Category Archives: Variety

A new Paris-based production company dedicated to independent and auteur Indian cinema has entered the market. Pavo Films, co-founded in by Cosmin Illes and Nmsis Srour, announced its formation at the...

Relaxed, witty and fresh off another globe-spanning theater tour, Isabelle Huppert was already slipping back into Cannes mode when we met at Paris' iconic Lutetia Hotel ahead of the world premiere of ...

The busiest actor in Cannes this year is a man considerably more famous for his artistry on the football field than on screen. Eric Cantona has an impressive three films in the festival, with the Fren...

Asghar Farhadi spoke about the conflict in his native Iran during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his new film “Parallel Tales,” saying: “Any murder is a crime.” ...

Fauzan Zidni is at Cannes this year as the newly elected chair of the Indonesian Film Agency (BPI) with a program already in Critics' Week and the agency making its first institutional appearance at t...

The African Producers Accelerator, an initiative designed to tackle persistent industry barriers faced by mid-career African film and television producers, has selected the six participants who w...

Wild Bunch has acquired German rights to "Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew" ("Balandrau, Vent Salvatge," original Catalan title), the Spanish survival thriller sold internationally by Filmax. The...

It's been almost 50 years since the first "Star Wars" was released. And it's taken that long for a movie in the beloved franchise - "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" - to be shot in Los Angeles. ...

“Star Wars” has officially returned to the big screen courtesy of “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” and members of the film press are calling the franchise’s comeback “a...

Copenhagen-based sales outfit TrustNordisk has acquired international rights to "Shadow & Light" from acclaimed Danish writer-director Niels Arden Oplev ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "We Sha...