired by a real-life operation involving Italian intelligence, elite special forces and the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit to evacuate Palestinian children wounded in air strikes from the war-torn territory. The cinema arm of Italy’s state broadcaster is joining forces with Rome-based MasiFilm on the production, working titled […]

An open letter, initiated by members of the French cinema world to protest tycoon Vincent Bolloré’s growing control of France’s media and entertainment sectors, has started to gather international support. Organisers of the letter entitled “Time To Switch-Off Bolloré” announced a raft of international signatories on Thursday evening, including Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Walter Salles, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vienna-based sales agency Square Eyes has acquired international sales rights for Belgian director Isabelle Tollenaere’s displacement drama Paris Paris ahead of its premiere in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Proxima sidebar in July. The drama follows three men from China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Palestine living together in a squatted apartment […]

Exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev has expressed his pleasure at being back at the Cannes Film Festival with Palme d’Or contender Minotaur after a near decade absence . “It’s one of the greatest things that’s happened to me over these last nine years. Coming back after such a lengthy absence to the Cannes Film Festival […]

EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing has acquired U.S., Canada, UK and Australia/New Zealand rights to Damien Hauser’s ground-breaking Africa sci-fi Memory Of Princess Mumbi. The film made history last year as the first Kenyan picture to debut in the independent Venice parallel section, before going on to make its North American debut at the Toronto International Film […]

If the film world has the Oscars and Cannes Palme d’Or as measures of excellence, the highest accolade in the restaurant world is the Michelin star. But as an interviewee in Adrian Choa and Michael Boccalini’s Feast or Famine: The Quest for the Michelin Star points out early on in the documentary, an Oscar is […]

Exiled Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end “the butchery” as he accepted his Grand Prize for Minotaur at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. “Millions of people on both sides of the front line dream of only one thing: for the massacres to stop,” he said in Russian to the […]

The Red Sea Film Foundation Managing Director Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down after seven years in the role. The Saudi foundation, which runs the Red Sea International Film Festival, announced her departure in a short release on Saturday, saying it had been effective as of June 1. “After seven incredible years and five remarkable […]