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Poland's Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the documentary film festival that takes place simultaneously across seven Polish cities, returns for its 23rd edition from May 7 - 17 with a focus on the aud...

Beta Cinema has added two films to its Cannes Market slate: "The Other Side," an Alpine-set adventure thriller starring Nina Hoss (“Tr,” “Hedda,” “My Little Sister”...

It took Peru's Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary "Runa Simi" but less than a year to reap a boatload of awards. He just took home the Alternativa Film Festival's Foc...

Pics from as far afield as Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Japan, Brazil and Georgia competed in the Alternativa Film Festival, the burgeoning nomadic festival that launched in Kazakhstan, continued in Indonesi...

In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by ge...

Mubi is once again flexing it financial muscle ahead of Cannes, picking up one of the buzziest films heading to this year’s festival. The arthouse distributor and production company has acquired...

The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard Award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema will celebrate the American auteur on Aug. 14 during a cer...

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 ...

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar – the 51-year-old Tamil cinema superstar known to fans worldwide as Vijay, or simply as “Thalapathy” (Commander) – has delivered the most seismic ele...

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 it...