Category Archives: News
MPM Premium Nabs World Sales Rights to Locarno’s Piazza Grande Entry ‘Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream,’ by Iraqui Director-Producer Mohamed Al-Daradji (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based MPM Premium has acquired world sales rights to hyperrealistic drama "Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream," by Iraqi director-producer Mohamed Al-Daradji ("Son of Babylon"), ahead of the film&...
John Hopewell Aug 08, 2025
CIX appear to be teasing a new EP
CIX are gearing up to release a new EP – find out more below. READ MORE: The 10 best CIX songs, according to the boyband themselves Last night, the K-pop boyband and their label took to social m...
Surej Singh Aug 08, 2025
Sex, TikTok and Ed Wood: Radu Jude Uses All the Tricks in Rule-Breaking ‘Dracula’ But At Least He ‘Didn’t Kill Anybody’
Romanian auteur Radu Jude takes on his country's biggest icon Vlad the Impaler in Locarno premiere "Dracula". And the results are... Sexy? "Maybe I'm getting old. I didn't realize there was so much [s...
Marta Balaga Aug 08, 2025
Benjamin Ree, Baldvin Z, Antti J. Jokinen and Linda Hambäck Bolster New Nordic Films Pitch Slate Whose Full Program Is Revealed
For its 31tst edition, New Nordic Films, the Norwegian International Film Festival's industry confab, will be hitting new heights with a stronger than ever lineup of projects and completed titles...
John Hopewell Aug 08, 2025
Jacqueline Zünd’s ‘Don’t Let the Sun’ Shines a Light on a World of Sweltering Sticky Climate Change
Documentary filmmaker Jacqueline Znd's first fiction feature "Don't Let the Sun"- set to premiere at Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival - portrays a world of stifling heat where human contact is hard...
John Hopewell Aug 08, 2025
Locarno’s Match Me! Captures the Sweep of Emerging Producers’ Output, From Tales of Queer Migration to Amazon Injustice and the ‘Nicest Bank Robber in History’
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Launched 2015, Match Me! is now a firmly established festival fixture, an informal networking platform foryoung producerswith strong usually but not entirely auteurist vis...
John Hopewell Aug 08, 2025
Oh Canada! Locarno’s First Look Section Welcomes ‘Queer Love Fantasy,’ Wild Desert Misadventure and Artists in Peril
First Look, the work in progress section of Locarno Film Festival - spotlighting six feature films in post-production stage - is heading to Canada for its 14th edition. "Canada was on our radar f...
Marta Balaga Aug 08, 2025
Fremantle Revenue Slips in H1 as RTL Group Ramps Up Streaming, Seals Sky Deutschland Deal
Fremantle's revenue fell 5.4% in the first half of 2025 to 905 million ($1.053 billion), largely due to lower U.S. sales and phasing effects, as parent RTL Group accelerated its shift toward streaming...
Naman Ramachandran Aug 08, 2025
NCT WISH announce new mini-album ‘Color’
NCT WISH have announced a new mini-album ‘Color’ – find out more below. READ MORE: TWICE at 10: “I honestly don’t know how the time flew by so fast” Last night...
Surej Singh Aug 08, 2025
Selena Gomez recalls “bonding” with Taylor Swift over their respective Jonas Brothers break-ups
Selena Gomez has shed light on her relationship with Taylor Swift and how they bonded over their break-ups with separate members of the Jonas Brothers. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s Eras T...
Surej Singh Aug 08, 2025